Biography

She graduated in History — Education from the University of Coimbra (in 2002) and began her professional career as a history teacher. Her passion for education translated into a quest for knowledge in areas related to her initial training. In 2004, she completed a postgraduate programme in Archaeology and Heritage at the NOVA University Lisbon. In 2007, she completed a specialisation in Museums and Education at the University of Évora, where she went on to complete a Master’s degree in Museology. Her professional experience as a teacher and, from 31 January 2005, as a technician in a local institution, more specifically in the Albufeira Municipal Archaeology Museum, consolidated her interest in heritage education and cultural mediation in non-formal education spaces. After coordinating contemporary artistic creation at Loulé City Council (2015-2018), she joined the team at the National Archaeological Museum, where she is currently coordinator of the Inventory and Collections Service. She is studying for a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science: Museology at the University of Évora.

Research fields

• Museology
• Contemporary history

Selected publications

• Batista, Patrícia Santos, “O turismo balnear em Albufeira: uma história recente,” in Fragmentos para a história do turismo no Algarve (Promontória monográfica – História do Algarve, nº 2), coordinated by Alexandra Rodrigues Gonçalves, A. Paulo Dias Oliveira and Cristina Fé Santos, 213–228. Faro: Universidade do Algarve, 2015. [link]
• Batista, Patrícia Santos, “Monchique – Identidade e Património: estratégias para o desenvolvimento locale,” in Paisagens e Dinâmicas Territoriais em Portugal e no Brasil. As Novas Geografias dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (Coleção Iberografias), 116–124. Guarda: Centro de Estudos Ibéricos, 2013. [link]
• Batista, Patrícia Santos. Mercados Públicos Motores de Desenvolvimento Local, O Mercado Municipal de Loulé. Loulé: Câmara Municipal de Loulé, 2008.

Main projects

• “Portugal no Brasil: Museus como espaço de construção de conhecimento científico e identidades (1808-1900) – Discursos Desconstruídos” [Portugal in Brazil: Museums as a space for building scientific knowledge and identities (1808-1900) – Deconstructed Discourses] — PhD thesis to be presented to the University of Évora, supervised by Maria de Fátima Nunes (IHC — Universidade de Évora) and Luís Miguel Carolino (Iscte–IUL).