CHINESE PORCELAINS AND THE DECORATIONS OF OMANI MIHRABS

14 de Dezembro ​​de​ ​2022 ​|​ ​18h00​ [hora de Lisboa – UTC] ​|​ ​​plataforma Zoom [sessão em  inglês]

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December 14th, 2022 | 18h00 [Lisbon Time Zone – UTC] | via Zoom [session to be held in English]

Convidado / Invited speaker:
Soumyen Bandyopadhyay [University of Liverpool]

Soumyen Bandyopadhyay is the Sir James Stirling Chair in Architecture and former Head of the Liverpool School of Architecture. Soumyen directs the research centre, ArCHIAM (www.archiam.co.uk), an interdisciplinary forum with research and implementation projects in Oman, Qatar, Morocco and India. His teaching and research interests are focused on the historical, theoretical and contextual approaches to architectural design and the architecture and settlements of India and the Middle East. Soumyen has extensive experience of architectural practice in India and the Middle East and has undertaken advisory and consultancy work in urban development, heritage management and reuse of several Omani oasis settlements. In addition to his published works in journals, he is the author of monographs and edited volumes, including, Site and Composition (Routledge, 2016) and Manah: Omani Oasis, Arabian Legacy (Liverpool University Press, 2011), The Territories of Identity (Routledge, 2013) and The Humanities in Architectural Design (Routledge 2007). He is currently working on a monograph on Muscat, entitled, Cosmopolitan Muscat: Omani Architecture of a Globalising Port City.

CHINESE PORCELAINS AND THE DECORATIONS OF OMANI MIHRABS

14 de Dezembro ​​de​ ​2022 ​|​ ​18h00​ [hora de Lisboa – UTC] ​|​ ​​plataforma Zoom [sessão em  inglês]

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No AzLab#80 viajamos até à Península Arábica para observar a decoração dos mirabes omãs com porcelana chinesa. Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, da Universidade de Liverpool, explora a natureza do esquema decorativo, os laços estreitos que os omanis tinham com o crescente comércio de porcelana chinesa do Oceano Índico, assim como os possíveis significados que essa inovação introduziu.

Convidado:
Soumyen Bandyopadhyay [University of Liverpool]

📩 Inscrições através do Google forms ou por e-mail (redeazulejo@letras.ulisboa.pt).
Uma vez agendada a sessão, cada participante receberá o link e uma password.

📌 NOTA: a sessão será gravada e parcialmente disponibilizada no canal YouTube da Rede de Investigação em Azulejo.

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📷 Richard Mortel (CC BY 2.0)

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December 14th, 2022 | 18h00 [Lisbon Time Zone – UTC] | via Zoom [session to be held in English]

On AzLab#80 we travel to the Arabic peninsula to admire the Omani mihrabs decorated with Chinese porcelain. Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, from the University of Liverpool, explores the nature of the decorative schemes, the close ties between the Omani and the burgeoning porcelain trade across the Indian Ocean, as well as the new motifs it gave rise to.

Invited speaker:
Soumyen Bandyopadhyay [University of Liverpool]

📩 Please register on Google forms or by e-mail (redeazulejo@letras.ulisboa.pt).
Once the session is scheduled, each participant will receive the link and a password.

📌 NOTE: This session will be recorded and partially made available on the YouTube channel of the Azulejo Research Network.

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📷 Richard Mortel (CC BY 2.0)

TALKING.TILES

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Resumo

O vídeo do AzLab#79 “Talking.Tiles” já está disponível, em versão editada, no canal do YouTube da Rede de Investigação em Azulejo. Se não assistiu em directo, tem agora a oportunidade de ver o vídeo.

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Session overview

The video of the AzLab#79 “Talking.Tiles” is now available, in an edited version, on the ​​Azulejo Research Network YouTube channel. If you did not watch it live, watch the video now! 

TALKING.TILES

TALKING.TILES

9 de Novembro ​​de​ ​2022 ​|​ 18h00​ [hora de Lisboa – UTC] ​|​ ​​plataforma Zoom [sessão em inglês]

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Já se inscreveu para o AzLab#79?

Pode fazê-lo através do Google forms ou por e-mail (indicando nome, endereço de e-mail e profissão/afiliação) para o endereço redeazulejo@letras.ulisboa.pt

Esperamos por si!

📌 NOTA: Uma vez agendada a sessão, cada participante receberá o link e uma password.

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November 9th, 2022 | 18h00 [Lisbon Time Zone – UTC] | via Zoom [session to be held in English]

Have you signed up for AzLab#79?

You can do this through Google forms or by e-mail to the following address redeazulejo@letras.ulisboa.pt including your name, e-mail address and profession/affiliation. 

📌 NOTE: Once the session is scheduled, each participant will receive the link and a password.

TALKING.TILES

9 de Novembro ​​de​ ​2022 ​|​ ​18h00​ [hora de Lisboa – UTC] ​|​ ​​plataforma Zoom [sessão em  inglês]

Let’s tile the world! 
Esta foi o lema do Tile Festival, que decorreu em Junho de 2022, e teve como principal objectivo chamar a atenção para diferentes aspectos relacionados com o azulejo, desde os contextos históricos e culturais, às questões materiais e de produção técnica, aos padrões, às cores… 

+ Info: | https://www.talkingtiles.org/ 

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November 9th, 2022 | 18h00 [Lisbon Time Zone – UTC] | via Zoom [session to be held in English]

Let’s tile the world! 
This was the motto of the Tile Festival, which took place in June 2022 and aimed at drawing attention to various tile-related issues – from historical and cultural contexts to material and technical aspects, patterns, colours… 

+ Info: | https://www.talkingtiles.org/