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- Cultural Studies, Culture, Performing Arts, Globalization, Tourism Studies, Visual Culture, and 79 moreMuseum Studies, Creativity, Identity (Culture), Cultural Geography, Tourism, Memory Studies, Cultural Memory, Social Identity, Community Engagement & Participation, Urban Regeneration, Cultural Tourism, Public Space, Cultural Landscapes, Teaching English As A Foreign Language, Sociology of Identity, Cultural Identity, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Public Art, Collective Memory, Creative Industries, Creativity studies, Consumer Culture, Museum, Social and Collective Memory, Urban Culture, National Identity, Recreation & Leisure Studies, Sociology of Everyday Life, Consumption Studies, Sociology of Tourism, Public Sphere, Intercultural Identity, Public Memory, Creative Cities, Everyday Life Studies, Cities (Sociology), Privatisation Of Public Space, English Language, Cultural Studies, Leisure, Visual Culture Of Cities, City Branding, Leisure (Social Sciences), Culture and Consumption, Leisure Studies, The City in Literature and Culture, City Marketing, Gated Communities, Cities, Sociology of popular entertainment, Livable cities, City Museums, Urban Waterfronts, Everyday Life, Welsh History and Culture, City Imaging, Compact City, Wales, Art in Public Places, Sociology of Leisure, Tourism English, English language, Englishness, British social and cultural history, Post-Industrial Culture, Cardiff, South East Wales, Post-Industrial Cities, Tiger Bay, Capital Cities, Butetown, Art and everyday life, Small cities, Culture of small cities, Community Empowerment, Cultural Policy, Nationalism, Foreign languages, Anthropology, Sociology, Communication, and Social Sciencesedit
- Senior lecturer at the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE), Portugal, since 2004. Senior ... moreSenior lecturer at the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE), Portugal, since 2004.
Senior Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies - Tourism, Culture and Space (TERRiTUR) Research Group, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT), University of Lisbon - http://ceg.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/investigadores/ana-goncalves/.
PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies (European PhD) awarded by the University of Lisbon (in partnership with the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan, now Faculty of Creative Industries, University of South Wales). Thesis entitled: Cardiff, A Worldly City: The Cultural and Social Reinvention of a European Capital - awarded a Special Mention at the 2014 Europa Nostra Awards.
Currently a post-doc fellow in Geography at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon.
Scientific/Academic Expert for the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) of the European Parliament and External Expert of the Portuguese Erasmus+ National Agency, in the scope of Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnerships (selection on a yearly basis; selected as an expert in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions).
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Arau Ribeiro, M. C., Gonçalves, A., Silva, M., Morgado, M. e Coelho, M. “The State of the ReCLes.pt CLIL Training Project” in Arau Ribeiro, M. C., Gonçalves, A. e Moreira da Silva, M. Languages and the Market: A ReCLes.pt Selection of International Perspectives and Approaches, Guarda: ReCLes.pt.more
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This report is the result of an ongoing project on the parallel and comparative study of the use of CLIL in five Higher Education Polytechnic Institutes in Portugal that received support from FCT for a seven-month period as potential best... more
This report is the result of an ongoing project on the parallel and comparative study of the use of CLIL in five Higher Education Polytechnic Institutes in Portugal that received support from FCT for a seven-month period as potential best practice in higher education. The study was developed over a two-year period (2013-2015) and comprised three different research stages. The first stage (2013-2014) focused on needs across HE institutions to assess the readiness of institutions to engage with ESP, EMI or CLIL /ICL approaches to meet their internationalization strategy. During the second stage, the emphasis was on the development of a CLIL community of practice across higher education institutions (HEI) in Portugal. This article reports on how this community was created and nurtured, the resources used and shared, guidelines offered through the interaction and collaborative work of HE content and language lecturers. Comments are offered on the Training Guide written collaboratively by a number of language teachers across the Institutes and about the CLIL training courses developed in each institute; the applied research that highlighted the importance of building local CLIL communities of practice that were supported by ReCLes (Associação em Rede dos Centros de Línguas do Ensino Superior) as a wider CLIL community of practice, understanding scaffolding in higher education as opposed to what is advised for secondary education, and using terminology-based CLIL or TerminoCLIL. Insights are also offered on the third stage where CLIL pilot sessions or modules were put into practice by subject teachers‘ and on their students‘ reactions and perceptions on the implementation of CLIL through a series of case studies at each HEI as a way to highlight the perspectives of content teachers in HE.
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María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro, Luís Guerra, Ana Cláudia Gonçalves, Manuel Moreira da Silva, Ana Alexandra Silva, Olga Gonçalves e Susana Llinás
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Many former port cities in the Western world have been undertaking waterfront revitalisation within a wider re-imag(in)ing rationale to boost place competitiveness and to reposition themselves as leading tourism destinations. Previously... more
Many former port cities in the Western world have been undertaking waterfront revitalisation within a wider re-imag(in)ing rationale to boost place competitiveness and to reposition themselves as leading tourism destinations. Previously deindustrialised and derelict waterscapes have thus turned into mixed-use areas and, through overall enhancement of the public realm and existing facilities, together with the creation of iconic architecture, they have been assigned with new values, meanings and symbols. These aesthetically appealing sites of cultural entertainment and conspicuous consumption now constitute venues for outdoor sports, leisure, entertainment and shopping activities that offer an extensive range of hedonistic experiences aimed at increasingly demanding and eclectic visitors. But these processes are bound up with social and power relations in their localities, and are contested. This article seeks to examine the cases of Cardiff Bay and Lisbon's Park of Nations as two European capital waterfronts that adopted this strategy of spatial intervention in the 1990s to reinvent their images. This article considers, in particular, how two distinct waterfront revitalisation projects have introduced new urban centralities in their hosting cities, and how contemporary public art associated with water and maritime motives has come to reshape the public realm, to redefine its social and cultural appropriation, and to assume a central role in the creation of new place identities. The contested nature of public space and the social and cultural tensions at stake in urban regeneration will be considered through the case studies.Muchas antiguas ciudades portuarias en el mundo occidental han asumido la revitalización de la zona portuaria en una racionalidad más amplia de imaginación y de imagen para estimular la competitividad del plan y reposicionarse como destinos turísticos líderes. De este modo, las zonas ribereñas anteriormente desindustrializadas y en ruinas se han convertido en áreas de uso mixto y, a través de la mejora global del terreno público y los servicios existentes, junto con la creación de una arquitectura icónica, le han asignado nuevos valores, significados y símbolos. Estos lugares estéticamente atractivos para entretenimiento cultural y consumo destacado constituyen ahora puntos de reunión para actividades deportivas al aire libre, entretenimiento y compras que ofrecen un amplio abanico de experiencias hedonistas que aspiran a incrementar los visitantes eclécticos y exigentes. Pero estos procesos tienen que ver con las relaciones sociales y de poder en sus localidades, y son discutidos. Este trabajo busca examinar los casos de la bahía de Cardiff y el Parque de las Naciones de Lisboa como dos capitales europeas con zonas portuarias que ha adoptado estrategias de intervención espacial en la década de 1990 para reinventar su imagen. Este trabajo considera, concretamente, como proyectos de revitalización de zonas portuarias distintos han introducido nuevas centralidades urbanas en sus ciudades y como el arte público contemporáneo asociado con motivos acuáticos y marinos han llegado para dar nueva forma al terreno público, redefinir su asignación social y cultural y asumir un papel central en la creación de la identidad de un nuevo lugar. La discutida naturaleza del espacio público y las tensiones sociales y culturales en juego en la regeneración urbana serán consideradas a través de los estudios de caso.Dans le monde occidental, beaucoup d'anciennes villes portuaires ont connu une revitalisation des quais pour une reconfiguration susceptible de garantir leur pouvoir de compétition et pour améliorer leur positionnement au sein des meilleures destinations touristiques. Ces espaces portuaires et qui étaient auparavant désindustrialisés et abandonnés ont été transformés en lieux de multiples utilités et, avec les transformations de ces domaines publics et lieux d'intérêt collectif déjà existants, à côté de la création du patrimoine iconographique, on les a revalorisés en soulignant leurs valeurs symboliques et celles de leur existence. L'architecture esthétique de ces sites d'exhibition culturelle et de grandes consommations représente actuellement des lieux de rendez-vous pour le sport en plein air, les loisirs, les divertissements, et faire les courses en offrant un certain nombre d'expériences hédonistes dont le but est de satisfaire aux visiteurs éclectiques et exigeants. Mais ces processus, qui sont par ailleurs contestés, sont liés par les relations sociales et de pouvoir au sein de leur environnement. L'objectif de cet article est d'examiner le cas de la Baie de Cardiff et celui du Park des Nations de Lisbonne comme étant deux capitales européennes des espaces portuaires qui ont adopté ces stratégies de l'intervention spatiale des années 1990 pour rehausser leurs images. Cet article explore particulièrement la façon dont deux projets différents de réaménagement des espaces portuaires ont fait de ces villes qui les abritent le centre d'intérêt urbain. Il examine la manière dont l'art public contemporain associé à l'eau et aux aspects maritimes est parvenu à réanimer l'intérêt public, à redéfinir ses revendications culturelles et sociales, et à occuper une place de proue dans la création de nouvelles identités spatiales. La nature contestée de l'espace public ainsi que les tensions sociales et culturelles relatives à la régénération urbaine seront examinées en termes d’étude des cas., , , , , , –, 90, , ,
Cardiff, once known as “the coal metropolis of the world”, has hosted about 6000 people, from 57 different nationalities, who managed to live together in an area which came to be known as Butetown, or Tiger Bay, to use its sensationalist... more
Cardiff, once known as “the coal metropolis of the world”, has hosted about 6000 people, from 57 different nationalities, who managed to live together in an area which came to be known as Butetown, or Tiger Bay, to use its sensationalist name.
More than 150 years ago seamen from different parts of the world started settling in this dockland area of Cardiff due to the availability of jobs mainly in coal exploration and exportation. Many of them were coloured and constituted family with local women, shaping the multiethnic community that characterised Butetown until the 1960s, when the area was completely changed by the architectural Redevelopment Project. Two-storeyed houses were replaced by high-tower buildings, people were rehoused in different parts of the city and the community spirit that used to characterise Butetown was gone.
The aim of this paper is to analyse the importance of humanist photography as cultural practice in the (re)construction of a collective and imagined memory. The photographs of this dockland community taken by Bert Hardy, a Picture Post photographer, act as representations of people’s memories of the place and the people who lived in Butetown. Bert Hardy’s photographs of this dockland community and its residents have influenced the way in which both former residents and time and space outsiders remember this community and how individual memories eventually become collective ones.
According to Dena Eber and Arthur Neal in Memory and Representation, “[v]isual imagery is one symbol system which humans use to embody memory. Through this they express, understand, represent, and ultimately construct reality.” (2001:14) This paper argues that photography shapes individual and collective remembering and identity through the representation of the past. Bert Hardy’s photographs, for instance, are a way of democratising cultural practices of individual and collective remembering, making knowledge of this dockland community accessible to everyone.
More than 150 years ago seamen from different parts of the world started settling in this dockland area of Cardiff due to the availability of jobs mainly in coal exploration and exportation. Many of them were coloured and constituted family with local women, shaping the multiethnic community that characterised Butetown until the 1960s, when the area was completely changed by the architectural Redevelopment Project. Two-storeyed houses were replaced by high-tower buildings, people were rehoused in different parts of the city and the community spirit that used to characterise Butetown was gone.
The aim of this paper is to analyse the importance of humanist photography as cultural practice in the (re)construction of a collective and imagined memory. The photographs of this dockland community taken by Bert Hardy, a Picture Post photographer, act as representations of people’s memories of the place and the people who lived in Butetown. Bert Hardy’s photographs of this dockland community and its residents have influenced the way in which both former residents and time and space outsiders remember this community and how individual memories eventually become collective ones.
According to Dena Eber and Arthur Neal in Memory and Representation, “[v]isual imagery is one symbol system which humans use to embody memory. Through this they express, understand, represent, and ultimately construct reality.” (2001:14) This paper argues that photography shapes individual and collective remembering and identity through the representation of the past. Bert Hardy’s photographs, for instance, are a way of democratising cultural practices of individual and collective remembering, making knowledge of this dockland community accessible to everyone.
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I Colóquio Internacional de Línguas Estrangeiras: De uma Língua a Outra
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Selected as one of the 50 participants at the ECF Idea Camp 2015 on "Build the City"
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Urban spaces are often designed for the appropriation of active adults, thus obliviating the needs and voices of younger and older urban dwellers in reimagining cities. However, since people appropriate urban spaces from a very early age... more
Urban spaces are often designed for the appropriation of active adults, thus obliviating the needs and voices of younger and older urban dwellers in reimagining cities. However, since people appropriate urban spaces from a very early age and ageing populations will continue to be a global challenge in future decades, with children/teenagers and seniors usually having more free time to experience the city, this is a condition that requires critical thinking and action to ensure that cities are planned and managed to serve and accommodate people throughout their life-cycle.
Taking Lefebvre’s idea of lived space as its starting point, this proposal aims at bringing together younger and senior residents of culturally and ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in two European cities – Mouraria in Lisbon (Portugal) and Butetown in Cardiff (Wales). They will be invited into communities of practice and learning where they can use their ‘multiple intelligences’ to reflect on ways to improve the appropriation of urban spaces and the preservation of the city’s cultural heritage that will be conveyed through shared humanities-based creative practices.
These intergenerational learning communities will not only advance possibilities of change to neighbourhood spaces, but also intergenerational soft skills, thus promoting capacity building and generating increased confidence and pride as well as a greater sense of place, ownership and belonging. In addition, they will provide more opportunities for people from different age groups and cultural backgrounds to meet and share, thus contributing to shaping/strengthening individual and collective identities in urban spaces through new platforms of respect and dialogue.
Taking Lefebvre’s idea of lived space as its starting point, this proposal aims at bringing together younger and senior residents of culturally and ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in two European cities – Mouraria in Lisbon (Portugal) and Butetown in Cardiff (Wales). They will be invited into communities of practice and learning where they can use their ‘multiple intelligences’ to reflect on ways to improve the appropriation of urban spaces and the preservation of the city’s cultural heritage that will be conveyed through shared humanities-based creative practices.
These intergenerational learning communities will not only advance possibilities of change to neighbourhood spaces, but also intergenerational soft skills, thus promoting capacity building and generating increased confidence and pride as well as a greater sense of place, ownership and belonging. In addition, they will provide more opportunities for people from different age groups and cultural backgrounds to meet and share, thus contributing to shaping/strengthening individual and collective identities in urban spaces through new platforms of respect and dialogue.
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Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), an area that has only recently been more thoroughly explored for appropriate use at higher levels of education, has been one of the research areas identified by the Association of Language... more
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), an area that has only recently been more thoroughly explored for appropriate use at higher levels of education, has been one of the research areas identified by the Association of Language Centers in Higher Education in Portugal (ReCLes.pt). ReCLes.pt members – administration and research professors are striving to make a difference in the paucity of scientific publications in this area with the creation of their national program for training content teachers in Portuguese higher education. To best learn from each other in a collaborative network and apply well-informed teaching and learning methodology to English-taught classrooms, the underlying concepts range from classroom management and scaffolding to learner autonomy and from Web 2.0 tools to terminology-based learning. As an update of the current state of the art as interpreted in this project, the outreach and reception will be described in full with attention to some detailed...
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The connection between tourism and nature justifies the environmental concerns from tourism agents, namely global hotel chains. This paper explores the differences between smaller hotel chains and their larger global counterparts... more
The connection between tourism and nature justifies the environmental concerns from tourism agents, namely global hotel chains. This paper explores the differences between smaller hotel chains and their larger global counterparts regarding environmentally sustainable practices. The research approach is qualitative, based on the analysis of 40 company websites and in-depth interviews with 18 entrepreneurs and executives. Results suggest that environmental issues are, for most companies, not a response to societal challenges (‘doing the right thing’), but a response to owners’ concerns (‘doing things right’). Hotel chains develop environmental sustainability practices, mainly for cost-reduction purposes, accommodating the owners’ demands for efficiency. Notwithstanding, there are differences according to the chain’s size. Smaller companies are less prone to adopt environmental practices and to invest in communicating them than global chains. Concerning sustainability in the hotel indu...
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ReCLes.pt – the Association of Language Centres in Higher Education in Portugal – was honoured to host the ReCLes.pt 2014 International Conference on Languages and the Market: Competitiveness and Employability at the Estoril Higher... more
ReCLes.pt – the Association of Language Centres in Higher Education in Portugal – was honoured to host the ReCLes.pt 2014 International Conference on Languages and the Market: Competitiveness and Employability at the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE – Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo de Portugal). This topic is pivotal for the development and improvement of specific language skills that serve different areas in the labour market. Indeed, according to the report Languages for Jobs: Providing multilingual communication skills for the labour market, a report set up under the Education and Training 2020 framework, language learning should be “better geared to professional contexts and the needs” of the job market since doing so will then benefit not only learners but also “those seeking to employ people who are well-trained and properly qualified to assume their professional responsibilities” (2011: 4). Although the working group did include representa...