2 - What Do the Objects We Keep Tell Us? A Look at the Private Collections of Indo-Mozambican and Indo-Angolan Families in Portugal

Presentation Abstract
In their homes, Indo-Mozambican and Indo-Angolan families keep collections of objects that function as memory devices. A look through the idea of unofficial heritage allows us to access a set of narratives where Asia and Africa intersect through memories of a past made up of colonial migratory circuits. Based on the analysis of this heritage and the narratives it triggers, we intend to reflect on multiple and complex identity processes constructed in Portuguese-speaking spaces and, simultaneously, question the dominant heritage paradigms through alternative visions. This paper is based on an ethnographic investigation using collaborative methodologies among several communities of Indian origin in the Greater Lisbon area.