Abstract

Meeting on Public Policies for Museums and Cultural Heritage, with the aim of putting into debate various aspects related to cultural diversity, its uses and meanings in different cities and urban heritage spaces, such as the Planisfério da Interculturalidade em Almada (Lisbon), the Pontos de Memória do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), or the neighborhood of Maxaquene in Maputo (Mozambique).

The meeting will conclude with an open discussion and will have guests from these places, and connoisseurs of the urban areas at issue.

Programme

10h00 Tagus boat ride towards Cacilhas (meeting point: Marítima do Cais do Sodré Ticket Office: 9:45)
11h00 VGuided tour  Casa da Cerca and the Planisfério da Interculturalidade, in Almada. (with Ana Isabel Ribeiro)
13h00 Lunch
15h00 Return to Lisbon
16h00 Guided tour of the exhibition “Luz de Lisboa”, at the  Museu de Lisboa. (with Joana Sousa Monteiro)
17h00 Q&A  (Torreão Poente do Terreiro do Paço): “Políticas públicas para Museus e Espaços Patrimoniais: Os casos do Rio de Janeiro, Almada e Maputo". With Mário Chagas, Simone Monteiro and José Pimentel.
 

Participants

Joana de Sousa Monteiro (Municipality of Lisbon and ICOM.Pt) 
Ana Isabel Ribeiro (Casa da Cerca, Almada), Ângela Luzia (Municipality of Almada, Lisbon)                                   
Mário de Sousa Chagas (UNIRIO, Brazil) e Simone Flores Monteiro (PUCRS, Brazil)                                 
José Pimentel Teixeira (Eduardo Mondlane University , Maputo)

Organisers: Pedro Pereira Leite and Lorena Sancho Querol