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Summary

A+I architecture+infrastructures is a collaborative research collective based at the DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, working on a variety of issues concerning the Critique, Theory and History of architecture with implications for the present. It involves a group of independent researchers interested in housing, colonial and postcolonial studies, gender, and the teaching of architecture and urbanism. It aims to map Portuguese architectural culture with links to countries and/ or regions where Portuguese is one of the official languages. It maintains partnerships with research centers and cultural institutions in Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. It promotes teamwork to build research networks and cultural interventions, benefiting from the coordination and participation in projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the Cost-Action Association and the European Research Council (ERC). 

The group works with archives and diverse sources, from cartography to architectural drawings and/or audiovisual materials, using study visits, oral histories, and workshops with local communities. It promotes new historiographical, essayistic, and artistic narratives. It offers alternatives to traditional Eurocentric visions by investigating long chronological periods and broad geographies, focusing on territories that intersect or have intersected with Portugal, and questioning its position in the world.