DisPOSEG closing conference
Presentation
Migrants originally from countries where Portuguese is the/an official language have a strong presence in global mobility. They constitute heterogeneous groups of people hailing from Portugal and its former colonies (Brazil, Angola, Bissau Guinea, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Principe…) who often cross paths and live lives of informal survivance and resistance in various host countries. They may share a common hope for a better future, but they also share a colonial past and occupy different historical positions. This workshop brings distinguished international scholars researching lusophone postcolonial complexities in migration context and beyond. It aims to discuss and present DisPOSEG’s research findings and reflections on lusophone’s postcolonial interactions, language, work, educational and social challenges in Luxembourg, as a ‘third space’ (Bhabha, 1994), i.e., outside the Portuguese colonial matrix. Furthermore, it seeks to understand the resonance of those interactions in France, but also how ‘coloniality’ (Mignolo, 2005) is still informing education and other social domains in former Portuguese colonies such as Mozambique.
Programme
9:00 Welcome & introduction
• Prof. Dr. Peter Gilles, Head of Department of Humanities, University of Luxembourg
• Prof. Dr. Ingrid de Saint-Georges, University of Luxembourg
9:30 Conference
• Prof. Dr. Feliciano Chimbutane, Eduardo Mondlane University
A Decolonial Analysis of Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices in Post-colonial Mozambique
10:15
- Prof. Dr. Sonia Ferreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Les migrations cap-verdiennes en France : questions et défis pour une analyse socio-historique
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Dr. Bernardino Tavares & Aleida Vieira, University of Luxembourg
DisPOSEG project – Disentangling postcolonial encounters
12:00
Comments by Prof. Dr. Alexandre Duchêne, University of Fribourg
The importance of discussing postcolonial encounters in Globalization.
12:30 Lunch break
14:00
• Monsieur Régis Moes, MNHA
Le poids de l’histoire coloniale du Luxembourg sur les représentations de l’Afrique et des Africains au 20e siècle
14:30 Roundtable (English & french)
« Les défis, les chances et ambivalences des migrants au Luxembourg : de l’école au travail »
Moderated by: Jordanne Edwards, University of Luxembourg
Panel of discussants:
- Madame Cidalia Monteiro, Maison de l’Orientation
- Dr. Heidy Martins, CDMH
- Dr. Kevin Simões, University of Fribourg
- Madame Mariana Muzzi, Fonctionnaire
- Monsieur Régis Moes, MNHA
16:30 Coffee break
16:45 Inattendu – Documentary trailer
16:50 DisPOSEG Booklet presentation
17:00 Discussion & Conclusion