A Mediation Strategy. Drawing Arcozelo's Heritage Landscape
A visual narrative made up of overlapping images, co-created by a Heritage Education Laboratory and a School Cultural Project developed under the National Arts Plan.
“Who is Who in Aguda?" (2023) by Cátia OliveiraFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
Conducted during the 2022/2023 school year, the “More Heritage” Laboratory was based on an action-project methodology, combining creativity with cultural heritage, promoting new experiences and memories for a wide range of children.
“Who is Who in Aguda?" (2023) by Cátia OliveiraFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
It resulted in the construction of a game board.
Set of drawings. (2024) by Cátia OliveiraFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
The planning necessarily had to meet the Action Plan of the Group's School Cultural Project (PCE) “Germinar”, which is part of the National Arts Plan (PNA) as part of the “Indisciplinar a Escola” Programme.
Arcozelo's cultural and heritage landscape, moulded by its relationship with the territory, is made up of the interaction between its rural and coastal dimensions. Utilising a network of partnerships, various events were planned, both within and outside the school, aimed at strengthening the institution's cultural identity, and taking into account its territorial, social, artistic and heritage context.
Drawing of the Headquaters of the Rusga Folklore Group of Arcozelo. (2024) by Cátia Oliveira and Francisco Graça/ 6BFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
The special status of “A Rusga de Arcozelo” Folklore Group, due to its proximity to the school premises, and its inclusion as a partner of the PCE, elevates the role of the school as a privileged territory for understanding heritage as a bond.
Drawing of the performance of the Rusga singers. (2024) by Cátia Oliveira and Emília Gonçalves/ 6BFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
Analogue and digital experiences. Aguda Kindergarten. (2024) by Cátia OliveiraFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
The virtual exhibition “Drawing the Heritage Landscape of Arcozelo” is one of the results of the project and serves as a way of celebrating the commitment and dedication of the students involved.
The project took place in a pre-school class, 5th and 6th grade of the 2nd Cycle of Basic Education. The set of strategies defined for the work always took into account the flexible nature of the teaching space and the motivation of the working group. In line with, but challenging, the curriculum, three phases were planned for the project: going out to the local context, making the pictures and superimposing the images.
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The criteria for selecting the heritage elements were set out by the students themselves, with guidance from by the person in charge of the Laboratory and the educator/ teacher, ensuring that they fit in with the architectural, artistic, historical, landscape, ecological, symbolic, cultural, social and religious values.
Observational drawing, Aguda Kindergarten (2024) by Cátia Oliveira and Dinis Silva/ IJIFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
Recognising the growing need to preserve the waterfront's natural and human heritage, we want to strengthen the links already established between children and these areas.
Observational drawing, Aguda Kindergarten II (2024) by Cátia Oliveira and Dinis Silva/ JIFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
Our motto is that “urgent change (...) based on new values and principles that enable individual and community action [contributes] to building a more sustainable society” (National Arts Plan).
Arcozelo has an extensive natural heritage, rural and coastal, land and sea. Its existence must be linked to the demographic and economic development of the parish, for which we have a shared responsibility.
Model of Aguda's heritage features (2024) by Cátia OliveiraFaculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
Following the mission outlined by the National Arts Plan, we reinforce the importance of shared responsibilities between heritage and education agents...
... in “social transformation, mobilising the educational power of the arts and heritage in the lives of citizens: for everyone and with everyone” (National Arts Plan Manifesto).
EXHIBITION COORDINATORS, SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE AND CURATORS: Cátia Oliveira (CITCEM-FLUP), Diana Felícia (CITCEM-FLUP), Paula Reigoto (AESMB), Pilar Carvalho (AESMB) & Maria Leonor Botelho (FLUP/CITCEM).
TEXTS: Cátia Oliveira & Pilar Carvalho.
PHOTO CREDITS: Cátia Oliveira, João Marçal, Lurdes Natário & Sílvia Couto.
IMAGE PRODUCTION: Cátia Oliveira.
EXHIBITION PRODUCTION: Cátia Oliveira & Diana Felícia.
TRANSLATION: Bergen Peck [This translation is financed by National Funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project UIDB/04059/2020].
SUPPORT: FCT (SFRH/BD/144549/2019); CITCEM (UIDB/04059/2020); Sophia de Mello Breyner School grouping.
