Hi Helga. For years I have been defending that unless, at least for academic purposes, Portuguese is considered as a Goan language, necessary to be learned by students/researchers of Social Sciences and Humanities, Goan capacity to research its own past, namely its intellectual history and literature, will remain limited and its heritage will be no longer. From what I have been informed there is now an effort to have a more collaborative attitude between departments to overcome limitations, let's hope it is consistent. Best wishes, Sandra
Sandra Ataíde Lobo [cid:179c82e0-f7c6-423a-a453-0f8c70384037][cid:09bb3b9c-d7da-41a6-a2fe-b617ab29dcd7] [cid:cd44f0b3-65af-4fc6-9133-127609f123ef] [cid:6b46daf0-bfc2-40c3-ba24-e5d8502332f7] Home (gieipc-ip.org)<https://www.gieipc-ip.org/> https://praticasdahistoria.pt/ tmn. ++351 930690459 ________________________________ De: [email protected] <[email protected]> em nome de Helga do Rosario Gomes <[email protected]> Enviado: 4 de dezembro de 2023 23:33 Para: Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> Assunto: [GRN] Portuguese for non Portuguese researchers It’s quite unfortunate that many researchers are stymied because of their inability to read Portuguese. Unfortunate not only for the frustration it causes the researchers but also the loss of information to the general public especially in this current polarized India. Universities like Columbia where I work demand that a PhD student take courses that extend the breadth and depth of his/her knowledge. But this isn’t the case in most universities worldwide nor is it applicable to independent researchers not affiliated to universities or institutions. But there’s a possible solution to this problem although it would need collaboration and the breaking of silos both of which from my experience are very hard to accomplish at the Goa university. Why don’t researchers with great ideas and enthusiasm as well as access to documents collaborate with the faculty and more importantly with students of the Portuguese Department of Goa Univ? The latter would reap in terms of multidisciplinary collaborations, co-authorship in papers and books and exposure to a big world! This isn’t unusual in the world of science and technology. Data science students are made to work in libraries, linguistics, philosophy departments and medical and earth sciences. Data crunching, like speaking a language, is a skill. Currently very little research is being undertaken at Goa Univ.’s Portuguese department probably because the effort is mostly to produce more Portuguese teachers but a collaboration such as I suggest would produce historians, researchers, thinkers etc. I hope at least one student or faculty from the Portuguese department lurking in the periphery of this group responds. It’s time Goa moved beyond Vem Cantar and Festas do Povo. Best, Helga Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAJUuMJmHimohPe9_wJvD4KJR0UHWjFDiwHYhmwzH83ygGC5h%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAJUuMJmHimohPe9_wJvD4KJR0UHWjFDiwHYhmwzH83ygGC5h%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/AS8PR10MB6294EE2064D2918421D1BC5FA585A%40AS8PR10MB6294.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
