contestedlegaciesportugal.org is a digital archive that excavates and documents the ongoing legacies of the early atlantic slave trade in Portugal.

This digital archive interrogates sites in which the controversial memory of slavery has materialised in the country. It aims to make a contribution to the broader debate over the legacy of colonialism across Europe and the former colonies.









Contested Legacies Portugal is presents a collaboration between the University of Oxford and EuroClio. 

The project developed in close conversation with the ongoing Contested Histories Initiative and based on original content created and implemented by Arquitect Productions CIC (Arjuna Keshvani-Ham).

The project was funded by the Knowledge Exchange Seed Fund of the University of Oxford and directed by Professor Giuseppe Marcocci.






Project Participants:


Principal Investigator: Dr. Giuseppe Marcocci
Project Manager & Producer: Arjuna Keshvani
EuroClio Representative: Steven Stegers
Research Assistant: Angélica Vedana
Junior Research Assistants: Rachel Dastgir & Zahra Lahrie
Translators: Gabriella Có, Rohan Bhatia, Daniel Boa Nova, Angélica Vedana







Content Production:


Video content production: Arjuna Keshvani, ARQUITECT Productions CIC.
Cinematography: Arjuna Keshvani
Assistant Camera: Freddie Schrager
Runners: Cameron Anderson
Sound Recordists: Arjuna Keshvani, Rohan Bhatia
Website Design: Arjuna Keshvani, ARQUITECT Productions CIC
Post-production: ARQUITECT Productions CIC
Sound Editors: Lazar Liebenberg, Arjuna Keshvani





This project was made possible with the support of the University of Oxford.