Os topónimos algarvios na Paleontologia portuguesa

Since the XIX century, Portuguese and foreign geologists have defined 47 new invertebrate taxa (foraminifera, ostracods, coelenterates, brachiopods, gastropods, ammonoids, echinoids), 2 new fossil plant taxa (charophyte and pteridophyte) and 1 ichnofossil, using toponymy from the Algarve; these taxa refer to 1 genera, 47 species and 2 varieties. Besides the Algarve toponym, the most used as specific name, twenty others have been used, mostly from western Algarve; these toponyms are associated to: – Miocene units, particularly from Ribeira de Cacela and Ferragudo; – Cretaceous units between Zavial and Marim; – Upper Jurassic units from Sagres, Carrapateira and Loulé and Middle Jurassic units from Sagres and Guilhim; – Triassic units from Vila do Bispo to Tavira; – Carboniferous units, particularly from the Aljezur-Bordeira-Carrapateira region. The earliest of these designations were attributed to seven gastropods from the Upper Miocene of Cacela (COSTA, 1866-1867). The majority of the named species are typical of the Algarve, but some have been collected, as well, in the Lusitanian Basin. Although extensively cited in the geological literature, some of these taxa either do not fulfill the ICZN rules, or fall into synonymy with previously established taxa, or should be formally considered as non valid names (nomem nudum and nomen oblitum). Only widespread bibliographical review, associated with the palaeontological revision of some of these groups and the correct interpretation of the ICZN articles, will allow confirming, or not, the doubts that have now arisen.

OFICINA DO RISO

A proposta da Oficina do Riso tem por base os trabalhos desenvolvidos por Pierre Mayland e Luísa Rogado no Museu do Homem e do Mar na Carrapateira em Aljezur. Numa das viagens que efetuamos ao museu do Mar no ano passado encontramos esta atividade e recolhemos os seus principais elementos. Depois de refletir sobre a proposta, a após a inclusão da algumas das atividades que temos andado a desenvolver no âmbito da psicodança, apresentamos uma primeira proposta de desenvolvimento ao Museu da Ruralidade em Entradas, a integrar no programa de atividades do Entrudanças. O Museu da Ruralidade é o espaço sede do grupo sobre Oralidade, Memória e Esquecimento que temos vindo a acompanhar. Por diversas razões não se concretizou nessa altura, tendo sido feita uma primeira experiencia no Liceu Camões em Lisboa, em maio de 2013.

Apendice: version portugaise de la série sur l'exposition / a revolução museológica faz-se a partir da exposição

Version adaptée de la série française, préparée par Luisa Rogado, pour servir à deux projets (Musée de la forge, Casa museu de la misericorde), dans la Municipalité d’Alcoutin, en Algarve. Le projet avait, entre autres , pour but d’éviter les erreurs qui firent du Musée du Guadiana, à Guerreiro dos Rios, un semi échec, les contrôles du design et du programme d’animation ayant échappé à la muséologue, coordonnatrice du projet, qui servira néanmoins de leçon au projet pilote de Carrapateira (Musée de la Terre et de la Mer) tous deux devant être jumelés comme les premiers prototypes de musées locaux de la nouvelle génération. Le musée de Carapateira introduira dans sa toute dernière phase le récit donnant sa cohésion à l’ensemble de la segmentation thématique. Cet épisode est rapporté dans l´étude de cas de carapateira sur le rapport exposition-institution (tutelle) dans le texte d’une communication intitutée «L’exposition, la face déchaînée du musée» Pierre Mayrand, ACFAS, 2008.

The inclusive process of training in social museology: alternative museology in action in Carapateira, Portugal

Pierre Mayrand is a long-time member of ICTOP and founder of MINOM. He did graduate studies in Montreal and overseas, studying art history with a specialization in architecture and urban planning. In 1970, when the Université du Québec was founded, Pierre entered the teaching profession, participating (as director, professor, and researcher) in the setting up of programs in national heritage, museology and cultural development. He is still active in teaching and project development now as a altermuseologist.

Genetic diversity of Metrodorea nigra (Rutaceae) from a small forest remnant in Brazil assessed with microsatellite markers

Metrodorea nigra (Rutaceae) is an endemic Brazilian tree of great ecological importance, frequently found in the submontane regions of ombrophilous dense and semideciduous forests. This tree is useful for reforesting degraded areas and the wood can be employed in construction. We developed 12 microsatellite markers from a genomic library enriched for GA/CA repeats, for this species. Polymorphisms were assessed in 40 trees of a highly fragmented population found in Cravinhos, State of Sao Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. Among the 12 loci, 8 were polymorphic and only one had fixed alleles in this population. The number of alleles per locus and expected heterozygosity ranged from 2 to 11 and from 0.190 to 0.889, respectively. These results revealed moderate levels of genetic variation in M. nigra population when compared to other tropical species. Additionally, transferability of the 12 primers was tested in seven other Brazilian Rutaceae tree species (endemics: M. stipularis, Galipea jasminiflora, Esenbeckia leiocarpa and non-endemics: E. febrifuga, E. grandiflora, Balfourodendron riedelianum, Zanthoxylum riedelianum). Transferability ranged among species, but at least 8 loci (similar to 67%) amplified in M. stipularis, demonstrating a high potential for transferring microsatellite markers between species of the same genus in the Rutaceae family.