Portuguese Cultural Identities

5 ECTS / Semestral / Português

I:

  • Deepen the concept of cultural identity;
  • Develop a reflection on the concept of cultural identity applied to the space of Lusophony;
  • Differentiate cultural identities considering distinctive factors;
  • Analyze situations of multiculturalism and interculturalism in contemporary society;
  • Recognize, in artistic achievements, contributions to the consolidation of an identity.

II:

  • Reflect on articulation between ideologies and cultures in a critical view of imperial memory;
  • Evoke historical and cultural contexts of imperial and post-imperial relations in the Lusophone space;
  • Comment on the impact of myths and images, ghosts and fantasies in post-imperial times;
  • Problematize the deconstruction of the memory of empire and the revaluation of new identities;
  • Critically analyze literary texts that deal with post-colonial visions and the respective cultural identities.

Faculty

Professor Associado
João Amadeu Oliveira Carvalho da Silva is an associate professor at the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP). He has a PhD in Humanities in the area of…
Invited Assistant
She graduated in Humanities from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University (Regional Centre of Braga) in 1989, where…