PADRE BENJAMIM VIDEIRA PIRES:PERCURSO DE UM EDUCADOR E HISTORIADOR DE MACAU澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父

Aureliano Barata's article reconstructs the trajectory of the Jesuit priest Benjamim António Videira Pires (1916–1999), interpreting him as a key figure in the articulation between education, historiography, and the cultural memory of Macao over nearly half a century. The central argument maintains...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Aureliano Barata
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Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau 2016
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description Aureliano Barata's article reconstructs the trajectory of the Jesuit priest Benjamim António Videira Pires (1916–1999), interpreting him as a key figure in the articulation between education, historiography, and the cultural memory of Macao over nearly half a century. The central argument maintains that the author's work, marked by missionary experience and pedagogical labor, decisively contributed to understanding the territory's historical complexity and to valorizing the persistence of Western cultural legacies, despite adverse political circumstances. To support this interpretation, the text employs a biographical and historical-contextual approach, situating the honoree's formation and activity within the transformations of republican Portugal, the regional repercussions of early twentieth-century conflicts, as well as the local impact of religious expulsions and the reorganization of education. Complementarily, Barata articulates the reconstruction of his personal itinerary with an assessment of Videira Pires's intellectual output, highlighting the need to gather and republish dispersed works, including articles published in religious and patriotic periodicals. The article concludes that, at a celebratory moment of the centenary, a more systematic valorization of his work is imperative, given its continued relevance for academic research and the future projection of Macao's historiographical legacy.
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spelling PADRE BENJAMIM VIDEIRA PIRES:PERCURSO DE UM EDUCADOR E HISTORIADOR DE MACAU澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父
Aureliano Barata's article reconstructs the trajectory of the Jesuit priest Benjamim António Videira Pires (1916–1999), interpreting him as a key figure in the articulation between education, historiography, and the cultural memory of Macao over nearly half a century. The central argument maintains that the author's work, marked by missionary experience and pedagogical labor, decisively contributed to understanding the territory's historical complexity and to valorizing the persistence of Western cultural legacies, despite adverse political circumstances. To support this interpretation, the text employs a biographical and historical-contextual approach, situating the honoree's formation and activity within the transformations of republican Portugal, the regional repercussions of early twentieth-century conflicts, as well as the local impact of religious expulsions and the reorganization of education. Complementarily, Barata articulates the reconstruction of his personal itinerary with an assessment of Videira Pires's intellectual output, highlighting the need to gather and republish dispersed works, including articles published in religious and patriotic periodicals. The article concludes that, at a celebratory moment of the centenary, a more systematic valorization of his work is imperative, given its continued relevance for academic research and the future projection of Macao's historiographical legacy.
Instituto Cultural de Macau
Macau
Review of Culture
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2016
Aureliano Barata
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Aureliano Barata
title PADRE BENJAMIM VIDEIRA PIRES:PERCURSO DE UM EDUCADOR E HISTORIADOR DE MACAU澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父
title_autocomplete PADRE BENJAMIM VIDEIRA PIRES:PERCURSO DE UM EDUCADOR E HISTORIADOR DE MACAU澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父
title_full PADRE BENJAMIM VIDEIRA PIRES:PERCURSO DE UM EDUCADOR E HISTORIADOR DE MACAU澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父
title_fullStr PADRE BENJAMIM VIDEIRA PIRES:PERCURSO DE UM EDUCADOR E HISTORIADOR DE MACAU澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父
title_full_unstemmed PADRE BENJAMIM VIDEIRA PIRES:PERCURSO DE UM EDUCADOR E HISTORIADOR DE MACAU澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父
title_short PADRE BENJAMIM VIDEIRA PIRES:PERCURSO DE UM EDUCADOR E HISTORIADOR DE MACAU澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父
title_sort padre benjamim videira pires:percurso de um educador e historiador de macau澳門的教育家和歷史學家潘日明神父
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