Cycle Of Movie Projections And Debates On Children’s Rights

With regard to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the 30 years of the Convention, the CRiCity team of Porto (João Teixeira Lopes, Lígia Ferro e Inês Barbosa) organized a cycle of cinema and debates on Children’s Rights.

Each film projection was followed by a debate and focused on a specific children’s right. Sessions took place at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto between March and June 2019.

Following an interdisciplinary approach to the question of children’s rights, the organisers invited researchers from several fields, namely: sociology of childhood, anthropology, educational sciences, architecture, human kinetics or psychology.

With a special focus on the rights to leisure, participation, education, the city and childhood, the discussions and the films have sought to reflect on the evolution and achievements, but also on the challenges and transformations of the last decades, on a local and global scale.

It was also an opportunity for disseminating the CRiCity project and building connections with researchers working on issues related to children’s rights to the city.

Right to leisure - March 27th, 2019
- Film projection "Brincadiquê"(Brazil) and "O fim do recreio"(Brazil)
- Debate: Maria José Araújo (ESE Porto), Ana Cristina Almeida (FPCEUC) and Luís Paulo Rodrigues (IPVC)
- Moderator: Hugo Monteiro(ESE)

Right to participation - April 24th, 2019
- Film projection "Please vote for me"(China)
- Debate: Natália Fernandes (UM) and Gabriela Trevisan (ESEPF, CIEC/UM)
- Moderator - Inês Barbosa (FLUP)

Right to education - May 22nd, 2019
- Film projection: Class (Iran); Os ciganos não vão à escola (Portugal) ; Goran e Sladjana (Serbia); Territoriar(Brazil)
- Debate: Rui Pereira (ULP), Benedita Melo (UL) and Marta Araújo (CES-UC)
- Moderator: Fernando Ilídio (UM)

Right to the city - June 6th, 2019
- Film projection: Es.co.la da Fontinha (Portugal); O meu bairro, a minha cidade (Portugal); O filho do meu vizinho (Brazil).
- Debate: Rosa Madeira (UA), Paulo Seixas (UL), Miguel Costa (FBAUP)
- Moderator: Lígia Ferro