Jump to content

Instituto Camões: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
 
(19 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
| logo = Instituto Camões.png
| logo = Instituto Camões.png
| logo_size = 270px
| logo_size = 270px
| type = Cultural institution
| type = [[Cultural institution]]
| founded_date = {{start date and age|1924}}
| founded_date = {{start date and age|1924}}
| founder = [[Government of Portugal]]
| founder = [[Government of Portugal]]
Line 26: Line 26:
}}
}}


The '''Instituto Camões''' ([[English language|English:]] '''Camões Institute''') is an [[Portugal|Portuguese]] international institution dedicated to the worldwide promotion of the [[Portuguese language]], [[Culture of Portugal|Portuguese culture]], and [[Aid|international aid]], on behalf of the [[Government of Portugal]]. Headquartered in [[Lisbon]] with centers across five continents, the mission of the Instituto Camões is the promotion of Portugal's language, culture, values, charity, and economy. The institution is named for [[Portuguese Renaissance]] author [[Luís Vaz de Camões]], considered the greatest poet of the [[Portuguese language]] and a [[national hero]] of [[Portugal]].
The '''Instituto Camões''' ([[English language|English:]] ''Camões Institute''), formally, '''Camões — Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I. P.''' ([[English language|English:]] ''Camões — Institute for Cooperation and Language, Public Institute''), is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] international institution dedicated to the worldwide promotion of the [[Portuguese language]], [[Culture of Portugal|Portuguese culture]], and [[Aid|international aid]], on behalf of the [[Government of Portugal]]. Headquartered in [[Lisbon]] with centers across five continents, the mission of the Instituto Camões is the promotion of Portugal's language, culture, values, charity, and economy. The institution is named for [[Portuguese Renaissance]] author [[Luís Vaz de Camões]], considered the greatest poet of the [[Portuguese language]] and the [[national poet]] of [[Portugal]].


Originating in the early 19th century as the ''Portuguese Institute for High Culture'', the institution restructured with a greater linguistic focus in 1980, and absorbed the [[Portuguese Institute for Development Support]], Portugal's [[List of development aid agencies|development aid agency]], in 2012. The Instituto Camões exercises institutional autonomy, under the supervision of the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)|Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], whose role is the co-ordination and execution of the external cultural policies of Portuguese Government.
Originating in the early 20th century as the ''Portuguese Institute for High Culture'', the institution restructured with a greater linguistic focus in 1980, and absorbed the [[Portuguese Institute for Development Support]], Portugal's [[List of development aid agencies|development aid agency]], in 2012. The Instituto Camões exercises institutional autonomy, under the supervision of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)|Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], with the role of co-ordination and execution of external cultural policies of the [[Portuguese Government]].


==History==
==History==
Line 49: Line 49:
[[File:Palacete Urbano da Familia Pazos Figueroa e Casa de Ceta ou de Arines.JPG|thumb|right|A Portuguese Cultural & Language Center in [[Vigo]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]].]]
[[File:Palacete Urbano da Familia Pazos Figueroa e Casa de Ceta ou de Arines.JPG|thumb|right|A Portuguese Cultural & Language Center in [[Vigo]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]].]]
[[File:Embaixada de Portugal em Bissau 03.jpg|thumb|right|A Portuguese Cultural Center in [[Bissau]], capital of [[Guinea-Bissau]].]]
[[File:Embaixada de Portugal em Bissau 03.jpg|thumb|right|A Portuguese Cultural Center in [[Bissau]], capital of [[Guinea-Bissau]].]]
[[File:Edifícios Coloniais em Bolama, Guiné-Bissau 03.jpg|thumb|right|A Portuguese Language Center in [[Bolama]], in the [[Bissagos Islands|Bijagós Islands]].]]
[[File:Edifícios Coloniais em Bolama, Guiné-Bissau 03.jpg|thumb|right|A Portuguese Language Center in [[Bolama (town)|Bolama]], in the [[Bissagos Islands|Bijagós Islands]].]]


===Portuguese Language Centers===
===Portuguese Language Centers===
The Institute's Portuguese Language Centres (''Centros de Língua Portuguesa'' or CLP) aim to promote the Portuguese language as well as co-operation with different countries in the field of education, including those where Portuguese is already spoken. This is in contrast to [[Spain]]'s [[Instituto Cervantes]], which is only represented in non-[[Spanish language|Spanish-speaking]] countries.
The Institute's Portuguese Language Centres (''Centros de Língua Portuguesa'' or CLP) aim to promote the Portuguese language as well as co-operation with different countries in the field of education, including those where Portuguese is already spoken. This is in contrast to [[Spain]]'s [[Instituto Cervantes]], which is only represented in non-[[Spanish language|Spanish-speaking]] countries.


New centres are presently being established in [[Paris]] and in the headquarters of the [[African Union]] in [[Addis Ababa]] and of the [[Economic Community of West African States]] in [[Abuja]] and in 2005, the towns of [[Canchungo]], Ongoré, [[Mansôa]], [[Bafatá]], [[Gabú]], [[Buba]], [[Catió]], [[Bolama]], [[Bubaque]], and [[Quinhamel]] in Guinea-Bissau to spread the fluency of Portuguese as the [[official language]] in the country.
New centres are presently being established in [[Paris]] and in the headquarters of the [[African Union]] in [[Addis Ababa]] and of the [[Economic Community of West African States]] in [[Abuja]] and in 2005, the towns of [[Canchungo]], Ongoré, [[Mansôa]], [[Bafatá]], [[Gabú]], [[Buba]], [[Catió]], [[Bolama (town)|Bolama]], [[Bubaque]], and [[Quinhamel]] in Guinea-Bissau to spread the fluency of Portuguese as the [[official language]] in the country.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
Line 65: Line 65:
{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]''': [[Toronto]]<br>
{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]''': [[Toronto]]<br>
{{flagicon|Cape Verde}} '''[[Cape Verde|Cabo Verde]]''': [[Praia]]<br>
{{flagicon|Cape Verde}} '''[[Cape Verde|Cabo Verde]]''': [[Praia]]<br>
{{flagicon|China}} '''[[China]]''': [[Beijing]] and [[Shanghai]]<br>
{{flagicon|China}} '''[[China]]''': [[Beijing]], [[Shanghai]] and {{flagicon|Macau}} [[Macao]] (as ''Instituto Português do Oriente'')<br>
{{flagicon|Croatia}} '''[[Croatia]]''': [[Zagreb]]<br>
{{flagicon|Croatia}} '''[[Croatia]]''': [[Zagreb]]<br>
{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} '''[[Czech Republic]]''': [[Prague]]<br>
{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} '''[[Czech Republic]]''': [[Prague]]<br>
Line 78: Line 78:
{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Italy]]''': [[Florence]] and [[Milan]]<br>
{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Italy]]''': [[Florence]] and [[Milan]]<br>
|
|
{{flagicon|Macau}} '''[[Macau]]''': [[Macao]] (as ''Instituto Português do Oriente'')<br>
{{flagicon|Moldova}} '''[[Moldova]]''': [[Chișinău]]<br>
{{flagicon|Moldova}} '''[[Moldova]]''': [[Chisinau]]<br>
{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[Morocco]]''': [[Casablanca]], [[Rabat]]<br>
{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[Morocco]]''': [[Casablanca]], [[Rabat]]<br>
{{flagicon|Mexico}} '''[[Mexico]]''': [[Mexico City]]<br>
{{flagicon|Mexico}} '''[[Mexico]]''': [[Mexico City]]<br>
Line 101: Line 100:
===Portuguese Cultural Centres===
===Portuguese Cultural Centres===
The Institute's Portuguese cultural centres (''Centros culturais portugueses'') are centres whose aim is the promotion of cultural relations between Portugal and other countries, including those with which Portugal has strong historical and cultural ties, and where Portuguese is already widely spoken. Like in language centres' counterparts, this is in contrast to [[Spain]]'s [[Instituto Cervantes]], which is only represented in non-[[Spanish language|Spanish-speaking]] countries.
The Institute's Portuguese cultural centres (''Centros culturais portugueses'') are centres whose aim is the promotion of cultural relations between Portugal and other countries, including those with which Portugal has strong historical and cultural ties, and where Portuguese is already widely spoken. Like in language centres' counterparts, this is in contrast to [[Spain]]'s [[Instituto Cervantes]], which is only represented in non-[[Spanish language|Spanish-speaking]] countries.

There are also delegations in [[Berlin]] ([[Germany]]) and [[Brussels]] ([[Belgium]]).


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|
|
{{AGO}} ([[Luanda]])<br>
{{AGO}} ([[Luanda]])<br>
{{BRA}} ([[Brasília]], [[São Paulo]])<br>
{{BRA}} ([[Brasília]])<br>
⚫
{{CHN}} ([[Beijing]], [[Macau]])<br>
{{CPV}} ([[Praia]], [[Mindelo]])<br>
{{CPV}} ([[Praia]], [[Mindelo]])<br>
⚫
{{CHN}} ([[Beijing]])<br>
{{ETM}} ([[Dili]])<br>
{{ETM}} ([[Dili]])<br>
{{FRA}} ([[Paris]])<br>
{{FRA}} ([[Paris]])<br>
⚫
{{GER}} ([[Berlin]])<br>
{{GNB}} ([[Bissau]])<br>
{{GNB}} ([[Bissau]])<br>
⚫
{{IND}} ([[New Delhi]])
|
|
⚫
{{IND}} ([[New Delhi]])<br>
{{JPN}} ([[Tokyo]])<br>
{{JPN}} ([[Tokyo]])<br>
{{LUX}} ([[Luxembourg]])<br>
{{LUX}} ([[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]])<br>
{{MAR}} ([[Rabat]], [[Casablanca]])<br>
{{MAR}} ([[Rabat]])<br>
⚫
{{MCO}} ([[Monaco]])<br>
{{MOZ}} ([[Maputo]], [[Beira, Mozambique|Beira]])<br>
{{MOZ}} ([[Maputo]], [[Beira, Mozambique|Beira]])<br>
{{STP}} ([[São Tomé]], [[Príncipe Island]])<br>
{{STP}} ([[São Tomé]], [[Santo António]])<br>
{{SPN}} ([[Vigo]])<br>
{{SPN}} ([[Vigo]])<br>
{{THA}} ([[Bangkok]])
{{THA}} ([[Bangkok]])
|}
|}

==See also==
{{div col|colwidth=35em}}
* [[Portuguese language]]
* [[Portuguese literature]]
* [[Portuguese poetry]]
* [[Lusophone]]
* [[Lusitanic]]
* [[Music of Portugal]]
* [[Lusophone music]]
* [[Portuguese cuisine]]
* [[Lusophony Games]]
* [[Culture of Portugal]]
* [[Architecture of Portugal]]
* [[Community of Portuguese Language Countries]]
* [[Geographic distribution of the Portuguese language]]
* [[List of countries where Portuguese is an official language]]
* [[List of international organisations which have Portuguese as an official language]]
* [[Portuguese-speaking African countries|Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)]]
* [[International Association of Portuguese-Speaking Communications]]
{{div col end}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{official}} {{pt icon}}
*{{official}} {{in lang|pt}}
⚫
{{International cultural promotion organizations}}


⚫
{{International cultural promotion organizations}}
{{Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Instituto Camoes}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Instituto Camoes}}
[[Category:Cultural promotion organizations]]
[[Category:Cultural promotion organizations]]

Latest revision as of 07:40, 10 August 2024

Instituto Camões
Founded1924; 100 years ago (1924)
FounderGovernment of Portugal
TypeCultural institution
HeadquartersSeixas Palace
Marquis of Pombal Square
Lisbon, Portugal
Area served
Worldwide
ProductPortuguese cultural education
Key people
President
Luís Faro Ramos
Vice-President
Gonçalo Teles Gomes
WebsiteInstituto Camões

The Instituto Camões (English: Camões Institute), formally, Camões — Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I. P. (English: Camões — Institute for Cooperation and Language, Public Institute), is a Portuguese international institution dedicated to the worldwide promotion of the Portuguese language, Portuguese culture, and international aid, on behalf of the Government of Portugal. Headquartered in Lisbon with centers across five continents, the mission of the Instituto Camões is the promotion of Portugal's language, culture, values, charity, and economy. The institution is named for Portuguese Renaissance author Luís Vaz de Camões, considered the greatest poet of the Portuguese language and the national poet of Portugal.

Originating in the early 20th century as the Portuguese Institute for High Culture, the institution restructured with a greater linguistic focus in 1980, and absorbed the Portuguese Institute for Development Support, Portugal's development aid agency, in 2012. The Instituto Camões exercises institutional autonomy, under the supervision of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the role of co-ordination and execution of external cultural policies of the Portuguese Government.

History

[edit]
Luís Vaz de Camões.
The Instituto Camões head office in Seixas Palace, on the Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Instituto Camões was named in honour of Luís de Camões, a poet of the Portuguese Renaissance and author of Os Lusíadas, considered to be the national epic of Portugal and the Portuguese language. The Instituto Camões head office is headquartered at Seixas Palace, a 19th-century mansion on Marquis of Pombal Square, in Lisbon, Portugal.

The institution has its roots in the Junta da Educação Nacional, founded in 1924 to grant scholarships, funds, and grants to foreign universities and institutions that promoted Portuguese language education.

In 1936, the institution's role was expanded to include the promotion of Portuguese culture and arts, as the Institute for High Culture (Instituto para a Alta Cultura). The institution was briefly named the Institute of Portuguese Culture (Instituto de Cultura Portuguesa), from 1976 to 1980.

In 1980, the institution's mission was refocused on language and renamed the Institute of Portuguese Culture and Language (Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa). The institution took its current name, after the Portuguese Renaissance author Luís Vaz de Camões, in 1992.

In 2005, the Instituto Camões received the Prince of Asturias Award for outstanding achievements in communications and the humanities, alongside the UK's British Council, Germany's Goethe-Institut, France's Alliance française, Spain's Instituto Cervantes, and Italy's Società Dante Alighieri.

In 2012, the Instituto Camões absorbed the Portuguese Institute for Development Support, the development aid agency of the Government of Portugal. Since then, Instituto Camões operates with a wider mission of promoting Portuguese language, culture, and aid across the world.

Structure

[edit]
An Instituto Camões Portuguese Language Center in Lisbon.
A Portuguese Cultural & Language Center in Vigo, Galicia, Spain.
A Portuguese Cultural Center in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau.
A Portuguese Language Center in Bolama, in the Bijagós Islands.

Portuguese Language Centers

[edit]

The Institute's Portuguese Language Centres (Centros de Língua Portuguesa or CLP) aim to promote the Portuguese language as well as co-operation with different countries in the field of education, including those where Portuguese is already spoken. This is in contrast to Spain's Instituto Cervantes, which is only represented in non-Spanish-speaking countries.

New centres are presently being established in Paris and in the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa and of the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja and in 2005, the towns of Canchungo, Ongoré, Mansôa, Bafatá, Gabú, Buba, Catió, Bolama, Bubaque, and Quinhamel in Guinea-Bissau to spread the fluency of Portuguese as the official language in the country.

Angola Angola: Benguela, Lubango, and Luanda
Argentina Argentina: Buenos Aires
Austria Austria: Vienna
Belgium Belgium: Antwerp
Brazil Brazil: São Paulo and Brasília
Canada Canada: Toronto
Cape Verde Cabo Verde: Praia
China China: Beijing, Shanghai and Macau Macao (as Instituto Português do Oriente)
Croatia Croatia: Zagreb
Czech Republic Czech Republic: Prague
East Timor East Timor: Dili (as Instituto Português do Oriente)
Estonia Estonia: Tallinn
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
France France: Lille, Lyon, and Poitiers
Germany Germany: Hamburg
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
Hungary Hungary: Budapest
India India: Goa (as Instituto Português do Oriente)
Italy Italy: Florence and Milan

Moldova Moldova: Chișinău
Morocco Morocco: Casablanca, Rabat
Mexico Mexico: Mexico City
Mozambique Mozambique: Beira, Lichinga, Maputo, Nampula, Quelimane, and Xai-Xai
Namibia Namibia: Windhoek
Poland Poland: Lublin
Romania Romania: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, and Constanta
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé
Senegal Senegal: Dakar
Serbia Serbia: Belgrade
South Africa South Africa: Johannesburg
South Korea South Korea: Pusan (as Instituto Português do Oriente)
Spain Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Cáceres, and Vigo
Sweden Sweden: Stockholm
Tunisia Tunisia: Tunis
United Kingdom United Kingdom: London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Newcastle and Oxford
United States United States: Boston, Newark, and San Diego
Venezuela Venezuela: Caracas

Portuguese Cultural Centres

[edit]

The Institute's Portuguese cultural centres (Centros culturais portugueses) are centres whose aim is the promotion of cultural relations between Portugal and other countries, including those with which Portugal has strong historical and cultural ties, and where Portuguese is already widely spoken. Like in language centres' counterparts, this is in contrast to Spain's Instituto Cervantes, which is only represented in non-Spanish-speaking countries.

 Angola (Luanda)
 Brazil (Brasília)
 Cape Verde (Praia, Mindelo)
 China (Beijing)
 East Timor (Dili)
 France (Paris)
 Germany (Berlin)
 Guinea-Bissau (Bissau)

 India (New Delhi)
 Japan (Tokyo)
 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
 Morocco (Rabat)
 Mozambique (Maputo, Beira)
 São Tomé and Príncipe (São Tomé, Santo António)
 Spain (Vigo)
 Thailand (Bangkok)

See also

[edit]
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Instituto_Camões&oldid=1239589492"