Database of Islamic Heritage in Portugal [Base de Dados de Património Islâmico em Portugal]

LusoGlobe Research in Charge

• Fabrizio Boscaglia
• Paulo Mendes Pinto

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Abstract

The project “Database of Islamic Heritage in Portugal” is a project of the Religions Studies of the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. We present a survey list of Islamic heritage in Portugal (Including contemporary heritage of Islamic influence), both built and museological, with a methodically description in systematic records. In Europe some projects focusing on “”Master Pieces”” have already taken place. But this is the first time that a country meets all this information in a systematic way, allowing knowing and correctly assess the extent of Islamic heritage and identity in national and European history. Conscious that knowledge is the only way to build a society ruled by dialogue and respect, the project “Base de Dados do Património Islâmico” intends to be an instrument available to the entire Lusophone society, with the goal to enable the contact with the Islamic heritage, with the Islamic patrimony existent in Portugal. Far from being the heritage of a minority, the Islam that developed to what is now Portuguese territory, was central and primal in terms of culture, science and society. That Islam cannot be linked with a mental space where the words curiosity or exotic reside. That Islam is part of the cultural womb and identity and must therefore be studied, understood and given reach to all citizens. This is the role of this project that introduces, at this point, the first stage of the survey of the Tangible Heritage, which will be followed by the Intangible Heritage in both terms of language and tradition. *Note: The project does not have an end date, therefore, it was indicated in this form, in which it was mandatory to indicate an end date, the year 2030 as the end year of the project, in the sense that the project is naturally inscribed in lines of the so-called agenda 2030.

Researchers

Fabrizio Boscaglia (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal, coordinator) Mostafa Zekri (ISMAT, Portugal, collaborator) Paulo Mendes Pinto (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal, ex coordinator)

Associated Missions

Área de Ciência das Religiões da Universidade Lusófona / Portugal Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Portugal Ibn Arabi Society MIAS Latina / Spain

Outputs

Seminário Permanente de Estudos Islâmicos (2020-2023) – Various academic articles – Events and conferences Multimedia diffusion via: http://patrimonioislamico.ulusofona.pt/

References

Website: http://patrimonioislamico.ulusofona.pt/

Funding and Institution