Crafts and memoriesImagine the scale of the coal
A little tin would help take care of the train.
The railroad also depended on discreet objects.
Arco de Baúlhe · railway collection
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- Mark on a sheet, with a ruler, 34,5 cm high and 18 wide. Use two sheets if you need it.
- Draws only an approximate contour: the measurements do not reveal the exact shape of the piece.
- Compare your representation to the three litres of capacity indicated in the inventory. Height and capacity measure different things.
A proposal to make with texts, paper and pencils, no movement.
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Crafts and memoriesImagine the size of the luggage.
The candy also had luggage
A metal box connected the work to the parties.
Cavez · inventoried object
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- Draws the front of the box at a scale of 1 to 10: 8,8 cm long and 4,55 cm high.
- Take aside the actual width, 43,5 cm: the front design does not show the whole box.
- He writes two questions that the record does not answer, such as the weight and number of candy transported.
Activity from sources and readings; does not require displacement or manipulation of historical pieces.
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Crafts and memoriesImagine an initiative for the parish
Friends of Faia
A community story started in 2006.
Associative memory · Faia
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- Choose one of the four dimensions of the association name.
- Write down an idea of activity and tell who it would be intended for.
- Separate your proposal from documented history: the idea is yours, not an initiative announced by the association.
A proposal to create on paper, without registration or submission of data.
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Crafts and memoriesImagine a new life for a building
The school brought the village back together
In Celeirô do Monte, a school building gained a new use.
São Nicolau · Celeirô do Monte, reuse reported in 2016
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- Choose a building from your memory and write down an old usage you know.
- Draw a community activity you would like to imagine in this space. Identify it as your idea, not an existing project.
- Add two questions: who could participate and what conditions of access would be necessary?
Exercise on paper or a personal document, without entering the building or sending proposals by the site.
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Crafts and memoriesInvent an ad with memory
The bread was also announced in verse
A newspaper holds flavors and ways to sell.
Cabeceiras · 1939 announcements
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- Choose two products mentioned in the text.
- Write four verses for an imagined ad.
- It adds today's creation statement inspired by news about 1939, not to present it as a historical announcement.
Creative proposition; the verses you create do not belong to the original ads.
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Crafts and memoriesInvent a caption
Two funnels, close tasks
A familiar form can hold different uses.
Lands of Basto · everyday objects
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- Choose a everyday object you know, like a spoon or funnel.
- Write a caption with name, material and function.
- Add a question that the object alone does not answer: who did it or who used it?
A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.
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Crafts and memoriesInvestigate function
A funnel also made dark circles
The kitchen needed tools with very own functions.
Material memory · Basto (Santa Senhorinha)
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- Write the name of the object and, in a separate line, the function indicated by the Museum.
- Compare with the function of a funnel to transfer liquids.
- Use the example to imagine a record of a household appliance you know.
A reading and registration activity; it is neither a recipe nor a manufacturing proposal.
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The life you don't always seeRead the photo of the margin
A long tail by the water
The grey alveola leads to curiosity to the shore.
Cavez · local register and general biology
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- Find the long tail and look for the yellow at the bottom of the bird.
- Describe what you see, without guessing the speed of the river.
- Opens the reading of the waterbird and compares the way to look for food described in the two stories.
The photograph is from a meeting in Cavez; it is not an indication of access to the site.
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The life you don't always seeRead the picture without guessing
The wings have a history of plants
A butterfly connects the look to the little world of herbs.
Biology of the species · photograph registered in the municipality
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- Watch the photograph and draw only the spots and lines you can distinguish on the wings.
- It makes two columns: what the image shows and what the species chart explains.
- Places the plant genera and the flight period in the second column: these data are not visible in the photograph.
Use the existing photographic log; no animals need be captured or handled.
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Between rivers and mountainsRead the change in three layers
A stream in the history of Casa do Tempo
The renovation of the village centre also passed through the water.
Refojos · opening in 2013 and urban transformation
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- Draws three boxes: buildings, public spaces and riverside.
- In each box, he writes an intervention mentioned in history.
- Turn on the boxes and explain how the project approached memory and use of the village.
Documentary scheme; the available photograph shows the exterior of the Casa do Tempo, not the stream.
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Time travelRead images by words
A Church Counted in Images
Before the screens, you looked at the panels.
Holy Lady · memory of 1758
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- Make two columns, one for each ship described.
- Associate with each column the theme of the paintings mentioned by the Abbot.
- Compare it to the story of the five altars of St. Nicholas, keeping the descriptions and places separate.
The exercise is part of the document of 1758, not of a photograph of the current interior.
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Time travelRead the document carefully
The work was on the other side
A memory of Vila Nune also looks at Atei.
Vila Nune · historical look to the margin of Atei
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- Choose a particular text.
- Write down the date and territory to which it refers.
- Write a conclusion that this data allows and another that would be necessary to investigate.
A proposal to distinguish documented information and interpretation.
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