Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes
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Ana Clara Roberti is a researcher in the fields of ethnographic documentary, image design and cultural studies . Graduated in Social Communication (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil), she was member of the Tutorial Education Program (research and teaching activities), funded by the Ministry of Education in Brazil (MEC); Master in Image Design and PhD in Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, where she also worked as a teacher in the field of Photography, in the Communication Design course. She works as a director, mainly for documentaries, besides having already played other roles in fiction movies, she has films presented in national and international festivals. She lived in Italy, where she worked as a volunteer in the social project ¿Be the Change¿, with children and teenagers, exploring themes related to cultural diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship and legality. Since 2012, she has held photography and video exhibitions inside and outside the academic field, in addition to collaborating in 2015 with Rádio Manobras, a community radio based in Porto. She was the responsible image and sound researcher for the citizen science projects: "Stories from Both Sides", funded by Climate-KIC / European Institute of Innovation / New European Bauhaus; and In My Backyard, funded by the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. She is an Integrated researcher of the CITCEM - Transdisciplinary Research Centre «Culture, Space and Memory» and a collaborator of the Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture (ID+); and also one of the coordinators of Citadocs, a collaborative documentary project, within the Future Places Medialab for Citizenship, since 2015. She recently worked on the projects "ECHO - Echoing the Communal Self: designing the dissemination and replication of self-initiated practices in underprivileged urban communities in a post-pandemic world" (funded by FCT, 2024) and "Minante Watermill: Prototyping a natural and cultural heritage experience" (funded by the EIT Community, New European Bauhaus, 2024), in both of which she was responsible for the study and production of ethnographic documentaries.
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CIAUD-UPT - Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Design
O Centro de Investigação Gallaecia é responsável pela investigação e produção científica do DAMG. A equipa tem ganho regularmente financiamento para projetos de investigação, como coordenador ou parceiro, em candidaturas da FCT (projeto SEISMIC-V), programa Cultura 2000 (projeto VerSus) ou da Europa Criativa (projeto 3DPAST). A equipa realiza igualmente, consultoria e prestação de serviços a Municípios, assim como apoio às comunidades nas Juntas de Freguesia e Santa Casa da Misericórdia. Os principais projetos de investigação ganhos e coordenados pela equipa têm sido dedicados sobretudo a património vernáculo, arquitetura de terra, Património Mundial e multimédia. Atualmente, encontram-se em desenvolvimento, os projetos “Versus+: Heritage for People” do programa Europa Criativa, com participação de 4 países (2019-2023); e o projeto “SizaAtlas: Filling the gaps” projeto FCT, coordenado pelo ISCTE, com parceria da FAUP e da UPT (2021-2024).
Devido ao desenvolvimento ativo de projetos, de formação e capacitação, de valorização e proteção de património vernáculo e de arquitetura de terra, a equipa foi outorgada, com a Cátedra UNESCO de “Arquitetura de Terra, Desenvolvimento Sustentável e Culturas Construtivas”, da UNITWIN e Chaire UNESCO da CRAterre; e é membro institucional da Rede Ibero-americana PROTERRA de arquitetura e construção com terra.
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Publication Open Access The dialectical relationship between the authorial and the collaborative in contemporary documentary: Perspectives from three case studies2024-07-02 - Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Santos, Helena; Brandão, DanielThis article discusses the intersections between authorial and collaborative work in the scope of ethnographic documentary departing from three case studies: two research projects and one citizen collective of participatory media. All case studies were developed in Porto, Portugal, between 2013 and 2020, focusing on the city’s invisibilities and everyday experiences, searching for alternative narratives to the mainstream media when portraying its people and places. This article aims to reflect on how authorial documentary work, followed by self-criticism and self-reflection, can be incorporated into participatory media frameworks in productive ways. The challenges faced by the three cases are intrinsically related and have influenced each other throughout this period, addressing issues related to the representational crisis; the legitimation of subjectivity and the exploration of different styles within documentary; as well as the relationships between the filmmaker, the camera, the subject/character portrayed and the audience. These themes are explored through a series of first-person field reports and the study of authors and directors in the field of documentary filmmaking.Publication Open Access Observação documental: O registro imagético e sonoro da vivência nas escadarias do centro do Porto2016-01-01 - Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Brandão, DanielEste artigo é uma reflexão sobre as metodologias documentais na experiência realizada sobre o registro visual do cotidiano das Escadas das Verdades e do Codeçal, no Centro do Porto, que teve como motivação a permeabilidade entre o público e o privado no modo de vida local. A partir de um trabalho de quase dois anos (2013 a 2015), foi realizado um documentário no âmbito do Mestrado em Design da Imagem na Universidade do Porto.Publication Open Access Decoding the Communal Self: Ethnographic Documentary and Design as Methodologies for Understanding a Social Phenomenon2024-05-31 - Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Martins, Nuno; Brandão, DanielThis article draws on the interdisciplinary potentialities of design for societal intervention, to present and discuss approaches to ethnographic documentary in vulnerable socio-economic contexts, and specifically social housing neighborhoods. The article reflects on the impact of the approach taken in the project “Echoing the Communal Self: designing the dissemination and replication of self-initiated practices in underprivileged urban communities in a post-pandemic world” (ECHO) and specifically the results obtained in the case of the Recreational Association Club Balteiro Jovem, located in the Balteiro neighborhood in Vila Nova de Gaia, northern Portugal. The main research challenge was to get to know and document this community practice, through close collaboration with the social actors involved and through the construction of an informative and inspiring narrative. This approach also helped to disseminate the emerging narrative beyond the borders of the neighborhood itself. This paper highlights the interlinkages between authors and practices related to design, anthropology, and audiovisual documentary, and reflects on the empirical and interdisciplinary work carried out. This research resulted in a documentary film, exhibited to the community and the city, and was also adopted as a tool in the work of social action technicians, for the promotion of community initiatives.Publication Open Access The ethnographic film as a way of thinking: Responsibilities of the encounter with the other2023-01-01 - Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Santos, Helena; Brandão, DanielThis paper addresses the ethical encounter between the filmmaker/researcher and the subject in the scope of ethnographic film, reinforcing its importance as an artistic and scientific field capable of dealing with places and people in situations of identity and social risk. The basis for the discussion is the research project Island City (Roberti 2020), which studied and documented deeply embedded and socioeconomically fragile urban communities in the city of Porto, Portugal, where major changes (commercial, touristic, political) were taking place in recent years, affecting those communities. We approach the valuing of the right here and right now of fieldwork as a fundamental element in this relationship between the self and the other, where we can understand the truth of the reality portrayed, Jean Rouch’s cinematographic ballet, and where it is fundamental to distinguish what should and should not be filmed.Publication Open Access Self-initiated practices in the urban community of Balteiro: Design challenges in a post-pandemic setting2022-01-01 - Martins, Nuno; Brandão, Daniel; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; Alvelos, Heitor; Lima, Cláudia; Barreto, Susana; Roberti, Ana Clara NunesThis project aims to identify, document, interpret and disseminate current self-regulated community practices in social housing neighborhoods in the city of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, in 2021. The main, specific case study is the neighborhood of Balteiro. We present methodologies and the first outcomes of the ethnographic work developed at Balteiro, namely an analysis of the origins, dynamics, needs and current challenges in face of post-pandemic scenarios in the present and future of two local initiatives: Associação Recreativa Clube Balteiro Jovem (ARCBJ) and (School Workshop of cartoning and sewing (Escola Oficina); additionally, it presents a first set of hypotheses on how Design may contribute to the resonance of these initiatives in other, equivalent similar social contexts.We argue that COVID-19 pandemic regulations, as well as their economic consequences, have had a significant impact on the nature and viability of the aforementioned practices: as a consequence of social distancing and a phobia of the collective, long periods of lockdown and a radical emptying of public space, prior models of creative communal practice will need re-assessing and re-invention.In turn, the proposal to document and disseminate these practices through Design aims to strengthen the mechanisms of empathy and social solidarity among citizens. The research intends to branch out into intuitive, practical and structural issues: preliminary work has been carried out with the Vila Nova de Gaia City Council and the aforementioned residents' associations ARCBJ and Escola Oficina. Emic data is being collected through methods of direct and indirect observation, including ethnographic interviews, focus groups, and participant observation. Audiovisual and photographic content will be collected towards a bank of resources for further scrutiny and employment in exploratory approaches. The research is therefore aimed at providing strategic outcomes, future replication, contextual adaptation and upscaling to national and international contexts. Inner dynamics in these neighborhoods have always tended to be suspicious of external presence and influence, often relying on self-initiated community practices: sports, recreational and cultural activities and professional training in crafts, examples of successful autonomous processes of civic development throughout the years. This contrasts with the broader socio-cultural context of Portugal, where the norm points towards a reliance on institutional tutelage.This traditional reliance has become an issue in the current scenario of a global pandemic: citizens have witnessed the evidence that former socio-cultural practices may come to struggle in current and emerging scenarios. As such, there is an inevitability in enquiring on the nature, purpose, viability and impact of self-initiated community activities in a post-COVID scenario. Furthermore: can we mediate this socio-cultural reconfiguration on a local scale, towards a broader, networked process of regeneration?Publication Open Access From intimacy to urban landscape: Images of the transformations of the Rainha Dona Leonor social housing2021-12-01 - Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Santos, Helena; Brandão, DanielThe present communication proposes an imagery study on the transformations of the social housing Rainha Dona Leonor, in Porto, rehabilitated between 2017 and 2019. Through an immersive ethnographic work, it was possible to closely follow the radical changes that took place, from the demolition of the five housing blocks to the construction of a single block. In short, our methodology was guided by the following phases: 1) a series of exploratory visits to analyze the spatial morphology, the living conditions, the forms of occupation of shared spaces and the atmosphere of the neighborhood (receptivity, sense of security, accesses, flow of non-residents); 2) further research into the history, context, and contemporary setting of the site; and 3) the close observation and follow up of two families from old residents. The idea of using photography as a resource for data collection and representation of the situation was due to its ability to convey the impact of the changes on the landscape, on the lives of the residents, and on their narratives before the demolition of their homes and after moving to their new homes. We registered details inside their old homes (their old lives), before being packed up, or discarded in the move to the new apartments. Furthermore, photography was taken as a tangible reminiscence for these people, remnant of their past life.Publication Restricted Access (Re-)valuing and co-creating cultures of water: A transdisciplinary methodology for weaving a live tapestry of Blue Heritage2023-07-13 - von Schönfeld, Kim Carlotta; Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Lopes, Bruno; Conceição, Gisele Cristina daThis article develops a transdisciplinary methodology for valuing and co-creating ‘tapestries’ of Blue Heritage. Given impending threats to the environmental sustainability and maintenance of Cultural Heritage surrounding oceans and freshwaters, it is increasingly urgent to develop a methodology that addresses the significance of the past and its rapport with the continuous future creation and valuing of what we here develop as ‘Cultures of Water’. This idea encompasses water-related practices that occur in various ways across diverse groups and arenas. Therefore, the proposed methodology is informed by several disciplines, notably History, Ethnography, Cultural Heritage, Arts, Design, Planning, and Geography. It emphasises the creation of a continuously evolving and changing tapestry of knowledge, jointly threaded by local populations, governmental and non-governmental institutions at various levels, industries, businesses, and academia. The tapestry is woven by connecting diverse disciplinary methodologies along specific threads, three on content and six on methods and related key questions. This article presents the methodology and reflects on its practicability and potential based on autoethnographic reflections, literature reviews, and first findings from implementing parts of the methodology in northern Portugal.Publication Open Access Getting to know local communities through backyards: An ethnographic reflection2023-12-05 - Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Monteiro, RuiThis paper departs from an on-the-ground pilot case titled “In My Backyard? A citizen science pilot project on home farming and gardening”, led by Rio Neiva – Environmental NGO and its partner CEA – Municipal Centre for Environmental Education of Esposende, Portugal, aiming to support a long-term transition to sustainable backyards.2 It focused on a semi-rural region of northern Portugal, between the cities of Esposende and Viana do Castelo, during 2020.Publication Open Access Sobreiro: Participation and intervention of local communities in the historical and artistic construction of a stigmatized neighborhood2022-01-01 - Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Santos, Helena; Brandão, DanielThis paper intends to discuss a collaborative initiative, carried out within the scope of a doctoral scientific research in the field of Arts and Design and an institution that supports socio-economically vulnerable communities. The work took place in the Sobreiro Social Housing, located in the city of Maia, in Portugal, home to more than 600 families. By using methodologies specific to arts and cultural studies, three main outputs were created: a documentary film, a photo exhibition, and a series of community forums that happen throughout 2018. The purpose of this participatory study was to tell the story of the neighborhood with the help of its first residents and to stimulate the young residents (between 13 and 16 years old) reflection on the present and the future of the community. The whole process was conducted through proximity to the local population and the neighborhood Community Center. This article presents and discusses the ethnographic repertoire gathered within this research, which includes oral and visual memory thanks to the direct participation of the residents in the research process, which valued their own perspective, creativity and points of view.Publication Open Access Interweaving environment, heritage, and society through Cultures of Water: An introduction2025-03-02 - Schönfeld, Kim Carlotta von; Roberti, Ana Clara Nunes; Lopes, Bruno; Conceição, Gisele C.Cultures of Water provide a particularly useful lens through which to perceive environment, heritage and society in conjunction within the scope of cultural studies, with special consideration for an essential and powerful actor: water. This special issue provides examples of a myriad of perspectives, manifestations and consequences of what Cultures and Water have been, are, and can be. This introduction delivers an overview of the special issue, while also proposing ways that Cultures of Water can more broadly be seen as a connector and a useful concept for further studies.