
Do otimismo da vontade às possibilidades em curso
Feb 19, 2021 | Chapters, Publications

Do otimismo da vontade às possibilidades em curso [From the optimism of the will to the ongoing possibilities]
- João Carlos Louçã
- Quando a História Acelera. Resistência, movimentos sociais e o lugar do futuro [When History Accelerates. Resistance, social movements, and the place of the future]
- João Carlos Louçã e Paula Godinho (Orgs.)
- 2021
- Lisbon: Instituto de História Contemporânea | Colecção E-IHC
- Language: Portuguese
- ISBN: 978-989-8956-231
- 21-37 p.
Excerpt:
Procurar interpretar o tempo que há de vir com as ferramentas da Antropologia, foi o objetivo de um trabalho nos Pirenéus de Aragão. Nele indaguei algumas das redes que produziam e trocavam bens e serviços, ocupavam espaços e territórios deixados livres pelo mercado, criavam novas localidades, afinal exemplos de alternativas possíveis ao capitalismo tardio em que vivemos. O ponto de partida foi a ideia de crise, sobretudo aquela que a partir de 2008, impôs a austeridade seletiva para grande parte do mundo. Nesse percurso, procurei argumentos para esconjurar o pessimismo das crises recorrentes e da crise que continua à espreita, intensificada pela degradação ambiental e climática, através dos exemplos de resistência da classe que vive do seu trabalho -a possibilidade estreita que nos afasta da barbárie. Sem grandes contemplações, o mundo que se fez global no nosso tempo de vida, não parece oferecer muitas alternativas à esperança de dias melhores.A política afunilou-se na gestão do possível, na melhor das hipóteses em alternância, não de modelos alternativos para a sociedade e os seus sentidos comuns, mas das equipas que gerem a escassez de recursos no paradoxo da maior montanha de riqueza acumulada que o planeta jamais viu. As ideologias, dadas como mortas e enterradas a partir de 1989, com a queda do muro de Berlim e o consequente triunfo do capitalismo sobre os países de influência soviética, são terreno ainda fértil para encarar o futuro e encontrar os caminhos que podemos ainda percorrer.
About the book:
Nesta obra, vários autores foram convidados a olhar para momentos do tempo em que, como escreveu Galeano, chove de baixo para cima. A partir de várias formações disciplinares, os investigadores que responderam ao repto olham para o tempo comum, para o dia anterior, para as rotinas que corroem, mas que também permitem sobreviver, para os fluxos de gente que se movimenta à procura de uma vida melhor, para a conquista da cidade e do espaço de reconhecimento, para as margens da vida, com as pequenas histórias das personagens secundárias, dos sobreviventes, dos subversivos, dos indígenas, daqueles que em narrativa estranha são entendidos como falhados, incompletos, fadados ao fracasso, irrelevantes. Conjugar o tempo longo, através da memória, do arquivo, da fotografia e da literatura, é um exercício a partir de um dado presente, num tempo de pandemia em que a duração parece ter coagulado. Contudo, convém retirar o tempo forte do baú, e escapar das debilidades presentistas do fim da história, do presente contínuo em que tudo parece confundir-se. A tanto nos propusemos, com esta obra destinada a interrogar os momentos de aceleração da história, os que os precedem e o lastro num tempo longo.
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Conference that seeks to challenge historical revisionism, amplify marginalised voices, and foster transnational dialogues on reconciliation, accountability, and restorative justice. The Public History of Difficult Pasts 8th International
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Conference that seeks to challenge historical revisionism, amplify marginalised voices, and foster transnational dialogues on reconciliation, accountability, and restorative justice.
The Public History of Difficult Pasts
8th International Conference on Public History
IFPH 2026
The 8th International Conference on Public History, organised by the International Federation for Public History, IFPH, will take place in Lisbon from September 7 to 11, 2026. It will be hosted by IN2PAST – the Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory, a transdisciplinary consortium of seven research centres, at the Almada Negreiros College on the Campolide Campus of NOVA University Lisbon.
In a time of escalating attacks by right-wing movements on memory, diversity, human rights, democracy, and history itself, the IFPH reaffirms its commitment to fostering critical engagement with the ways societies confront, interpret, and relate to their difficult pasts and challenging presents. The IFPH strongly condemns book banning, the censorship of historical narratives, the surveillance of students and educators, the targeting of sites of remembrance, and the imposition of ideological agendas — particularly right-wing distortions — that not only threaten academic freedom but undermine the very principles upon which public history is built. Against this backdrop, the conference seeks to challenge historical revisionism and silencing, to amplify marginalised voices and memories, and to promote transnational dialogues on reconciliation, accountability, and restorative justice.
Public History has long addressed global historical processes such as colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade, and the genocide of Indigenous peoples, as well as phenomena that emerge in multiple contexts, including armed conflicts and dictatorships. It embodies both a political and ethical commitment to examining how difficult pasts have been lived and remembered by different communities and individuals, ensuring that their perspectives are acknowledged and respected. At the same time, engaging with these histories through Public History raises significant challenges. Sharing authority with specific communities and amplifying marginalised narratives may unintentionally silence other voices, while also presenting complex ethical dilemmas. Furthermore, Public History operates within the public sphere, engaging diverse audiences and navigating competing representations of the past in an era increasingly marked by the political instrumentalisation of history and the spread of revisionist and denialist discourses.
🔗 Free registration HERE.
Call for contributions
This conference seeks to challenge historical revisionism, amplify marginalised voices, and foster transnational dialogues on reconciliation, accountability, and restorative justice. We invite contributions that explore:
Historical Contexts and Global Processes
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- Colonialism and its enduring legacies
- The transatlantic slave trade and its commemorations
- Indigenous genocide and cultural destruction
- Armed conflicts, civil wars, and their aftermath
- Dictatorships, authoritarianism, and state violence
- Mass atrocities and crimes against humanity
Contemporary Challenges and Methodological Innovations
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- Countering historical denial and revisionism
- Navigating contested memories and competing narratives
- Sharing authority with affected communities
- Ethical dilemmas in representing traumatic pasts
- Digital humanities, media, and social networks
- Museum practices and memorial sites
- Archives, and archival activism
- Educational approaches to sensitive histories
Voices and Perspectives
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- Survivor testimonies and intergenerational trauma
- Community-based historical projects
- Oral history and marginalised narratives
- Gender, sexuality, and intersectional approaches
- Youth engagement with difficult pasts
- Transnational and comparative perspectives
Justice and Reconciliation
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- Truth commissions and transitional justice
- Reparations and historical redress
- Memorialisation and commemoration practices
- Restorative justice approaches
- Healing and collective memory
- Building inclusive historical narratives
Calendar
Opening of the Call for Presentations: 30 September 2025
Deadline for Application: 30 November 7 December 2025 [new deadline]
Deadline for reviewers to do their reviews: 31 January 2026
Call for posters: January 2026
Results of the Call for Presentations will be announced by March 2026
Programme of the conference shall be available around June 2026
Deadline for registration for on-site attendance: August 2026
Conference: 7-11 September 2026
Submission of proposals
🔗 Submit your panel proposal HERE.
🔗 Submit your paper proposal HERE.
🔗 Submit your Working Group proposal HERE.
>> Download the call for papers (PDF) <<
Tempo
7 (Segunda-feira) 11:00 am - 11 (Sexta-feira) 6:00 pm
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Several Institutions
News
Lisbon is hosting the 8th International Conference on Public History
Aug 31, 2026
Under the theme ‘The Public History of Difficult Pasts’
Fifth edition of the Amílcar Cabral Prize
Jul 27, 2026
Applications are due by 30 September
Marta Pinto Machado in a double bill in Lisbon: MNAC and CCCV
May 14, 2026
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