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A notebook.
Your findings.

Up to six proposals of Cabeceiras, in your own order, to do it at home, in company or on a break.

2 de 6 propostas escolhidas · faça-as ao seu ritmo.

PROPOSTA 1 DE 2 · Crafts and memories

Watch the materials

Crafts · Bucos

Clothing for mountain life

A throw, a blanket and a capucha serve different needs: covering, warming and sheltering people working outdoors. The municipal introduction associates Bucos with Barroso woollen throws, shepherds’ capuchas and bedspreads, connecting wool with pastoral life and weaving. The same source places crafts in a daily life where nearby resources provided materials for houses, clothing and utensils. It also notes how many objects have moved from mainly practical functions to decorative uses. Looking at a piece means asking what it is made from, what it was used for and where it fits today. Casa da Lã, opened in 2012, provides a place to interpret this work. The municipal introduction highlights the opportunity to follow different tasks carried out by the Mulheres de Bucos, by appointment. There is more to see than finished pieces: the gestures and experience of the people making them are also part of this heritage. The venue profile brings together practical information to plan a visit.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Choose a blanket or other fabric you can observe with permission.
  2. Write down material, texture and use; if you do not know the fiber, leave this information unconfirmed.
  3. Compare with the pieces described in Bucos: what changes between dressing, covering a bed and decorating?

It observes from an accessible space, respecting privacy and objects.

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Sources of this proposal

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

PROPOSTA 2 DE 2 · Crafts and memories

Compare two solutions

Alvite and Passos · irrigation documented in 2008

The water changed its path

The municipal record for Poça do Monte, surveyed on 14 April 2008, describes a change in Alvite: the shared users piped the natural-ground channel in 2001. It was about one kilometre long and used water from the Ribeiro Furado spring. The record identifies seven shared users and mentions a steep initial slope. This story helps distinguish the old open channel from piped water conveyance. The document cannot establish the network’s condition today and does not present a walking route.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Split a sheet into two columns: before and after.
  2. Note the change described in the text and the date of the source.
  3. Write a question the document leaves open.

Exploitation of the document, no visit to the real estate.

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Sources of this proposal

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

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