"Generations: Current Findings on the Acculturation and Integration of Portuguese Immigrants and their Descendants" 

A CONFERENCE ON THE DIALECTIC INTERPLAY BETWEEN ACCULTURATION AND INTEGRATION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF PORTUGUESE ETHNIC BOUNDARIES IN NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETIES

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Friday, October 14, 2011

I. Socioeconomic, Spatial and Political Integration

8:30 a.m.   Registration / Coffee / Networking

9:00 a.m.   Call to Order / Opening: Marie R. Fraley, Interim Director, IPLWS

Welcome: Dr. Nancy Carriuolo, President, Rhode Island College

Introduction: Conference Objectives and Historical Overview: Dulce Soares Scott, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Anderson University; Affiliated Researcher, IPLWS

Keynote Presentation:  "Discovering my Azorean Roots: A Conversation with Meredith Vieira"

Socioeconomic Integration Panel

"The structural integration of Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in the United States and Canada." ........Dulce Soares Scott, Ph.D. 

"Academic Achievement in the Portuguese Community in the US: Progress and Challenges": ....... Maria F. Pacheco, Ed.D.

"Interrogating Ogbu’s “Caste Theory”: The Case of Portuguese-Canadians and Their Academic Underachievement".......Fernando Nunes, Ph.D. 

11:00 a.m.  Break

 "Self-employment among Portuguese Women in the U.S." ........ M. Gloria da Sá, Ph.D.

“The Impact of Gentrification in Toronto's Little Portugal, Toronto, Canada"      José Carlos Teixiera, Ph.D.

12:15 pm   Light Lunch  (Provided)

1:00   pm   Reconvene / Call to Order:  Marie R. Fraley, Interim Director, IPLWS

Civic Engagement Panel:  Moderator - Fernando G. Rosa

“Political Mobilization in the Portuguese-American Community” . ....... Elmano Costa, Ph.D.

“Exploring the Cross Cultural and Intercultural Possibilities of Civic Engagement“ ...................... .Valerie Endress, Ph.D.

Political Participation Panel:  Moderator - Valerie Endress, Ph.D.

"Portuguese Political Participation in the State Legislature: The Case of Rhode Island"............        Dulce Soares Scott, Ph.D.and Marie Fraley

Panel Discussion: RI and MA Elected Officials: 

• Hon. Paul J. Tavares, Former RI General Treasurer; 
• Hon. M. Teresa Paiva Weed, RI Senate President                                                                 
• Hon. Daniel DaPonte, RI Senate Finance Chairman                                                               
• Hon. Marc R. Pacheco, MA State Senator                                                                            
• Hon. Michael Rodrigues, MA State Senator                                                                          
• Hon. Antonio Cabral, MA State Representative

 Summary

4:00 p.m.   Adjournment

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Friday Evening, 7:30 - 9:00 pm - Alger 110

Sarau: "An Evening with Antonio Oliveira Cruz"

Poet and President of the International Piaget Institute

 Poetry reading by Antonio Oliviera Cruz and information about the International Piaget Institute

Introduction by: Fernando Paulo Baptista  (In Portuguese)

This portion of the program is free and open to the public.

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 Saturday,  October 15, 2011

        II. Acculturation and the Maintenance of Ethnic Boundaries & The Portuguese Language

8:30 a.m. Registration / Coffee / Networking

9:00 a.m. Welcome / Call to Order:  Marie R. Fraley, Interim Director, IPLWS

Portuguese as a Language of International Communication: Moderator - Dulce Scott, Ph.D.

“Da dimensão planetária, inter-continental e inter-oceânica desta nossa doce Língua de Camões, da CPLP e das Comunidades Lusíadas da Diáspora" ..........Fernando Paulo Baptista

"Associação Piaget Internacional (AsPI)" .............Antonio Oliveira Cruz

10:15 a.m. Break

Language Maintenance: Portuguese Language  Education Panel: Silvia Oliveira, Ph.D.

“An Overview of the State of Portuguese Education in the US from Preschool through University: Progress and New Waves of Interest”  .......Fernanda Costa

 “Diário de Professor@: A Formação na Primeira Pessoa Em Plural” ..Irene de Amaral, PhD

 "Portuguese Language Education in the University: A Case Study" ....Elmano Costa, PhD

“From Funds of Knowledge to Cultural Capital: Parental Explanations for Choosing a Portuguese-English Dual Language Program” .....Ellen Bigler, Ph.D.

 12:00 noon  Light Lunch (provided)

 12:45 p.m.   Reconvene / Call to Order:  Marie Fraley

 Cultural Practices and Imprint

 “Cultural resistance and integration - a double bind?” .......Onésimo T. Almeida, Ph.D.

 Commentary: ......Dulce Soares Scott, Ph.D.

 Identity Formation Processes Panel:  Moderator - M. Gloria de Sá, Ph.D.  

"Poetics of Identity: Context and Narratives from Luso-Canadian Insular Spaces" .Irene Blayer, PhD                 

“Portuguese, American, or somewhere in between?:The shifts in self-identity as portrayed in Portuguese-American literature”  ........ Brianna Medeiros

"Publishing the Portuguese-American Experience: Challenges and Opportunities" ...Frank F. Sousa, Ph.D.

“Identity Negotiations of Portuguese Emigrant Descendants in Canada through Portuguese Soccer and Canadian Ice Hockey”   ..........João Sardinha, Ph.D.

2:30 p.m.          Break 

Stereotypes and Identity 

Canadian Panel: “New perspectives on Luso-Canadians: Reviewing and challenging Portuguese stereotypes in Canada”:  Moderator - Fernando Nunes, Ph.D.

"Challenges to integrating social and linguistic difference within Toronto’s Portuguese community: Exploring the Continental-Azorean divide" ........Emanuel da Silva, Ph.D.

"Portuguese-Canadian Youth, Education, and Community Involvement" .....Frederica Gomes

"Invisible politics and the Measures of ‘Participation’: Toronto’s Portuguese ‘Constituency’, 1950s-1990s" ........Gilberto Fernandes

"Troubled masculinities: young Portuguese-Canadian men discuss and disrupt masculinity"   ..............      David Pereira

4:00  Conclusions

4:30 Adjournment

 

 

 

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