http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2696 2013-06-19T19:19:03Z http://hdl.handle.net/10362/3241 Title: THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY OF LISBON AS A CASE-STUDY FOR THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL GOVERNANCE OF ISLAM Authors: Machaqueiro, Mário Abstract: Developing a theoretical framework that conceives power relations as instances of identity strategies and identity competitions, this paper will focus on a complex story of power relations between the Portuguese dictatorship and the Muslim community that, during the 1960’s, was settling in Lisbon and trying to assert itself both in cultural and political terms. A special attention will be paid to the role of Suleiman Valy Mamede and the association he led, the Islamic Community of Lisbon. This paper is premised on the idea that the history of such association concentrates a whole trajectory from colonialism to postcolonialism. It began by being ambiguously involved with colonial policies and ended up, after the April 25 coup that brought democracy to Portugal, taking a critical stance against colonialism and evolving into a base for future Muslim migrancy. Before that military coup, Portuguese authorities were trying to enlist the Muslim leadership against the liberation movements, especially in Mozambique. This gave rise to a tug of war: on the one hand, Valy Mamede and his followers sought to promote their identity and find their place among the colonial order, forcing the Portuguese administration to fulfil a commitment, until then just rhetoric, to a pluri-racial society; on the other hand, Portuguese power discouraged this kind of attempts that could easily get out of political control. It should be stressed that this struggle was in fact even more complex, because the Muslim leadership that had settled in Lisbon, holding a close relationship to Portuguese rulers, was also contested and challenged by the local Islamic communities of Mozambique. 2010-03-17T10:12:48Z http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2726 Title: Wild species used in the traditional pharmacopoeia of Trás-os-Montes (Portugal) Authors: Carvalho, Ana Maria; Ramos, A.T.; Martins, Maria Elisabete; Frazão-Moreira, Amélia Abstract: For the last eight years (2000-2008), three research ethnobotanical projects have been carried out in 36 rural communities from the north-eastern region of Portugal, Trás-os-Montes, in order to document and report traditional plant knowledge and uses. This presentation synthesises the main results related to the medicinal uses of the wild flora, highlighting the most quoted species, homemade medicines and ritual plants involved in therapy. Description: XX Symposium of Brazilian Medicinal Plants & X International Congress of Ethnopharmacology. S. Paulo, Brasil. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2725 Title: Folk medicine of trás-os-montes (Portugal). Traditional uses and bioactive compounds of six common medicinal species Authors: Carvalho, Ana Maria; Barros, Lillian; Ferreira, Isabel; Frazão-Moreira, Amélia Abstract: Ethnobotanical surveys conducted in north-eastern Portugal along several years (2000-2009) reported plant knowledge and use of almost 150 wild species used in folk medicine. This poster documents traditional knowledge and reports the first approach to the antioxidant potential evaluation of six of these species with particular cultural significance, Glechoma hederaceae (1), Foeniculum vulgare (2), Malva sylvestris (3), Oregano virens (4), Rosa canina (5), Thymus mastichina (6), accessed by biochemical assays used as models for the lipid peroxidation damage in biomembranes. Bioactive compounds such as phenolics, flavonoids, vitamin C and vitamin E were also determined. Description: Vth International Congress of Ethnobotany (ICE 09), San Carlos de Bariloche (RN) Argentina. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2724 Title: Medicinal plants: Past and present uses in several communities from the North-eastern Portugal Authors: Carvalho, Ana Maria; Martins, Maria Elisabete; Frazão-Moreira, Amélia Abstract: Medicinal plants, past and present related uses emerged from broader studies conducted during several years inside 36 rural communities in Trás-os-Montes. This region, as other areas in the interior of Portugal, has seen socio-economic transformations since the 1960s that have altered landscape management and plant use. The surveys aimed to report traditional plant knowledge and uses (TK). In addition focused on the system of local knowledge on plant resources and prevalent traditional plant use and practices. Description: XX Symposium of Brazilian Medicinal Plants & X International Congress of Ethnopharmacology. S. Paulo, Brasil. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z