Project Title (English): Framing Identity: Architecture and Cityscapes of Mumbai’s Catholic Communities (16th to the 20th centuries)
Project Title (Portuguese): Construção identitária: paisaigens urbanas e arquitectura de origem Católica em Mumbai (séculos XVI-XX)
Timeline (1st phase): October 2013 to October 2016
Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/89298/2012)
Main Istitution: Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra
Partner Institutions: University of Delhi; Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture
Advisers: professor Walter Rossa; professor Rochelle Pinto; architect Vikas Dilawari
Main Objectives: The project's main objectives are the production of knowledge that can contribute to the debate concerning heritage of Portuguese origin / influence in the region of Mumbai and access how that same heritage can enrich the cultural diversity of Mumbai's inhabitants, by addressing and sharing issues related to its conservation. The project will also address the issues of the role that the East-Indian community have in the Mumbai and the community's relation to the referred heritage. Two main tasks are proposed in order to achieve these objectives. The first task will be the organisation of an event based in KRVIA, one of the most prestigious architecture colleges in the Mumbai region and the one most committed to the city's architectural history. This event will be center on specific religious structures and landscapes of Mumbai pertaining to the East-Indian community. The second task is the publication of two articles in peer-reviewed journals about Mumbai's heritage of Portuguese origin / influence.
Project Title (Portuguese): Construção identitária: paisaigens urbanas e arquitectura de origem Católica em Mumbai (séculos XVI-XX)
Timeline (1st phase): October 2013 to October 2016
Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/89298/2012)
Main Istitution: Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra
Partner Institutions: University of Delhi; Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture
Advisers: professor Walter Rossa; professor Rochelle Pinto; architect Vikas Dilawari
Main Objectives: The project's main objectives are the production of knowledge that can contribute to the debate concerning heritage of Portuguese origin / influence in the region of Mumbai and access how that same heritage can enrich the cultural diversity of Mumbai's inhabitants, by addressing and sharing issues related to its conservation. The project will also address the issues of the role that the East-Indian community have in the Mumbai and the community's relation to the referred heritage. Two main tasks are proposed in order to achieve these objectives. The first task will be the organisation of an event based in KRVIA, one of the most prestigious architecture colleges in the Mumbai region and the one most committed to the city's architectural history. This event will be center on specific religious structures and landscapes of Mumbai pertaining to the East-Indian community. The second task is the publication of two articles in peer-reviewed journals about Mumbai's heritage of Portuguese origin / influence.