Identities, narratives, and connecting with others, with Nuno Miguel Proença
“What need drives human beings to ask themselves who they are?” This was the first question answered by Nuno Miguel Proença in an interview about identity and narrative, which raised many questions and reflections. The CHAM researcher explains how self-knowledge and self-understanding are closely related to others and the world, as well as to collective memory. “Answering the question of who we are takes us to the future rather than the past,” emphasizes Nuno Miguel Proença, showing that identity is open to impermanence, difference, and the unknown. The interview is conducted by Joana Rodrigues.
Nuno Miguel Proença is a research fellow at CHAM, holds a PhD in Philosophy and Social Sciences (Histoire et Civilisations section) from the École des Hautes études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), and is a researcher in the philosophy of psychoanalysis and imagination. He is the author of Vida, Afectividade e Sentido (2021), Segunda Visão da Noite (2023), Qu'est-ce que l'objectivation en Psychanalyse? (2008), and Imitação das Horas (2005), among others. Together with Adelino Cardoso, he coordinated the volume Dor, Sofrimento e Saúde Mental na Arquipatologia de Filipe Montalto (2018) and, with Ana Lúcia Mandelli de Marsillac and Adelino Cardoso, the dossier “Corpo, sonho e vida afectiva” published in Cultura. Revista de História e Teoria das Ideias (2021). With Adelino Cardoso and Danièle Cohn, he coordinated the dossier «Evidência, afecto e inconsciente» (Cultura, 2016). In 2023, he coordinated the co-organization of the International Colloquium on Invention and Imagination (CHAM, IFILNOVA, CFUL) at FCSH.
In the next episode, Luana Loria talks about silence and silencing in the section «A brief introduction to...».
The theme tune for ‘CHAM Talks, a podcast for listening to science’ uses ‘Bike Sharing To Paradise’ by Dan Bordan (copyright-free).
Coordination
Isabel Araújo Branco (CHAM)
Organization
CHAM / NOVA FCSH
