Port of Call: Research Cartographies
Meeting
Port of Call: Research Cartographies Meeting
June 11, 2025, Wednesday, 14h30-18h00, Rectory of the University of Porto
The 'Port of Call: Research Cartographies' colloquium offers a moment of sharing and reflection on the experiences developed within the scope of the PORTofCALL research project - an interdisciplinary study on the cultural encounters between Africa, Asia and Europe in the modern period and their influence on the built heritage of Indian Ocean ports under Portuguese influence.
The colloquium will bring together members of the team and invited guests in a round table dedicated to presenting and discussing some of the ongoing research. This will be followed by the opening of an exhibition of maps and views of Indian ports, dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, from the University of Porto's old collection.
'Port of Call: Cartographies of Research' is an invitation to navigate critically through territories, sources and methodologies, reflecting on the challenges of mapping and valuing cultural heritage in transnational and plural contexts.
Program
Colloquium | 14h30
Filipa Guerreiro, Igor Outeiro, João Luís Marques, Mariana Carvalho, Mónica Loureiro, Marta Oliveira
Round table | 15h45
Alexandre Alves Costa, Jorge Correia, Walter Rossa
Guided tour of the exhibition | 17h00
Maps and Views of Indian Ports in the Old Fund of the University of Porto (16th-18th centuries)
João Garcia
The meeting is organized as part of the project 'PORTofCALL. Encounters between Africa, Asia and Europe: Cultural heritage and ports of call in the Indian Ocean during the Modern Age' (PTDC/ART-DAQ/4357/2021), funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology.
Free entry, subject to room capacity.
Program subject to change (without prior notice).
This event may be recorded and disseminated by FAUP through photography and video.
FAUP does not issue attendance declarations or online attendance of the event.