FRANCESCA_VITA

Francesca Vita

PHD STUDENT
EMAIL: francesca.vita0@gmail.com · COUNTRY: Italy · SCIENCE ID: 5914-B994-F485 · ORCID: 0000-0001-6455-6583
· CURRENT AFFILIATION: FAUP – FACULDADE DE ARQUITECTURA DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, Portugal

Francesca Vita is PhD candidate in “Architectural Heritage” at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (Portugal), sponsored by FCT grant. In 2015, she spent one year in Guinea-Bissau laying the groundwork for her future researches on domestic space in urban and rural environments, of both civilian and military contexts. Her PhD focuses on the colonial production of mass-housing for African population and its contemporary legacy in Guinea-Bissau. Since 2019 she has been disseminating her studies on colonialism, domesticity and violence in international conferences, while integrating the DIN MIA’CET (ISCTE-Lisbon) within the project ARCHWAR and COST Action CA18137.

ArchLabour – Architecture, Colonialism and Labour. The role and legacy of mass labour in the design, planning and construction of Public Works in former African territories under Portuguese colonial rule

ArchWar. Dominance and mass-violence through Housing and Architecture during colonial wars. The Portuguese case (Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Mozambique): colonial documentation and post-independence critical assessment.

“ARQUITETURA DOMÉSTICA EM DIÁLOGO. O papel da colonização portuguesa na forma de construir e habitar o espaço doméstico contemporâneo na Guiné-Bissau”