This project aims to study the post-colonial implications of the social relations instituted by the Portuguese expansion, in particular by the process of diasporization that took place during the twentieth century (both colonial and migrational).  The project fosters a greater understanding of the processes that bring into existence a transnational and discontinuous space of privileged relationships - an ecumene - based on that historic legacy, including not only the regions where Portuguese is the official language but also those where there is a strong diasporic Portuguese presence - the Lusotopy.