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A space of exploration, discussion and reflection towards new ideas on the use of photography
Get PDFThis 6th issue of Sophia Journal brought together a diverse group of researchers, architects, visual artists, and curators of international relevance, gathered on the International Conference Visual Spaces of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations, in an exercise of joint reflexivity about photographic documentation of environmental transformation from different perspectives and visual constructs. These international conferences embody an important stage during the process of the annual call and publication of each number of Sophia Journal. This means they enable an active dialogue between researchers, authors and the public, contributing to the identification of new avenues of research and artistic expression related to how photography can be explored as a meaningful instrument of inquiry about today ́s processes of urban change and architectural spaces. (...
Production of Space and Creative Destruction in the Photographic Work of Naoya Hatakeyama
No full textThe photographic work of Naoya Hatakeyama is an extensive visual example of how natural resources serve as a fuel of capitalist production. In his three major series – Lime Hills (1986- 91), Lime Works (1991-94), and Untitled (1989-2005) – Hatakeyama focuses on limestone to connect the world of natural landscape with the world of urban built structures. In Blast (1995- 2008), the destructive force of capitalism and its devastating influence on the environment become literal: natural material is being torn into pieces in order to build a city. From exploitation of limestone hills, through the manufacture of concrete, to the construction of skyscrapers in a late capitalist city – the photographs transform the process of annihilation of rural space into timeless evidence of the humankind’s domination over the natural environment. With his photographic bodies of work, Hatakeyama follows the idea of Henri Lefebvre (The Production of Space, 1974) showing how nature is reduced to means of urban space production. What is fundamental to capitalism’s destructive domination over the environment, is not only the possession of space, but also the ability to absorb, produce, and constantly transform it
Abandoned wash-houses. Archiving wash-women practices in Oporto modern urban space
No full textThis visual essay shows the relationship between urban analysis and the use of archival images. Firstly, the research process for the realization of this work will be explained, in which photography is an important tool to understand the urban morphology and help to complete and document the theoretical part of my master thesis Inhabiting Water, Public Wash-houses of Oporto: an experience of women in modern city (2020) - which is a theoretical-practical work. Secondly, the historical dimension of the public wash-houses construction will be discussed, showing the invisibility of women in urban and public space - and in the history of urbanism. This invisibility has motivated the search for areas related to the experience of women in the modern city (19th and 20th centuries), assuming that wash-houses are an observatory of urban hospitality (Perrot 1997, 160) and also of women’s practices on the territory. We will see that, in the contemporary urban space, the wash-houses are abandoned and form a network of places in the city. These ruins are potential cultural facilities to be brought out of oblivion. The photographic work carried out during the master thesis took shape in an interactive map (https://maphub.net/chldmn/lavoirspublicsporto) that shows a selection of photographs from 1940 - with women in red to identify their presence in the washhouses - and photographs taken during the summer of 2020. The integration of these wash-houses in the Oporto Water Heritage Park, protected by the UNESCO Global Network of Water Museums, is one of the outcomes of this research
Garantia da Qualidade do Ensino Superior em Angola: Do Instrumentalismo ao Socioconstrutivismo
Get PDFThis text synthesizes reflections on the dynamics and rationalities underlying the functioning of higher education (HE) in Angola, taking into account its social performance in view of the recurrent observations and inquiries regarding quality. Seeming to be anchored in the scrupulous compliance of the laws to the detriment of its social responsibility, the Angolan HE is questioning how to guarantee quality without extrapolating the legal requirements. The reflections seek to generate an understandingof the formation of a full individual adapted to the demands of the labor market and an ethically guided world citizen. The objective was to reflect the correlation between the instrumental paradigm and the socio‑constructivist perspective to guarantee the quality of HE, as a social process. The qualitative study is based on the documentary and content analysis of the basic law of the Angolan educational system and the statutes of the university teaching career and non‑university teaching. Theresults indicate the prevalence of an instrumental approach to the quality assurance system of the HE system in Angola.Este texto sintetiza reflexões em torno das dinâmicas e racionalidades subjacentes ao funcionamento do ensino superior (ES) em Angola, tendo em conta a sua prestação social face às recorrentes observações e indagações a respeito da qualidade. Parecendo ancorar‑se no cumprimento escrupuloso das leis em detrimento da sua responsabilidade social, o ES angolano questiona‑se sobre como garantir a qualidade sem extrapolar as exigências legais. As reflexões procuram gerar a compreensão sobre a formação de um indivíduo pleno adaptado às exigências do mercado de trabalho e cidadão do mundo eticamente pautado. Objetivou‑se refletir a correlação entre o paradigma instrumental e a perspetiva socioconstrutivista para a garantia da qualidade do ES, enquanto processo social. O estudo qualitativo assenta na análise documental e de conteúdo da Lei de Bases do Sistema Educativo angolano e os Estatutos da Carreira Docente Universitária e não Universitária. Os resultados indiciam a prevalência de uma abordagem instrumental do sistema de garantia da qualidade do sistema de ES em Angola
The ethical poetry of academic writing
Get PDFEste texto baseia‑se na conferência intitulada “Facing academic writing and finding the poetry in it” e apresentada no seminário “Os desafios éticos da escrita” organizado pela Vice‑Reitoria da Formação e Organização Académica e pelo Conselho Geral da Universidade do Porto que decorreu no dia 25 de maio de 2016
What does the community say? University extension seen by outside actors (a case study)
No full textSociety demands more and more from Universities, expectations becoming each day more diversified. The purpose of this article is to reflect on such issue, on the basis of a specific case study. More precisely, the results of a research project are presented and discussed, emphasizing the view external actors, that is, regional institutions, have with regard to the efforts of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro to engage with the local community.A sociedade exige cada vez mais às Universidades, sendo crescentes e cada vez mais diversificadas as expectativas que tem em relação ao seu desempenho. Refletir sobre esta problemática a partir de um caso concreto é a finalidade deste artigo. Mais precisamente, apresentam-se e discutem-se os resultados obtidos no que diz respeito à visão que o exterior, representado por instituições da região, tem do desempenho da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro em matéria de extensão, começando pela realização de uma breve reflexão teórica acerca do tema
Auguste Comte: A brief contextualisation of a passage from Cours de Philosophie Positive, Vol. I
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A Pedagogia do Oprimido como fonte para a crítica ao pedagogismo opressor
Get PDFTaking as reference the work Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire, this article starts from the hypothesis that the book, half a century after being written, remains as a powerful source for the criticism of the technocratic and instrumental conceptions of education and learning. On the basis of some of the most relevant concepts proposed by Freire in his opus magnum, several dimensions of contemporary educational policies, particularly the European Union guidelines, are the subject of interpretation. The conclusions of this study point to the critical pertinence of concepts such as «oppression», «objects», «banking education», «cultural invasion», «extensionism», «deproblematization of the future», or «slogan», among others. Finally, based on the analysis made, it is possible to admit the emergence of an oppressive pedagogism that is being produced by important political actors and international organizations.Tomando como referência a obra Pedagogia do Oprimido de Paulo Freire, este artigo parte da hipótese de que o livro, meio século depois de ter sido escrito, se mantém como uma poderosa fonte para a crítica às conceções tecnocráticas e instrumentais de educação e aprendizagem. Com base em alguns dos mais relevantes conceitos que Freire propôs no seu opus magnum, várias dimensões das políticas educativas contemporâneas, com destaque para as orientações da União Europeia, são objeto de interpretação. As conclusões deste trabalho apontam para a pertinência crítica de conceitos como «opressão», «objetos», «educação bancária», «invasão cultural», «extensionismo», «desproblematização do futuro» e «slogan», entre outros. Finalmente, com base na análise realizada, é possível admitir a emergência de um pedagogismo opressor que vem sendo produzido por importantes atores políticose organizações internacionais. 
Paulo Freire and Art Education: Considerations on Freire’s aesthetics and art in education/Forming
Get PDFAs considerações tecidas neste artigo colocam em diálogo o pensamento freiriano – apresentado através de um conjunto articulado de fragmentos de escritos diversos de Paulo Freire –, o paradigma da Complexidade/Transdisciplinaridade e a abordagem pedagógica da Arte/Educação. Desenvolve-se uma reflexão sobre a estética freiriana e a arte na educação, desdobrada em três subtemas: a perspetiva pedagógica de Paulo Freire; a Educação como atividade estética; a Arte/Educação na formação de educadores. Em modo de conclusão, reivindica-se uma educação que busque constituir-se como um espaço da formação de sujeitos críticos e criativos, de experiência estética e ética, de reinvenção poética do fazer educativo/formativo.The considerations made in this paper put into dialogue the freirean thought - presented through an articulated set of fragments of Paulo Freire\u27s various writings -, the paradigm of Complexity/Transdisciplinarity and the pedagogical approach of Art/Education. A reflection on freirean aesthetics and art in education is developed, unfolded in three sub-themes: the pedagogical perspective of Paulo Freire; Education as an aesthetic activity; the Art/Education in educators’ forming. In conclusion, an education is sought that seeks to constitute itself as a space for the formation of critical and creative subjects, of aesthetic and ethical experience, of poetic reinvention of educational/formative doing