“It came from outer space”: jogos de computador invadem programação e serviços de televisão digital

A convergência da televisão digital com os jogos de computador é cada vez mais uma realidade. Neste artigo serão apresentadas três vertentes desta convergência: – a oferta de jogos pelos operadores de televisão digital e pelos canais de televisão; – a oferta de programação baseada em jogos de computador pelos canais de televisão; – a oferta de jogos com interacção via SMS pelo operadores de televisão digital e pelos canais de televisão, Em conclusão, são apresentadas duas linhas de evolução desta convergência no curto-médio prazo: 1) o lançamento de novos formatos de entretenimento, que conjugam diferentes meios (TV, Telemóvel, PC, PDA, etc) na definição de uma experiência de jogo acessível a qualquer hora e em qualquer lugar, 2) o lançamento de novos aparelhos que aliam as funcionalidades de uma consola de jogos à de uma set-top box avançada de televisão digital.

Espaços públicos e percursos de continuidade nas cidades contemporâneas. Cidades mais atractivas e vividas. O caso da cidade do Funchal

The article is a reflective analysis of the usage of the city and its public spaces, based on a study of the city of Funchal, in Madeira. Today, the city centre tackles the falling rate of its active user risking the disappearance of its public space usage, with the relocation of its leisure spaces to less central areas, due to the appearance of new interior spaces which offer the public the same services as the traditional outdoor ones. It is therefore imperative to make the city attractive and lively. The text presents the city of Funchal as it came into the XXI century, mentioning, in the context of urban requalification or revitalization, the different forms of use and preservation of open spaces.

The design process paradox : traditional design processes vs. eco-design processes

The Brundtland Report (WCED, 1987) best known for its popularisation of the concept of sustainable development, also made recommendations for a new approach to design and production, setting out terms for: ‘a production system that respects... the ecological base’ and ‘a technological system that searches continuously for new solutions’. The industrial production, consumption and waste treatment of products today causes a large amount of various environmental burdens. The development and design of new products with reduced environmental impact is one of the new challenges towards a more sustainable society and is therefore an important task in the near future.

Reabilitação de edifícios habitacionais com valor patrimonial : o caso do centro histórico de Guimarães

A presente dissertação centra-se no tema “reabilitação de edifícios habitacionais com valor patrimonial – o caso do centro histórico de Guimarães“ Com o passar dos anos tem-se feito, cada vez mais, um esforço para tentar combater as áreas degradadas das cidades e colmatar lacunas referentes às ações tomadas nesse sentido. É necessária a intervenção dos Arquitetos que, através dos seus conhecimentos e poderes, têm a obrigação de manter a história da Arquitetura intacta no tempo. Esta dissertação centra-se em analisar algumas questões inerentes ligadas á reabilitação de edifícios habitacionais, declarando possíveis respostas. As questões vão desde perceber como é que um espaço reabilitado pode ser tão adequado como um espaço pensado de raiz até à questão da utilização de materiais, passando pelo tipo de relacionamento entre o arquiteto e o proprietário, e como os dois protagonistas podem fazer valer as suas ideias em simultâneo. Este trabalho pretende, então, transmitir a importância da reabilitação e preservação dos centros históricos, mostrando que com a reabilitação é possível a sua conservação. Para uma melhor compreensão do tema selecionado, Guimarães apresenta-se como uma cidade que vai ao encontro de todos os pontos referidos até este momento, sendo o seu centro histórico um exemplo de requalificação e conseguindo, com uma metodologia bem determinada, manter todas as origens da cidade, no qual são utilizadas técnicas e materiais tradicionais de construção. A dissertação termina com a análise de cada projeto escolhido para estudo.

Lost in the supermarket – The Traditional Museums Challenges

“I’m all lost in the supermarket. I can no longer shop happily. I came in here for the special offer. A guaranteed personality”. The song by The Clash, released in 1979, “Lost in the Supermarket” describes the protagonist struggle to deal with an increasingly commercialized society and the depersonalization of the world around him. The song speaks about alienation and the feelings of disillusionment and lack of identity that come through modern society. There are different ways which one can decrease those feelings and promote knowledge, self-awareness and understanding. The museum, when used with all its potential, is one of the ways. But how to do that? That is the question museum professionals ask themselves. This paper analyses how the traditional museum can use the new museology concepts, and the challenges of this approach, to become a vehicle for community development and empowerment, diminishing the feelings sang by The Clash.

Societal development and the traditional museum: Applying New Museology to a different context

The Dapperstreet[1] ...Anything is a lot, when you expect so little Life keeps its wonders hidden To suddenly reveal them in a divine state. I thought about all t Soaking wet, one drizzly morning, Simply happy in the Dapperstreet. The Dapperstreet is part of a neighbourhood often referred to as “East”, situated in the eastern part of Amsterdam. It is a lively and vibrant multi-cultural part of the city. It has a daily market with food from around the world, but is also known worldwide because of the murder on Theo van Gogh, the Dutch film director who was killed there in 2001 because of his critical and provocative statements on the Islam. Thus it can be concluded that it is certainly a neighbourhood with its own problems but, as can be read in Bloem’s poem, a place to call home and long for. [1] Poem by J.C. Bloem, The Dapperstreet (Het Verlangen, 1921). Translation by Davida de Hond.

The community museum: a space for the exercise of communal power

This paper discusses two key elements in the field of museums: a summary of the concept of the community museum, on the one hand, and, on the other, a proposal as to how this concept is put into practice, especially in the early stages of the creation of the museum, when the social basis for the project is being established. We will discuss how the community museum combines and integrates complex processes aimed at strengthening the community as a collective subject, asserting its identity, improving its quality of life and building alliances between communities. In the second part, which has a methodological focus, we will discuss how the museum is born out of community aspirations to strengthen its identity and integrity, the initial process of consensus-building, the roles of different agents, both internal and external to the community, as well as some factors that foster or prevent community appropriation. To conclude we will emphasize the potential of community museum networks as a strategy to generate a broader field of action, in which communities can exercise greater autonomy, by collectively developing and appropriating projects of regional and even international scope.