ARCHLABOUR

Architecture, Colonialism and Labour

“ArchLabour: Architecture, Colonialism and Labour” develops a theoretical framework for assessing mass labour in former colonial territories, in order to shine a spotlight on invisible workers, thus establishing a connection between historical subalternity and today’s inequalities. read more

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[CALL FOR PAPERS] A+I WPS #04 Contemporary Construction Sites as Postcolonial Infrastructure
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[CALL FOR PAPERS] A+I WPS #04 Contemporary Construction Sites as Postcolonial Infrastructure

Jul 15, 2026 4 min read
Archival Pace: Bureaucratic Orders, Silences, and Critical Archival Practices in Documenting Public Works and Labour in Africa
Fernando PiresFilipa LopesInês Lima RodriguesPanelAna Vaz MilheiroBeatriz SerrazinaFrancesca VitaSónia Pereira Henrique

Archival Pace: Bureaucratic Orders, Silences, and Critical Archival Practices in Documenting Public Works and Labour in Africa

May 11, 2026 4 min read
Archaeologies of Unfree Labour and Liberal Fantasies of Abolition
subalternityresilienceconflictBook ChapterBeatriz Serrazina

Archaeologies of Unfree Labour and Liberal Fantasies of Abolition

Jul 8, 2026 2 min read
Surveying the Colonial Islands: Maria Emília Caria in Cape Verde During the Liberation Wars (1961– 74)
conflictgenderJournal ArticleAna Vaz Milheiro

Surveying the Colonial Islands: Maria Emília Caria in Cape Verde During the Liberation Wars (1961– 74)

Jun 10, 2026 2 min read
The Salazar Foundation’s Private Housing Assistance in Africa During Late Portuguese Colonial Rule (1969–78)
Journal ArticleAna Vaz Milheiro

The Salazar Foundation’s Private Housing Assistance in Africa During Late Portuguese Colonial Rule (1969–78)

Jun 8, 2026 2 min read
Villagisation and Military Agency in Late-Colonial Africa: A Comparative Study of Guinea- Bissau and Mozambique (1968-1974)
conflictCommunicationAna Vaz MilheiroFrancesca Vita

Villagisation and Military Agency in Late-Colonial Africa: A Comparative Study of Guinea- Bissau and Mozambique (1968-1974)

Jun 4, 2026 3 min read
The ‘welfare’ as warfare. The two side of the liberation war in Guinea-Bissau 1968–1974
conflictCommunicationFrancesca Vita

The ‘welfare’ as warfare. The two side of the liberation war in Guinea-Bissau 1968–1974

Jun 3, 2026 3 min read
Portuguese Modern Design and the Contemporary Materialities of the Empire
resilienceCommunicationFrancesca Vita

Portuguese Modern Design and the Contemporary Materialities of the Empire

May 9, 2026 3 min read
Villages as Construction Sites. Recording Compulsory Settlement in the Zambezi Valley Through Aerial Photographs, Mozambique (1970–1974)
Journal ArticleAna Vaz Milheiro

Villages as Construction Sites. Recording Compulsory Settlement in the Zambezi Valley Through Aerial Photographs, Mozambique (1970–1974)

Apr 22, 2026 3 min read
The Technical Gaze. Exploring Photographic Dissonances and Colonial Narratives in the Mabubas Dam, Angola, 1948–1954
Journal ArticleAna Vaz MilheiroBeatriz Serrazina

The Technical Gaze. Exploring Photographic Dissonances and Colonial Narratives in the Mabubas Dam, Angola, 1948–1954

Apr 22, 2026 3 min read
Participation in Seminar “Buildings, Space, Power: Postcolonial and Decolonial Histories of the Built Environment”
CommunicationBeatriz SerrazinaSeminar

Participation in Seminar “Buildings, Space, Power: Postcolonial and Decolonial Histories of the Built Environment”

Apr 22, 2026 2 min read
A construção territorial de Cabo Verde – Diálogos entre ilhas: As facetas invisíveis da ocupação do interior
Fernando PiresProceedings

A construção territorial de Cabo Verde – Diálogos entre ilhas: As facetas invisíveis da ocupação do interior

Apr 21, 2026 2 min read
A Arquitecta Milanka Lima Gomes na Guiné-Bissau: da cooperação internacional às “brigadas” técnicas e de construção
conflictgenderProceedingsFrancesca VitaLeonor Matos Silva

A Arquitecta Milanka Lima Gomes na Guiné-Bissau: da cooperação internacional às “brigadas” técnicas e de construção

Apr 21, 2026 2 min read
[CALL FOR ABSTRACTS] Displacing the Drafting Board: Women, Labor, and the Construction Site
genderpolicysubalternityCommunicationAna Vaz MilheiroFrancesca Vita

[CALL FOR ABSTRACTS] Displacing the Drafting Board: Women, Labor, and the Construction Site

Mar 30, 2026 2 min read
Concrete Colonialism: Material Power and Non-human Agency in Angola and Mozambique
CommunicationBeatriz SerrazinaFrancesca Vita

Concrete Colonialism: Material Power and Non-human Agency in Angola and Mozambique

Mar 30, 2026 3 min read
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