At the event MEMÓRIAS VIVAS, local communities, parish representatives and neighbors got together to enhance the local memories and intangible heritage of Trafaria, in an open meeting organized at the Old Casino on March 7th and 8th.
The T-Factor Lisbon Roadshow started up with an evening hybrid event, a Café-concert-debate, “Real Utopias”, led by the artist Marta Miranda, with spontaneous interviews to 9 protagonists of the previous Podcast series, moderated by Carla Fernandes from NOVA University, and with the participation of representatives of the cultural, associative and artistic and activist movements of Trafaria.
This event was attended by over a hundred residents of Trafaria and lasted for 4 hours in the evening, showing how important it was for the neighborhood to publicly discuss their most pressing social issues at the moment. We believe it has therefore contributed to an even stronger community activation.
During the 2 day meeting, the Lisbon local coalition of T-Factor, led by NOVA University of Lisbon, shared the highlights and learnings of the pilot developed at the area in a morning informal conference, and EDA, one of the main stakeholders of the Lisbon local coalition, presented their new book, funded by T-Factor, EDA 10: Until now / From now on.
The event also served as the setting for the première of the experimental documentary At Trafaria 2023, conceived by professors, researchers and students from NOVA FCSH, in close collaboration with local people, institutions and communities in Trafaria.
The aim of this roadshow was an intense community activation, to jointly relive, document and preserve memories and social activities of intangible heritage at Trafaria (under strong risk of loss), by creating new living stories and preserving most of them with the collaboration of the different communities and stakeholders involved.
PROGRAMME
07 March:
_19h30 to 22h00. Culture-intervention evening
A public free show titled “Real Utopias” in the hybrid format of Encounter/Café-concert/Debate (Dramaturgy by Marta Miranda with the generous participation of the Podcast series protagonists)
08 March
From 10h00 to 20h00
_10h00: Opening by the Lisbon Pilot team and NOVA’s Vice-Rector.
_10h30 to 11h30: Lisbon Pilot presentation followed by open discussion.
_11h30 to 12h00: coffee-break
_12h00: Presentation by EDA and launching of their new book, funded by T-Factor.
_13h00 to 15h00: lunch break and networking.
Social lunch (all partners and stakeholders invited)
_15h00 to 16h00: Guided-Tour around the Trafaria communities.
_16h00 to 18h00: projection and discussion of the video “At Trafaria 2023” (An experimental documentary conceived by professors, researchers and students from NOVA FCSH, in close collaboration with local people, institutions and communities in Trafaria).
_18h00 to 19h00: Legacy and future plans for Trafaria actions and the old prison; towards the dreamt IAT.
All the events on both days completely open to the general public
Na Trafaria 2023, Official Trailer
“At Trafaria 2023” is a video documentary conceived and produced as the last activity in the framework of T-Factor, contributing to the knowledge transmission of the several local identities at the Trafaria territory. It’s a project of a documentation and collaborative nature, with the main purpose of registering and preserving a body of memories and visions about this fragile area. It was developed from its very early stages in close collaboration with the basic school in the area, local people, institutions and communities in Trafaria, and involving students, teachers, researchers and professors from NOVA FCSH.
We wished, above all, to produce a filmed album of memories, a map of life experiences for the coming generations of Trafaria. The trailer was presented within the Lisbon Roadshow, and the full version of the documentary will be presented in 4 episodes next July, 2024.
