Ana Carvalho
Researcher (CIDEHUS - Interdisciplinary Center for History, Cultures and Societies)
Fixed-term employment contract
Doctoral Degree: History and Philosophy of Science, specialisation Museology/Museology (University of Évora - 2015)
Master Degree: Museology (Universidade de Évora - 2009)
Bachelor's Degree: Conservation (Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - 2002)
CIDEHUS - Interdisciplinary Center for History, Cultures and Societies (Member)
CIDEHUS - Interdisciplinary Center for History, Cultures and Societies (Integrated Member with doctorate)
Comissão de Curso do Curso de Formação em Património, museus e transformação digital (Director)
Conselho Científico (CIDEHUS) (Advisor)
Course Commission of the PhD Program in History (Deputy)
museology, cultural heritage
museum and heritage policies, museums and intangible cultural heritage, digital museums and heritage digital transformation
Is Assistant Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for History, Cultures and Societies (CIDEHUS), leading the project MU-SEARCH: Retrieving the History of Portuguese Museology: Development, Transformation and Change (2024-2030). She is Invited Assistant Professor at the History Department of the UÉvora (Portugal), where she teaches museology and cultural heritage, and is currently deputy director of the doctoral programme in History/Heritage at UÉvora.
Trained as a museologist (2009), she completed her doctorate in museology (2015) at the University of Évora. Carvalho has been working in the field of heritage and museum studies addressing innovative research that cover topics such as intangible heritage and cultural diversity, participation and digital transformation, and their intersection with public policies.
She is currently Principal Investigator of the FCT research project InMAP: Memories and Archives: Mapping the (In)tangible (2024-2025) and is member of the Working Group for Digital Access (Access Culture), a Group dedicated to digital transformation in the cultural sector.
Carvalho participated in several projects, such as: MEDHEUS (EU, Erasmus +), Project Group Museums of the Future (Portuguese Ministry of Culture); Mu.SA Museum Sector Alliance (EU, Erasmus +); BDIAS (FCT funding) and MEDINS (EU, INTERREG).
With experience in editorial work, she is currently editor-in-chief of MIDAS, Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares and runs an award-winning academic blog about museums and museology (No Mundo dos Museus). Carvalho has participated in several editorial projects: Portuguese Museum Studies Collection, Culture. Society. Economy. Politics journal, ICOM Portugal Bulletin, and RHA Revista de História da Arte).
She is a member of ICOM, active in ICOM Portugal governing body, from 2014-2020. Her work has been awarded several times by the Portuguese Association of Museology.
Research group 2 - Heritage, Literacies and Cultural Diversity
Researcher at UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know-How: Linking Heritage (University of Évora), since 2013
2015-2021 - Fellowship (postdoctoral research) from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), SFRH/BPD/111944/2015
2010-2014 - PhD research scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), SFRH/BD/65325/2009
Foi distinguida pela APOM (Associação Portuguesa de Museologia) em 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017 e 2019.
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Comissão Europeia
acrónimo: TRANSITION
em curso até 31/01/2027
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Comissão Europeia
acrónimo: CULTIVAR
em curso até 31/12/2026
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Comissão Europeia
acrónimo: MEDHEUS
finished in 31/10/2025
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FCT
acrónimo: BDIAS
finished in 31/12/2019
Carvalho, Ana. 2024. "Integrar a sustentabilidade nos museus: desafios e perspectivas". MIDAS - Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares, 19. https://doi.org/10.4000/12ndf
Carvalho, Ana, Camacho, Cara F. Addressing Sustainability in Portuguese Museums and Heritage: The Role of Cultural Policies. Heritage. 2023; 6(12):7742-7754. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6120407
Carvalho, Ana; Martins, Susana S. 2023. "Diálogos e encontros ibéricos sobre museologia. Notas para um campo em construção." MIDAS - Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares 16: 3-11. https://doi.org/10.4000/midas.4505
Carvalho, Ana. 2022. "Museums, Intangible Cultural Heritage and Digital Technologies: Exploring Interactions". In Intangible Cultural Heritage and Digital Image: Portugal-Slovakia Readings, editado por Milan Konvit, Filipe Themudo Barata, Antónia Fialho Conde, e Sónia Bombico, 83-97. Évora: UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know - How: Linking Heritage, University of Évora. ISBN: 978-972-778-269-7
Carvalho, Ana. 2022. "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Public Policies in Portugal - An Overview". In Intangible Cultural Heritage and Digital Image: Portugal-Slovakia Readings, editado por Milan Konvit, Filipe Themudo Barata, Antónia Fialho Conde, e Sónia Bombico, 46-63. Évora: UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know - How: Linking Heritage, University of Évora. ISBN: 978-972-778-269-7.
Carvalho, Ana. 2022. "Ernesto Veiga de Oliveira". In Quem é Quem na Museologia Portuguesa, editado por Raquel Henriques da Silva, Emília Ferreira, Joana d'Oliva Monteiro, e Elisabete Pereira, 2.ª, 415-17. Lisboa: Instituto de História da Arte, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova. https://institutodehistoriadaarte.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Dic_QuemQuem_2ed.pdf
Carvalho, Ana. 2020. Ethics Matters for Museums. Project Mu.SA and ICOM Portugal: http://www.project-musa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mu.SA_Ethics-matters-for-museums.pdf
Carvalho, Ana. 2020. Ethical Issues in the Museum Sector. Project Mu.SA and ICOM Portugal: http://www.project-musa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mu.SA_Ethical-issues-in-the-museum-sector.pdf
Camacho, Clara Frayão (coord); Carvalho, Ana (co-autora); Ferreira, Emília (co-autora); Fernandes, Isabel (co-autora); Versão, José (co-autor); Silva, Raquel Henriques da; Jerónimo, Rita (co-autora); Brighenti, Sara Barriga (co-autora); colaboração de Inês Ferro. 2021. "Grupo de Projeto Museus no Futuro: Relatório Final". Lisboa: Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. ISBN: 978-972-776-578-2. 118 páginas. http://patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/static/data/docs/2021/02/15/RelatorioMuseusnoFuturo.pdf
Camacho, Clara Frayão (coord); Carvalho, Ana (co-autora); Ferreira, Emília (co-autora); Fernandes, Isabel (co-autora); Versão, José (co-autor); Silva, Raquel Henriques da; Jerónimo, Rita (co-autora); Brighenti, Sara Barriga (co-autora); colaboração de Inês Ferro. 2021. "Future Museums Project Group: Executive summary of the Final Report". Lisboa: Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. ISBN: 978-972-776-578-2. 24 páginas. http://patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/static/data/docs/2021/02/12/Summary.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0pKX_FdFo4A4fBSO5Siq6M32QTczoQJclx9F6zob0XAkwIk0IkE3WBKz8.
Carvalho, Ana, Clara Frayão Camacho, e Raquel Henriques da Silva. 2021. "Políticas Culturais e Museus: Algumas Perspectivas". MIDAS - Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares, n.º 13: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.4000/midas.2984
Carvalho, Ana. 2021. "Os Museus e o Digital: O Lugar das Políticas Públicas." Revista Inverso, n. 3 (Junho): 8-13. https://www.uevora.pt/ue-media/Revista-Inverso/Inverso-n1-3.
Carvalho, Ana. 2020. Building a Critical, Creative and Informed Museum Practice. Project Mu.SA and ICOM Portugal: http://www.project-musa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mu.SA_Building-a-critical-creative-and-informed-museum-practice.pdf
Carvalho, Ana, e Alexandre Matos. 2020. "The Future of Museums and Digital Transformation Challenges." In The Future of Museum Professionals in the Digital Era - The Success Story of Mu.SA, editado por Achilles Kameas e Panagiota Polymeropoulou, 73-79. Athens: Hellenic Open University Press. ISBN: 978-618-84272-9-7. http://www.project-musa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Mu.SA-e-book.pdf.
Carvalho, Ana, e Alexandre Matos. 2020. "Digital Competences: Needs and Training in the Portuguese Museum Sector." In The Future of Museum Professionals in the Digital Era - The Success Story of Mu.SA, editado por Achilles Kameas e Panagiota Polymeropoulou, 13-19. Athens: Hellenic Open University Press. ISBN: 978-618-84272-9-7. http://www.project-musa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Mu.SA-e-book.pdf
Carvalho, Ana. 2020. «Building the Field of Museum Studies in Portugal: The Role of Publications». Revista MIDAS - Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares, n. 12. https://doi.org/10.4000/midas.2611.
Camacho, Clara Frayão (coord.); Carvalho, Ana (co-autora); Ferreira, Emília (co-autora); et al. 2020. Grupo de Projeto Museus no Futuro: Relatório Final. [s.l.]: Grupo de Projeto Museus no Futuro, Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Colaboração de Elsa Alípio, Leonel Moura, Rosalia Vargas, Bruno Julião e Teresa Ferreira.
Carvalho, Ana. 2020. «Novas relações com o digital nos museus: a construção de comunidades de prática». Conectando Audiências Portugal - Revista de Gestão Cultural, Marketing das Artes e Desenvolvimento de Públicos, n. 1: 41-45. https://mapadasideias.pt/conectando-audiencias/
Ferreira, Emília, Joana d'Oliva Monteiro, Ana Carvalho, e Raquel Henriques Silva. 2020. «Caixas de Tesouros. Um Dossier sobre o Museu Ecléctico». Revista MIDAS - Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares, n.º 11. http://journals.openedition.org/midas/2368
Camacho, Clara Frayão (coord.); Carvalho, Ana (co-autora); Ferreira, Emília (co-autora); et al. 2020. Grupo de Projeto Museus no Futuro: Relatório Final - versão preliminar. [s.l.]: Grupo de Projeto Museus no Futuro.
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