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Working Groups

Lusophone Globalicities

Portuguese is the language of 25 percent of Southern Hemisphere countries and 40 percent of the countries bordering the southern Atlantic rim region, around which eight metropolitan areas use Portuguese. The purpose of the working group is to enhance our understanding of cultural texts and dynamics that have resulted from the centuries-long networks of exchange among and beyond Portuguese-speaking regions in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. We are interested in what this inquiry can teach us about present-day cultural and political realities in the Lusophone world, as well as the role of Lusophone societies in the global milieu. Issues to be explored include domestic and transnational negotiations between “high” and “low” culture and the impact of audiovisual culture (e.g., music, television, cinema) and diverse forms of expressive culture (e.g., folklore and folklife, religious and ritual traditions, festival practices) on contemporary national and global politics, economic systems, and discourses of identity.
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About the Institute

The Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities at The Ohio State University has as its mission:

• To facilitate emergent collaborations between humanities faculty and others across the university;
• To foster innovative forms of interdisciplinary education for undergraduates and graduate students;
• To enable the humanities to act as a significant bridge between the University, the city of Columbus and the broader public culture.

It seeks to be an active forum for exchange between scholars and citizens, both on- and off-campus, and a place where the University can think creatively about what it does.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2007, the Institute is located just east of OSU's main campus, in the George Wells Knight House, originally the home of the first chair of History at Ohio State. ICRPH has been underwritten by the College of Humanities, by an Academic Enrichment award from the Office of Academic Affairs, by generous special allocations from the Ohio General Assembly's Urban Initiative Program in 2004-06, 2006-08, and 2008-10, and by project grants and gifts.

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