Public Narratives

A second dimension of the fieldwork was the gathering and analysis of public narratives that focus on the topic of the Colonial Wars. We addressed the arts (film and documentary, plastic art, theatre, music), literature (novels, poetry, short stories, diaries, letters and chronicles), testimonies, memorials to the war, mass media (TV and radio, press and internet), essay books (History and social and political sciences), and legislation.

The goal was to build a map of Portuguese public memory of the Colonial Wars, and to understand the degree to which this topic was brought to the public sphere by cultural and public production between 1961 and 2010, thus challenging the silence around this war - a silence actively kept by the state during the dictatorship and after the 1974 democratic revolution, even if for different reasons.

The research followed three methods:
1) documental research;
2) online research;
3) personal direct contacts with war veterans and cultural agents.

We found a growing cultural production, of which we indicate some numbers below.

Literature

Literature of the Colonial Wars (1961-2010)
* Only books where poems are all about the Colonial Wars.

Literature of the Colonial Wars, by decade and genre

Testimony

Testimonies of the Colonial Wars (1961-2010)

Film and Documentary

Film and documentary production about the Colonial Wars, by decade

Music

Musics with the Colonial Wars for a theme, 1960-2010

Press

The Colonial Wars in newspapers and magazines (1990-2010)

*Sample

Memorials and monuments

Number of monuments devoted the Colonial Wars, by decade

Location of the monuments, by district




	Project Objectives Who we are Methods Some results Activities Publications Symposium ESF workshop Media Bibliography Links Contacts Poetry of the Colonial Wars Entrar Utilizador/a: Password: Esqueceu os dados de acesso?	Public Narratives A second dimension of the fieldwork was the gathering and analysis of public narratives that focus on the topic of the Colonial Wars. We addressed the arts (film and documentary, plastic art, theatre, music), literature (novels, poetry, short stories, diaries, letters and chronicles), testimonies, memorials to the war, mass media (TV and radio, press and internet), essay books (History and social and political sciences), and legislation. The goal was to build a map of Portuguese public memory of the Colonial Wars, and to understand the degree to which this topic was brought to the public sphere by cultural and public production between 1961 and 2010, thus challenging the silence around this war - a silence actively kept by the state during the dictatorship and after the 1974 democratic revolution, even if for different reasons. The research followed three methods: 1) documental research; 2) online research; 3) personal direct contacts with war veterans and cultural agents. We found a growing cultural production, of which we indicate some numbers below. Literature Literature of the Colonial Wars (1961-2010) * Only books where poems are all about the Colonial Wars. Literature of the Colonial Wars, by decade and genre Testimony Testimonies of the Colonial Wars (1961-2010) Film and Documentary Film and documentary production about the Colonial Wars, by decade Music Musics with the Colonial Wars for a theme, 1960-2010 Press The Colonial Wars in newspapers and magazines (1990-2010) Sample Memorials and monuments* Number of monuments devoted the Colonial Wars, by decade Location of the monuments, by district

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Public Narratives