Brest, France | July 7–12, 2025
Several members of Conciliare had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the 17th International Conference on Social Representations (CIRS), hosted by the Laboratory of Psychology: Cognition, Behaviour, Communication (LP3C) at the University of Western Brittany, with the support of the Global Serge Moscovici Network (REMOSCO).
This year’s theme was: “The Future in Representations: Grasping Our World.” The event was held at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Several members of the Conciliare project participated with key presentations:
Joaquim Pires Valentim (University of Coimbra) presents “Social representations of science and of gender issues in scientists’ work.”
Inari Sakki (University of Helsinki), alongside Jari Martikainen (University of Eastern Finland), Eemeli Hakoköngäs (University of Helsinki), and Timo Häkli (University of Helsinki), presents “Arts-based and visual approaches to social representations research.”
Júlia Vilhena (University of Minho) discusses “Contested Memories: Decolonial Art in Portugal’s Public Space”.
Inari Sakki and Aino Santavuori (University of Helsinki), Felix Meuer, Teresa Forte, and Joaquim Pires Valentim (University of Coimbra), along with Alessia Mastropietro, Gabriele Di Carlo, and Giovanna Leone (Sapienza, University of Rome), present “(Re)Imagining Colonialism: Visual Representations of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ in the Teaching of Colonialism in Three European Countries” with Chiara Prometti (Sapienza) and Eemeli Hakoköngäs (University of Helsinki).
Emiliano Abad Garcia (University of Coimbra) presents “The Nagasaki Syndrome: natural history and decolonial struggles in contemporary Europe.”
Rosa Cabecinhas (University of Minho) presents “Memory activisms and the decolonization of public space in Portugal: fostering societal change through artistic interventions”.
Rosa Cabecinhas, Giovanna Leone, Wolfgang Wagner, and Joaquim Pires Valentim led a tribute to James H. Liu, honoring his impactful legacy and lasting contributions to the field.
It was a rich and inspiring space to reconnect, exchange ideas, and share our ongoing work with the broader academic community engaged in the field of social representations.
