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Project

Cesária Évora: documentation of paths and discourses

Execution Deadline
01 Jan, 2023
31 Dec, 2023
Institution
Research Group

Coordination

Ana Flávia Miguel


Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Reference

UIDB/00472/2020

Period

1/01/2023 to 31/12/2023

Team

Alexandre Curopos

Abstract

CISE aims to recognize the legacy of Cesária Évora as a woman and as a singer who achieved a unique place in a predominantly male musical tradition. The main goal of CISE is to locate, systematize, and analyze documents that allow mapping the paths and discourses of and about Cesária. In this way, it will be possible to understand the unique role played by Cise in the music universe and how she paved the way for other women and singers. To achieve this goal, it was necessary to: 1) trace and systematize information scattered in different places in different countries, 2) analyze Cesária’s musical paths in Cape Verde and Europe, 3) understand individual and collective perceptions of Cesária’s role conveyed, especially by the written, radio, and television press, and 4) create a database in DUnAs – the Research Data Repository of University of Aveiro.

Keywords

Cesária Évora, Music, Cape Verde, Documentation