Vitor Barros
Biographic Data
| ID | 292835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vitor Barros |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vitor |
| FAMILY NAME | Barros |
| SIGNATURE | BARROS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5727-1851 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Invention of Portuguese Guinea
This article scrutinizes how the historical and mnemonic narrative about the ‘discovery’ of Portuguese Guinea was invented, narrated and established publicly as official history, even though the sources and the chronicles of the time do not corroborate, with thorough accuracy, that fact. It explores the commemoration of the Portuguese Guinea Centennial, highlighting the ceremonies carried out in the metropolis and in the colony, the institutional…
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Forensic heritage. A research agenda on the material and expressive processes of the public memorialisation of violence in post-authoritarian contexts
In this article, we propose a research agenda towards the critical assessment of processes of memorialisation and heritagization of histories of violence in post-violence and post-authoritarian contexts. Working from the perspective of postcolonial Guinea-Bissau, and based on an interdisciplinary collective brainstorm experiment held between sociologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, museum specialists and historians in Guinea-Bissau, some of…
Colonial Monuments, Portuguese Commemorations and the Writing of the History of the Colony of Cabo Verde
Taking as a case study the commemorations and the monuments erected in the colony of Cabo Verde to memorialise the Portuguese ‘discoverers’ of the fifteenth century, this article scrutinises how those mnemonic schemes acted in the construction of the public memory of the ‘discovery’ of the Cabo Verde islands. It analyses the management of those schemes in the fixation of the narrative established as official history of ‘discovery’, in a context f…
Estado Novo e as comemorações do duplo centenário nas colónias
Este artigo pretende indagar sobre a forma como o Estado Novo manejou nas colónias a comemoração do Duplo Centenário da Fundação e da Restauração da Independência de Portugal, amplamente solenizada em 1940. Num primeiro momento, o artigo sonda os arranjos formais dessa operação comemorativa, assim como os diversos entendimentos conexos produzidos. A segunda parte escrutina as diferentes feições da discursividade comemorativa aplicada nas colónias…
Introduction. Amílcar Cabral and the Idea of Anticolonial Revolution
This article intends to be a contribution to the present issue, entirely dedicated to Amlcar Cabral and the Idea of the Anticolonial Revolution. The main goal is to shift and decentralize the emphasis so far exclusively laid upon the historical weight of Cabral as an individual. In other words, we propose a more inclusive analysis and an approach that does not overlook the multiplicity of interactions and connexions, as well as how several interc…
O Exílio Colonial e os seus Fantasmas (Memórias, Figurações e Ausências)
Este artigo percorre a temática do exílio colonial. Louvando nos registos escriturários produzidos pelos portugueses deportados para o Tarrafal, na colónia de Cabo Verde, entre 1936-1954, exumaremos do espólio desse memorialismo diferentes tópicos que transcrevem o teor da experiência. Num primeiro momento, traçaremos uma breve genealogia histórica do exílio colonial sob o regime de Salazar (Estado Novo). Seguidamente, dos registos escriturários …
Amílcar Cabral and the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
This themed section explores various international and transnational dimensions of the struggle for the decolonisation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde in the 1960s and early 1970s. Its articles analyse how the path to independence of these relatively small West African nations tied into a wide array of interconnected historical processes taking place around the world, from the streets of Paris to the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing. The aim …
The French Anticolonial Solidarity Movement and the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
The liberation wars in the Portuguese colonies were not merely local processes, circumscribed to the geographical areas where armed combat was taking place. This article sheds light on this phenomenon by examining the ways in which the PAIGC’s struggle, combined with Amilcar Cabral’s political performance, influenced the activism of anticolonialist committees in France, particularly in Paris. After mapping out the committees’ actions and discours…
Portugal and the commemorations of the Great War’s deads in Angola and Mozambique
Amílcar Cabral and the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
This themed section explores various international and transnational dimensions of the struggle for the decolonisation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde in the 1960s and early 1970s. Its articles analyse how the path to independence of these relatively small West African nations tied into a wide array of interconnected historical processes taking place around the world, from the streets of Paris to the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing. The aim …
Introduction. Amílcar Cabral and the Idea of Anticolonial Revolution
This article intends to be a contribution to the present issue, entirely dedicated to Amlcar Cabral and the Idea of the Anticolonial Revolution. The main goal is to shift and decentralize the emphasis so far exclusively laid upon the historical weight of Cabral as an individual. In other words, we propose a more inclusive analysis and an approach that does not overlook the multiplicity of interactions and connexions, as well as how several interc…
The French Anticolonial Solidarity Movement and the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
The liberation wars in the Portuguese colonies were not merely local processes, circumscribed to the geographical areas where armed combat was taking place. This article sheds light on this phenomenon by examining the ways in which the PAIGC’s struggle, combined with Amilcar Cabral’s political performance, influenced the activism of anticolonialist committees in France, particularly in Paris. After mapping out the committees’ actions and discours…
Portugal and the commemorations of the Great War’s deads in Angola and Mozambique
Amílcar Cabral and the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
This themed section explores various international and transnational dimensions of the struggle for the decolonisation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde in the 1960s and early 1970s. Its articles analyse how the path to independence of these relatively small West African nations tied into a wide array of interconnected historical processes taking place around the world, from the streets of Paris to the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing. The aim …
The French Anticolonial Solidarity Movement and the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
The liberation wars in the Portuguese colonies were not merely local processes, circumscribed to the geographical areas where armed combat was taking place. This article sheds light on this phenomenon by examining the ways in which the PAIGC’s struggle, combined with Amilcar Cabral’s political performance, influenced the activism of anticolonialist committees in France, particularly in Paris. After mapping out the committees’ actions and discours…
Introduction. Amílcar Cabral and the Idea of Anticolonial Revolution
This article intends to be a contribution to the present issue, entirely dedicated to Amlcar Cabral and the Idea of the Anticolonial Revolution. The main goal is to shift and decentralize the emphasis so far exclusively laid upon the historical weight of Cabral as an individual. In other words, we propose a more inclusive analysis and an approach that does not overlook the multiplicity of interactions and connexions, as well as how several interc…
O Exílio Colonial e os seus Fantasmas (Memórias, Figurações e Ausências)
Este artigo percorre a temática do exílio colonial. Louvando nos registos escriturários produzidos pelos portugueses deportados para o Tarrafal, na colónia de Cabo Verde, entre 1936-1954, exumaremos do espólio desse memorialismo diferentes tópicos que transcrevem o teor da experiência. Num primeiro momento, traçaremos uma breve genealogia histórica do exílio colonial sob o regime de Salazar (Estado Novo). Seguidamente, dos registos escriturários …
Estado Novo e as comemorações do duplo centenário nas colónias
Este artigo pretende indagar sobre a forma como o Estado Novo manejou nas colónias a comemoração do Duplo Centenário da Fundação e da Restauração da Independência de Portugal, amplamente solenizada em 1940. Num primeiro momento, o artigo sonda os arranjos formais dessa operação comemorativa, assim como os diversos entendimentos conexos produzidos. A segunda parte escrutina as diferentes feições da discursividade comemorativa aplicada nas colónias…
Colonial Monuments, Portuguese Commemorations and the Writing of the History of the Colony of Cabo Verde
Taking as a case study the commemorations and the monuments erected in the colony of Cabo Verde to memorialise the Portuguese ‘discoverers’ of the fifteenth century, this article scrutinises how those mnemonic schemes acted in the construction of the public memory of the ‘discovery’ of the Cabo Verde islands. It analyses the management of those schemes in the fixation of the narrative established as official history of ‘discovery’, in a context f…
Forensic heritage. A research agenda on the material and expressive processes of the public memorialisation of violence in post-authoritarian contexts
In this article, we propose a research agenda towards the critical assessment of processes of memorialisation and heritagization of histories of violence in post-violence and post-authoritarian contexts. Working from the perspective of postcolonial Guinea-Bissau, and based on an interdisciplinary collective brainstorm experiment held between sociologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, museum specialists and historians in Guinea-Bissau, some of…
The Invention of Portuguese Guinea
This article scrutinizes how the historical and mnemonic narrative about the ‘discovery’ of Portuguese Guinea was invented, narrated and established publicly as official history, even though the sources and the chronicles of the time do not corroborate, with thorough accuracy, that fact. It explores the commemoration of the Portuguese Guinea Centennial, highlighting the ceremonies carried out in the metropolis and in the colony, the institutional…
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History (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Cape verde (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works)