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Prof. João Cordeiro in the Faculty of Creative Industries, USJ, presented his latest artistic work at the INTER-FACE conference in Lisbon, on 21 November. He participated in a project called FuXi at the capital of Portugal, a live audiovisual performance based on the behavior of a fish, which, according to its movements, determines the sonic and visual outcomes of the piece.
The project had started a couple of months ago over an informal discussion between João Cordeiro and Prof. David Gonçalves, Dean of the Institute of the Science and Environment in USJ. Prof. Gonçalves challenged João to make artistic creation with the fish in the laboratory for scientific experiments. After some debate and lots of experimentation, FuXi came to live, receiving favorable critics from a highly respectful audience in the conference, comprised of international multimedia artists, academics, musicians and general public.
FuXi Performance #1 from
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Performance Audiovisual FuXi de João Cordeiro apresentada na conferência INTER-FACE
João Cordeiro, professor na Faculdade das Industrias Criativas da USJ, apresentou no passado dia 21 de Novembro o seu mais recente trabalho artístico, na conferência INTER-FACE em Lisboa. O projeto apresentado na capital portuguesa chama-se FuXi e consta de uma performance audiovisual baseada no comportamento de um peixe que, de acordo com os seus movimentos, determina o resultado sonoro e visual da peça. Este projeto começou há alguns meses atrás após uma conversa informal entre João Cordeiro e o Professor David Gonçalves, Dean do Instituto de Ciência e Ambiente, onde este ultimo laçou o desafiou para que João Cordeiro desenvolvesse um trabalho artístico tendo como ponto de partida os peixes que o Instituto tem em sua posse para o desenvolvimento de experiências científicas. Após alguma troca de ideias e muita experimentação, FuXi tronou-se uma realidade, tendo recebido critica favoráveis por parte do publico especializado que participou na conferência, composto por artistas multimédia internacionais, académicos, músicos e público geral.
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Zélia Lai, student from the programme of Bachelor of Communication and Media received two awards for her documentary "A Glimpse on the Handicapped" at the Award Ceremony of the Sound&Image Challenge 2014 on 4 December 2014. The contest was jointly organised by the Faculty of Creative Industries, USJ and Creative Macau - Centre for Creative Industries. This year 397 entries from 56 countries were received in various categories including Fiction, Animation, Documentary and Advertisement.
Zélia was awarded the Best Local Entry and Macau Cultural Identity, with a prize of MOP10,000 sponsored by Fundação Oriente and an Hotel Package of MOP 12,000 sponsored by Sands, China. Her winning short film provided an insight on the needs and issues of the handicapped in Macau, showing local organisations are working on the issues.
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Prof. João Cordeiro, USJ and Inah Quejano, USJ alumni were invited to be the Executive Producer and Assistant Producer respectively.
Zélia Lai, estudante da licenciatura em Comunicação e Media da Universidade de São José, recebeu, na passada Quinta-feira (4 de Dezembro), dois prémios pelo seu documentário “Um olhar sobre os deficientes” durante a cerimónia de entrega de prémios do Sound & Image Challenge 2014. Este concurso foi organizado em parceria pela Faculdade das Industrias Criativas e a Creative Macau – Centro para as Indústrias Criativas, tendo recebido um total de 397 filmes oriundos de 56 países, nas categorias: ficção, animação, documentário e publicidade. João Cordeiro, professor na USJ, desempenhou o papel de Produtor Executivo do concurso e a antiga aluna da Licenciatura em Comunicação e Media, Inah Quejano, o de Assistente de Produção. O documentário da Zélia Lai recebeu os prémios para Melhor Entrada Local e Identidade Cultural de Macau, no valor de 10000MOP patrocinado pela Fundação Oriente e 12000MOP (pacote de hotel) patrocinado pelo Sands, China, respectivamente. A curta-metragem expõe as necessidades e problemas dos deficientes em Macau e dá a conhecer o trabalho que algumas instituições locais desenvolvem neste âmbito de ação. O projeto foi produzido no contexto académico, sobre a supervisão do professor Tomé Quadros e é uma evidência da grande qualidade do trabalho desenvolvido pelos alunos da USJ no decorrer do seu percurso curricular. Parabéns à Zélia!
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On 6 December, as one of the co-organizers, USJ participated in the Educational Institutions Carnival to celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 15th Anniversary of the Founding of the MSAR. Mr. Cheong U, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macau Government, Liu Xiaohang, Director General of Cultural and Educational Branch of the Liaison Office of the Central Government, and representatives of local universities, colleges and educational associations participated in this event. On behalf of USJ, Pro-Rector Vincent Yang attended the ribbon-cutting opening ceremony. Some 20 USJ professors joined over 1,000 people in this full-day carnival.
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DATE & TIME
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 18:30 - 20:00
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Free Admission ‧ All are welcome
ABOUT THE TALK
Environmental issues have become pervasive in our daily lives and there has been an increase in public concern on the degradation of the environment in recent decades. The Macau SAR government has been a major player in the promotion of public environmental awareness in the local arena but there has been no territory-wide assessment of the general public’s environmental consciousness. Consequently, the University of Saint Joseph conducted a survey, sponsored by the Macau Foundation, with a view to evaluate the current environmental knowledge and attitude, as well as the pro-environmental behaviour among members of the general public in Macao. Over the summer, there were 1,005 completed questionnaires. The speakers will present the main findings from their data analysis. Since the same survey had been conducted in Hong Kong, the talk will also discuss comparative perspectives between the two SARs, and offer both general and specific recommendations for the way forward in enhancing public policies and educational strategies in the protection of the environment.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Prof. Dr. Eric Tsang is currently Associate Director of the UNESCO UNEVOC HK hosted by the HK Institute of Education, and visiting professor of the South China Normal University. He has over twenty years of experience in research related to environmental studies and sustainability studies. To date he has published over 70 international refereed papers and numerous book chapters and edited books. In the community he serves as the chairman of Green Power, a HK a green NGO and also member of the Advisory council on the Environment HKSAR. Internationally, he is a panel member of the United Nation’s International Year of Understanding spearheaded by the International Geographical Union.
Dr. Emilie Tran is Assistant Professor coordinating the Government Studies programme, and the former Dean of the Faculty of Leadership and Administration at the University of Saint Joseph in Macao. She teaches politics and international relations, doctoral seminars, and supervises master and PhD students in government studies and global studies. Dr. Tran’s research interests and publications (over 20 to date) pertain to contemporary China’s elite politics and the formation of government leaders; concurrently she researches on the gaming industry in Macao and identity issues in the SARs.
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The colorful Big Day with the theme “Seeking, Loving, and Serving Wisdom” opened with a Eucharistic Celebration presided by Emeritus Prof. Fausto Gomez, OP, with Prof. João Eleutério as homilist. The General Intercessions were made in the different languages of the students and staff of the Faculty.
After the beautiful Eucharistic celebration, the whole FRS community gathered together to listen to the inspiring, thought-provoking, and challenging talk on St. Francis Xavier given by the Rev. Fr. Luis Sequeira, SJ. A couple of years ago, the University of St. Joseph awarded Fr. Sequeira a Doctorate in Religious Studies
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After seven years of the Faculty’s existence, it has now some 46 students (both religious and lay), mostly coming from the Order of Preachers (Our Lady of the Rosary Province), Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Rosary, Missionaries of Christ Jesus, Divine Word Missionaries, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, and the Diocese of Macau.
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To enhance the quality of higher education in Macau, the Office has hosted a series of consultation conferences to discuss a set of guidelines for institutional accreditation and auditing as well as new program accreditation by well recognized external agencies. The guidelines are now being finalized by experienced experts from the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications after intensive consultation with representatives from higher education institutions in Macau. To support this unprecedented reform and make USJ an outstanding learning institution, the university has actively participated in the consultation process. Rector Fr. Stilwell, Pro-Rector Yang, Advisor Kong and other administrators attended the various GAES meetings and provided opinions to the Hong Kong team of experts. The following is a press release of GAES about a recent debriefing meeting to introduce a pilot project of new program accreditation that will be launched in 2015.
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DATE & TIME
26 November 2014, 18:00 - 22:00
VENUE
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ABOUT THE EVENT
On November 26th 2014 at 6 - 10 pm, the Students’ Association cooperates with the Pearl River Delta Cultural and Creative Exchange Association, will be hosting a documentary event, where we will show two movies. This event is open to all.
The first film is called “No Impact Man” directed by Laura Gabbert / Justin Schein, they show how an environmentalist, Colin Beaven and his wife, Michelle’s fundamental lifestyle change. The Second documentary film is about an Earthquake in East Japan on 11th March 2011, countless of people lost their homes and their love ones. This is a consequential accident happened at the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor caused a great threat. Director IWAI SHUNJI, having all those meetings and conversations with his friends, he would hope to find the bet step towards Japan’s future.
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第一部紀錄片名叫熟男減碳日記,導演為Laura Gabbert / Justin Schein, 主要講述作家柯林·比萬自稱是一個環境保護論者。柯林·比萬的妻子對奢侈品崇拜,習慣喝烘焙咖啡,他們的 孩子也才開始蹣跚著學走路,這一家子怎麼看都離不開方便快捷的現代生活方式。不過柯林決定“遠離” 繁華的大都市,不要汽車等現代運輸工具、不用電、不用煤氣、不吃精加工食品,尤其是不使用網路, 就這樣生活一年。 雖然他們沒有搬走,但是柯林帶著這樣的一家子遠離了紐約曼哈頓第五大道上的 奢侈生活,開始了告別一切現代物質文明的“原始”生活。現在,這一家人仿佛生活在隔世的外星球。 這部電影以其獨特的視角和故事內容,成為 2009 年聖丹斯電影節、白銀紀錄片電影節以及洛杉磯電影 節的官方推薦影片,小成本影片依然能在北美上映。
第二部紀錄片名叫311 之後 , 導演為岩井俊二,由2011 年 3 月 11 日,東日本大地震奪去無數條人命、無數個家園。然而因人為因素而加劇的災情也令各 界議論紛紛,其中,核能安全問題更引發了全日本強大的輿論關注及頻繁的抗議行動浪潮。 外洩的輻射通過空氣、地層、和海流影響了整個日本,即使在災區重建、表面上回到軌道之後,在空 氣、食品中仍存在著許多肉眼看不見的危險。該如何重整目前對核能公司有利的經濟體系、如何讓媒 體擺脫財團控制、重拾正義良心,種種議題成了導演岩井俊二與他的朋友間積極探討的話題。 自 2011 年6月9日起,他與幾位朋友籌辦每月一次的「69 之會」反核餐會,邀請老朋友、新朋友參與 核能議題的討論;更以這部紀錄片號召日本知名演藝界人士與專家學者,探討為何在綠能科技發達的 日本,仍需仰賴危險的核能發電。出生於日本東北災區仙台市的他,帶領年輕一代反核運動份子回到 受海嘯與輻射重創的災區,片尾的一場樂團街頭演說更是振奮人心。
“No Impact Man” 熟男減碳日記 -美國 | Directed by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein
“Friends after 3.11” 311 之後 -日本︱ Directed by IWAI SHUNJI 岩井俊二
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Model EU is an educational simulation in which participants recreate the political decision-making of a European Council Summit to learn about European politics and current issues. The 2014 Macao edition was held on November 22-23, and was co-founded by the European Union, along with the European Union Academic Programme in Macao, the Institute of European Studies in Macau, the Department of Government and Public Administration of the University of Macau, and the Youth Association of International Affairs. In teams of two, students played the role of the heads of state and government of the EU.
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3 of our students actively participated in the recent ADUM 2014-2015 Bowling Competition last November 16. Our participants joined as an individual contestant and have formed themselves in a group in the latter competition; naming themselves "Basic."
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25 November 2014, 14:30-17:00
Speakers Hall, University of Saint Joseph
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP&ROUNDTABLE
Following a document from the “Instituto Cultural de Macau” entitled Public Consultation for the Management of the Historical Centre of Macau, the Faculty of Humanities together with Drs Francisco Pinheiro and Vitor Teixeira and in collaboration with specialists in Heritage from the region, is organising a two-folded event to discuss and contribute to this Public Consultation.
SPEAKERS
Dr. Richard A. Engelhardt, Dr. Vincent Ho. Prof. Francisco Pinheiro, Prof. Vitor Teixeira, Prof. Lucie Bernier
Download Management of the Historical Centre of Macau – Past, Present and Future Scenario

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Date: November 30 - Sunday afternoon
Address: 聖若瑟教區中學第五校 - Colégio Diocesano de São José (5ª)
(Exact match times will be provided to participants after they register and confirmed with all students and staff, once all registrations are collected, via email)
Sports:
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- 3vs3 Basketball
- 3vs3 Volleyball
- Badminton Singles / Doubles
Registration is very easy. It only requires you to fill in a form via the following LINK: http://goo.gl/BaQAvQ
The USJ Games aim to be a contest of passion, skill, team spirit and sportsmanship where both individual and team achievement will be rewarded (please don't have so much fun you forget you are also competing for medals and cash prizes!).
Furthermore, one of the prize categories will be a FACULTY CUP, and your participation will automatically add points to your faculty win the cup. For more information and updates and to show a further sign of support, visit and "join" our Facebook Event here:
www.facebook.com/events/395672767255158/
Remember, this is also about bragging rights! Do not miss this chance! We here in the students' Association hope to SEE YOU AT THE GAMES.
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DATE & TIME
Wednesday, 26 November 2014 at 18:00
VENUE
Convention Center, Macao Science Center, Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-sen
ABOUT THE EVENT
The “
THIS IS MY CITY – The Creative Festival”, the Cultural Association +853, the Minchee Lab and the University of Saint Joseph have the honor to invite you to attend the conference
"THE *MAKER MOVEMENT*: A CHANCE FOR MACAU!” which will be held at the
Macau Science Center’s Convention Center, on the 26th of November 2014, starting at 6 PM. The screening of the documentary “
MAKER: A Documentary on the Maker Movement” will follow the conference.
This conference is part of the wider
THIS IS MY CITY 2014 – The Creative Festival programme, an initiative of the
Cultural Association +853 with the institutional support of the
Macau’s Government Cultural Affairs Bureau.
The 'Maker Movement', sometimes called the 'Third Industrial Revolution,' subverts traditional manufacturing by building on innovative concepts such as open source, local manufacturing, crowd funding, and digital fabrication.
This conference will try to give an insight on this new transformative movement and its possible applications in Macau, having in mind the positive changes that it can bring on the educational and academic front, on the arts and design fields, on the business and economic life and the possible role that it can have as motor for the development of the
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DATE & TIME
12 November 2014, 18:30 - 20:00
VENUE
Speakers Hall, University of Saint Joseph,
Rua de Londres 16, Macau, China
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Roy Eric Xavier received his Doctorate and Master’s degrees in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, where he is now the Director of the Portuguese and Macanese Studies Project, and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. Prior to Berkeley, he was an Associate Dean at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and earlier the General Manager of KCRT Television and Media for 14 years in Richmond, California.
His recent publications include: "Death at the Races: The Portuguese Presence during the Happy Valley Fire of 1918", published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society - Hong Kong, Vol. 53, March, 2014, and "The Macanese at War: Survival and Identity among Portuguese Eurasians during World War II", to be published in a collection by the University of Hong Kong in early 2015.
ABOUT THE TALK
The history of Macau and its people is also the history of Macanese culture as it developed during several migrations and resettlements across Asia that began from the middle of the 16th century. These migrations were the result of Portuguese expansion and trade, which at its height stretched from the Persian Gulf to the northern coast of Brazil. The settlement of racially mixed Portuguese in Goa, Macau, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and other ports along the trade routes also marked the locations where forms of a new “maritime” culture in Asia first appeared.
Beginning in 1557 the emergence of Macau provided neutral ground for Europeans and merchants from Asia to exchange goods, and a tolerant environment where Portuguese Eurasians could settle in relative peace. During the next three hundred years, various elements of “Macanese” culture and identity solidified, including a creole language, religious devotion adapted to the conditions, an expressive literature, and culinary arts. Some components were encouraged by the Church, while others were influenced by the continual mix of people who traveled in and out of Macau as trade with Europe developed.
At a macro level, Macanese culture and identity first took root in the lore of Portuguese explorers, including Henry the Navigator, Vasco de Gama and Jorge Alvares, whose discoveries of sea routes to Africa, India, Asia, and South America allowed the Portuguese to by-pass the old “silk road” that linked Europe and Asia from the time of the Crusades. These explorations were driven in large part by the need of the Portuguese monarchy to be less dependent on Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries, a period of political and social upheaval in Europe which we now identify as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
To secure their early advantage, the Portuguese sought to incorporate, rather than conquer, indigenous peoples into a colonial strategy that was later adopted by other European rivals. When the number of Portuguese in Asia began to dwindle after 1600, this same policy led to the recruitment of mestizos in Macau and other trading ports as soldiers, artillery gunners, navigators, linguists, advisors, and mid-level bureaucrats. Many in Macau served as intermediaries to the Chinese Empire, Portugal’s principal trading partner in the 17th century, and played key roles in the creation of European trade and the beginnings of global commerce.
Thus, the emergence of Macau as the cultural home to Portuguese Eurasians contributed to socio-economic developments that had direct consequences in Europe, the Americas, and rest of the western world. A closer look at Macanese migrations and the relation to culture and identity through case studies allows us to illustrate how this important variant of cultural development occurred over the last five centuries.
ORGANISER
Faculty of Humanities, USJ
SPONSOR
Macao Foundation

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