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Shiozaki, Ryohei (2022)

“A vida dos Moçambicanos é a Vida de Convivência” [“The Life of Mozambicans is Life of Conviviality”] Exploring Conviviality of Afro-Mozambicans in Lisbon, Portugal

Research master thesis | African Studies (research) (MA)

It has been considered that the community among Afro-Mozambican migrants in Lisbon does not exist due to the small number of its population in Portugal. Yet, one Mozambican artist, Frank Ntaluma’s house, called Mozambican House among Afro-Mozambicans in Lisbon, seems to overturn this perception. It exists as a hangout among them and even provides them with informal security nets. This thesis aims to explore how their conviviality appears at this Mozambican House in Lisbon, Portugal. Observing life in Mozambican House enabled us to see how various “intermediaries” work together as a catalyst of creating a condition for them to live with others, namely, their daily reciprocal interactions via mobile phones, shared expectation to answer positively to requests from others for favours, and dissimulative acts. These “intermediaries” are backed by the shared sense and mode of Estamos Juntos [we are together], which they also narrate as “ethics”. Mozambican House is realised as a sum of the...Show moreIt has been considered that the community among Afro-Mozambican migrants in Lisbon does not exist due to the small number of its population in Portugal. Yet, one Mozambican artist, Frank Ntaluma’s house, called Mozambican House among Afro-Mozambicans in Lisbon, seems to overturn this perception. It exists as a hangout among them and even provides them with informal security nets. This thesis aims to explore how their conviviality appears at this Mozambican House in Lisbon, Portugal. Observing life in Mozambican House enabled us to see how various “intermediaries” work together as a catalyst of creating a condition for them to live with others, namely, their daily reciprocal interactions via mobile phones, shared expectation to answer positively to requests from others for favours, and dissimulative acts. These “intermediaries” are backed by the shared sense and mode of Estamos Juntos [we are together], which they also narrate as “ethics”. Mozambican House is realised as a sum of the shared “intermediaries”, intertwining with Ntaluma’s personality who holds a passion for having an extensive network. This research applied auto-ethnography, participant observation and in-depth interviewing with 19 participants as research methods. Participant observation was conducted between November 2021 and February 2022 in Ntaluma’s house.Show less

Conviviality, Auto-ethnography, Migrants, Afro-mozambican, Lisbon

Author

Shiozaki, Ryohei

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

cultural anthropology

Supervisors

Harry Wels

ECTS Credits

25

Language

en