Patrícia Ferraz de Matos, an Integrated Researcher at CeiED, Lusófona University, recently participated in two events in the field of Education, held in Brazil, which took place in a hybrid format.

At the invitation of Christian Muleka Mwewa, Professor at the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), the first event was a roundtable discussion entitled “Cultural Formation from an Anthropological Perspective” at the IV EduForP International – Cultures and Pedagogical Practices. This discussion included Alexis Angola (Universidad de la Guajira, Colombia) and José María Vallina (Universidad Nacional del Comahue – UNCOMA, Argentina), and was moderated by Aline Claudino (Unisul, Brazil). Held on 28 and 29 August 2026, it was organised by: Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), the Postgraduate Programme in Education/CPTL, the Pedagogy Course/CPTL and the Research Group on Formation and Culture in Contemporary Society – EDUFORP. More information here: https://periodicos.ufms.br/index.php/EduForP/announcement

At the second event, at the invitation of Alex Sander da Silva, Professor at the Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Patrícia Ferraz de Matos presented a lecture entitled “‘Deconstructing Colonialism, Decolonising the Imaginary’: Reflections on an Exhibition at the National Museum of Ethnology in Lisbon, 2024–2026” as part of the Thematic Panel “Education, Anthropology and Decolonial Thought” of the IX Seminar on Philosophy and Society, entitled “Critical and Decolonial Thought: Circulations and Crossings”, and of the III Interinstitutional and International Education Conference at the Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC). The event took place on 24 September. More information here: https://doity.com.br/ix-seminrio-filosofia-e-sociedade-pensamento-crtico-e-decolonial

Both events played a key role in establishing important institutional relationships with a view to consolidating exchanges aimed at developing future research, pedagogy and training projects between Portugal and Brazil.