Landscapes form part of people’s memories, and they tell stories about human activities through time of their interaction with nature. Landscapes are also an important testimony of the community life trajectory. By using the archaeological method with ethnographical records, Solange Macamo interprets the landscapes to inform about the causes of the origin and transformation of people’s material culture that shaped their cultural identities and contemporary community developments. Examples are taken from the Chongoene and Xai-Xai archaeological sites (Gaza Province, Mozambique) where the author is coordinating two major archaeological and biocultural heritage projects sponsored by Gerda Henkel Foundation, since 2021.

Bio: Solange Macamo, PhD in Archaeology from Uppsala University, Sweden. Associate Professor of Archaeology and Built Heritage at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique. She is the Director of the Faculty Archaeology Museum at UEM, coordinating heritage projects sponsored by Gerda Henkel Foundation in Chongoene and Xai-Xai, Gaza Province, Mozambique. She is also a member of the scientific council of the HERITAGE ORGANIZATION. She works in the fields of archaeology in south central Mozambique, focusing on the walled settlements of the Zimbabwe–Khami Tradition and Principal coordinator of ENTANGLED project.

This presentation will analyse projects funded by international aid on culture, heritage, and sustainable development in Mozambique. This presentation will focus on issues of poverty reduction, and gender equality and identify some suggestions for change.

Bio: Dr Sophia Labadi is Professor of Heritage at SOAS and the University of Kent. Her research in Mozambique, based on ethnography, was published in Heritage for Sustainable Development, published in Open Access by UCL Press and won the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2023.

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In this presentation, Pamila Gupta will revisit previous ethnographic work conducted in the city of Beira Mozambique on the topic of postcolonial heritage. She suggests a new way of conceptualizing the work of renovation in relation to Portuguese decolonization at three sites: a hotel, a movie theatre, and a café.

Bio: Pamila Gupta is Research Professor at the University of the Free State (South Africa), affiliated with the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies (CGAS). Trained in Anthropology and Historical Studies, she has published widely in the fields of Indian Ocean Visual Cultures (Mozambique, Zanzibar); islands, heritage and design (Goa, Mozambique); and landscape and planetary studies (South Africa).

This presentation aims to analyse the contribution of the historical and cultural heritage of the city of Maputo as a value for the development of tourism in this city. The data show that Maputo's historical and cultural heritage plays a diverse role in tourism development, with an impact on both national and international tourism, as well as promoting educational and cultural tourism. The data indicate that guided visits to monuments are the most popular tourist activity related to Maputo's historical and cultural heritage, followed by exhibitions in museums, and finally, cultural festivals and historical walks.

Bio: Dário Manuel Isidoro Chundo, University Assistant at UP Maputo, PhD in Geography, Master's in Education/Teaching of Geography, and Bachelor's in History and Geography Teaching. His academic work focuses on the study of the impacts of tourism and the contribution of tourism to the enhancement of cultural heritage. His research interests include tourist flows, cultural heritage, urban geography, and urban mobility