Welcome to the premiere of the documentary “The Cultural Heritages of sociability spaces”. It seeks to understand the history and material heritage of Évora’s associations & gentlemanly capitalism clubs. As the documentary remarks, the traces of those who stay alive in Évora remain in the same buildings. This city is “like a real museum of sociability spaces”, states Maria Zozaya-Montes.
This film tours the leading associations born in the 19th century in Évora and compares them with others from Portugal and Spain. It discovers, as its title indicates, “The Cultural Heritages of sociability, The Genmtlemanly capitalism clubs in Évora”. It presents the contemporary forms of sociability that emerged in Portugal during the 19th and 20th centuries, from a specific case, the city of Évora, comparing it with the Spanish ones. It recovers the sound of the 19th & 20th Century sounds that were heard in those sociability spaces.
The director and scriptwriter of the documentary, Maria Zozaya-Montes, is a researcher specialising in sociability spaces, a field in which she has worked since 1999 (granted at CSIC, IH, directed by Francisco Villacorta).Please click here if you want to know more about her research, papers, books, and video-conferences.
Technical Information of the Documentary:
Title: “Cultural Heritage of sociability spaces, I- Gentlemanly Capitalism Clubs & Associations” («Os patrimónios da sociabilidade, I- As associações em Évora»)
Director: María Zozaya-Montes
Writer: María Zozaya-Montes
Production: Maria Zozaya-Montes
Video & Photography: Francisco Brito (2018-2020)
Sound: Record, master & historical melodies mixtures (2018-2021): Fernando Mendes.
Producer: CIDEHUS-University of Évora
Cycle: “Memoria do Tempo” (dir.: Ana Sofia Ribeiro)
Runtime: 23 minutes
Country of Origin: Portugal
Country of Filming: Portugal, Évora
Edition: Published in 2022. Edition: 2021-22. Recorded between 2018 and 2020.
Producer: CIDEHUS (under the project FCT-CIDEHUS UIDB/00057/2020).
Thanks to all the people who appear on the credits, and especially to the following institutions:
–Historical Associations: Sociedade União Eborense, “Bota Rasa” (SUE); Sociedade Harmonia Eborense (SHE); Circulo Eborense (CE); SOIR Joaquim António de Aguiar (SOIR JAA); Sociedade Recreativa Dramática Eborense (Antiga Mocidade).
-Historical Archives: Photographic Historical Archive of Lisbon (AML); National Library of Spain (BNE). Photographic Historical Archive of Lisbon (AML); National Library of Spain (BNE).
-Quotation: María Zozaya-Montes (dir.), «Os patrimónios da sociabilidade I, As associações em Évora», Évora: CIDEHUS-Universidade de Évora, 2022. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CqgO2A4-7Y

Language: Spanish
Subtitles: Spanish & Portughese (soon in English). Instructions below:

Quote suggestion:
Maria Zozaya-Montes, “Documentary about the cultural Heritage of Sociability in Évora, premiere at European Researchers Night! NEI” Sociabilidad y elites, ISSN 2444-8052, 29 sept 2022, online: https://sociabilidad.hypotheses.org/2802

DOI by FCT :
This work of Maria Zozaya-Montes was founded between 1 March 2019 to January 2024 (…) under the project with the DOI by FCT of Portuguese Republic: DOI: 10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1372/CT0010 https://doi.org/10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1372/CT0010
Este trabajo de María Zozaya-Montes ha sido realizado entre 1 de marzo 2019 y enero 2024 (…) con el financiamiento del proyecto recogido en el DOI de la FCT de la República de Portugal: 10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1372/CT0010