Pedro Figueiredo Neto
Biographic Data
| ID | 668663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pedro Figueiredo Neto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pedro |
| FAMILY NAME | Figueiredo Neto |
| SIGNATURE | FIGUEIREDO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7687-7202 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Technoscientific imaging and the territorialization of ocean depth
Once the last unclaimed solid expanse on Earth, the ocean floor has become one of the most contested spaces in contemporary geopolitics. The data-imagery produced by technoscience serves as the ultimate tool for nations asserting sovereignty in this territorial race. This symposium gathers diverse perspectives on the ongoing expansionist drive on the seabed, drawing inspiration from Abissal ——a film-article featuring the Portuguese modern odyssey…
The visual conquering of the Portuguese sea
Since the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), coastal countries have been able to claim sovereignty over the continental shelf by scientifically demonstrating ‘natural prolongation’ between their emerged and submerged surfaces. This paper examines how techno-scientific and politico-legal visions and visualizations shape Portugal's pursuit of sovereignty over the deep ocean. Drawing on fieldwork with scientists, technica…
Guadiana in Four Movements
This paper introduces Guadiana in Four Movements , a research-short film that explores the present and future of the River Guadiana's Lower basin in the Iberian Peninsula. Through a multidisciplinary approach combining social science and the arts, the film integrates diverse audio and visual materials from multimodal ethnographic fieldwork with the sonification of climate scenarios. By drawing connections that demonstrate the tensions between div…
Withering Refuge
Withering Refuge is a film-article that audio-visually problematizes representations of displacement and the possibilities of refuge amidst environmental decline, developmental and extractive endeavours, in and around the Meheba Refugee Camp, Zambia
Still Lifes: Notes on Withering Refuge and Beyond
Withering Refuge (2020) is a film-article that explores visual representations of displacement and the possibilities of refuge amidst environmental decline, developmental and extractive endeavours, in and around Meheba Refugee Camp, Zambia. This article interrogates the tropes of still life artworks as it displays a collection of film stills from Withering Refuge. Selected images not only dialogue with the temporal, spatial and social stillness o…
Seeing like a routier: Routiers’ borderscapes between Southern Europe and West Africa
Routier is the self-designation employed by Senegalese men driving decades-old vehicles overloaded with mostly second-hand items from Southern Europe to be sold in West Africa. This activity involves navigating a constellation of overlapping politico-administrative, socio-economic, cultural and geographical borders. Building on the concept of borderscapes, whose plasticity and aesthetic qualities allows us to interrogate diverse border universes,…
Introduction: Crossing the Lines? Local actors’ responses to developmental challenges in Africa
Enduring colonial legacies continue to shape contemporary politics and policies in Africa. As former and new actors seek to expand economic and political influence in the continent, new forms of domination arise to accommodate neo- and post-colonial agendas. Development, an all-encompassing word that foresees linear pathways towards socially and politically engineered goals, has been used as normative justification for such endeavours (see Escoba…
Moving assemblies: Socio-political mobilization in Angola’s collective transport
The authoritarian regime in Angola seeks to control every dimension of life in the country interfering with a set of fundamental rights such as the freedom of assembly, of movement and of expression. However, by their very fluid nature, by the inherent massing and anonymity, the contexts of mobility not only offer a set of social interactions rarely allowed in the current political panorama, but also provide an escape to effective surveillance an…
Surreptitious ethnography: Following the paths of Angolan refugees and returnees in the Angola-Zambia borderlands
Between 2012 and 2014, the study of Angolan refugees and returnees led me to conduct fieldwork in the Meheba Refugee Camp (Zambia) and along both sides of the border between Angola and Zambia. In the eyes of the involved authorities, however, not only was the moment not appropriate, the issues under analysis were not welcome either. The bureaucratic and institutional obstacles I found during fieldwork eventually led me towards more pragmatic stra…
The Consolidation of the Angola—Zambia Border: Violence, Forced Displacement, Smugglers and Savimbi
The Angola-Zambia borderlands remain a territory of scarce research—a scientific vacuum largely justified by the uncertain history of this region. Thus, based on fieldwork conducted along both sides of the border between Zambia and Angola, this paper aims to introduce some of the key events on the genesis of the international demarcation and its gradual consolidation. The purpose is to analyze the substance of the border, the borders—old and new—…
The Consolidation of the Angola—Zambia Border: Violence, Forced Displacement, Smugglers and Savimbi
The Angola-Zambia borderlands remain a territory of scarce research—a scientific vacuum largely justified by the uncertain history of this region. Thus, based on fieldwork conducted along both sides of the border between Zambia and Angola, this paper aims to introduce some of the key events on the genesis of the international demarcation and its gradual consolidation. The purpose is to analyze the substance of the border, the borders—old and new—…
Surreptitious ethnography: Following the paths of Angolan refugees and returnees in the Angola-Zambia borderlands
Between 2012 and 2014, the study of Angolan refugees and returnees led me to conduct fieldwork in the Meheba Refugee Camp (Zambia) and along both sides of the border between Angola and Zambia. In the eyes of the involved authorities, however, not only was the moment not appropriate, the issues under analysis were not welcome either. The bureaucratic and institutional obstacles I found during fieldwork eventually led me towards more pragmatic stra…
Technoscientific imaging and the territorialization of ocean depth
Once the last unclaimed solid expanse on Earth, the ocean floor has become one of the most contested spaces in contemporary geopolitics. The data-imagery produced by technoscience serves as the ultimate tool for nations asserting sovereignty in this territorial race. This symposium gathers diverse perspectives on the ongoing expansionist drive on the seabed, drawing inspiration from Abissal ——a film-article featuring the Portuguese modern odyssey…
Seeing like a routier: Routiers’ borderscapes between Southern Europe and West Africa
Routier is the self-designation employed by Senegalese men driving decades-old vehicles overloaded with mostly second-hand items from Southern Europe to be sold in West Africa. This activity involves navigating a constellation of overlapping politico-administrative, socio-economic, cultural and geographical borders. Building on the concept of borderscapes, whose plasticity and aesthetic qualities allows us to interrogate diverse border universes,…
The Consolidation of the Angola—Zambia Border: Violence, Forced Displacement, Smugglers and Savimbi
The Angola-Zambia borderlands remain a territory of scarce research—a scientific vacuum largely justified by the uncertain history of this region. Thus, based on fieldwork conducted along both sides of the border between Zambia and Angola, this paper aims to introduce some of the key events on the genesis of the international demarcation and its gradual consolidation. The purpose is to analyze the substance of the border, the borders—old and new—…
Surreptitious ethnography: Following the paths of Angolan refugees and returnees in the Angola-Zambia borderlands
Between 2012 and 2014, the study of Angolan refugees and returnees led me to conduct fieldwork in the Meheba Refugee Camp (Zambia) and along both sides of the border between Angola and Zambia. In the eyes of the involved authorities, however, not only was the moment not appropriate, the issues under analysis were not welcome either. The bureaucratic and institutional obstacles I found during fieldwork eventually led me towards more pragmatic stra…
Moving assemblies: Socio-political mobilization in Angola’s collective transport
The authoritarian regime in Angola seeks to control every dimension of life in the country interfering with a set of fundamental rights such as the freedom of assembly, of movement and of expression. However, by their very fluid nature, by the inherent massing and anonymity, the contexts of mobility not only offer a set of social interactions rarely allowed in the current political panorama, but also provide an escape to effective surveillance an…
Introduction: Crossing the Lines? Local actors’ responses to developmental challenges in Africa
Enduring colonial legacies continue to shape contemporary politics and policies in Africa. As former and new actors seek to expand economic and political influence in the continent, new forms of domination arise to accommodate neo- and post-colonial agendas. Development, an all-encompassing word that foresees linear pathways towards socially and politically engineered goals, has been used as normative justification for such endeavours (see Escoba…
Still Lifes: Notes on Withering Refuge and Beyond
Withering Refuge (2020) is a film-article that explores visual representations of displacement and the possibilities of refuge amidst environmental decline, developmental and extractive endeavours, in and around Meheba Refugee Camp, Zambia. This article interrogates the tropes of still life artworks as it displays a collection of film stills from Withering Refuge. Selected images not only dialogue with the temporal, spatial and social stillness o…
Seeing like a routier: Routiers’ borderscapes between Southern Europe and West Africa
Routier is the self-designation employed by Senegalese men driving decades-old vehicles overloaded with mostly second-hand items from Southern Europe to be sold in West Africa. This activity involves navigating a constellation of overlapping politico-administrative, socio-economic, cultural and geographical borders. Building on the concept of borderscapes, whose plasticity and aesthetic qualities allows us to interrogate diverse border universes,…
Withering Refuge
Withering Refuge is a film-article that audio-visually problematizes representations of displacement and the possibilities of refuge amidst environmental decline, developmental and extractive endeavours, in and around the Meheba Refugee Camp, Zambia
Technoscientific imaging and the territorialization of ocean depth
Once the last unclaimed solid expanse on Earth, the ocean floor has become one of the most contested spaces in contemporary geopolitics. The data-imagery produced by technoscience serves as the ultimate tool for nations asserting sovereignty in this territorial race. This symposium gathers diverse perspectives on the ongoing expansionist drive on the seabed, drawing inspiration from Abissal ——a film-article featuring the Portuguese modern odyssey…
The visual conquering of the Portuguese sea
Since the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), coastal countries have been able to claim sovereignty over the continental shelf by scientifically demonstrating ‘natural prolongation’ between their emerged and submerged surfaces. This paper examines how techno-scientific and politico-legal visions and visualizations shape Portugal's pursuit of sovereignty over the deep ocean. Drawing on fieldwork with scientists, technica…
Guadiana in Four Movements
This paper introduces Guadiana in Four Movements , a research-short film that explores the present and future of the River Guadiana's Lower basin in the Iberian Peninsula. Through a multidisciplinary approach combining social science and the arts, the film integrates diverse audio and visual materials from multimodal ethnographic fieldwork with the sonification of climate scenarios. By drawing connections that demonstrate the tensions between div…
Political science (8 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · China's Global Influence and Migration (2 works) · Displacement (psychology (2 works)