Dissemination

The ALMA Project has published an e-book exploring cultural relations across the Lusophone world

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The ALMA Project – Audiovisual, Literature, Modernism, and Anthropophagy, resulting from an institutional partnership between Federal University of São Carlos, University of Algarve, State University of Minas Gerais, and the Zona da Mata Audiovisual Hub, has just published the e-book ALMA – Anthropophagy, Literature, Modernism, and Audiovisual, available for free online.

Inspired by Oswald de Andrade’s Anthropophagic Manifesto (1928), “one of the landmarks of Brazilian literary modernism,” the project proposes an approach to anthropophagy beyond the literary field, as a decolonial cultural philosophy, exploring the relationships between Africa, Brazil, and Portugal from political, social, historical, and artistic perspectives. The anthropophagic metaphor is here used as a critical and creative lens to examine dialogues, influences, similarities, and differences within Lusophone culture through literature and audiovisual media.

Between March and November 2022, six online events were held, bringing together artists, researchers, and thinkers from the three territories involved. Highlights include:

• The inaugural conference, “Anthropophagy Beyond Brazilianness,” by Angolan writer João Melo;
• A conversation between Brazilian writer Luiz Ruffato and Portuguese filmmaker José Barahona on the film adaptation of the novel Estive em Lisboa e Lembrei de Você;
• The debate on “Modernity in Ernesto de Sousa” with Ana Soares and Isabel Nogueira;
• A panel with filmmaker Elza Cataldo and documentarian Miguel Pinheiro on the film As Órfãs da Rainha;
• A discussion on autofiction with Miriam Tavares and Patrícia Dourado from CIAC, in dialogue with filmmaker Leonardo Moura Matteus;
• The presentation of the film O Dilúvio Maxacali by Charles Bicalho and Cláudio Santos Rodrigues, in partnership with Indigenous filmmaker Isael Maxacali.

All the sessions are available on the CIAC YouTube channel and on the official project website.

The final publication, now available in digital format, brings together texts by writers, academics, and filmmakers, offering a rich, multidisciplinary, and critical reading of Lusophone culture. Representing CIAC, the volume includes contributions from researchers Mirian Tavares, Ana Isabel Soares, Sara Vitorino Fernandez, Bruno de Carvalho Belmonte, and Jorge Carrega, the latter responsible for editing the book in collaboration with Pedro Varoni, Vanice Sargentini, and Daniel Marinho Laks.

Access the complete publication (here)

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