What is the relation of the individual with its own cultural identity and how does this affect the sense of belongingness in a community?
If for these belongings, there’s a need of loss of identity, what cultural impact this will have in the future?Will the world evolve into a unified culture, in order to resolve the acceptance of the other?
These are the research questions of my doctoral dissertation proposal, and by addressing them, I intend to potentiate third-party resolutions, of issues caused by forced migration and colonization, through a reflexive process of deconstruction and not as a panacea.
As sub-objectives, I intend to discuss the new-wave of nationalism in Europe and integration politics; the role of the language as a core aspect of a cultural identity; and incite inner family dialogues about the cross-cultural issues and creolization.
Trough arts based research I intend to create a dialogue between two geographically distant communities, the Cape Verdean immigrants living in Portugal and the Sámi living in Finland.

Tiago Martins Pinto was born by c-section in the summer of 85 in Porto, PT.
At the moment he’s a Community Artist and a Doctoral student at Aalto ARTS in Helsinki,FIN.
His research entangles migration and postcolonialism issues, while his art practice involves his own memories and daily experiences of what is to be a Portuguese living as emmigrant in Finland.

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