Lista de Projetos

Em Junho de 2023, o primeiro-ministro de Portugal Antonio Costa realizou uma visita de estado a Luanda onde visitou o projeto de inauguracao do futuro Museu da Luta de Libertacao, situado na antiga Casa de Reclusao, lugar de prisao de varios protagonistas da independencia angolana. Sendo esta a primeira vez que se tornou publico o projeto, o momento de visita de Costa revestiu-se de um simbolismo politico relevante no contexto da diplomacia cultural e patrimonial lusofona pos-colonial. Mas, tendo em conta que o espaco em causa tambem incorpora uma historia de extrema violencia pos-colonial, quais sao os custos epistemologicos e politicos do projeto? A partir do estudo de caso do novo museu, propomos debater os processos de ritualizacao publica e performatizacao patrimonial do espaco pos-colonial lusofono. Para tal, utilizaremos o conceito operativo de “espetacularizacao patrimonial” para discutir os atores, as relacoes e representacoes em torno dos processos de patrimonializacao. 

The project aims to exploit transnational cooperation to explore the social and economic potential of Smart Industrial Tourism (SMIT), as a sustainable economic activity that can benefit tourism actors, SMEs, the industry, CCIs, R&D centers, HEIs and technology providers, and the local communities.   The project will create transnational working groups involving 4helix stakeholders to explore industrial tourism and related advanced technologies applications. It will eventually define a common strategy and Action Plan for the development of SMIT in the Med regions. The result will be a diversification of the economy and of the sector, a reduction of over-tourism and seasonalization, and a boost to social and economic growth and to technological innovation of tourism at large.

The project aims to co-design and pilot innovative methods and cooperation strategies for mental health promotion in HE for trauma prevention and support to: increase the quality of mental health promotion, address common needs, promote inclusion of vulnerable groups, create inclusive learning environments and build capacity for transnational cooperation through culturally sensitive, digitally relevant, and community-based approaches using international health promotion frameworks.

Peripheral and suburban urban areas though hosting major urban dynamics and population groups, are often perceived negatively, and have not received the attention of current urban planning and design practices in steering the necessary regeneration. In Portugal, as in other countries, urban development reflects these problems. In research, policy and practice, public space (PS) is addressed as a means to attain a better urban environment within sustainable development, but it also reflects inequalities in its provision and distribution, especially in more extensive and diversified urban contexts. While the recent crises have showcased the importance and potential of PS, they also stressed the urge for these places to be transformed. The main purpose of this project is to understand where and how to redesign PS to deal with transition challenges. The research does this by understanding and reframing the way PS is addressed in the “extensive city” and by discussing with stakeholders its value and potential to contribute to a more sustainable transition path. Through a critical analysis of the public space of peripheral areas in the Lisbon metropolis, the research aims to achieve prospective reasoning to tackle urban change obstacles. Partial goals include: mapping and characterising these public spaces; locating the main challenges and opportunities to be tackled; giving visibility to peripheral urban areas forwarding policy guidelines.