Programme

9:00-9:15 am
Registration

9:15-09:45 am
Opening Remarks: Wartime Villagization in Portuguese Colonialism and its Provenance

Tiago Castela (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

09:45-11:25 am
Keynote Session: Geographies and Architectures of Colonial and Postcolonial Villagization

Aharon deGrassi (College of the Desert, USA)
“Why do Rural Geo-Histories Matter to Contemporary Livelihoods in Angola? Critical Reflections on Recent Work.”

Ana Vaz Milheiro (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
“Architecture, Colonialism, and War.” - Presentation via “Zoom”

Chair: Jorge Malheiros (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

11:25-11:40 am Coffee Break

11:40 am -12:30 pm
Roundtable (in Portuguese): Portugal’s Military Archives in Architecture and Geography

Major Joaquim Roberto (Military Historical Archive, Portugal)
Francisco Roque de Oliveira (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Sandra Domingues (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Francesca Vita (ISCTE, Portugal)
Rui Lebre (Birmingham City University, United Kingdom)
Captain Paulo Varanda (Office of Archeological Studies of Military Engineering, Portugal)

Chair: Tiago Castela (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

12:30 - 2:30 pm Lunch Break (not included in registration)

2:30 - 5:00 pm
Paper Session Wartime Villagization: A Spatial and Multi-Scalar History

Tiago Castela (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
“Recalling the Colonial Legacy for Rural Space in Angola and Mozambique”

Carlos Diogo Gomes and Francisco Oliveira (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
“The Colonial Cartography of Portuguese Geographers in Fieldwork: Available Maps, Knowledge Exchange and Proposals for Cartographic Elaboration, c. 1950-1960.”

Mustafah Dhada (CSU Bakersfield, USA) - Presentation via “Zoom”
“The Villagization of the Military Garrison of Tite: An Incomplete History, 1950-2022.”

Rui Aristides Lebre (Birmingham City University, United Kingdom)
“Military Towns, Development Gowns: How Forced Resettlement in Guinea-Bissau’s Liberation War (1963-1974) supported urbanization.”

Chair: Vera Polido Baeta (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom)

5:00 - 5:15 pm Coffee Break

5h:15 – 5:45 pm
Presentation of Web Documentary by Storia na Lugar (Cape Verde) - via “Zoom”

5:45 - 6:00 pm
Concluding Remarks