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Carmen Miranda: : the alternative history of the Brazilian Bombshell
Get PDFCarmen Miranda is still one of Brazil’s greatest musical and aesthetic icons. The artist stood out for her non-conformist attitude and aesthetic towards the prevailing aesthetic at the time of her artistic peak. In this article, we intend to focus on two key topics, namely the use of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) in her artistic creations, but we also intend to apply to her trajectory the counterfactual/alternative history, i.e., we intend to undertake a “what if…” analysis in relation to a set of historical events that marked her trajectory, emphasizing, thus, the creation and dissemination of her platform shoes, while we intend to highlight her contribution to the international footwear fashion
Wayseeing Maps
Get PDF"Numa investigação que aponta para uma expansão do domínio dos mapas, defendemos a deambulação como forma de conhecimento dos lugares, no qual o design enquanto mediador cultural (Branco & Providência, 2018) tem um papel a desempenhar. Neste processo de representação, o desenho de observação e o património existencial são as ferramentas privilegiadas do designer.
Open Call – International Drawing and Photography Contest (DPIC): Utopia 500 | Space and Identity of the Universities
Get PDFWe are currently in the third edition (2024) of the International Drawing and Photography Contest (DPIc), a competition integrated in scopio Magazine Architecture, Art and Image publication being directed towards the Identity of Universities spaces of teaching experience and work and open to all academic communities, both in Portugal and abroad
Filmmaking as architectural carpentry: Analysing and mediating the spatial impact of agricultural techniques
No full textFood production is the largest cause of global environmental change. The debate on sustainable agriculture focuses largely on the implementation of new agricultural techniques. The impact of these techniques on agricultural landscapes is not often considered. With the film ‘Tussen de kassen’, I attempt to shift the current debate in a direction that allows consideration of the aesthetic and systemic consequences of the implementation of agricultural techniques on specific landscapes. ‘Tussen de kassen’ examines an innovative and sustainable landscape of greenhouse horticulture. More than a tool to communicate research or annotate site visits, film and filmmaking functioned as architectural carpentry. Meaning that the complete process of filmmaking (including preliminary site visits, editing, etc.) functioned as an unconventional method of knowledge production for an architectural research project.
Using ‘Tussen de Kassen’, I illustrate three ways in which filmmaking as architectural carpentry benefits the work of landscape architects whilst examining modern landscapes of food production; As a tool to explore and examine the atmospheres of agricultural landscapes (1) Film is able to convey synaesthetic properties of a landscape. These are properties that belong to multiple sensory fields at once and play a part in generating ‘atmosphere’, the meaning a person assigns unconsciously and almost instantaneously to a space. Film allows viewers to explore the synaesthetic properties behind this initial atmosphere and (re-) examine their subconsciously assigned meanings to space.
As a method to explore unexpected entanglements in food production landscapes (2) The (architectural) medium used to analyse a site determines the understanding of that site. Filmmaking demands close engagement with a site, making the filmmaker a participant of the landscape. This results in unexpected discoveries of entanglements between agricultural techniques and other site aspects.
As a form of eidetic storytelling for landscapes of the Anthropocene (3) Narrating the functioning and conception of Anthropocenic landscapes in a causal, linear manner is problematic as it leads to ‘undecidability’ and inaction. Film, as an eidetic storytelling tool, combines different types of information (i.e. visual, acoustic, quantifiable, metaphoric, etc.) to mediate multivalent, openended and non-linear narratives for Anthropocenic landscapes.
Cover image: Stills from ‘Tussen de Kassen
The built environment and public spaces informing teaching and learning
Get PDFModern learning environments have evolved beyond traditional classrooms, encompassing various settings like digital networks, social media, communities, and urban landscapes. The defining characteristics of an educational space include purpose and intentionality, going beyond conventional boundaries and offering students practical, context-specific learning experiences. Engagement with public spaces and the constructed environment facilitates spatial engagement and participation.
This text explores a critical pedagogy that aims to uncover institutional power and prevailing ideologies within everyday experiences, questioning the educational value of buildings, cities, streets, and walls. It examines the constructed environment as an educational tool, including cities, parks, houses, streets, public, and private spaces.
Within the domain of educational research, urban public spaces and the built environment serve as crucial contexts for graduate students, providing experiential learning opportunities and an in-depth analysis of the intricate relationship between political and pedagogical rationales that shape urban spaces and structures. This exploration also extends to the spaces between buildings and the practices that influence them.
Urban spaces offer genuine learning contexts, enhancing research skills and honing observational abilities. Students are encouraged to delve beneath the surface of familiarity, transcending self-evident truths.
The text presents three case studies examining cultures formed by young individuals in schools, urban populations, small communities, and urban artists. These studies spotlight the educational significance embedded within the interplay of spatial configurations and the inhabitants of these spaces.
Cover page:These walls are meant for people, Barcelona, 201
Rite of the Waters: procession through the Campanhã Washhouses
Get PDFThis article aims to reflect on the invisibility of women\u27s work. We focus on two interconnected themes: the devaluation of domestic work as a de facto job; and the neglect of public washhouses, which were spaces for women to meet and work in the past.
Initially, Chloé\u27s research discussed the public wash houses in Porto in order to cover their history, their impact on women\u27s lives and their current state of deterioration. Gabriela\u27s research reflected on the relationships and developments between domestic labour and performance art in an amalgam of repetitions, deviations and accumulation.
As a result of the Des/oriente project, there was a combination of these two areas of knowledge that gave rise to new multidisciplinary research carried out in two distinct areas: fine arts and architecture. The project in question aimed to realise narratives in the public space in the parish of Campanhã in Porto with activations by local artists.
In practical terms, the research materialised in a performance held in three washhouses where we were able to reactivate these spaces in an artistic way while also exploring different narratives about domestic work. It was possible to once again create a place for meeting and sharing in these spaces.
Cover image: Rite of the Waters: procession through the Campanhã Washhouses, Act I, Presa Velha, 2023. Photo - Katana Studi
About the jury’s evaluation
Get PDFThe collective decision of the Jury, after voting all the submissions, was to give the first prize to “Appropriation of Time” and two honourable mentions to “A Wake-Up Call” and “Oasis of Education”. In overall terms, it can be observed that the submissions that obtained the highest scores share a harmonious equilibrium among three key dimensions: the originality of the project’s concept (idea), the cogency of its rationale (written explanation), and the effectiveness of its visual presentation (imagery). However, it’s worth noting that the Jury members held differing perspectives when it came to identifying projects that masterfully balanced these three dimensions. This diversity of opinions prompted critical reflection on contemporary concerns within our societies and academic institutions. On one hand, some works raised questions about whether modern universities are suitable environments for learning, collaboration, and a sense of belonging. On the other hand, other projects highlighted environmental issues and the resulting decline in the quality of life and education within university settings.
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Cover page: 1st Prize "Appropriation of Time" by Ana de Sousa, Carla Almeida, José Pedro Mendonça, Sofia Gameiro, Tatiana Monteiro, and Tatiana Mot
To be or not to be:: identity, history and alternative social outcomes in Brazilian Contemporary Art
Get PDFThe following proposal aims at understanding the scope and outcome of politically engaged art practices when basic political freedom and artistic autonomy are not at stake; when artistic creativeness and actions happen without state censorship or cultural top-down enforcement but the economic framework, capitalism, upholds and controls social mobility, work relations, and commodity exchange. We’ll explore the “what if” puzzle to think about these matters and to problematize a History beyond the “official ‘’ History. Methodologically speaking, we will focus oni artistc situations developed during the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964-1985), specifically the situational actions of artists such as Cildo Meireles (1948), Anna Maria Maiolino (1942), and Artur Barrio (1945). Let’s ask in a broader context if they would have taken place and if they would have been as resilient, and effective in exposing state violence if that violence had taken place in a context of liberal democracy. These are hypotheses that challenge the way we think and problematize decisive moments of Brazilian political and art history and make us ask “what if” things were easy-going for artists committed to advanced creative practices (with successful and profitable art exhibitions and a promising international career) but weren’t for the most of the population
Escolas Famílias Agrícolas: Contribuição da Pedagogia da Alternância na formação de jovens críticos/as
Get PDFThis article aims to show how Agricultural Family Schools seek, based on the Pedagogy of Alternation, to contribute to the formation of critical young people capable of embracing the social struggles of their time. It focused on the experiences of graduates of a school in Bahia countryside from 1988 to 1990. These young people were part of a period of struggles for the re-democratisation of the country and an intense process of articulation and political mobilisation in the countryside and the City. The qualitative research argued the conception of organised civil society, its relation with the Social Movements and Rural Education in the dialogue with Caldart, Coutinho e Pistrak. The data triangulation technique was used with questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and conventional letters with graduates in different parts of Brazil, such as Bahia, São Paulo and Pernambuco. It was found that the researched school printed, in the training process of the graduates, the characteristics expected by the PA, such as social criticism, humanist training, professional training and community leadership profile. Such training characteristics, however, were not enough to transform the structuring conditions of their working-class lives in the countryside, nor to prevent many of these egresses from moving to the cities.Este artigo objetiva mostrar como as Escolas Famílias Agrícolas buscam, a partir da Pedagogia da Alternância, contribuir com a formação de jovens críticos/as, capazes de abraçar as lutas sociais do seu tempo. A pesquisa teve como foco as experiências de egressos/as de uma escola no interior da Bahia no período de 1988-1990. Tais jovens fizeram parte do período de lutas pela redemocratização do país e de um intenso processo de articulação e mobilização política no campo e na cidade. A pesquisa qualitativa discutiu a concepção de sociedade civil organizada, sua relação com os Movimentos Sociais e a Educação do Campo no diálogo com Caldart, Coutinho e Pistrak. Utilizou-se a técnica da triangulação de dados com questionários, entrevistas semiestruturadas e cartas convencionais junto a egressos/as em diferentes partes do Brasil, como Bahia, São Paulo e Pernambuco. Constatou-se que a escola pesquisada imprimiu, no processo formativo dos/as egressos/as, as características esperadas pela Alternância, tais como crítica social, formação profissional, humanista e perfil de liderança comunitária. Tais características formativas, no entanto, não foram suficientes para transformar as condições estruturantes das suas vidas de classe trabalhadora no campo e nem de evitar a mudança de muitos/as deles/as para as cidades.
Análise das interações e conversas familiares em visita à exposição “Água - Uma exposição sem filtro”
Get PDFWater is essential to human survival, yet we face challenges of scarcity, waste and equitable access. Managing sustainable use is urgently required to balance communities’ needs with water resources. In this qualitative and exploratory study, we analyse family conversations and interactions during a visit to the “Water – An Unfiltered Exhibition” exhibition at the Pavilion of Knowledge - Centro Ciência Viva in Lisbon (Portugal). We aimed to understand which aspects of the exhibition impact family interaction and how family conversations approach the exhibition theme. Five family groups, totalling 16 people (seven adults and nine children), participated in the study, and their visits were recorded with a subjective camera. The audiovisual material was later coded with a research protocol which combines a deductive and inductive analysis centred on interactions and types of conversations, supported by the Dedoose software. The results indicate that interactive resources, social interaction between adults and children and reading influenced the family experience and conversations. Conversations focused on the functioning of the apparatus, in line with the interactive nature of the exhibition. Conversations on science topics were less frequent, but they proved to be perspectives for reflections on the environmental aspects of the right and use of water, with some conversations that addressed the ethical and social issues of use and access to water.A água é essencial à sobrevivência humana, mas enfrentamos desafios de escassez, desperdício e acesso equitativo. Gerir o uso sustentável é uma exigência urgente para equilibrar as necessidades das comunidades com os recursos hídricos. Neste estudo qualitativo e exploratório, analisamos conversas e interações familiares durante uma visita à exposição “Água – Uma Exposição sem Filtro” do Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Centro Ciência Viva em Lisboa (Portugal). Tivemos por objetivo entender que aspectos da exposição impactam a interação familiar e como as conversas familiares abordam a temática expositiva. Cinco famílias, totalizando 16 pessoas (sete adultos e nove crianças), participaram no estudo, tendo as suas visitas sido gravadas com uma câmera subjetiva. O material audiovisual foi posteriormente codificado com um protocolo de pesquisa que associa uma análise dedutiva e indutiva e está centrado nas interações e tipos de conversas, com apoio do software Dedoose. Os resultados indicam que os recursos interativos, a interação social entre adultos e crianças e a leitura foram elementos que influenciaram a experiência familiar e as conversas. As conversas centraram-se no funcionamento dos aparatos, em sintonia com a natureza interativa da exposição. As conversas sobre temas de ciência tiveram menor ocorrência, mas mostraram-se como perspectivas para reflexões sobre os aspectos ambientais do direito e uso da água, com algumas conversas que abordaram questões éticas e sociais do uso e acesso à água