Biography

Master’s degree in Anthropology, specialising in Archaeology, from the Federal University of Pelotas, and a degree in History from the University of Cape Verde. Between 2018 and 2023, she taught Cape Verdean History and Culture at secondary schools in Cape Verde. In the 2021/2022 academic year, she was a lecturer in the Department of History and Geography at the University of Cape Verde, teaching the courses Prehistory and Introduction to the History of Black Africa. She is a PhD student in History – specialising in Contemporary History – at NOVA University Lisbon.

She has organised and participated in events, namely conferences, research projects and academic meetings. Examples include the organisation of and participation in the International Colloquium ‘Lugares e Práticas Historiográficas, Educação, Património e Cultura Impressa‘ [Historiographical Places and Practices, Education, Heritage and Printed Culture]; the oral presentation of work at the 1st International Conference on Textbooks: National and Global Historical Perspectives; and the organisation of the workshop: ‘O livro didático de História: Brasil, Cabo Verde e Portugal‘ [The History Textbook: Brazil, Cape Verde and Portugal], organised by the University of Coimbra, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the 20th Century. She was a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Network for the History of Pedagogies, Cultural Heritage and Teaching Materials in the Portuguese Language, where she participated in the Colloquium organised by the Network in February 2023 in Portugal. She also participated in archaeological excavation projects in Brazil, Portugal and Cape Verde.

Research fields

• Colonial legacies
• Memories of slavery
• Materialities

Selected publication

• Miranda, Sandra Samira Tavares. “Arqueologia da Cidade Velha, Cabo Verde : da escravidão às múltiplas vozes na contemporaneidade.” Master’s in Anthropology dissertation presented to the Federal University of Pelotas, 2016. [link] 🔓

Main projects

• ‘História, Narrativas Contemporâneas e Construção da Memória Pública da Escravatura em Cabo Verde’ [History, Contemporary Narratives, and the Construction of Public Memory of Slavery in Cape Verde] — PhD thesis to be presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, supervised by Victor Barros (IHC — NOVA FCSH). Individual PhD project funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (2024.12897.PALOP). 2024-
• Researcher in the project ‘A Conservação In Situ de Materiais Arqueológicos‘ [In Situ Conservation of Archaeological Materials] — Coordinated by Jaime Mujica Sallés (LÂMINA — Federal University of Pelotas).
• Researcher in the project ‘Fórum da cidade romana Pax Julia e a sua dinâmica na longa duração‘ [The forum of the Roman city of Pax Julia and its dynamics over the long term] — Coordinated by Maria da Conceição Lopes (CEAACP — University of Coimbra).
• Researcher in the project ‘National Plan for the Rehabilitation of Historic and Religious Buildings’ — Coordinated by the Instituto do Património Cultural and funded by the Government of Cabo Verde.