Divine RED

A Photo essay on Tou Tei Shrines in Macau José Luís de Sales Marques Strolling along the old town, our eyes are constantly attracted to the warm colors of ancestral altars that are found on the sides of streets or the small shrines and tablets placed on the walls of almost every building, symbolizing divine

When We Make Objects Speak: Colonial ‘Heritage’ in Post-war Macau

Catherine S. Chan Echoing the Salazar regime’s attempt to foster cultural nationalism across the Portuguese empire, the Macau government established on December 1953 a commission with the task of identifying and classifying ‘national monuments.’[1] At a public event, Governor Esparteiro highlighted the need to protect historic sites that reflected Macau’s position as a Portuguese ‘city

Identity as a Creative Resource of the Macanese

Marisa C. Gaspar EN/PT Macanese Identity: What Future? This was an exercise of reflection, proposed to take place in a round table format, as part of the Fundação Oriente’s program of activities to mark the 20th anniversary of Macao’s handover and the establishment of the Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the

A Identidade como Recurso Criativo dos Macaenses

Marisa C. Gaspar EN/PT A Identidade Macaense: Que Futuro? Este foi o exercício de reflexão, proposto fazer-se em formato de mesa redonda, inserido no programa de atividades da Fundação Oriente para assinalar os 20 anos da transferência de soberania do território de Macau e estabelecimento da Região Administrativa Especial da República Popular da China, a