The exhibition presents to the public different aspects of Mozambican Portuguese, such as history, grammar, vocabulary, and relationship with other languages
By Sandra Lima
The Centro MariAntonia of USP opens, on June 1st, at 7 pm, the exhibition O Português de Moçambique no caleidoscópio (The Portuguese of Mozambique in the kaleidoscope), with maps, graphics, photographs, cartoons, audio recordings, and posters. The exhibition is a partnership between the Chair of Portuguese as a Second and Foreign Language of the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) (UEM) of Mozambique and the Pro-Rectory of Culture and University Extension of USP, curated by designer Vincent Caudry and coordinated by professors Inês Machungo and Perpétua Gonçalves, from the Mozambican institution. Admission is free and visitation is held from Tuesday to Sunday and holidays, from 10 am to 6 pm.
In order to disseminate information about different aspects of the Portuguese language in Mozambique (such as history, grammar, vocabulary, and relations with other languages), the exhibition arrives in Brazil at the invitation of the professors of the Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH) of USP, Olga Coelho and Esmeralda Negrão.
On June 1 and 2, starting at 4 pm, there will be a cycle of lectures with several guests with a conference by Conceição Evaristo (USP and Itaú Cultural), and discussion tables with Carlos Alberto Faraco (UFPR), Margarida Petter (USP), Perpétua Gonçalves (UEM, Mozambique), Rodrigo Madrid (IFPI) and Evani Viotti (USP) coordinated by professors Olga Coelho and Esmeralda Negrão. The themes cover studies developed in Brazil and Africa, on Portuguese and African languages.
The pro-rector of Culture and University Extension at USP, Marli Quadros Leite, points out that “the exhibition and conferences strengthen the partnership between the institutions and shed light on the variety of academic studies of Portuguese and African languages, as well as their cultural richness”.
The exhibition is part of a set of initiatives aimed at the study and dissemination of Transatlantic Linguistic History, developed by the Documentation Center in Linguistic Historiography of the Department of Linguistics of FFLCH, by the Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA) of USP, and by the CNPq research group called Laboratório de Estudos Linguísticos Transatlânticos (LELT). It is supported by the Center for African Studies, the Department of Linguistics, and the Graduate Program in Linguistics at USP.
Inauguration
Thursday, June 1st
4 p.m.
Conference with the writter Conceição Evaristo, holder of the Cátedra Olavo Setúbal de Arte, Cultura e Ciência (USP e Itaú Cultural)
5 p.m.
Roundtable: O português no caleidoscópio
Português, uma língua pluricêntrica? – Carlos Alberto Faraco, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
Do Cafundó a Damásio: comunidades quilombolas no DL/USP e nos itinerários de Ana Stela – Margarida Petter, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Pesquisas sobre variedades de línguas ex-coloniais. Entregando o sapatinho à Cinderela – Perpétua Gonçalves, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM)
Coordenation: Olga Coelho (USP)
7 p.m. – Official opening of exhibition O Português de Moçambique no caleidoscópio
Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda, vice-rector of USP
Marli Quadros Leite, pro-rector of Culture and University Extension of USP
José Tavares Correa de Lira, Centro MariAntonia of USP
Perpétua Gonçalves, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM)
Friday, June 2
4 p.m.
Roundtable: O desenvolvimento do estudo de línguas africanas e da linguística africana no Brasil e na USP
O estudo de línguas africanas e da linguística africana no Brasil e na USP – Margarida Petter (USP).
Reflexões sobre transitividade a partir de dados de línguas bantu – Rodrigo Madrid (Instituto Federal do Piauí)
O contato entre línguas africanas e português na evolução do português brasileiro – Evani Viotti (USP)
Coordination: Esmeralda Vailati Negrão (FFLCH e IEA/USP)
Service
Exhibition O Português de Moçambique no caleidoscópio
Opening June 1st – from 7 p.m.
Opening lectures June 1st from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. / June 2nd from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where | Centro Maria Antonia – Edifício Rui Barbosa
Rua Maria Antônia, 294 – Vila Buarque – São Paulo, SP (near of Higienópolis and Santa Cecília metro Station)
When | from June 1st to September 10th, 2023
Visitation | Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Classification | Free
How much | Free
Information | (11) 3123-5202
Translated by: Lara Yoshime Shizuko Fukushima