Cel This project aims at analysing the authority of the viceroys and governors-general - the highest representatives of the Portuguese kings – in the States of India and Brazil between 1640 and 1750 and as such, it deals with the relevance of non-formal expressions of power and authority, and their role in the efficiency of political communication. UNCERTAINPOWER seeks early expressions of the combination between formal and non-formal expressions of power and authority, namely in places where the physical presence of the main decision-makers was impossible to happen. In a world with ever-changing systems of communication, where virtual forms of power become more and more present, to offer a diachronic perspective on the uncertainties that long-distance expressions of power entail is relevant. The choice of the early-modern Portuguese empire is related with its early presence in the four parts of the world in a period when technologies of power and of communication were very different from ours. In UNCERTAINPOWER, issues that are still relevant today, such as the ways of expressing authority in very different socio-cultural contexts, the reception of this authority, as well as the links between these processes and the conservation of society will be discussed. Which were the ways chosen by Portuguese viceroys and governors to communicate their power and authority with the societies under their control? How did these royal agents exercise the prerogative of representing the royal power in an empire with a significant territorial extension and with a plurality of cultural and political realities? How did they adjust their political cultures to the local needs? How did the local contexts influence their ways of governing? And how did mobility challenge the meanings of power and authority? The more tangible outcomes of this project include 6 articles, 1 book and a virtual exhibition. Dziedzina nauki social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical communicationsocial scienceslawhuman rightshuman rights violationshuman traffickingsocial sciencessociologysocial issuescorruptionsocial sciencessociologyglobalizationsocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systems Słowa kluczowe Portugal Empire State of Brazil State of India Cultural History Colonial History Early Modern Age Viceroys Governors-General Program(-y) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Temat(-y) MSCA-IF-2016 - Individual Fellowships Zaproszenie do składania wniosków H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Koordynator INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS SOCIAIS Wkład UE netto € 148 635,60 Adres AV PROF ANIBAL DE BETTENCOURT 9 1600 189 Lisboa Portugalia Zobacz na mapie Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Uczestnictwo w unijnych programach w zakresie badań i innowacji Opens in new window sieć współpracy HORIZON Opens in new window Koszt całkowity € 148 635,60