Biography

Sofia Barreto Borges is a researcher in History of Science – Museology at Institute of Contemporary History, University of Évora / IN2PAST — Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory. She started her PhD in History and Philosophy of Science – Museology at the University of Évora, with the field of study being the Colonial Scientific Campaigns during the Estado Novo period – A case study of the first camping factory in Portugal (c. 1944-1979) and the objects it produced and supplied for the Colonial Scientific Campaigns of the Estado Novo.

Graduated in Art Appraisal from ESAD – Escola Superior de Artes Decorativas, and with a postgraduate degree in Museums and Education from the University of Évora. She has been working for 10 years as a Museum Shops Coordinator at Mapa das Ideias company, with a particular interest in material culture as a historical source.

Research fields

• Colonialism
• Museums
• Camping
• Scientific expeditions

Selected publications

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Main projects

• “A Fábrica VC e o Material de campismo nas expedições científicas coloniais no período do Estado Novo” [The VC Factory and camping equipment on colonial scientific expeditions during the Estado Novo period] — PhD thesis to be presented to the University of Évora, supervised by Sara Albuquerque (IHC — Universidade de Évora) and Ricardo Roque (ICS — Universidade de Lisboa).