Goa's history does not begin with the Portuguese ! There is a lot in Goa history to be researched beyond the Portuguese interregnum. Mal olhamos para o resto. Tensing
On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 at 11:45, sandra lobo <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > 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]. > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/AS8PR10MB6294EE2064D2918421D1BC5FA585A%40AS8PR10MB6294.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.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/CABPxU2gXp%3DC6RtaP5pa4okLTEwRJkOR8c2CfJz3XPDfJ%3Di7o0g%40mail.gmail.com.
