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SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 2026, 9:00 AM
Histórias de Vida: Memória, Comunicação e Envolvimento Comunitário
Ages 12 and up
Event
The use of life stories has grown significantly among a wide range of practitioners and across multiple fields, including research, communication, heritage, and community engagement. Numerous initiatives and experiences have accumulated over time. This makes it timely to share and evaluate them in order to maximize their potential and enhance their impact.
Histórias de Vida: Memória, Comunicação e Envolvimento Comunitário
PROGRAMME
9:00 Opening
9:30 – Community Engagement
Chair: Álvaro Domingues
Presentations: Daniel Maciel – "Spoken Photographs: Domestic Archives and Their Capacity to Elicit Stories"
Abel Coentrão – "The Sea Does Not Speak. Those Who Survive It Do."
11:30 – Documentary
"ÁGUA-ARRIBA: Stories of Boats and Men", by Carlos Viana
12:30 – Lunch
2:30 – Communication
Chair: Zara Pinto-Coelho
Presentations: Ana Macedo – "Popular Art in Public Space: Memories of an Artist"
Teresa Lima – "The Interview as Identity Construction: The Journey of Edgar Pêra"
Diana Gonçalves – "Palmira: A Film About a Stage of Life"
4:30 – Coffee Break
5:00 – Memory
Chair: Esser Jorge Silva
Presentations: Albertino Gonçalves – "Promises and Challenges of Life Stories"
Francisco Neves – "Memory and the Museum: From Invisibility to Materiality"
Free entry, until full capacity is reached