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- The Unknown Carnival of Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal) : Community, Heritage, and Identity on StagePublication . Marcelli, Andrea Mattia; Sousa, Francisco; Fonseca, Josélia; Silva, Leonor Sampaio da; Melotti, Marxiano; Costa, Susana GoulartTerceira Island hosts a Carnival that enjoys unique features in the landscape of European folklore. It involves a major share of the resident population, it takes place on stages scattered all over the island, and it involves a blend of dancing, music, and acting. This paper presents the preliminary results of a collaborative project between native and foreign scholars, with the activist goal of providing Terceira’s Carnival with visibility in order to ensure its preservation. Documentary evidence and fieldwork activities undertaken in 2020 provide grounds to interpret Terceira’s Carnival as a multi-modal endeavour that nurtures social cohesion through mythopoesis, subversion of hegemonic roles, and the distribution of leadership to folk elites. As such, we argue that Terceira’s Carnival does not fit traditional scholarly views on European Carnivals. Additionally, we show that, thanks to its ability to trigger identity-making processes, this Carnival is a case for cultural sustainability: in fact, it ensures the preservation of communal bonds in face of changing global and regional social landscapes.
- Uma permanência forçada em São Miguel : Marion Hartley na encruzilhada de identidadesPublication . Silva, Leonor Sampaio daA popularidade do tema da diáspora acentua-se numa época em que a mobilidade reaviva reflexões sobre identidade (Hall) e convida a discutir os nexos entre estado e nação (Safran). O artigo que se segue procura demonstrar como o tema da diáspora pode conviver com a literatura de viagens e infiltrar-se em universos textuais e sociais imprevistos, nomeadamente quando os viajantes são surpreendidos pelo rumo que toma a viagem que empreenderam. De igual modo, procurar-se-á relacionar a reflexão resultante do encontro de culturas com a importância do género epistolar para o autoconhecimento e a procura de integração social e de bem-estar pessoal. O ponto de partida é o conjunto de cartas escritas por Marion Hartley entre 1916 e 1919 a uma amiga americana. O enquadramento teórico baseia-se em reflexões sobre identidade no quadro dos encontros multiculturais e interculturais. Um dos objetivos é contribuir para repensar o conceito de diáspora, de modo a que ele inclua um leque mais alargado de experiências que ajudam a formar a consciência de si a partir de sentimentos de pertença e de exclusão vividos em contexto de viagem.
- The Azorean Traditional Costume as a Sign of Regional Identity and Culture : From Clothing to JewelleryPublication . Castro, Sylvie; Silva, Leonor Sampaio da; Cunha, JoanaThe paper offers an analysis of the symbolic importance of material culture. Our starting premise is that clothing is a cultural document of a given time and space, as it participates in the formation of individual and collective identities. Bearing this in mind, we’ll study the female traditional costume of the Azores with a view to improving knowledge on the archipelago’s culture and to creating new visual objects that not only embody the cultural legacy of the islands but also capitalise on environmental resources and endogenous elements. In order to accomplish our purpose, we’ll analyse the islands’ historic background from the point of view of culture, economy and politics, and reflect on the role played by culture in preventing the risk of a de-characterised global world, as well as a force that ensures resistance, empowerment and sustainability. Finally, we’ll seek to enhance the future life of the traditional costume by using it as an inspiration for the creation of jewels. It is our aim to demonstrate the power of contemporary jewellery. Contemporary design can both preserve the community’s identity and transform the visual object into a message that travels across frontiers and unites different peoples.