Crafts and memoriesFrom village to stone detail
The granite also draws the village
In Vilela, the walls help to recognize the landscape.
Vilela · Rio Douro
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- Watch the photograph and choose a built wall or volume.
- Opens the history of granite grains and compares the two observation scales.
- Note what the general view allows you to perceive and what would require a closer image.
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The flavours of CabeceirasFrom the slope to the notebook
The vineyard climbs the hillside
Before the wine reaches the table, there is a landscape to discover.
Moimenta, Cavez · landscape of the vineyard
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- Draws a slope and represents the terraces as terraces.
- He adds two questions: how is the land organized and what work is done there?
- If you look at a real landscape, record only what you can see from an accessible place; you do not assign caste by the distant appearance of the vineyard.
Landscape reading exercise, no entry into properties.
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Read the landscape through the plantsFind the trap in the photograph
It looks dew, but it's a trap.
On the roll, the leaves also capture food.
Serra da Cabreira · regional and general botanical reference
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- Look for a round leaf and hair with shiny drops around it.
- Compare the low leaves with the stems that rise in the image.
- Make two lists: visible details and processes explained in the text. Digestion belongs to the second.
It uses the photograph of the Chéchia to observe the form; it does not document a population in the Cabreira.
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Read the landscape through the plantsFind the tree for details
The forest also has a history
Names that are part of the mountain memory.
Vegetation described for the territory
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- Choose two trees visible from the path and draw the silhouette of each cup.
- Compare the shape of the leaves and the texture of the trunk without ripping or scraping. Write down the differences, even if you do not know the name of the trees.
- Look back at the landscape: are the trees isolated, aligned or gathered in spots?
- Register three layers: hearts, lower plants and fallen wood. Separate what you see from what you would still have to ask who knows the terrain.
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Time travelDiscover the function of each material
Wood inside, glow outside
The furniture of the sacristy brings together materials with different functions.
Refojos · furniture of the sacristy
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- Draws three layers and writes brown, jacaranda and brass.
- Associates structure, coating and decoration to the corresponding layer.
- Returns to the text of the restoration: what elements have been removed before treating wood?
Scheme made from the documentary description, without touching or intervening in the pieces.
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Between rivers and mountainsDraws water of 1758
Two streams worked six mills
Few water could also keep a landscape moving.
Abadim · water and grinding in memory 1758
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- Draw two lines of water that lie and move on to the Tâmega, according to the account.
- Put aside six mill symbols, without distributing them to places the source does not identify.
- Use a caption to distinguish the schematic layout from the location of current buildings.
Proposal on paper or on screen, from reading and its sources. It does not require visit, collection of objects or confirmation of current conditions.
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Crafts and memoriesDraw water and share
Seven consorts shared the levada
In Terreiros, the watering left a memory on the ground.
Painzela · irrigation documented in 2008
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- Draws a line for the channel described in the inventory.
- Put together seven marks to represent the consorts.
- Leaves the schedule blank: this story does not document the distribution of shifts.
Scheme of information recorded in 2008, not a map or a proposal to go through the journey.
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Crafts and memoriesDraw table and seat at scale
A craft learned alongside the master
In Outeiro, the art of clogs passed from hand to hand.
Outeiro · history of the clog
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- On a sheet, it represents every two inches for an inch.
- Draws the table surface with 8,2 per 7,4 cm and the seat area with 8,7 per 2,8.
- Compare the widths and return to the scheme: which operation is associated with the bank?
Design of documented measures without rebuilding the workshop or using tools.
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Crafts and memoriesDraws share
Two puddles, shared water
In Beyond Rio, the water also tells a neighborhood story.
Rural heritage · survey of 2008
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- It represents two pools side by side with two circles.
- Add two characters to the consorts mentioned in the survey.
- He writes next door what the text allows to know and what remains unexplained, as the times or the amount of water of each person.
Text interpretation design. It does not represent the implementation, dimensions or current rules of puddles.
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Read the landscape through the plantsDraws the plant and the environment
A reed tells a story of moisture
The unleavened reed finds its place in damp meadows.
Wetlands plants · general botany
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- Draws a stem and a set of branched flowers from the description.
- Adds a scale of 50 and 90 cm to imagine the size indicated in the chart.
- In another frame, it represents the damp meadow. It keeps separate the design of the plant and information about where it grows.
Paper activity; it is not necessary to enter wet ground or collect plants.
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Between rivers and mountainsDraws river network
The water from here also reaches the Douro
The rivers are part of a larger network.
Municipal hydrographic network
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- Copy the five schematic names to a sheet.
- Connect each tributary to the river that receives its water using arrows.
- Pick a name in the scheme to read another story and write down a discovery with him.
A reading and drawing activity. The schematic shows connections, not a field itinerary.
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Crafts and memoriesDraws the second life of an object
From fair to work in the country
A couple of cocks could keep up with different moments of life.
Outeiro · footwear uses in the Museum inventory
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- Draws two moments for the same pair of Chancas: fair or Sunday and work in the field.
- Between the two, put an arrow with the word wear.
- Choose an object of yours and imagine another possible use when it ceases to serve the initial function.
Comparison inspired by the documented use of Chancas, without assigning this route to all the pieces.
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