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1.
Objectives and Achievements
1.1. Unit Description
Legally, the CEAis a non-profit association that includes the research and development unit (Unidade 1&0,
R& O Unit) of the same name. lts organization corresponds to what is stipulated by law and by rufes emanating,
every two years, from the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education. lts members elect the Board,
which is the executive organ, as well as the presidency of the General Assembly and the Fiscal Control
Commission. The last election occurred in 2007. The Scientific Council is composed of ali integrated researchers
who are PhD holders; its role is to watch over the scientific orientation and quality of ali activities. There is a
Consultative Commission composed of specialists from other institutions, Portuguese, as well as nonPortuguese; its function is to adv1se the Board.
The hosting conditions of the CEA include infrastructural means and human resources. The centre is
located at the ISCTE (rooms 2Nl7, 2Nl4 and 2N20). The CEA has a permanent secretariat and two collaborators
in the administrative and financial area. Ali computers are connected to the ISCTE computer network, which
provides technical assístance and access to documentation and scientific databases (B-on, 151, etc.).
Among diverse research support activities the most important one, is the African Studies Library, financed
by the FCT and in a complementary way by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, physically located at ISCTE and
supported by ISCTE's librarian services. CEA has a multí-annual financing program that has been partially used
to finance scientific events (conferences, seminars), the participation of researchers in international meetings,
field missions ín Africa, and publications. CEA publishes, on a regular basis, the Occasional Paper Series (online,
since 2005) and the scientific journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos. CEA has currently an agreement with
Kingston Publishers (United Kingdom), which from 2007 on will yearly publish two books by CEA' researchers
on the monographic collection African Vistas. More information about the CEA can be found at the website:
www.cea.iscte.pt
1.2. General Objectives
The general objective of the CEA is to promete interdisciplinary studies in the social sciences on SubSaharan Africa. This objective is pursued mainly through research, but also through (mostly international)
conferences, through publications, through the support for studies in this field at ISCTE as well as other
(Portuguese, African and other) universities, through the dissemination via it's website and email of
information relevant to the field and through the constitution (since early 2005) of a centrallíbrary of African
studies for Portugal. ln this context, special attention is given to the five Lusophone African countries, but the
concern is with the continent as a whole. The CEA also offer consultant services on the domains of its specialty.
A) Research
The projects led by CEA researcher are included in its main fine - Change and Development in Africa - and in
the sub-themes : (1) Politics in Africa, {2) Economics and Entrepreneurship in Africa, {3) Development and
lnternational Cooperatíon ín Africa, (4) Wars, Conflícts and Forced Migration in Africa. ln the framework of
these main research Iines the CEA has developed 11 research projects, involving about 40 PhD holders, full time
o r part time; 35 of them h ave the status of integrated researchers.
B) Teaching
The CEA is actively involved in postgraduate teaching, in Portugal and internationally. ln Portugal there is a
close cooperation with the Section of Afrlcan Studies/ Department of Sociology at the ISCTE, where CEA
members created two Master programs (in African Studíes and in Local and Global Development) as well as a
PhD program in African Studies. ln parallel CEA members cooperate in the MA program in African History at the
Department of History at the Universidade de Lisboa. On the international levei CEA members collaborate with
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other European and African universities, namely Université de Paris 7-Diderot, Université de Ulle 1,
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique and Universidade Agostinho Neto ln Angola. The CEA also
promotes the integration of post-graduate students and young PhD holders within its projects. ln 2007 a total
of 24 project collaborators were preparing MA or PhD theses in the CEA and actívely participated on the
ongoing research activities. Five post-doctoral researchers were working at the CEA during this period, two of
them coming from the Africa Studies Centre in Barcelona.
C} Networking
The CEA has developed connections with research centers, universities and individual researchers in Portugal,
in other European countries, in Africa, in Brazil and in the US. Every project is constituted by an international
team and is supported by a formal agreement. The CEA has research protocols with institutions both in Europe
and Africa and is a member of severa I ínternational networks.
D) Services
A Services' Nucleus of the CEA, active since 2004, has now become specíalized in three different areas Education, Entrepreneurship, Health - where it is currently offering consultancy services to a number of
institutions with the intention to expand its activities over the coming years.
1.3. Main Achievements in 2007
The core achievements in 2007 consisted in: a) research projects; b) the Central Ubrary of African Studies;
c) international publication and digital resource sharing; d) international network of research.
a) During this period, CEA carried out or initiated a total of 12 major projects, submitted to international
evaluation, involving about 60 researchers. Ali these projects had international an interdisciplinary research
teams and some, internatíonal funding, namely from the lnternational Labour Organization (ILO), the
Volkswagen Foundation, the Agence Nationale de Recherche, and Ministére des Affaires Etrangeres, France.
b) A Scientific Re-equipment program was approved by FCT in 2004 to fund the Ubrary (BCEA), a
specialized pan-African library, lead by CEA with the participation of 4 other Portuguese African Studies
Centres. Following the celebration of a long-term protocol with ISCTE, which assured logistic and organizational
facilities, the project was launched and two specialized staff members were contracted. Given that the FCT reequípment program was restrícted to bibliographical acquísitions, supplementary support was offered by the
Gulbenkian Foundation to finance staff expenses. ln 2006, the BCEA became the recipient of important
donations of Africana bibliography. Given the importance of the new global trends of integration of libraries'
cataloguing systems (particularly academic and research ones) in international networks of data resources
sharing, and given that CEA is a long-standing member of the European research network AEGIS, there has
been a clear effort to proceed with such integratíon, be it through SCOLMA (Standard Conference on Ubrary
Materiais in Africana), the Connecting-Africa pointer program, or bilateral connections with corresponding
libraries. ln 2007, the Líbrary was officially launched and the continuation of this project into a digital library
was prepared.
c) White developing research publication in Portuguese, namely through the Cadernos de Estudos
Africanos and the Working Papers, the centre as signed a contract with Sean Kingston Publishers {Oxford) for a
continuous edition tine in English, becoming scíentifically responsible for a series named Afrícan Vistas, with
independent international referees. A total of 6 books are presently undergoing review and the first 2 were
sent to the publisher in 2007.
d) Within this period, CEA carried on a call for a Project Manager withín the Ciência 2007 Program,
foreseeing better conditions for applying to the 7 Framework Program and other international calls. ln addition,
we continued our ongoing policy of developing network research and teaching agreements of cooperation,
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namely with main research institutions as AEGIS, OSSREA, CODESRIA, CEAN and IRO, with the SCOLMA librarian
network. ln 2007 CEA signed research agreements in lusophone African countries with the Catholic University
of Angola-CEIC, the centre Cruzeiro do Sul in Mozambique and the INEP in Guinea-Bissau.
2. Activities
2.1.1ntegrative/multidisciplinary activities in 2007
Given the statutory nature of CEA, ali activities, without exception, are multidisciplinary. CEA project is
aimed at developing scientific research of multidisciplinary nature ln Africa, particularly in the field of social
sciences, development studies, and economy. lhis research is devised for an international audience,
comprising the academy, researchers and policy-makers. CEA's visibility is expressed in the conferences and
publications organized by CEA, its strong participation in the research and diffusion activitíes of AEGIS and
other international networks, with a global orientation of creating a discussion forum where scholars of
different scientific domains, development practitioners and policy-makers gather. lhe most significant outputs
of these activities are CEA multidiscíplinary projects, conferences and publications, advisory reports, networked
data sharing on an international scale, definition of up-to-date research fines, trends, themes, and practices for
academic teaching purposes. CEA supported the following projects with a multidisciplinary approach: The
lmpact of Informal Economy in the Reduction of Social Exclusion and Poverty in the Portuguese Speaking
African Countries and its lnteraction with Social Protection (ILO funding); Reconciliation and Social Conflict in
the Aftermath of Lorge-scole Violence in Southern Africo: the cases of Angola ond Nomibia (Volkswagen
Foundation funding); Senegombia: from the Critics of an Historicoi-Sociologicallcon to the Re-evoluation of an
Object of Study (FCl funding); Forced Migrotions and Humanitarian lntervention Formots (FCT funding);
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs and Development in Angola and Mozambique (FCT funding); Politics, Social
Actors and Citizenship in A/rica (FCT funding); Writing History in the Horn of A/rica (Centre d'~tudes des
Mondes Africains/Agence Nationale de Recherche); Therapeutic Practices in Migratory Context (FCT funding,
leaded by CEAS); Les dynomiques du développement local urbain (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs);
Understanding Entrepreneuriol Configurations in A/rica and China: a four nation study (FCT funding); Poverty
and Peace ln the Portuguese Speaking Africon Countries (FCl funding); The Tourism lmpact in the Community
Development in Afríca: Analysis of Insular Experiences (FCT funding). CEA organised four international
conferences: Autoridades Tradicionais em África: um universo em mudança (ISCTE, Mar.1-2); Youth ond
Modernity in Africa (ISCTE, Oct.10-12}, organized by CEA and CEAS; Angola 2007: que recomposições e
reorientações? (ISCTE, November 20-22), organised by CEA and CEIC (Universidade Católica de Angola);
Encontro Internacional Relações Europa-A/rica (ISCTE, Dec.14-15), organised by CEA. An individual conference
by Prof. Alma Gottlieb was held June S. CEA participated in the organizatlon of the conference 1 Congresso de
Educação Ambiental dos Países Lusófonos e Galiza, Santiago de Compostela, September.
2.2. Outreach Activities in 2007
lhe primary objective of the CEA, from 2006 onwards, is specifically directed to the expansion and
consolidation of the existing research, namely through: a) supporting projects and their relation to both a
academic and a non-academic public; b) supporting the relation between researchers and teaching, and
investing ln the internationalization of their output; c) having an effective policy of making available and
debating knowledge on African affairs.
a) During the 2007 period, CEA's main research areas were organized in four program fines where ali the
centre's projects have been cohesively integrated: (1) Politícs in Africa, (2) Economics and Entrepreneurship in
Africa, (3) Development and lnternational Cooperation in Africa, (4) Wars, Conflicts and Forced Migration in
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Africa. Each line serves as framework to every project and international networking activities of the centre as
well as its non-research activities (namely, in the diffusion of results through conferences and publications). ln
addition, our research activity consisted in carrying out the major projects that started in 2006, as well as the
three approved by the FCT in 2007. CEA also promoted the hosting of new national and foreign researchers,
within these Iines of research.
b) CEA invested deeper in the relation with postgraduate teaching at both a national and an international
levei. The first aím obliged to increasing the research synergies between the CEA and the Department Area of
African Studies of ISCTE. The second was expressed by the participation in international teaching programs,
namely through the implementation of an international master program on European-African Relations
(Erasmus Mundus) patronized by the AEGIS network, organized by ISCTE, in collaboration with University of
Paris I and University I'Orientale of Naples, and with three African partner uníversities. Besides, CEA
participated in CODESRIA tutoring activities, supported students' exchanges with other institutions, hosted
postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers. A key factor in this policy was the constitution of the Central
Library of African Studies that offers both national and international researchers and student's outstanding
facilities for research and training. ln addition, CEA strengthened the connections between research and
teaching.
c) CEA has reformulated its editing policy in order to promete internationalization and a better diffusion of
research. The internationalization of its scientific results through publications was increased, namely dueto the
agreement established with Sean Kingston Publications to publish two books in English per year, to its access to
the AEGIS series published by Brill, and to a new policy towards CEA journal (online and physical publlcation,
both in Portuguese and English, with a international referee system). Efforts have been made to include the
CEA journal within the main cataloguing and referencing databases on social sciences. Finally, CEA's site was
reformulated in order to make it an effective tool to disseminate and make available informed data about
Africa, as well as to host data from ongoing research projects, and to systematically link and organize
researchers' activities, agendas, and milestones.
3.
Research Groups
3.1. Politics in Africa
Objectives
This line includes ali research projects dealing with politics and politicai issues
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Africa. The mam objective is to
research about politicai processes currently underway in sub-Saharan Africa and the roles of the various agents
and social actors involved, from the institutional and social dynamics' perspectives. lhe ongoing projects,
together with a substantial previous research carried in the CEA, constitute a main line of research that
continues to absorb Master and PhD researchers. Additionally, the projects and the participants in the line
publish regularly the results achieved, and participate in scientific meetings.
Main Achievements
Holding of severa! colloquia, seminars and workshops, namely the international conference Autoridades
Tradicionais em África: um universo em mudança, ISCTE, May 1-2 and participation of project researchers in
these and other scientific meetings. Two of the projects formerly included in this line were finished and gave
place to publications and conference communications. ln the project Regime Reform, Social Actors and
Citizenship in Angola, near 20 articles regarding the project and/or its subjects are now under reviewing. They
will be published by the CEA in the next number of Cadernos de Estudos Africanos. ln the project Senegambia:
From the Critics of a Historicai-Sociological lcon to the Re-evaluation of a Study Object, fieldwork in Senegal
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and in Guinea-Bissau was conducted. ln the project Social Dynamics in the Structuration of Politics in African
Rural Contexts, fieldwork in Ghana and in Ethiopia was conducted.
Productivity
Publications
Ferreira, Patricia Magalhães (2007): Situations of Fragility: Challenges for an European Response Strategy. Em
co-autoria com Fernanda Faria. Estudo para a Presidência Portuguesa da UE. ECDPM/IEEI, 116pp. ISBN:
978-972-8109-37-0
Ferreira, Patricia Magalhaes Ferreira (ed.) e Cardoso, Fernando Jorge (coord.) (2007): Diplomacia, Cooperação e
Negócios: O Papel dos Actores Externos em Angola e Moçambique. IEEI, Lisboa.
Castelo, Cláudia, 2007, Passagens para a África portuguesa: o povoamento de Angola e Moçambique com
naturais da metrópole (1920-1974), Porto, Edições Afrontamento
Castelo, Cláudia, 2007,"0s arquivos como instrumentos de controlo democrático", in Congresso Nacional de
Bibliotecários, Arquivistas
e
Documentalistas, 9, Ponta Delgada (Açores), 2007, Bibliotecas e arquivos:
informação para a cidadania, o desenvolvimento e a inovação [Multimédia], Lisboa, BAD, 2007
Dias, A. (2007) Book Reviews Rotberg, R.l. (2005) Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa. Cambridge,
Massachusetts & Washington, DC: World Peace Foundation & Brookings lnstitution Press; Woodward, P. (2006)
US Foreign Policy and the Horn of Africa, Aldershot & Burlington: Ashgate, African Affairs, 106/204, pp.539-541
Dias, Eduardo Costa, 2007, "Les Musulmans Guinéens lmmigrés de Usbonne. Évitement et fascination ambigue
pour "l'autre musulman"" in Lusotopie XIV (1), pp. 181-203, Leiden
Conferences
Bento, Carlos (2007) Um Projecto de Investigação sobre Cozinha Tradicional na Área do Pinhal e Vale do Tejo.
Metodologia da Investigação Utilizada e Resultados Finais (Meados Do Século XX), Seminário de homenagem
ao Prof. António Jorge Dias, 6 de Dezembro de 2007, Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa
Dias, A. "Militant Nationalism and lslamism in the Horn of Africa", course "Security lssues in Continental
Africa", coordinated by James Mayall, University of Cambridge, Madingley Hall, Cambridge, May 2-4
Dias, A. "The challenge of Nationalism and lslamism in the Horn of Africa", lnternational Studies Association,
Seventh lnternational Comparative lnterdisciplinary Studies Section, Millennium Conference, "Global Security
and the Reconfiguration of the lnternational System: Vision and Reality", Buçaco, Portugal, June 14-16
Dias, A. "War and State formation: Outcomes of an interstate war in the post- Cold War era : Ethiopia and
Eritrea (1998-2000)", AEGIS European Conference on African Studies, "African Alternatives: lnitiative and
Creativity beyond Current Constraints", 2nd lnternational Conference on African Studies, ASC, Leiden, 9-12 July.
3.2. Wars, violent conflicts, and forced migrations in Africa
Objectives
The main objective is to promote a more cohesive understanding of the web of structural and conjuncture
tensions and instabilities in different Africa regions, as well as the emergence of specific forms of war and
violent conflicts, and their politicai, social, cultural, and humanitarian impact on African population. The
research aims confronting the overlapping nature of internal conflicts, border warfare, and invasíve military
action, in correlation with demographic and economic pressures, and their overall impact on the societies
concerned, be I humanitarian consequences (massacres, genocides, forced migratíons, displacements, and
exodus), politicai and social (social re-compositions, exodus to or from urban areas, changes in power
relations), and cultural (the dynamics of cultural reinvention on national and regional identities and memories).
The present research aims not only to produce solid scientific analytic results but to offer informed and
conclusive data to both policy makers and officials of national and ínternational organizations intervening ín
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the areas concerned. On the other hand, the research line wlll integrate post-graduation students and
researchers, willing to prepare their thesis on the subjects identified by the line or on others they might
propose.
Moin Achievements
The researchers in this line have carried fieldwork in severallocations (Ethiopia, Soma lia, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau;
and ln Angola in severa! locations). More than 10 communications were presented at international scientific
meetings and severa! workshops and seminars were conducted. Through the individual projects the
researchers carried bibliographic research, created information databases, and developed a series of research
instruments (surveys, interview guidelínes) ln order to assure meaningful fieldwork. Ongoing international
research networks were developed through the projects (Adis Ababa University, Authority for Research and
Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Centre Français d'Études Éthiopiens, University Complutense of Madrid, CEIC
of Angola). One master thesis was completed and 14 others are ongoing; eight PhD thesis are being prepared,
about different subjects concerning war resilience and social re-composition in Africa. The project
Monitorization of violent conflicts in the Horn of Africa (CORNAFRIQUE: Ecrire l'histoire de la Corne de I'Afrique
(XIIIe- XXIe siecles): textes, réseaux & societies) organized fieldwork and conference participations. The project
Forced Migrations and Models of Humanitarian lntervention organlsed fieldwork, thesis tutoring and
bibliographic data base. The project Reconciliation and Social Conflíct in the Aftermath of large-scale Violence in
Southern Africa: the cases of Angola and Namibia, organised fieldwork and over 20 thesis (MA and PhD)
tutoring. The project Monitorizing Wars and Violent Conflicts in Africa, organised bibliographic research and
survey groundwork, as well as conference participation. The Conference Angola 2007: que recomposições e
reorientações?"
was held
at
ISCTE
(November,
20-22), where severa! CEA
members
presented
communications.
Productivity
Publications
Dias, A. (2007) Book Reviews Rotberg, R.l. (2005) Battling Terrorism ln the Horn of Africa. Cambridge, Massachusetts & Washington, DC:
World Peace Foundation & Brookangs lnstatulion Press; Woodward, P. (2006) U5 Foreign Pohcy and lhe Horn of Africa, Aldershol &
Burlington: Ashgate, African Affairs, 106/204, pp.539-541
Conferences
Dias, A. "Militanl Nationalism and lslamism in the Horn of Africa", course "Secunty lssues ln Continental Africa", coordinated by James
Mayall, Universaly of Cambridge, Madingley Hall, Cambridge, May 2-4
Dias, A. "The challenge of Nallonalism and lslamism ln lhe Horn of Africa", lnlernational Sludies Associatlon, Seventh lnternalional
Comparalave lnlerdisciplinary Studies Sectaon, Millennlum Conference, "Global Security and the Reconfiguration of the lnternataonal
System: Vision and Reality", Buçaco, Portugal, June 14-16
Dias, A.
"War
and Slale formalion: Oulcomes of an lnterslale war ln lhe posl- Cold War era: Ethiopaa and Eritrea (1998-2000)", AEGIS
European Conference on Afrlcan Studies, "African Allernatives: lnllialive and Crealivity beyond Currenl Constraints", 2nd lnternataonal
Conference on African Studies, ASC, leiden, 9-12 July
Fátima, M. de, *Resiliência social em tempos de conflato e pós-conflito: As sociedades rurais da região da Humpata•, conferente "Angola
2007: que recomposições, que reorientações•, ISCTE, November, 20-22
Ramos? paper at the Seventh lnternational CISS Mlllennium Conferente •Global Security and the re-configuration of the international
system: vision and reality", Palace Hotel do Buçaco, 14- 16 Jun
Ramos? one paper at the 2nd lnternational Conferente on African Studies, ASC, lelden, 9-12 July
Ramos, MJ. Panei on Horn Studies, at the 2nd lnternataonal Conference on African Studies, ASC, Leiden, 9-12 July
Ramos, MJ., Panei on Contested Memones of Colonaahsm in Africa, at the 2nd lntemataonal Conferente on African Studies, ASC, Leaden,
9-12 July
Ramos? Research workshop of the project ~crire l'histolre de la Come de I'Afríque (XIIIe-XXIe siecle) : textes, réseaux, sociétés (CEMAF
CNRS UMR 8171), MMSH- AIX·en-Provence, 6-12 October
Ramos, M. J. and Boavida, 1.: "A importancla das bibliotecas e dos recursos digatals para o desenvolvimento das relaçOes Europa-África",
lnternational Meetlng on European-African Relations, ISCTE, Oecember, 14-15
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Ramos, MJ., Workshop on Forced M1grat1ons and !Ilegal Asylum Seekers - lnternational Conferente on Afncan-European Relations, ISCTE,
Usbon, 14-15 Oecember
3.3. Economics and entrepreneurship in Africa
Objectives
The main objective of this line is to develop research related to economics' issues in Africa. Other objectives
comprise the integration of post-graduate researchers; deepening and broadening international partnerships;
and scientific production. The topic aims the conclusion of ongoing research projects and the conduction of
newly approved ones. Through ali of them, the researchers will be able to build and strengthen international
research teams and networks. The projects in this topic are fundamentally international: ali teams comprise
researchers from different countries; the research focuses on ali Portuguese speaking African countries; and is
being conducted through international partnerships (CEIC, Angola; Cruzeiro do Sul, Mozambique; IFREDE,
France; U. of Florida, USA;). The research line has been substantially restructured in 2007, and now includes
three already funded ongoing projects. Through them, several Master (four) and PhD (lO) thesis are being
prepared. ln addition, there is a set of new projects in this area being structured, conducted by CEA researchers
and collaborators. lt is expected that in the next three years, the researchers participate in and organise
scientific meetings; actively disseminate the results through publications; conduct fieldwork in Africa. On the
other hand, the research line will integrate post-graduation students and researchers, willing to prepare their
thesis on the subjects identified by the line o r on others they might propose.
Main Achievements
Several publications resulted from the projects finishlng in 2006/7 and several conferences and scientific
meetings were held. The majority of the new projects started in 2007 and therefore the main activities
concerned bibliographlc research, fieldwork preparation, seminars and workshops. Additionally, new projects
began being built. Several meetings were held in order to prepare them and the teams started seeking for
funding. ln the project Enterprises and Entrepreneurs in Angola and Mozambique, final agreements were made
regarding the publication of a number in Cadernos de Estudos Africanos and a book. ln the project
Understanding Entrepreneurial Configurations in Africa and China: a four nation study (start October), two new
members (one Master and one Bachelor) were recruited, the team started bibliographic research and built a
bibliographic database. One member of the research team spent three months in China doing field research. ln
the project Poverty and Peace in the Portuguese Speaking African Countries (start October), three new
members (two PhD and a Master) were recruited and the team started bibliographic research, built a
bibliographic database. The members prepared 3 conceptual and methodological articles, initiated a database
of pertinent social and economic indicators; the team presented a panei proposal, and prepared and presented
other individual proposals to conferences. ln the project Les dynamiques du développement local urbain (start
November), the several national teams (Angola, Mozambique, France, and Portugal) started to organize the
research, the meetings, and fleldwork calendar. From July to October, two CEA researchers collaborated with
the Instituto de Investigação Científica e Tropical (IICT) producing an analysis' report about Poverty indicators
and Millennium Development Goals in the Portuguese Speaking African Countries that was presented to the
CPLP.
Productivity
Publicatíons
Nelson Antonio and V1rg1nla Trigo (2008) • understanding Business And Understanding People: An Emp~rical Study on HRM and Job
Satisfaction of Young Chlnese Managers m US, European and Japanese Multinationals in China•, MOR - Management and Organilation
Revíew, Blackwell (forthcoming)
Costa, A., 2007, •os quadros superiores, os empresários e as suas familias: análise de processos de mudança social e cultural em
Moçambique", Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, (forthcoming)
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Costa, Ana Bénard, 2007, •os quadros superiores, os empresános e as suas famillas: análise de processos de mudança social
e cultural em
Moçamb1que•, in Staner, G. and Fehciano, J. F. (org) Empreendorismo e Empresariado em África, Lisboa, Periploi (forthcoming)
Costa, A.
e Rodngues, C.
U. (2007) "Famihas
Oppenhelmer, J. (org.) Subúrbios de Luanda
e estratégias de sobrevivência e reprodução
social em Luanda
e Maputo•.
ln: Raposo, I.
e
e Maputo, Lisboa: Colibri, pp. 139·161
e Moçambique: Análise comparada no meio estudantil", in Statter, G. and
Forjaz, Manuel, 2007, "A Visibilidade do Empresário em Portugal
Feliciano, J. F. (org) Empreendorismo
e Empresariado em Áfnca, Usboa, Penploi (forthcoming)
Gomes, Ana Célia, 2007, "Gestão Recriada em Moçamb1que: o caso da Prapesca na Be1ra•, m Statter, G. and Feliciano, J. F. (org)
Empreendorismo e Empresariado em África, Usboa, Periplo1 (forthcoming)
Gomes, A. C., 2007, A Lógica do Afecto: discussão em torno das linhas de força da gestão de recursos humanos nas empresas portuguesas
em Moçambique, Livros Horizonte, Lisboa (forthcoming)
Grassi, Marzia e tvora, lolanda (eds.) 2007, Género
e Migrações cabo-verd1anas, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, Lisboa
e tvora, lolanda (eds.), Género e
Grassi, Marzia, 2007, "cabo Verde pelo Mundo: o género na d1áspora cabo-verdiana•, in Grassí, Mama
M1grações Cabo-verd1anas, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, Lisboa
Grassl, Marzia, 2007 "Angola em Movimento: sociabilidades e trocas económicas Informais: Introdução teórico-metodológica ao projecto",
Economia Global e Gestao, Busíness Sthool- lnstitute for Labour and Business Stud1es (INOEG-IScrE), Lisboa,
Grassi, M. (2007) "Práticas, formas
e sohdanedades da mtegração de jovens de origem angolana
no mercado de trabalho em Portugal",
Economia Global e Gestão, Vol. XII (3); 71·91
Lopes, C. M. (2007) "Comércio Informal, Transfronteiriço
e
transnacional: eu articulações? Estudo de caso no mercado de São Pedro
(Huambo) e nos mercados dos Kwanzas e Roque Santeiro (Luanda), Economia Global
e Gestllo, Vol. XII (3):35-55
Lopes, C.M. (2007) Roque Santeiro- Entre a ficçi!o e a realidade, Lisboa: Principia
e
Lopes, C., Amado, F
Muanamoha, R. (2007) "Dinamitas do Crescimento Populacional em Luanda e Maputo•,
in: Raposo, I. e
Oppenheimer, J. (org.) Subúrbios de Luanda e Maputo, Lisboa: Colibri, pp. 37-64
Lopes, C. et ai (2007) "Economia de Luanda e Maputo: olhares cruzados", in: Raposo, I. e Oppenheímer, J. (org.) Subúrbios de Luanda
e
Maputo, Lisboa: Colibri, pp. 65-103
Nascimento, Augusto, 2007, O fim do caminhu longi, Ilhéu Ed1tora, Mindelo, 144 pp.
Rodrigues, Cristma U., 2007, •empresariados angolanos no pós-guerra: modelos herdados, exigências do cap1tallsmo
e
estratégias dos
trabalhadores•, in Statter, G. and Fellc1ano, J. F. (org) Empreendorismo e Empresariado em Áfnca, Lisboa, Penplol (forthcoming)
Rodrigues, Cristma
U.,
2007,
"Angolan
Urban
Entrepreneurs:
old
and
new
challenges,
NEWS,
Nord1ska
Afrikainstitutet,
http://www.nai.uu.se/publications/news/071rodrigues/
Rodngues, Cristina U., 2007, "Survival and Social Reproduction Strategies ln Angolan Cities", Africa Today, Volume 54, Number 1, Fali 2007,
pp. 91-105
Rodngues, Cristina U. & Costa, Ana Bénard (org.), 2007, Empresários e Empreendonsmo em África - Introdução, cadernos de Estudos
Africanos, CEA-ISCTE (forthcoming)
Rodrigues, C. U. (2007) "Cunene em Movimento: dinâmicas empresariais transfronteiriças", Economia Global e Gestllo, Vo i. XII (3): 57-70
Rodrigues, Cristina U., 2007, "Aspectos socioculturais do desenvolvimento produtivo urbano em Angola", cadernos de Estudos Africanos,
(forthcoming)
Conferentes
Nelson Antonio and Virgínia Trigo (2007) •social Responsibll1ty and Public Prlvate Partnersh1p (PPP) as a tool", Síxth lnternational
Symposium on Multínational Buslness Management, to be held ln Nanjing on June 6-7,2008 Costa, Ana Bénard, 2007, Organisation of the
panei "Contradictions along the path to development: lnternational co-operatlon, elites and entrepreneurs•, Second European Conferente
on Afncan Stud1es, Le1den, July, 11·14
Grassi, Marzia, 2007, Organisation of lnternational Seminar • Angola in Movement" at ICS· Un1versidade de Lisboa
Grassl, Marzia, 2007, Organisation of the panei"Moving Angola", Second European Conference on African Stud1es, Leiden, July, 11·14
Grassl, Marzia, 2007, "Sociabilities trade and Informal change" and "Networks, labour market and social reproduction in the Angolan
01aspora in Usbon", Second European Conferente on African Studies, Leiden, July, 11-14
Rodngues, Cristina U., 2007, Organisation of the panei "Contradictions along the path to development: lnternational co-operabon, ehtes
and entrepreneurs", Second European Conferente on African Studies, le1den, July, 11-14
Rodrigues, Cristina
u.,
2007, •empresas angolanas em tempo de paz: heranças e perspectivas", conference Angola in Movement, ICS,
Lisboa
Rodrigues, Cristina U., 2007, "Transformações da Sociedade Urbana em Angola", international conferente Angola 2007: que recomposições
e reorientações?, ISCTE, November, 20-22
Rodrigues, Cristma U., 2007, "Youth m Angola: keeping the pace towards modern1ty", intemational conferente Youth and ModerMy in
Africa, CEAS/CEA/ICS, Ocotber, 10-12
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Trigo, Virgínia and Shaozhuang Ma (2007) "lmpact of HRM Performance on Job Satisfaction: Ev1dence from Chinese Oomestic Enterprises",
AIB Conference, Hangzhou, 6-8 Oecember, 2007
3.4. Oevelopment and international cooperation
Objectives
The main objective of this line of research is the overall analysis of social change processes in African societies,
with particular incidence on convergence and/or diversification processes of the local "nation-states" ln their
strategic articulations with the "more advanced" societies. Topics such as educatlon, health, international
cooperation,
poverty,
ecological
environment, social
resilience, governance,
Public Administration,
participation, agrarian societies, urban societies, tourism and their articulation with the issue of social and
economic development in Africa deserve particular attention. As is well known today, the developmentist
paradigm was structured during the height of the decolonization processes. Since the beginning, development
has been seen not only as an instrument of social transformation, above ali in the new independent countries,
but also as a vision of the world. This vision is dominated by hegemonic aspirations, with the aim of creating a
monoculture of social knowledge and its affirmation as the only valid form of analysing societies. This line of
research also debates the manner in which certain assumptions of the developmentist paradigm affect the
production of knowledge on human societies in different dimensions. Another objective of this line is the
analysis of issues related to the creation of "modern" productive systems and their articulation with the local
"traditional" systems. The theories, fields of application of the theories, social actors involved, and the local
impacts of the social practices are currently being studied. Another objective of this line is to analyse a set of
social dynamics that seem to constitute new generalized forms of "social anomy", which include extreme
poverty, social marginality, prostitution, corruption, the collapse of family structures and disrespect for
another's property.
Moin Achievements
This line of research is structured around 3 research projects and the promotion of 2 study groups, involving
dose to 50 researchers, associates and co-workers of the CEA and of other institutions. The project The
Tourism lmpact in the Community Development in Africa : Analysis of Insular Experiences, recruited one new
team member (Master), started bibliographic and documental research, built a bibliographic database,
identified the most relevant social and economic indlcators, and prepared the methodological procedures. The
members of the team have participated in national and international scientific meetings, participated in the
organization of the "I Congresso de Educação Ambiental dos Palses Lusófonos e Galiza" (September, S. de
Compostela), and organizes an lnternational Meeting in S. T. and Príncipe (July, 2008). ln 2001, the sub-line of
research on Health in the African Context organized and participated in conferences, integrated research
networks and the draw up projects and master and PhD dissertations. The discussion group "Imigração e
Saúde" (GIS) was set up with the objective of reflecting, debating, and promoting the circulation of information
involving the CEA, the CEAS, the ISCSP, the ICS, the IICT, the ACIME and severa! NGO. As an associated centre,
the CEA participates in the project " Políticas da saúde e práticas terapêuticas: sofrimento e estratégicas de cura
dos migrantes na área da grande Lisboa", lead by the CEAS/ISCTE. CEA researchers were selected by the
UNICEF office in Bissau to assess child protection mechanisms ln the country. They conducted bibliographlc and
empirical research in collaboration with INEP (Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas). They produced and
presented a report to the UNICEF, which will guide national policy regarding child protection. CEA/CEAS/ICS
organised the Conference Youth and Modernity in Africa, ISCTE in October, 10-12. Two CEA members
participated in this conference and presented communications.
Productivity
Publications
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Brito, Brlglda (2007)- "Estudo das Potencialidades e dos Constrangimento do Ecoturlsmo na Regi:lo de Tomba li", ONG-PVD/2004/095-097,
Instituto Marquês de Valle Flor e Acç:lo para o Desenvolvimento (ed), Usboa, 109 pg
Brito, Brlg1da (2007) - "Turismo em S:lo Tomé e Príncipe: potencialidades e constrangimentos do segmento ecológico•, Juristep Bullet10, nR
12, n9 3, Abril-Junho
Brito, Brig1da (2007)- "A Importância da água em Áfnca•, rev1sta "Água e Cultura•, número zero, Janeiro, pg. 30-1
Brito, Brlgida (2007)- "Ecolog1cal tourism and environmental education, presentation of a study case ln african Insular context", Actas do
The 2007 lnternational Conference on Tourism, Bucareste, Edltura ASE, Academy of Economic Studies (ISBN 978-973-594-991-4)
Brito, Brlgida (2007)- "A importância da Educação Ambiental na promoção do turismo africano em área protegida", Actas do I Congresso
de Educação Ambiental dos Países Lusófonos e Galiza, Setembro (CEIDA, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-84-690-7996-6, DepÓSitO legal: C2922-2007)
Brito, Bríg1da (2007)- "A Educaç:lo Ambiental e a conservaç:lo de espécies ameaçadas em África: análise de experiências insulares", Actas
do I Congresso de Educação Ambiental dos Países Lusófonos e Galiza, Setembro (CEIDA, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-84-690-7996-6, Oepós1to legal:
C2922-2007)
Brito, Brlglda (2007)- "Os impactos do turismo no desenvolvimento comunitário", Actas do Sem~nário Internacional Educação, Cidadama
Ambiental e Sustentabilidade Local, Aveiro, Setembro, Nerea -Investiga (ed), no prelo
Brito, Brl8ida (2007)- "O Envolv1mento Comunitário na recolha de lixos e limpeza de áreas costeiras em África•, Boletim das XIV Jornadas
Pedagóg1cas da Associação Portuguesa de Educação Ambiental, ASPEA (org)
Conferences
Brito, Bríg1da (2007)- "Segurança Alimentar e Oesenvolv•mento na Guiné-Bissau", palestra proferida no âmb1to da disciplina "Cooperaç:lo
Internacional", Faculdade de Letras, Lisboa, Dezembro
Brito, Brig1da (2007) - "A importância da Educação Ambiental na conservaç:!o de cetáceos", palestra proferida no curso "Golfinhos de
Portugal", Escola de Mar, Usboa, Outubro
Brito, Brig1da (2007) -"Turismo rural e desenvolvimento comunitário", Seminário Internacional de Investigação em Educação Ambiental e
Sustentabilidade Local, Aveiro, Setembro
Brito, Brígida (2007) -
•o impacto
do Turismo no Desenvolvimento Comunitário em meio insular africano•, Seminário Internacional
Comunidades de Investigação, Aprendizagens e lntervenç:lo, NEREA, Cidade da Praia, Cabo Verde, Julho
Brito, Brigida (2007) - " Ecological tounsm and environmental education, presentation of a study case in african Insular context", The 2007
lnternatlonal Conferente on Tourlsm, Bucareste, Novembro
Brito, Briglda (2007) - "Turismo Ecológico em área protegida: o caso de Slio Tomé e Prlnclpe", III Congresso de Estudos Rurais, Faro,
Novembro
Brito, Brig•da (2007)- "A importância da Educação Amb1ental na promoção do turismo afncano em área protegida. Análise de estudos de
caso", I Congresso Internacional de Educaç:lo Ambiental dos Países Lusófonos e Galiza, Santiago de Compostela, Setembro
Brito, Brigida (2007)-
·o Envolvimento Comunitário na recolha de lixos e limpeza de áreas costeiras em África•, XIV Jornadas Pedagóg•cas
da Assoclaçlio Portuguesa de Educaçllo Ambiental, ASPEA (org), Janeiro
Floriano, A., "Descrição custo-beneficio do programa de Cuidados Domlciliárlos a Pessoas com VIH/SIDA em Moçambique: evidências de
um projecto de Médicos do Mundo em bairros da Matola (2005)", comunicaçlio à 10.1 Conferência Nacional de Economia da Saúde, 22, 23
24 de Novembro 2007
Floriano, A., "Países do Norte/Países do Sul - Modelos de Desenvolvimento•, comun1cação ao Seminário Desafios da lntervençllo
Humanitária em Saúde, Revista Sinais V1tais, 23/24 de Março 2007
4. Othe r activities
Praject {Piuríanual)
1.
Regime Reform, Social Actors, ond Citizenship in Angola (Nelson Pestana)
Near 20 articles regarding the Project and/or its subjects are now under reviewing. They will be published by
the CEA in the next number of Cadernos de Estudos Africanos.
2.
Enterprises and Entrepreneurs in Angola and Mozambique (José Fialho)
Final agreements are now in course regarding the publication of a number in Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
anda book.
3.
Central Library of African Studies (Manuel João Ramos)
Public presentation of the library in December, 14, with the participation of Alessandro Triulzi (UNO/AEGIS), Jos
Damen (ASC Leiden), and Thomas Osmond (CNRS). On December, 15 a seminar conducted by Alessandro Triulzi
(UNO) e Thomas Osmond (CNRS) was held at ISCTE. At the same event, the new logotype of the library was
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presented. The ongoing acquisition and cataloguing process was continued. The re-equ1pment project was
continued. Mission to Paris for the building of partnership with the africanists' librarian network (July).
Participation in the Seminar Librarians Day of the European africanist librarian (associated to the European
Conference on African Studies (ECAS 2), AEGIS, Leiden, July, 11- 15). Public presentation of the BCEA at the
lnternational Meeting on European-African Relations. Organisation of an lnternational Workshop about sharing
digital data, in cooperation with the Uppsala and Leiden African Studies Centres (December, 14). Creation of
the BCEA Internet site.
Ongoing Projects
1.
Senegombio: From the Critics of o Historicoi-Sociologicollcon to the Re-evoluotion of o Study
Object {Eduardo Costa Dias) (Politics)
Fieldwork in Senegal (October/November) and in Guinea-Bissau (November/December) was conducted.
2.
Monitorizotion of violent conflicts in the Horn of A/rico {CORNAFRIQUE: ferire l'histoire de lo
Carne de I'Afrique (Xli/e- XX/e siêcles): textes, réseoux & societies) {Wors)
Field mission to Ethiopia and Somalia (July and December). Field mission to Ethiopia and Sudan (June).
Participation of three researches ln the European Conference on African Studles (ECAS 2), AEGIS, Leiden, July,
11- 15. Co-organization of Panei on Horn Studies, at the 2nd lnternational Conference on African Studies (ASC,
Leiden, 9-12 July). Presentation of two papers at the 2nd lnternational Conference on African Studies, (ASC,
Leiden, 9-12 July). Participation of two researchers in a Research Seminar about Ethiopia (University of Aix-en
Provence, 6-12, October). Presentation of a paper at the Seventh lnternational CISS Millennium Conference
"Global Security and the re-configuration of the international system: visíon and reality'' (Palace Hotel do
Buçaco, 14 - 16 Jun). Presentation of a paper at the III Workshop on Hydro-Hegemony (LSE, London, 12-13
May).
3.
Social Dynomics in the Structurotion of Politics in Africon Rural Contexts (Fernando Florêncio)
(Politics)
Fieldwork in Ghana and in Ethiopia was conducted.
4.
Forced Migrotions ond Models of Humonitarion lntervention {Uirich Schiefer) {Wors)
Fieldwork conducted in Guinea-Bissau. Master dissertation defended on Mozambique. Reference database
with more than 1500 entries created. Bibliography proofreading underway. Table of contents discussed
regarding the three books and two articles to be published in 2008. Four abstracts plus one panei proposal
submitted for three conferences.
5.
The impoct of informal economy in the reduction of social exclusion ond poverty in the PALOP
ond its interrelotions with social protection (José Fialho) (Economics)
The team agreed with the ILO about the format and funding of the publication. The book to be published in
2008 was reviewed and sent to the editor.
6.
Reconciliotion ond Social Conflict in the Aftermoth of lorge-scale Violence in Southern A/rico:
the coses of Angola ond Nomibio {Fronz-Heimer) {Wars)
The Angolan Section of the project has had the possibility to increase the number of junior researchers
involved, particularly on the master's levei (scholarships granted by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian). The
section is governed by a group of six senior researchers (4 Angolans, 1 German and 1 Portuguese) currently
located at academic institutions in Luanda, Lubango, Usbon, and Washington. CEA and CEIC were partners in
,
organising in Lisbon (November 20 to 22 , 2007) an international conference on "Angola 2007" which i.a.
produced a number of most useful inputs for the project. Current research lines: Social Structure (one PhD
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dissertation project only. Desk research on the subject started in March 2007, and preliminary empírica! work
in Angola was carried out in June/July 2007.); Socialldentities (a senior researcher, a PhD candidate who takes
part in the doctoral programme at ISCTE, and three MA-candidates. Team meeting in lisbon, fieldwork in
Bailundo, Luanda, and Benguela); Rural Communities- Resilience of Rural Communities (senior researcher, PhD
candidate, and MA/Msc candidate. Field research in Hufla and Bengo); Rural Communities - Traditional
Authorities (senior researcher and one MA candidate. Fieldwork in Bailundo); Psychic lmpacts (senior
researcher, two PhD candidates, two MA candidates. The team prepared a common questionnaire, which was
then applied in July/August 2007, in the Matala and Humpata rural areas as well as in (core and peripheral)
Lubango); Dominant discourses and practices of reconciliation and nation-building (senior researcher and two
MA candidates. Desk research, exploratory interviews); Alternative discourses and practices of reconciliation
and nation-building (senior researcher and one MA candidate. Desk research); Attitudes and practices of the
losers of the war (senior researcher, three PhD candidates, two MA candidates. Fieldwork in Huambo and
Benguela).
Projects starting in 2007
1.
Understanding Entrepreneurial Configurations in A/rica and China: a four nation study
(Nelson António) (October) (Economics)
ln the first three months of the project, two new members (one Master and one Bachelor degree research
assistants) were recruited to the team through an open call for applications. The team started bibliographic
research and built a bibliographic data base, which will guide the research. One member of the research team
(Nelson António) spent three months in China doing field research. An outcome of this field research was a
paper "Social Responsibility and Public Private Partnership (PPP) as a tool" co-authored by Nelson Antonio and
Virgínia Trigo sent to the Sixth lnternational Symposium on Multinational Business Management to be held in
Nanjing on June 6-7,2008 and accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings. Another team
member {Virgínia Trigo) presented a communication at 2007 AIB Conference, Hangzhou, 6-8 December, 2007
"lmpact of HRM Performance on Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Chinese Oomestic Enterprises" in coauthorship with Shaozhuang Ma, another project team member. These two team members also co-authored
another communication accepted for presentation at the 2008 IAMRC (lnternational Association of Chinese
Management Research) to be held in Guangzhou, 19-22 June, 2008. The paper, titled "Understanding Business
And Understanding People: An Empírica! Study on HRM and Job Satisfaction of Young Chinese Managers in US,
European and Japanese Multinationals in China" was invited for publication in a future issue of MOR Management and Organization Review, Blackwell.
2.
The Tourism lmpact in the Community Development in A/rica: Analysis of Insular Experiences
(Brígida Brito) (June) (Deve/opment)
ln the first six months of the project, one new member was recruited to the team (Master Research). lt has
been started bibliographic and documental research, built a bibliographic database, identified the most
relevant social and economic indicators, and prepared the methodological procedures. The members of the
team have participated in national and international scientific meetings, as well as prepared articles that have
been published. The team has participated in the organization of the "I Congresso de Educação Ambiental dos
Países Lusófonos e Galiza" (September, 2007, Santiago de Compostela) and also the Tourism panei in which
were presented papers of two members. ln the end of 2007 the team begun the organization of an
lnternational Meeting in Sao Tome and Príncipe (July, 2008).
3.
Poverty and Peace in the Portuguese Speaking A/rican Countries (Cristina Udelsmann
Rodrigues) (October) (Economics)
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ln the first three months of the project, three new members (two PhD researchers and a Master researcher)
were recruited to the team through an open call for applications. The team started bibliographic research and
built a bibllographic database, which will guide the research. The members prepared three conceptual and
methodological articles to be sent for publication. The team also initiated a database of pertinent social and
economic indicators on whlch the comparative research and analysis will be based. The team presented a panei
proposal to the VI Congresso Ibérico (May, 2008, Canary lslands), that was accepted, and prepared other
individual proposals to conferences. Two team members presented communications at the conference Angola
2007 (ISCTE, November 2007).
4. Les dynomiques du développement local urboin. Etudes de cos en Angola et ou Mozombique à lo
lumiere d'expériences internotiono/es (Yves-André Fouré) (November) (Economics)
The several national teams (Angola, Mozambique, France, and Portugal) started to organize the research, the
meetings, and fieldwork calendar. A first meeting was set to the beginning of 2008. The team members
organized and shared bibliographic information relevant to the project.
5.
Monitorizing Wors ond Violent Conflicts in A/rico (Manuel João Ramos) (Wors)
The team carried bibliographic research and survey groundwork. Co-organization of Panei on Contested
Memories of Colonialism in Africa, at the 2nd lnternational Conference on African Studies (ASC, Leiden, 9-12
July). Team Meeting I workshop on the development of methodological tools to create a pan-African conflict
assessment guide (Lisbon, 20 November). Workshop on Forced Migrations and lllegal Asylum Seekers lnternational Conference on African-European Relations (ISCTE, Lisbon, 14-15 December).
6.
Heolth systems ond politics {Cloro Carvalho) (Development)
ln 2007, the activities of the sub-line of research on Health in the African context of the Diaspora took on
greater depth, namely through the organization and participation in conferences, integration in research
networks and the drawing up of projects and master and PhD dissertations. The discussion group "Imigração e
Saúde" (GIS) was set up with the objective of reflecting, debating, and promoting the circulation of information
on health issues in a migratory context, involving the CEA, the CEAS, the ISCSP, the ICS, the IICT, the ACIME and
several NGO. As an associated centre, the CEA participates in the project "Discursos sobre os sistemas
terapêuticos", on therapeutic practices in transnational paths, which has the CEAS/ISCTE (Head Researcher:
Chiara Pussetti) as the proponent R&D Unit, presented to the FCT.
Other activities
1.
Child Protection Mechonisms in Guineo-Bissou {September to November)
CEA researchers were selected by the UNICEF office in Bissau to assess child protection mechanisms in the
country. They conducted bibliographic and empirical research in collaboration with INEP (Instituto Nacional de
Estudos e Pesquisas). They produced and presented a report to the UNICEF, which will guide national policy
regarding child protection.
2.
Consultoncy to the Instituto de Investigação Científico e Tropical {IICT} (July to October)
From July to October, two CEA researchers collaborated with the lnstitute producing an analysis' report about
Poverty indicators and Mlllennium Development Goals in the Portuguese Speaking Afrlcan Countries that was
presented to the CPLP.
3.
Conference Youth ond Modernity in A/rico
The conference "Youth and Modernity in Africa" was jointly organized by CEAS/CEA/ICS and was held at ISCTE
in October, 10-12. Two CEA members participated in this conference: Clara Carvalho: lntroduction to the
Roundtable; Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues: Youth in Angola: keeping the pace towards modernity
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4.
Conference Angola 2007
The conference "Angola 2007: que recomposições e reorientações?" was held at ISCTE, on November, 20-22.
Severa! CEA members presented communications at this meeting: Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues:
Transformações da Sociedade Urbana em Angola; Carlos Manuel Lopes: Políticas económicas, mecanismos de
regulação e informalização da economia em Angola; Maria de Fátima: Resiliência social em tempos de conflito
e pós-conflito: As sociedades rurais da região da Humpata
5.
lnternational Meeting an European-African Relations and Public Presentation of the Central
Library of African Studies
The meeting took place in ISCTE, on December 14-15. CEA members participated in the event: Presentation:
Clara Carvalho, Manuel João Ramos, Franz Heimer; Manuel João Ramos (and Isabel Boavida): A importância
das biblíotecas e dos recursos digitais para o desenvolvimento das relações Europa-África; Rui Pereira:
Roundtable Reconfigurações das memórias coloniais em Portugal e na África lusófona
6.
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
Numbers 9 and 10 of the Journal were published. The issue was presented at the ECAS 2007 in Leiden (July,
11-15). The issue was launched at the lnternational Meeting on European-African Relations, ISCTE, Oecember
14-15. This required revision and pagination work by the journal staff, ln partnership with the ISCTE Computer
centre and the AEGIS network.
Annual Planning of Activities 2008
1.
Ongoing research projects
a) Research line Politics in Africa
b) Research line Development and lnternational Cooperation
Project 1: The Tourism lmpact in the Community Development in Africa: Analysis of Insular Experiences
Bibliographic research; Methodological enhancement ; Research missions: Cape Verde (May), Sao Tome and
Príncipe (July); lnternational Seminar in Sao Tome (July)
c)
Research line Economics and Entrepreneurship
Project 1: The lmpact of Informal Economy in the Reduction of Exclusion and Poverty in the PALOP and its
interactions with Social Protection
Publication of Feliciano, J., Rodrigues, C.U. e Lopes, C. (2008) Protecção Social na Economia Informal nos
PALOP: análise qualitativa e implicações para a redução da exclusão social e da pobreza, Lisboa: Princípia
Project 2: Understondíng Entrepreneurial Configurations ín Afríca and China: a four nation study
Team meeting and Workshop, Lisboa {March, 11-12 2008); Field research in China (Beijing and Xi'an; January),
Cape Verde (February and June), and Mozambique (July and August); Three articles (September)
Project 3: Les dynamiques du développement local urbain. Etudes de cas en Angola et ou Mozombique à la
lumiêre d'expériences internationales (CORUS2, n2 6065, 2007)
Team meeting, Lisboa (May 2008); Bibliographic research, survey groundwork (January to December); Research
missions (August/September, Angola and Mozambique)
Project 4: Poverty and Peace in the Portuguese Speakíng African Countries
Bibliographic research; Research missions: Sao Tome and Príncipe (February); Angola (August); Mozambique
(August); Guinea-Bissau (Aprii/May); Panei at the lberian Conference, Canárias (May); Panei at the ASA
Conference, Chicago {November); Panei at the LusoAfroBrasileiro conference (December)
d) Research line Wars, Violent Conflicts, and Forced Migrations in Africa
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Project 1: Monitorization of violent conflicts in the Horn of Africa
Missions to Ethiopia and Somalia; Publication of the PhD thesis of Alexandra Dias in English; Presentation of
papers at international conferences and seminars (SOAS-Londres, Paris-Sorbonne, Univ. Aix-en-Provence, Univ.
Bordeaux, Univ. Adis Ababa); Presentation of research results to participating institutions and researchers at
research seminars in CEA
Project 2: Reconciliatian and Soetal Conflict in the Aftermath af large-scale Violence in Southern Africa: the
cases of Angola and Namibia
Field work missions (Luanda, Benguela, Huambo, Lubango, Malange, Bengo); PhD research (seven thesls are ln
preparation); MA research (12 thesis in preparation); Mid-term conference in Lubango with ali team members
Project 3: Forced migration and models of humanitarian intervention
Three books and two articles to be published ln 2008; Four abstracts plus one panei proposal submitted for
three conferences; Organisation of a research workshop
2.
Ongoing Post-Doc research
Albert Farré Ventura; Alexandra Dias; Brígida Brito; Jordi Tomas Guilera; João Milando; Ana Larcher
Carvalho
3.
Ongoing PhD research
Aline Pereira (African Studies); Carlos Lopes (Afrlcan Studies); Elisete Marques da Silva (African Studies); Gabriel
Mithá Ribeiro (African Studies); Joelma D'Aimeida (African Studies); Victor Lourenço (African Studies); Maria de
Fátima (African Studies); Paulo Inglês (African Studies)
4. New researchers admitted (Ciência2007)
Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues; Gerhard Seibert; Viola Hõrbst; Ana Bénard da Costa
5. New projects
The new projects will start in April, depending on the approval by the CEA and will take the following steps: lnitial
research/activities and team consolidation (financed by the CEA); Preparation of funding proposals (namely, to the FCT);
Preparation of other funding proposals (namely, the 7'., Framework Program)
Similarly to other ongoing projects, ali these new projects will bear in mind the importance of the Africa in the
World approach, i.e., a research orientation towards understanding the interconnections and relationships of the African
countries to other countries of the world.
The following themes have been proposed and the respective Project document has been prepared.
Organisation and Representation in the Informal Economy in Africa
Weather Risk and lnsurance in Africa
Urban Change in Africa
Education and Cooperation in Africa
lnternational Policies and African Health Systems
African Societies Facing the World Cereal Crisis
Religious Consciousness and lnstitutionalised Development in African Societies
Monitorization of conflicts in Africa
Forced migrations: Africa ln the world
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6. Other (core) activities
Caderno de Estudos Africanos
Launching of the online publication in Portuguese and English (bianual), with the creation of a site and building
of editing and access technology, complemented by digital editíon (print on demand) of 200 samples of the
journal; The journal staff will review, edit and paginate the articles. lt is foreseen an international publicization
of the journal through the participation of researchers at international meetings
African Vist as
Review and preparation of publications (monographs)
Centrallibrary of African Studies
Conclusion of the re-equipment Project of BCEA; Consolidation and update of the existing bibliography, vides,
and audio material of the BCEA; Launching of a digitalization program of bibliographíc material to be available
online through an international sharing network; Enlargement of the partnership between Portuguese African
studies' centres aiming the consolidation and expansion of the BCEA; Establishment of a partnership with the
University of Aveiro and the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa for the digitalization and diffusion of Africanist
bibliographic materiais; Cataloguing, indexing and public availability of private and public collections' donations
made of bibliographic Africanist materiais; Participation in the activities of the European network of librarians
associated to the AEGIS; lnternational seminar about methodologies for catalog management, cataloguing, and
digital data diffusion; Creation of a Portuguese version of the meta-catalogue Connecting Africa adopted by the
European libraries with the collaboration of CODESRIA, available through the BCEA site; Production of a
brochure of presentation of BCEA
Homepage of the CEA and media relations
lmprovement of the existing site; lntroduction of project related pages and links; lmprovement of existing
relations and cooperation with the media
Graduate research a nd tutoring
Cooperation with the ISCTE Master course Risco, Trauma e Sociedade; Cooperation with the ISCTE departments
and the various Master programmes (Anthropology, Sociology, and Economy); New Erasmus programme
conducted at ISCTE
lnternational Workshop about the World Food Crisis and its lmpacts in Africa
Organisation, at the end of the year, of an international conference/workshop at the ISCTE
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