Forensic methodology for memorialisation of violence
As a result of IN2PAST exploratory project ‘Landscapes of Terror…’ Forensic methodology for memorialisation of violence in post-authoritarian contexts New paper published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies 5/5/2025 A research agenda towards the critical assessment of processes of memorialisation and heritagization of histories of violence in post-violence and post-authoritarian contexts is the proposal […]
S. João de Calvos’ 90 Seconds of Science, with PI Fabio Sitzia
IN2PAST exploratory project on 2000th radio show S. João de Calvos’ 90 Seconds of Science, with PI Fabio Sitzia Digitising a church with Building Information Modeling 5/5/2025 IN2PAST exploratory project to digitise the church of S. João de Calvos was featured in radio programme 90 Seconds of Science episode N.º 2000, with principal investigator Fabio […]
The Excellency of IN2PAST’s research units
FCT releases provisional results of 2023/2024 evaluation The Excellency of IN2PAST’s research units Complex, long and demanding process determines funding approval 16/4/2025 Five of the seven research units (RUs) that make up the IN2PAST – Associate Laboratory consortium received a rating of Excellent and two of Very Good in the provisional results of the 2023/2024 […]
The colonial past and how to use it
Saturday, April 12th, at the Museum of Lamego The colonial past and how to use it Dialogued tour of exhibit ‘Do not visit the sala colonial’ and round table 15/4/2025 Researchers from different IN2PAST research units, such as IHC, CRIA and HERCULES Lab., took part on Saturday, April 12th, in a dialogued tour of the […]
Collecting clay… and throwing it at the wall
April 11th and 12th, in Estremoz Collecting clay… and throwing it at the wall Project 2LEGACY workshop on clay preparation for ceramics 14/4/2025 After collecting endogenous clay in the field in Estremoz last Friday, not deterred by the weather, participants in project 2LEGACY‘s workshop quite literally tested the Portuguese expression ‘atirar o barro à parede’ […]
Mariana Pinto dos Santos on the Almada Interpretation Centre
On the Almada Murals at the Maritime Stations Interpretation Centre ‘it is necessary to get to know these paintings’ Scientific curator Mariana Pinto dos Santos in the first person 8/4/2025 (updated 11/4/2025) ‘This Interpretation Centre [Almada Murals at the Maritime Stations] draws attention to a unique work in the Portuguese 20th century panorama, which did […]
Almada Murals Interpretation Centre opens to the public
Almada murals at the Alcântara Maritime Station © Centro Interpretativo Almada Negreiros (CIAN) Inaugurated at the Alcântara Maritime Station Almada Murals Interpretation Centre opens to the public IN2PAST is a partner through IHA, CEDANSA and HERCULES 8/4/2025 (updated 11/4/2025) The Almada Murals at the Maritime Stations Interpretation Centre was inaugurated yesterday, April 7th, at the […]
Beneath the church floor
March fieldwork campaign at São João de Calvos Beneath the church floor Using ground-penetrating radar, digital reconstruction and more 7/4/2025 The use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for geophysical subsurface detection was at the heart of the second fieldwork campaign of project ‘São João de Calvos’, conducted on March 24, 25 and 26th, 2025, at the […]
Ceiling paintings up close and personal
Studied for the first time as part of project ARIA Ceiling paintings up close and personal For the interdisciplinary study of King João IV’s Musical Library 7/4/2025 Researchers from the IN2PAST-funded ARIA project climbed scaffolding to study the materials and techniques used in the paintings on the ceiling of the Music Rooms at the Ducal […]
Building digital repositories with indigenous communities
InDigit at the 5th National Meeting of IN2PAST Researchers Building digital repositories with indigenous communities ‘The indigenous peoples of the South American Lowlands and the digital transition in European museums’ 13/2/2025 InDigit was represented at IN2PAST’s 5th National Meeting of Researchers, taking place in the region of Minho, Portugal, between January 22nd and the 25th, […]
