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• 28 sep 2018

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA)

  The 7^th Portuguese Anthropological Association congress aims to discuss the condition of being human and being in the world today. 2019, a year of a possible calendar among many other available. Without identifying themes, reference words, categories or classifications, 2019 marks a stage in the social and natural history of the planet. The openness suggested in an “untitled” congress also points to an anthropology without conceptual, thematic or epistemological boundaries. It is life in itself that interests anthropology, anthropologies, thinking the gerund of human existence, others and the rest from multiple interpretive possibilities. After all, anthropology is practiced on everything and everyone in a project of knowledge that remains inexhaustible in terms of what exists and is to come.

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• 15 nov 2017

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - History

  Amílcar Cabral: The “Anonymous Fighter” for the Mankind Fundamental Freedoms

  In 1971, Amílcar Cabral presented himself in the United Nations (UN) as an “anonymous fighter” engaged in the struggle for the fundamental freedoms of the populations of Guinea and Cape Verde, as well as of all mankind. Such affirmation was not casual, since Cabral adopted the status of “anonymous fighter” in other circumstances, arguing that he was struggling for the human dignity, progress and happiness. The main goal of the conference is to bring together academics studying Cabral trajectory, institutions involved in preserving his memory and personalities which became acquainted with him.

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• 16 jan 2013

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  The social construction of practical norms: everyday practices at the margins of rules and laws

  African dynamics in a multipolar world – ECAS 5 : Panel 048

  In Africa, activities transgressing established laws and norms are proliferating. They are undermined by tensions between normative and practical rules. This panel expects to bring some insights into the normative complexity of activities that overstep the legitimate frames of collective action.

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