O estudo da ‘forma-dinâmica’ urbana através do mapping de dinâmicas sociais e da apropriação espacial

O artigo aprofunda a correlação entre forma urbana e mapeamento de dinâmicas sócio-espaciais, decorrentes do rastreamento de fluxos urbanos com recurso a dispositivos comunicacionais móveis (por exemplo, smartphone e tablet). Entende-se que deve ser incluído na análise morfológica o desdobramento com que atualmente se experiência espaços urbanos, exponenciado pela conexão digital e acesso à internet, com apoio de plataformas digitais que processam grande diversidade de dados individuais e coletivos (exploratórios e estruturados), para além de georreferenciados em tempo real. A profusão de atividades e usos que ocorrem nos espaços urbanos requer o reconhecimento que os fluxos são aspetos-chave na análise da forma urbana. Considera-se determinante rastrear vivências urbanas, mapeando-as. O argumento apresentado prende-se com a convergência da noção de ‘forma- dinâmica’ urbana e o desenvolvimento de mapping de dinâmicas sociais e da apropriação espacial. Alude-se à interoperatividade e à multidimensionalidade de leituras processadas em modo combinatório na análise morfológica, amplificando o estudo da forma urbana. A inter-relação de métodos de análise morfológica deverá tornar explícitas, estruturadamente, regras implícitas de dinâmicas detetadas na forma urbana, consolidando a interdependência entre configuração física do sistema espacial, a perceção que dele se tem e que padrões de apropriações se conformam nos espaços urbanos.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A deriva na análise do espaço urbano, na perspetiva da média-arte locativa

Este artigo reflete sobre a deriva urbana, em contexto pedagógico, realizada na Vila de Caminha, como prática artística e enquanto exercício de experimentação, leitura e análise daquele espaço. Através de tecnologia móvel, nomeadamente smartphones e tablets, aborda-se a média-arte locativa como instigadora da experimentação de espaços urbanos. Explora-se a deriva como exercício de apreensão urbana e processo de procura e levantamento de narrativas locativas. Com base numa investigação teórica e na análise de resultados empíricos obtidos com tecnologias de realidade aumentada atualmente existentes, reflete-se ainda acerca do papel da média-arte locativa na vivência de espaços urbanos e no seu contributo na preservação de memórias e identidades locais, pela descoberta e partilha de narrativas georreferenciadas, contextualizando-as e imbuindo-as no próprio espaço físico.This article focuses on the urban drift in a pedagogical context. For this purpose, the town of Caminha is used for artistic practice and space for experimentation exercises while providing analysis of the urban space. Through mobile technology, using smartphones and tablets as tools, a locative media art approach is implemented to instigate the experimentation of the urban spaces and exploration of urban drift via an urban apprehension exercise and mapping of locative narratives. Based on theoretical research and empirical analysis of current augmented reality technologies, this article attempts to show the role of locative media art in the experiencing of urban spaces and the preservation of memories. Furthermore, it taps into the discovery and sharing of georeferenced narratives by putting them into context and embodying them in their physical space

ComPassos com histórias : narrativas digitais de caminha

ComPassos com histórias explora o contributo da média-arte locativa para o registo da identidade e das vivências de uma comunidade através da exploração do espaço urbano da Vila de Caminha, geolocalizando narrativas digitais de memórias urbanas e, incitando à (re)descoberta desse espaço, num exercício de deriva pelas memórias dos seus habitantes. O acesso a essas memórias é facilitado por duas vias, num plano digital através de um eBook interativo e num plano físico, real, através de uma aplicação, com tecnologia de Realidade Aumentada, que permite a visualização em formato de pequenos vídeos in loco.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A deriva na análise do espaço urbano, na perspetiva da média-arte locativa

Este artigo reflete sobre a deriva urbana, em contexto pedagógico, realizada na Vila de Caminha, como prática artista e enquanto exercício de experimentação, leitura e análise daquele espaço. Através de tecnologia móvel, nomeadamente smartphones e tablets, aborda-se a média-arte locativa como instigadora da experimentação de espaços urbanos. Explora-se a deriva como exercício de apreensão urbana e processo de procura e levantamento de narrativas locativas. Com base numa investigação teórica e na análise de resultados empíricos obtidos com tecnologias de realidade aumentada atualmente existentes, reflete-se ainda acerca do papel da média-arte locativa na vivência de espaços urbanos e no seu contributo na preservação da memória e identidades locais, pela descoberta e partilha de narrativas georreferenciadas, contextualizando-as e imbuindo-as no próprio espaço físico.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

FeelOpo: feel(ing) the beat of Oporto

Instalação de arte digital publicada nas atas da 8th International Conference on Digital Arts – ARTECH 2017, realizada em Macau de 6-8 de setembro de 2017This digital art installation has as main goal to introduce an interface through which the image of the city of Oporto (in Northern Portugal) is designed and activated by the presence of one or more people standing in the exhibition space. It brings up the metaphor of the city as a living organism allowing visitors to explore, at different levels, several features very typical of this city. A diversity of possible routes is embedded in the outfit and activated as visitors move across the exhibition space, revealing experiences by means of projected videos related to the cultural specificity of the city. In this way, as the human body interacts with the space and the screen, uncovering stories, memories, expressions, sounds, colours, textures, new designs and emotions are presented in the form of videos that narrate life fragments of Oporto and its people. Being supported by a mix of audio-visual records, FeelOpo intends to build "the beat of Oporto" through striking visual narratives.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Perceptions of the skills of graduates in the library and information science and technology degree of P. Porto, Portugal: A Statistical Data Analysis of the Alignment Between Students, Teachers, and Employers

Objective – The objective of this research was to identify the four professional competences of graduates in Library and Information Sciences and Technologies (LIST) considered most pertinent, from the points of view of students, teachers, and employers. We also sought to compare the perceptions of the different groups. The study was based on the premise that alignment of these perceptions may enhance the employability of LIST graduates. Methods – A questionnaire, used and validated by Arias-Coello et al. (2014), was further translated by Martins and Carvalho (2018). The questionnaire consisted of a set of questions regarding four dimensions: Information Management; Communication and Interpersonal Relationships; Domain and Application of Information Technologies; Organization Management. We sent the survey by email to the target audience; it was available to complete in April and May 2018. Data analysis included calculating mean and standard deviation, as well as Shapiro Wilk normality tests, statistical tests for multiple comparisons, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis test, Friedman test, Wilcoxon test, and Pearson's correlation. Results – In relation to certain dimensions, one could think that age would be a determining factor, but this has not been proved. In fact, results showed that age is not a factor that influenced the importance attributed to different competences in the several dimensions. The respondents' academic degrees and areas of knowledge were linked to significant differences transversally. The Kruskal Wallis test indicated that students, teachers, and employers perceived the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) skills equally. As for the other competences, overall there were significant differences between students and employers, and there were significant differences between students and teachers regarding the perceived importance of organization management skills. There were also significant differences between teachers, students, and employers regarding the perceived importance of communication skills. We also found that responses within the teacher group had less dispersion of answers, therefore there was greater internal agreement. The opposite occurred in the employer group. Conclusion – The differences detected in the perception of the different groups were minor. However, it is necessary to create initiatives for the alignment of the perceptions of students and employers, because if all groups have the same perception, they will develop and value the same skills, responding to the needs of the labor market, thus promoting the employability of LIST graduates. The inclusion of a curricular internship, even one of short duration, in the first year of the degree could also be a way of endeavoring to bring together the expectations of both groups. These suggestions are part of a proposal to change and update the study plan and enhance the performance of course management.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

FeelOpo: an interactive installation to explore the “beat of Oporto”

FeelOpo is an interactive art installation that allows contact with fragments of the immaterial heritage of the Oporto City in the North of Portugal. Through location-based storytelling of the living city, this interactive installation allows visitors to explore, at different levels, several typical characteristics of this city, addressing aspects of cultural identity based on contrasting images and videos. The visitors feel and explore visual stories of the live city, through a process of appropriation and articulation of these narratives, generating an expansion of this intangible heritage.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A Diachronic Comparative Study Between Portugal And Brazil

UIDB/00749/2020 UIDP/00749/2020Brazil and Portugal are two countries that, although geographically located on different continents, share a history (from 1500 to 1822 when Brazil was a Portuguese colony) and the same language (Portuguese), and both have very high rates of domestic violence and situations of gender inequality. Growing fundamentalist and ultraconservative parties around the world are threatening gender equality and women’s conquest for rights. In Portugal and Brazil, new parties with extremist discourses and ideologies that perpetuate patriarchal societies are also growing. It is crucial to continue breaking paradigms and remembering history, particularly the moments marked by the struggle for human rights. Many women have fought for their rights, advocated for gender equality, and worked toward building women’s citizenship in and through education. Looking particularly at Brazil’s post-independence period, we conducted a diachronic comparative study of feminist activist artists from these two countries and found inspiring examples of feminine resistance and resilience. We analysed different female approaches that surprised us with their originality and creativity. We looked at the similarities and differences between how Portuguese and Brazilian women with access to culture and art—painting, music, literature, etc.—positioned and manifested themselves in the face of these social and cultural inequalities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The women artists that we studied have reached professional status as artists, which has allowed them to become financially independent. Thus, they have been able to leave the private sphere and enter the public and international sphere.publishersversionpublishe

Média-arte locativa e mapeamentos dinâmicos na compreensão de fluxos urbanos : o contributo do dispositivo móvel na atividade do caminhar como prática artística

O interesse pela análise de espaços urbanos através de dispositivos comunicacionais móveis (de meios digitais) – perspetivando a sua transformação contando com a participação colaborativa da população – traduz o enquadramento geral da investigação. As práticas artísticas, complementadas por métodos de estudo de cidades (capazes de abordarem a respetiva complexidade de modo multioperativo e flexível), foram integradas na pesquisa tendo em linha de conta o acentuado desenvolvimento que as mesmas têm conhecido para a compreensão da atual condição urbana. O resultado foca a hibridização de processos que permitem acrescentar conhecimento coletivo sobre estruturas urbanas, expresso em mapeamentos dinâmicos que promovem leituras aumentadas de realidades urbanas. Assente no enquadramento teórico e respetiva revisão da literatura (abrangendo áreas disciplinares da média-arte locativa, da análise urbana e dos mapeamentos dinâmicos), procedeu-se ao desenvolvimento de dois artefactos complementares, cuja elaboração implicou três fases: i) pré-produção; ii) produção; iii) pós-produção. Na primeira, conceptualizaram-se os artefactos, definindo-se critérios e especificando parâmetros de análise. Complementarmente, consideraram-se softwares a utilizar bem como a seleção de atores urbanos que participaram em experiências associadas à investigação. No que se refere à produção, encetaram-se diversas ações de apropriação e apreensão de espaços urbanos selecionados na Vila de Caminha, recorrendo à técnica do caminhar mediado pela tecnologia. Na terceira fase, a informação resultante foi analisada, comparada e sistematizada através de uma reflexão final. Registaram-se marcas e apropriações na Vila de Caminha, integrando abordagens da média-arte locativa, da morfologia urbana e tecnologias digitais. A partir desta metodologia, a resposta aos objetivos da investigação contribui para a colmatação da lacuna identificada no estado arte, dado demonstrar-se a relevância da convergência operativa entre a apreensão urbana e os fluxos informacionais e comunicacionais para o revelar de vivências espaciais urbanas quotidianas (passadas e presentes) que ocorrem sobre a estrutura física das cidades. Em síntese, as práticas artísticas, provindas da média-arte locativa, expressam – em mapeamentos dinâmicos e através de realidade aumentada – o devir coletivo de experiências individuais nos espaços das cidades, acrescentando histórias à sua memória e história urbana.The interest for the analysis of urban spaces through communicational mobile devices (digital means) aiming their transformation with the collaborative participation of the population- is the general framework of the investigation. The artistic practices, complemented with cities’ studying methods (capable of approaching its complexity in a multi-operative and flexible way) were inserted in the research keeping in mind the marked development those have known for the actual understanding of the urban condition. The result focus the hybridization of processes that allow the addition of collective knowledge about urban structures, expressed in dynamic maps that promote enlarged readings of urban realities. Based on theoretical framing and subsequent revision of literature (including subject areas of locative media art, urban analysis and dynamic map) the development of two complementary artefacts occurred, which elaboration implied three stages: i) pre-production; ii) production; iii) post-production. On the first, the artefacts were conceptualized, defining criteria and specifying analysis parameters. The Programs/software to be used was also taken into consideration, as well as the selection of urban actors that participated in experiences associated to the investigation. In what production is concerned, several actions of appropriation and apprehension of urban spaces selected in the Vila of Caminha, using the technique of walking mediated by technology were used. On the third stage, the information obtained was structured, analyzed, compared and systematized. Marks and appropriations were identified in the Vila of Caminha, integrating approaches of locative media art, of urban morphology and digital technologies. Using this methodology, the response to the objectives of the investigation contributes to the correction of the gap of the art state, due to the relevant demonstration of the operative convergence between urban apprehension and informational and communicational fluxes for the revealing of everyday spacing urban experiences (past and present) that occur concerning the physical structure of the cities. Summing up, artistic practices, derived from locative media art, express - in dynamic map and through the enlarged reality- the collective devir of urban experiences in the spaces of the city, adding up stories to its memory and urban history

Using interval graphs in an order processing optimization problem

In this paper we address an order processing optimization problem known as minimization of open stacks (MOSP). We present an integer pro gramming model, based on the existence of a perfect elimination scheme in interval graphs, which finds an optimal sequence for the costumers orders