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O meu nome é Paula Cardoso, sou jornalista, nasci na cidade da Beira, em Moçambique, e vivo desde os três anos em Portugal.
Embora sempre tenha morado em bairros com forte presença africana (primeiro no Zambujal, no concelho de Loures e depois em Vialonga, no concelho de Vila Franca de Xira), cedo me deparei com um conflito na construção da minha identidade: como pertencer a um lugar quando essa pertença não é reconhecida?
Para começar, os manuais escolares ilustravam-se a uma só cor, tal como as histórias infantis que me deveriam fazer sonhar, mas que invariavelmente acabavam por me confrontar com a minha invisibilidade. Eu não pertencia porque nem sequer existia.
À medida que fui crescendo, essa invisibilidade transferiu-se dos livros para os cargos de liderança e influência, para a televisão, o cinema e tantas outras áreas deficitárias de diversidade étnica, fenómeno que hoje considero ser indissociável dessa alienação precoce do direito ao sonho.
A partir desta experiência decidi criar histórias que promovam o empoderamento de crianças negras, abrindo-lhes espaço para celebrarem as suas raízes e sonharem sem limites.
Neste processo, encontrei na ilustradora Irene Filipe Marques a parceira ideal. Natural de Angola e formada em Design Gráfico, a também diretora criativa do The View Creative Studio não só deu corpo aos nossos heróis, como criou o logótipo da Força Africana.
Juntas, queremos ajudar a construir um mundo mais inclusivo. Esperamos que se revejam nesta narrativa de ação afirmativa.
PAULA CARDOSO
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Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is formed by a group of scientists and engineers employed by General Electric in New York. Focused on poverty alleviation, VITA teams work through public-private partnerships to expand access to information, financial services, and technology in developing communities.
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Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is formed by a group of scientists and engineers employed by General Electric in New York. Focused on poverty alleviation, VITA teams work through public-private partnerships to expand access to information, financial services, and technology in developing communities.
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Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is formed by a group of scientists and engineers employed by General Electric in New York. Focused on poverty alleviation, VITA teams work through public-private partnerships to expand access to information, financial services, and technology in developing communities.
2017
Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is formed by a group of scientists and engineers employed by General Electric in New York. Focused on poverty alleviation, VITA teams work through public-private partnerships to expand access to information, financial services, and technology in developing communities.
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Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is formed by a group of scientists and engineers employed by General Electric in New York. Focused on poverty alleviation, VITA teams work through public-private partnerships to expand access to information, financial services, and technology in developing communities.
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O meu nome é Paula Cardoso, contacto de Portugal, onde resido, para apresentar o projecto identitário-literáio que estou a desenvolver
Refiro-me á Força Africana (FA), uma série de livros focada em promover uma maior diversidade étnico-racial no universo das histórias infantis. Assim, convido-vos a conhecer um pouco mais do projecto e das minhas motivações
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O meu nome é Paula Cardoso, sou jornalista, nasci na cidade da Beira, em Moçambique, e vivo desde os três anos em Portugal.
Embora sempre tenha morado em bairros com forte presença africana (primeiro no Zambujal, no concelho de Loures e depois em Vialonga, no concelho de Vila Franca de Xira), cedo me deparei com um conflito na construção da minha identidade: como pertencer a um lugar quando essa pertença não é reconhecida?
Para começar, os manuais escolares ilustravam-se a uma só cor, tal como as histórias infantis que me deveriam fazer sonhar, mas que invariavelmente acabavam por me confrontar com a minha invisibilidade. Eu não pertencia porque nem sequer existia.
À medida que fui crescendo, essa invisibilidade transferiu-se dos livros para os cargos de liderança e influência, para a televisão, o cinema e tantas outras áreas deficitárias de diversidade étnica, fenómeno que hoje considero ser indissociável dessa alienação precoce do direito ao sonho.
A partir desta experiência decidi criar histórias que promovam o empoderamento de crianças negras, abrindo-lhes espaço para celebrarem as suas raízes e sonharem sem limites.
Neste processo, encontrei na ilustradora Irene Filipe Marques a parceira ideal. Natural de Angola e formada em Design Gráfico, a também diretora criativa do The View Creative Studio não só deu corpo aos nossos heróis, como criou o logótipo da Força Africana.
Juntas, queremos ajudar a construir um mundo mais inclusivo. Esperamos que se revejam nesta narrativa de ação afirmativa.
PAULA CARDOSO
Autora
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