Programme

12 DECEMBER, THURSDAY

9h30-10h00
Opening session and Welcome
Magnificent Rector of Amílcar Cabral University, Prof. Herculano Arlindo Mendes
Director-General of the National Institute for Studies and Research [to be confirmed]
Joana Sousa, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (CES-UC, Coimbra)

10h00-11h10 | opening lecture
Entre marginalisation et essentialisation, quel futur désirable pour les habitants de la mangrove? Perspectives des communautés joola por Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, Paris), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris)
Moderator: Raul Mendes Fernandes, Amílcar Cabral University (UAC, Bissau)

11h10-11h30: Coffee-break

11h30-12h00 | Commentary: José Filipe Fonseca, Ação para o Desenvolvimento (AD), Rede Nacional de Saúde Única (Bissau)
[to be confirmed]

12h00-12h30: Talk

12h30-14h00: Lunch

14h00-15h30 | AGROECOLOGIES IN TRANSFORMATION
Moderator: Rita Campos, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC, Coimbra)

14h00-14h15 | Climate change and the risk of rising seas in Guinea-Bissau
Carlos Antunes, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL, Lisbon)

14h15-14h30 | Between Land and Sea: functional diversity of soil microbiomes in costal ecosystems in Guinea-Bissau
Juliana Melo, Ana Santos, Luís Catarino, Cristina Cruz, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL, Lisbon)

14h30-14h45 |Spatial-temporal dynamics of land cover on the Ondame peninsula, Biombo
Madalena Matias, Cristina Catita, Paula Redweik, Luís Catarino, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL, Lisbon)

14h45-15h00 | The relationship between soils and vegetation in costal zones of Guinea-Bissau.
Maira Costa, Juliana Melo, Luís Catarino, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL, Lisbon)

15h00-15h30: Talk

15h30-15h50: Coffee-break

BOOK LAUNCH

15h50-16h10 | “Entre a Terra e o Mar” (Indjai, B., Benante, E., & Catarino, L., 2024)
Presentation: Bucar Indjai, Instituto Nacional de Estudos de Pesquisa (INEP, Bissau), Eliseu Benante, Instituto para a Biodiversidade e Áreas Protegidas (IBAP, Bissau) and Luís Catarino, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL, Lisbon)

16h20-16h50 | “Pessoas, arrozais e mangais. Aprender em conjunto sobre alterações climáticas e transformações no espaço costeiro” (Campos, R., Sousa, J, Jalo, S., & Tavares, D. & 2024)
Presentation: Rita Campos, Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC, Coimbra) and Dionísio Tavares, Instituto Universitário (ISCTE, Lisbon)

16h50-17h20 | “Nas margens. Recortes de um estudo na interface entre mangais e arrozais na Guiné-Bissau”
Collective book edited and presented by Rita Campos, Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC, Coimbra)

17h20-17h50 | “À procura de outros. Presença de espírito entre os Balanta da Guiné-Bissau”
Portuguese translation of the work “Op zoek naar anderen. Tegenwoordigheid van geest bij de Balanta in Guinee-Bissau” published in 1994 by Paul Akkerman
Presentation by Raul Mendes Fernandes, Universidade Amílcar Cabral (UAC, Bissau)
Guest speaker: Paul Akkerman (to be confirmed)

13 DECEMBER, FRIDAY

9h30-11h00 | MEMORY AND NARRATIVES ON TECHNOLOGIES AND AGROECOLOGIES OF RICE
Moderator: Paula Duarte Lopes, Centre for Social Studies, University of  Coimbra (CES-UC, Coimbra)

9h30-9h45 | Suzana and Badigue Felupe: Past and present in rice-mangrove production. And what about the future?
Adilson Infande, Instituto Universitário (ISCTE, Lisbon)

9h45-10h00 |Labour and socioecological and technological transformations in mangrove-rice paddies areas in Mato Farroba, Tombali
Dionísio Tavares, Instituto Universitário (ICTE), Lisbon, Portugal

10h00-10h15 | The abandonment of rice production in Biombo: forced labour, the power of the sea and the flight of several generations
Benício Có, Instituto Universitário (ICTE), Lisboa, Portugal, Djone Camala, Instituto Universitário (ICTE), Lisboa, Portugal, Joana Sousa, Centre for Social Studies, Univ. Coimbra (CES-UC), Portugal

10h15-10h30 | One tube fits all? Gestão do escoamento de água na produção de arroz de mangal na Guiné-Bissau
Joseph Sandoval, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands

10h30-11h15: Talk

11h15-11h30: Coffee-break

11h30-12h10 | SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF THE MANGROVE-RICE PADDY AREA
Moderação: Luís Catarino, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

11h30-11h40 | Notes on the socio-economic and agro-ecological survey of the mangrove-rice paddy area
Bucar Indjai, Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa (INEP, Bissau)

11h40-11h50 | Socio-economic characterisation of bolanha rice production in Mato Farroba, Tombali
Pansau Na Pancal, Universidade Amílcar Cabral (UAC, Bissau)

12h00-12h10 | Socio-economic characterisation of bolanha rice production in Suzana, Cacheu
Robalo Djata, Universidade Amílcar Cabral (UAC, Bissau)

12h10-12h40: Talk

12h40-14h00: Lunch

14h00-15h15 | RICE AND MANGROVES: HISTORY(S) AND FUTURES OF AGRARIAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN A CHANGING WORLD
Moderator: Joana Sousa, Centre for Social Studies, Univ. Coimbra (CES-UC)

14h00-14h15 | Portrait: Development projects, Rice and Mangroves in Guinea-Bissau
Juelson Lourenço, Centre for Social Studies, Univ. Coimbra (CES-UC)

14h15-14h30 |The impact of international policies on rice production and mangrove protection, or the inherent coloniality of international environmental policies
Paula Duarte Lopes, Centre for Social Studies, Univ. Coimbra (CES-UC)

14h30-14h45 | [tba]
Case study rice farmers (Badigue, Mato Farroba, Biombo)

14h45-15h00 | [tba]
Sambu Seck, Executive-Secretary of KAFO (tbc)

15h00-15h15: | [tba]

15h15-15h35: Coffee-break

15h35-16h05: Talk

PODCASTS/TALKS LAUNCH

16h05-16h20 | Sons da Beira Mar with the MARGINS team and guests
Interviewers: Benício Có, Maira da Costa, Djone Camala
Presentation by Joana Sousa, Centre for Social Studies, Univ. Coimbra (CES-UC)

16h20-17h45 | VIDEO CLIPPINGS OF RICE PADDIES
Moderator: [tba]

Documentary screening and Talk

Maboan, notas sobre a construção de um dique (2015) [25 minutes]
Chão-de-Gente (Lisboa), Cabasane Biteraune (Caequene).
Ana Luísa Luz, Braima Indjai, Ansomane Dabo, Joana Sousa, Zaino Zauad

Elalab: O Zé quer saber porquê (2019) [27 minutes]
Divergente

17h20-17h45: Talk