Livros ICNOVA

Pick Manifesto 25 de Abril hoje

2024-12-09T13:21:12+00:00

Este livro pretende materializar o exercício de liberdade de pensamento e criação que procurámos instigar ao longo das oficinas dedicadas a refletir sobre o 25 de Abril organizadas pelo Cluster Arte da Performance & Performatividade na Arte (ICNOVA-NOVA FCSH e IHA-NOVA FCSH/ IN2PAST). Cada oficina foi coordenada em conjunto com um ou mais membros do cluster, respeitando a horizontalidade e ao mesmo tempo as individualidades, no sentido de estimular a diversidade que nos caracteriza. O livro reflete precisamente isso. No Prólogo acentuamos essa heterogeneidade através do registo fotográfico das oficinas e do que aí construímos em comum. Os capítulos seguintes, que têm por título os pilares da democracia que discutimos, foram entregues a membros do cluster que coordenaram ou/e participaram nas oficinas respetivas. As autoras dos mesmos escolheram como queriam abordar o tema, usando diferentes linguagens. Nos casos dos capítulos Paz, Educação e Pão — sendo que neste último caso foi desenvolvida uma leitura visual — foi seguida uma abordagem mais poética. No caso da Cultura, a construção do texto tem por base o excerto de uma entrevista ao convidado das oficinas dedicadas ao tema. Os capítulos da Habitação e da Saúde apresentam uma linguagem científica, assim como o Epílogo, dedicado a um questionamento em torno de metodologias académicas criativas e com assento na afetividade, para o qual vários membros do clustercolaboraram. O capítulo Q.B.: Performance Coletiva, tem na sua base o trabalho artístico de Helena Elias, membro do cluster, que generosamente adaptou a sua performance ao contexto do Pick Manifesto 25 de Abril hoje. Encerrámos o ciclo de oficinas precisamente com esta “performance-jantar-festa”, no dia 27 de Julho de 2024, no palco experimental da Partícula no Açúcar, em Lisboa. O capítulo contém o texto de apresentação da performance, da autoria de Helena Elias, e uma selecção fotográfica representativa de alguns dos momentos aí vividos.

O 25 de Abril ainda não terminou. Por isso, continuamos a construí-lo. Escolhemos fazê-lo experimentando novos espaços de liberdade na produção de conhecimento. O próprio Sérgio Godinho fala da relevância de o fazer, no texto que aqui publicamos e que encerra o livro, afirmando que a expressão da liberdade se mantém como uma urgência da atualidade.

Ruy Guerra and Ruy Duarte de Carvalho — between writings and imaginaries

2024-11-12T20:20:52+00:00

Abstract: Born Portuguese, Ruy Guerra and Ruy Duarte de Carvalho chose to be of the world, having in common that they were men of the world, for whom the image and the word were central to their reflections on spaces on the margins. Born, in 2021, from the challenge of marking Ruy Guerra’s 90th birthday and the 80th birthday Ruy Duarte would have had, this ebook is a tribute to the intensity and depth with which they made/make work. It alternates canonical articles with essays that take on the undisciplined heritage of both men, who used the camera, writing and the ‘thing said’ to make their life and work an unsubmissive gesture and ethical commitment.

Journalism: Grounds and Anxieties

2025-04-17T10:10:11+00:00

This book aims to promote a comprehensive and multifaceted problematization of journalism, around its mission and functions, the values, and contexts in which it operates, as well as the analytical frame-works that have been mobilized in its scientific problematization. Considering the (increasingly pressing) importance of journalism in society, the aim is to critically analyze the broader social, political, economic, or technological frameworks in which journalism has operated, signaling processes of change, challenges, and opportunities in the context of current transformations.
The book therefore has the following fundamental aims: understand the role and relevance of journalism in democracy and its impact on different social, cultural, political or economic spheres; examine the emergence of modern journalism and the affirmation of a professional identity as well as, in parallel, capture structural and conjunctural dynamics of transformation, as well as their implications for the basic functions and principles of journalism; confront the normative dimension of the journalistic ethos with recurring and emerging vectors of discussion (both within the profession itself and at the level of its academic reflection), in the face of a changing media ecology; identify opportunities and challenges for journalism as an institution and as a social and cultural activity, as well as contemporary trends and lines of research in journalism studies; problematize the paradoxical relationship of proximity and distance between journalism and its audiences, seeking to contribute to the discussion of a theme that is less explored in journalism research and teaching.

Media, Populism and Corruption

2024-04-14T12:11:55+00:00

This book follows the International Seminar “Media, Populism and Corruption” held at ICNOVA, Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2022, integrated into the activities of the 21st Century Populism Observatory. The eleven chapters are preceded by a preface and a presentation, which aim to contextualize the pertinence and relevance of the themes under discussion — Media, Populism and Corruption —, as well to justify them within the scope of ICNOVA’s research projects. The chapters, both theoretical and empirical, focus populist phenomena located in Brazil, Spain, United States of America, and Portugal. Four aspects stand out that guided the organization of the eBook. Firstly, the theoretical-conceptual discussion on the relationship between Media and Populism, undertaken by the authors, with a largely common bibliography, but where the perspectives and geographies of the analysed phenomena create different interpretations. Then, it is noted that many of the empirical studies have as object of analysis the centrality of populist political actors, who have optimized, or optimize their relationship with the Media, efficiently using social networks and mainstream media, to capture and captivate voters in sealed bubbles. A third aspect, which permeates, clearly, the chapters, is the complicity between corporations/owners/operators and professionals of the Media, mainstream and social networks, with the expansion of Populism, promoting the discrediting of democratic institutions and of its agents, as well as the institutional conflict, the political spectacle, and the information without contradictions. One last aspect are the articles that discuss the relationship between Populism and gender identity issues, with relevance to the agendas and attempts of parties, located on the right-wing populism, to revert freedoms, guarantees and achievements associated with these social movements.