2024
Public Space, Communities and Dynamics of Creation
Name: Public Space, Communities and Dynamics of Creation
Code: FIL12732L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Philosophy
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
An introduction to the notions of 'militant intellectual', 'political artist'; acknowledging the debates on public art
and art and citizenship's assumptions.
Understanding the cultural decentralization and democratization as imperatives of the full and socially active
citizenship experience.
Discerning artistic and cultural intervention processes promoted in public environments by various cultural
partners in local communities, and understanding its relevance both in the sedimentation of creative and critical
identities within the contemporary world's apprehension and the recreation of the living cultural fabric.
Identifying how in the synergy with the populations and communities, the artistic and cultural creation forms
affect and raise new cultural and social dynamics, stimulating innovation and sustainability logics on the real
territories.
Distinguishing the history, contexts and dynamics of both action and concrete programs by contemporary
creators with local populations.
and art and citizenship's assumptions.
Understanding the cultural decentralization and democratization as imperatives of the full and socially active
citizenship experience.
Discerning artistic and cultural intervention processes promoted in public environments by various cultural
partners in local communities, and understanding its relevance both in the sedimentation of creative and critical
identities within the contemporary world's apprehension and the recreation of the living cultural fabric.
Identifying how in the synergy with the populations and communities, the artistic and cultural creation forms
affect and raise new cultural and social dynamics, stimulating innovation and sustainability logics on the real
territories.
Distinguishing the history, contexts and dynamics of both action and concrete programs by contemporary
creators with local populations.
Contents
• What is art good for?' Artistic creation's critical and revolutionary potential.
• Different ways of "making publics" for Culture and Art
• Cultural decentralization and democratization: cultural industries and art worlds.
• From the 'observer's paradigm' to the times of 'relational aestethics' and 'creative public'.
• 1970's conceptual Vanguards. Art and Life and 'Each Man an Artist'.
• Misunderstandings between art and the public: controversies and iconoclasms.
• Involvement and collaboration practices between creators and communities: public spaces, local identities,
culture-art-citizenship synergies.
• Contemporary creation as a promoter of sustainability conditions and individual and social development.
• After the 1974 Revolution: The Cultural Dynamization Campaigns and the Cerveira Art Biennial.
• Linking, Connection and Network Logics: Oporto, European Capital of Culture; Lisboa capital do nada; Oficinas
do Convento; Festival Materiais Diversos; Casa Conveniente na Zona J.
• Different ways of "making publics" for Culture and Art
• Cultural decentralization and democratization: cultural industries and art worlds.
• From the 'observer's paradigm' to the times of 'relational aestethics' and 'creative public'.
• 1970's conceptual Vanguards. Art and Life and 'Each Man an Artist'.
• Misunderstandings between art and the public: controversies and iconoclasms.
• Involvement and collaboration practices between creators and communities: public spaces, local identities,
culture-art-citizenship synergies.
• Contemporary creation as a promoter of sustainability conditions and individual and social development.
• After the 1974 Revolution: The Cultural Dynamization Campaigns and the Cerveira Art Biennial.
• Linking, Connection and Network Logics: Oporto, European Capital of Culture; Lisboa capital do nada; Oficinas
do Convento; Festival Materiais Diversos; Casa Conveniente na Zona J.
Teaching Methods
The course is organised in accordance with the principles of theoretical teaching, associated with hours of
practical and laboratory teaching as well of a monitoring tutorial of the work carried out in the classroom and
outside the classroom.
The lectures will focus on the contents, theories and debates of each subject matter in the course. Diverse
support materials and media will be used: written documents and texts, and also several materials and visual
media, from photos to films. The lectures will include sessions where students will be asked to analyze and
discuss some very important texts. The participation and active contribution of students is a main orientation
and will be one of the most valued components on continuous assessment and evaluation.
Students will have two evaluation options: continuous assessment or final exam.The former will include one final
test, short essays written in class, two reflection papers on specific texts, and a presentation on a particular
subject.
practical and laboratory teaching as well of a monitoring tutorial of the work carried out in the classroom and
outside the classroom.
The lectures will focus on the contents, theories and debates of each subject matter in the course. Diverse
support materials and media will be used: written documents and texts, and also several materials and visual
media, from photos to films. The lectures will include sessions where students will be asked to analyze and
discuss some very important texts. The participation and active contribution of students is a main orientation
and will be one of the most valued components on continuous assessment and evaluation.
Students will have two evaluation options: continuous assessment or final exam.The former will include one final
test, short essays written in class, two reflection papers on specific texts, and a presentation on a particular
subject.
Teaching Staff
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