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the historical and economical background of each group, but to reach local
cultures, local languages, to develop and preserve it is yet something to come.
Such a comparative study would be very interesting, not to victimize but
to enable us to have a memory, to understand what happened and to resist
these effects in better “knowledge conditions”. With Europe we have a very
clear counterpoint for they made an option for multilingualism which is
different from the former scenarios. Our dialog with European countries is
very important regarding their experience on multilingualism development,
their academic history or even considering the funding possibilities. A very
good partner to work with Multilingualism in our region is UNESCO team,
because they give us feedback – which is rare in our local reality concerning
this theme – and are capable of contextualizing the obstacles that we cannot
surpass locally.
3. Actors of the Project
In dialog with Frances Albernaz (UNESCO) who coordinates the Network
Humaniredes 80 , and reading Luis Felipe de Alencastro – O Trato dos Viventes –
I have chosen to start working on the Multilingualism in Digital World project
with Portuguese speaking countries: Brazil, Bissau Guinea, Mozambique,
Cape Verde, Saint Tome e Principe, Angola, and East Timor. Brazil’s role is
a bit differentiated in this group, for it’s been officially “independent” for 190
years, while the other countries have an average of 36 years of “independent”
life. Nevertheless, our common bond in international ground is the presence of
the Portuguese language as the official language. It enhances an exchange of
information considering Portuguese a vehicular language.
Also, there is a strong need to reflect on the role of academic institutions,
inspired by postcolonial criticism. In this aspect we are specially interested
in Humanities local authorship development, recognizance and knowledge
circulation. In short: south-south cooperation.
3.1. Memory of the Actions
This is our starting picture, and to develop such a proposal together with
Prof. Frances Albernaz we have talked to the representatives of the eight
countries about the network who have put us in touch with their national
higher education institutions. We have had from the Brazilian Ministry of
Culture the possibility to create and support points of culture (pontos de
cultura). Basically we would have to: 1) promote a field research in at least
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Network, established in 2005, involves mainly higher education institutions in Portugal and countries that
were former colonies of Portugal.
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