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COST Action IS-LE - Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750) (CA18129).
The purpose of the Action is to provide a transnational and interdisciplinary approach capable of overcoming the segmentation that currently characterizes the study of relations between Christianity and Islam in late medieval and early modern Europe and the Mediterranean. The creation of this network will help to provide a comprehensive understanding of past relations between Christianity and Islam in the European context through the addressing of three main research problems: otherness, migration and borders. Beyond the strictly academic realm, IS-LE also aims to revive diversity and Euro-Mediterranean relations in education, at a moment when Europe is at a cultural and political crossroads.
Coordenação: Antonio Urquizar (PI), Inês Coutinho (Science Communication Manager (2018 – 2022) and Core Group member)
Erasmus+ CRAFT - Activating Pedagogy for Ceramic Education Futures - 2020-1-UK01-KA203-079249
The progressive decline of Ceramic Education within Higher Education due to factors such as cost of provision and declining applications has been witnessed. Moreover, this knowledge is often held by individuals within these institutions and is subject to many external pressures. CRAFT, a Strategic Partnership, considers a cohesive and inter-disciplinary solution to the ever-widening issue of loss of intangible cultural heritage and knowledge. It also addresses the global, imperative concern in arts education of invaluable crafts and skills being lost due to lack of innovation and lack of a solid, established repository of knowledge. The project offers a tangible way forward, and enlists key players in the European ceramic field, to offer a specialised and complementary approach to bring together these fragmented practices, consolidating them into a range of forward-thinking pedagogical approaches.
Local responsible: Márcia Vilarigues
MAGICA Magic Lantern – Study, Safeguard, Uses and Reuses in 19th-Century Portugal. funded by a 3-years research Project FCT (PTDC/ART-PER/1702/2021, 249 792.17€)
VICARTE started the first systematic and comprehensive study of painted glass slides for projection with Magic Lanterns. We will link the analysis of the historical materials, the reproduction of the historical recipes and the development of preservation methodologies for several collections; in particular of Cinemateca Portuguesa, MIMO, Museu da Ciência e História Natural, ULisboa and Museu da Ciência da UCoimbra. Technical and contextual results will be incorporated into Lucerna– the Magic Lantern Web Resource. Website: https://www.magica-project.com/
Coordenação: Márcia Vilarigues (PI)
White Glazes: the foundations of the Portuguese faience technology. Funded by FCT (CEECIND/00882/2017 individual contract).
The White Glazes project will study the beginnings of the Portuguese production of tin-glazed ceramics through a multidisciplinary approach and under an international context. It will tell the story of an important chapter of the history of Portuguese ceramics through its production techniques by analysing, comparing and reproducing the technology behind newly-discovered archaeological assemblages, and museum and private collections. These include decorated and undecorated faience, comprising both decorative and utilitarian objects, and azulejos. We want to better understand the establishment and evolution of the faience technology in Portugal as a whole, instead of looking at it from two separate points of view (tiles and decorative faience), as has happened until now.
Coordenação: Susana Coentro (PI)
Tin-glazed ceramics from the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, Coimbra, Portugal
ChromAZ - The Chromatic Journey of the Portuguese Azulejo. Funded by FCT: 219.173,00€, PTDC/HAR-HIS/1899/2020
The Portuguese azulejo (glazed tile) heritage is internationally recognised as unique, much due to its original and uninterrupted use in the most diverse architectural spaces since the 16th century. This heritage has been given increasing attention in the last decades; however, much of its production techniques are yet to be studied.
The ChromAz project will tell an unprecedented story of the Portuguese azulejo heritage by studying its chromatic evolution. Aiming to investigate, contextualise, and disclose the pigments and respective recipes used in historic Portuguese tiles, ChromAz will contribute to the valorisation and conservation of this important heritage. https://sites.google.com/fct.unl.pt/chromaz/?pli=1.
Coordenação: Susana Coentro (PI), Márcia Vilarigues (Co-Pi)
IH4Future - Material culture, scientific culture: industrial heritage for the future. Funded by FCT (PTDC/FIS-AQM/30292/2017, € 205 207.03, LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-030292, 2018-2021)
IH4Future considers the scientific study of the Vale de Milhaços Gunpowder Factory (VMGF), namely the material characterisation of 30 representative equipment. These studies will contribute to assessing the conservation state and to the musealisation process of the VMGF, with scientific-based knowledge of the industry history and technological development.
The promotion of Industrial Heritage in the Municipality of Seixal will add value to the local industrial past, enhancing the residents' identity and encouraging the localisation in an increasingly globalised world. https://sites.google.com/fct.unl.pt/ih4future/
Coordenação: Marta Manso (PI)
The threads of the past weaving the future: The colors from the Royal Textile Factory of Covilhã, 1764-1850", 2022.01243.PTDC. (2023-2026)
Coordenação: PI Paula Nabais; coPI Rita Salvado.
REDiscovering madder colours: Science & Art for the preservation and creation of cultural heritage. 2022.02909.PTDC. (2023-2024)
Coordenação: PI Vanessa Otero; coPI Maria João Melo.
"Pruevalo e veras ques çierto. Recetas y conocimientos de la sociedad medieval para el siglo XXI | "Try it and you will see thats true. Recipes and konwledges from medieval society to 21th century", PID2019-108736GB-I00 (2020-2024)
Coordenação: Ricardo Cordoba de la Llave (Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad de Cordoba)
Instituições participantes: DCR, FCT NOVA, LAQV, Universidad de Cordoba.
Archaeology of Colour: a comparative material culture study on Portuguese medieval polychrome sculpture. PTDC/ART-OUT/5992/2020
Coordenação: Isabel Pombo Cardoso (PI) (DCR- LAQV-Requimte - CIUHCT) e Conceição Casanova (co-PI) (LAQV-Requimte)
Instituições participantes: DCR, FCT NOVA, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Museu Nacional Machado de Castro, ETH Zurich.
MoPRA — Metamorfoses dos plásticos – a realidade e as múltiplas abordagens a um material, 2022.05086.PTDC
Coordenação: Maria Elvira Callapez (PI) (CIUHCT) e Robert Friedel (co-PI) (University of Maryland)
Instituições participantes: DCR, LAQV-Requimte (FCT NOVA), University of Maryland, CIUHCT, FCUL
Craft-HUB European project, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme - EACEA-32-2019
Coordenação DCR: Márcia Vilarigues
Instituições participantes: FCT NOVA, Carlow County Council, University of Wales, OsloMet, DesignSchool Kolding, Glasmarelei Peters Studios, Craft Scotland, OECON, Materahub
PIPA Project – O Convento de S. Domingos de Lisboa: reflexos da transformação de uma sociedade de época moderna (The Convent of S. Domingos de Lisboa: reflections of the transformation of a modern society) | CSD-LX.2021-2025
VICARTE’s members will contribute to the study of glass and ceramic materials that will be unearthed during the archaeological works being performed at the S. Domingos Convent in Lisbon. Besides archaeometric data, the context and the history of the objects’ uses will be studied, to try to attribute a provenance to the material, but also to explore the material culture within the convent.
Coordenação: Inês Coutinho, Susana Coentro, João Pedro Veiga, Catarina Villamariz, Elin Figueiredo (membros).
The threads of the past weaving the future: The colors from the Royal Textile Factory of Covilhã, 1764-1850", 2022.01243.PTDC. (2023-2026)
Coordenação: PI Paula Nabais; coPI Rita Salvado.
HERIT-AGES. ‘Idades´ do Plástico e do Vidro para quem? Exploração de novas avenidas para a valorização e preservação do património para o futuro (2022-2023). Funded by FCT (EXPL/ART-OUT/0146/2021 € 49.988,78).
With more than 5,000 years of existence, glass is part of almost every aspect of human life. Plastic, with far more recent history, is a ubiquitous material whose production took over and has surpassed other older materials. The current demonisation of plastic and the invisibility of glass might compromise the preservation of this heritage (tangible and intangible) for present and future generations. HERIT-AGES aims to explore for the first time a) how the discussion of the Plastic Age and Glass Age will impact heritage in the way we perceive it, in the way we value it, and how heritage policies will be influenced by it; b) how today's decisions on what to preserve will influence the way this era will be seen and perceived in the future in terms of material culture; and finally c) the history of the plastic and glass industries in Portugal, especially at their intersection, and their relation with the history of the material culture and usage in the 20th century. Looking into the life cycle of plastics and glass products is of utmost importance to understand and inform about the past, to better decide what should be preserved and instruct the future.
Coordenação: Joana Lia Ferreira (PI) e Inês Coutinho (co-PI)
Instituições participantes: FCT NOVA, DCR, Vicarte
Polyphenols in Art - Chemistry and biology hand in hand with conservation of cultural heritage
Coordenação: Maria João Melo (PI) (DCR - LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA)
Instituições participantes: LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA; Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais; Centro de Química Estrutural
Cistor.Hor - Cistercian Horizons. Study and characterize a medieval scriptorium and its production: Alcobaça. Dialogues between local identities and liturgical uniformity
Coordenação: Catarina Barreira (PI) e Conceição Casanova (co-PI) (DCR - LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA)
Instituições participantes: EM; LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA; ISA UL; IST UL; Laboratório Hercules; CEHR UC; Mosteiro de Alcobaça, BNP; LIGATUS
PlasCO2 - Green CO2 Technologies for the Cleaning of Plastics in Museums and Heritage Collections
The conservation of 20th and 21th century cultural heritage collections poses novel challenges in devising cleaning and preservation protocols, in part due to the presence of plastic materials in such collections. A satisfactory solution to such challenges is yet to be established. PlasCO2 will employ Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (scCO2) for cleaning modern materials, with the ultimate aim of developing a novel green cleaning technology for the long-term preservation of 20th and 21st Century cultural heritage. The project will address the cleaning of poly(methyl methacrylate) and polyurethane using liquid or scCO2 at different conditions, and provide accurate pre- and post treatment characterization of these materials. A Machine Learning model will relate the physical and chemical properties of these materials, the conditions of the cleaning procedure, and the observed outcome with the ultimate aim of providing a predictive tool for the treatment conditions for cultural heritage items.
Coordenação: Joana Lia Ferreira (PI) (DCR - LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA) e Teresa Casimiro (co-PI) (LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA)
Instituições participantes: DCR-LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA
Financiamento: 02/SAICT/2017 (https://sites.fct.unl.pt/plasco2/)
“NEMOSINE - Innovative packaging solutions for storage and conservation of 20th century cultural heritage of artefacts based on cellulose derivatives”
This project aims the development of smart packages able to accommodate photography and cinema objects, equipped with sensors capable to communicate information about their preservation condition. The gas sensors should enable the previous detection of the autocatalytic decomposition critical point before the moment the subsequent triggering can lead to total losses. The package will be based in a modular design comprising three different presentations: a basic preventive only with acidic gases detection sensors; a premium preventive including also a device containing adsorbent nanomaterials of the released degradation gases (functionalized Metal Organic Frameworks, MOFs); a curative with an antifungal small device.
Coordenação DCR: Ana Ramos
Unidades de Investigação: NOVA ID FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Instituições participantes: AIMPLAS - ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE MATERIALES PLASTICOS Y CONEXAS Spain; CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France France; INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO Portugal; NOVA ID FCT - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INOVACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DA FCT Portugal; CENTRE TECHNIQUE INDUSTRIEL DE LA PLASTURGIE ET DES COMPOSITES France; PROMETHEAN PARTICLES LTD United Kingdom; AKUMPLAST AD Bulgaria; BIOSENSOR S.R.L. Italy; IRIS ADVANCED ENGINEERING LIMITED Ireland; NANOPHARMA AS Czech Republic; MODISPREM, S.A. SPAIN Spain; CONSERVATION BY DESIGN LIMITED United Kingdom; NOA GmbH Austria; CULTURARTS GENERALITAT Spain; DEUTSCHES FILMINSTITUT - DIF EV Germany; FRATELLI ALINARI ISTITUTO DI EDIZIONI ARTISTICHE-IDEA SPA Italy
Financiamento: EU funded project, GA760801 (http://www.nemosineproject.eu/)
O Triunfo da Baquelite - Contributos para uma História da Indústria dos Plásticos em Portugal
Este projecto propõe-se investigar aspectos da história dos plásticos em Portugal, alicerçando-se em estudos técnico-científicos, industriais, histórico-sociais, de história da ciência e da tecnologia e de cultura material. Coordenado pela investigadora que em Portugal tem desenvolvido trabalho considerável sobre a história dos plásticos, este projecto interdisciplinar conta com uma equipa de investigadores especializados em diversas áreas como história da ciência e da tecnologia, história social, antropologia, arqueologia industrial, química e museologia e sociedade. Através dos seus estudos parcelares, permitirão realizar uma história total dos plásticos, trazendo luz sobre: os aspectos tecnocientíficos dos plásticos (e a sua comunicação ao grande público); a necessidade de preservar os objectos de plástico; a importância do plástico na evolução do design industrial, na estratégia das empresas e na vida quotidiana; a relação da indústria de plásticos com os seus actores (trabalhadores e elites locais) e com outras indústrias (eléctrica e de vidro); as questões energéticas e ambientais relacionadas com os plásticos.
Coordenação: Maria Elvira Callapez (CIUHCT)
Instituições participantes: FCT-NOVA, FC-UL, CIUHCT
Membros da equipa: Alda Maria Martins Mourão, Ana Maria Martelo Ramos, Ana Paula Lopes da Silva, Élia Catarina Tavares Costa Roldão, Inês Soares, Joana Lia Ferreira, Joana Silva, Luís Miguel Carolino, Maria Luísa de Castro Coelho de Oliveira e Sousa, Paulina Mata, Nuno Luis Monteiro Madureira, Paula Júlia da Mota Santos, Sara Babo, Susana Catarina Dias França de Sá, Susana Belchior, Teresa Salomé Mota.
Financiamento: PTDC/IVC-HFC/5174/2014
New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art (NACCA)
Este projecto envolve diversos parceiros europeus, entre Universidades e Museus, tendo como objectivo principal a criação de uma nova geração de profissionais equipados para responder aos desafios e necessidades do património artístico contemporâneo, que se encontra em risco de não chegar a gerações futuras.
O programa está dividido em 15 sub-projectos, sendo o DCR responsável pela investigação subordinada ao tema: “Conservadores e Curadores de arte Contemporânea: Práticas, Colaboração, Formação e Ética".
Coordenação: Renée van de Vall, Universidade de Maastricht
Instituições participantes: Holanda: Maastricht University e University of Amsterdam; Reino Unido: Glasgow University e Tate London; Portugal: Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Universidade do Porto (FBA); Alemanha: Cologne University of Applied Sciences; Itália: University of Roma III, MUDEC (Museu da Cultura de Milão); Polónia: Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw
Membros da equipa: Rita Macedo (DCR)
Financiamento: Marie Curie ETN-ITN - EU Project 642892 – NACCA (2015-2019) / União Europeia - Programa H2020
CleanART - Innovative green methodology to clean fungal stains from paper documents and artworks
Books, prints, drawings, watercolours, engravings as well as all other works of art based on paper are very susceptible to fungal biodeterioration processes due to their organic composition and hygroscopicity. Biodeterioration caused by mould is a major problem that affects paper based collections in museum, archives and libraries all over the world. [mais]
Coordenação: Maria Filomena Macedo Dinis (FCT-UNL; VICARTE)
Unidades de Investigação: VICARTE; CFE/FCT/UC; i3N|Cenimat
Instituições participantes: NOVA.ID.FCT; FCT-UNL; Fundação D. Luís I (FCL); UL; UC
Membros da equipa: António Manuel Santos Carriço Portugal (UC); Ana Cannas (DGLAB); Catarina Alfaro (FCL); Conceição Casanova (UL); Daniela Melo (FCT-UNL); Hugo Carvalho (UC); Maria Helena Casimiro (C2TN-UL; Marta C. Corvo (FCT-UNL); Nuno Mesquita (UC); Paula Aparício (FDL); Sílvia Sequeira (FCT-UNL); Tiago Paiva (FCT-UNL)
Financiamento: PTDC/EPH-PAT/0224/2014
Colour in medieval illuminated manuscripts: between beauty and meaning
Os manuscritos iluminados medievais encontram-se entre os objectos artísticos mais valiosos da herança cultural europeia. Os códices portugueses datam da formação de Portugal como reino e são testemunho das ideias, religião e política medievais, beleza e significado da cor na iluminura medieval portuguesa. [mais]
Coordenação: Maria João Melo (Requimte e DCR-FCT-UNL) e Maria Adelaide Miranda (IEM, IHA e FCSH-UNL)
Instituições participantes: BNP, BPMP, CITI, FCT-UNL, FCSH-UNL, FF-UP, DGARQ-TT, IBET, ICETA, IEM, IHA, IICT, Requimte e Vicarte
Membros da equipa: Ana Matias (IBET), Ana Lemos (IEM e FCSH-UNL), Teresa Serra (IBET), Catarina Miguel (Requimte e DCR-FCT-UNL), Inês Correia (IEM e FCSH-UNL), João A. Lopes (ICETA e FF-UP), Conceição Casanova (IICT e DCR-FCT-UNL), Nuno Correia (CITI e DI-FCT-UNL), Teresa Romão (CITI e DI-FCT-UNL), Solange Muralha (Vicarte), Rita Castro (DCR-FCT-UNL)
Financiamento: PTDC/EAT-EAT/104930/2008
Descobrindo os segredos das Moléculas com Cor e História: da antiguidade aos tempos modernos - Um estudo (foto)químico
Serão investigadas, a fotoquímica e fotofísica de algumas famílias dos mais importantes corantes naturais e sintéticos utilizados em obras de arte ou de interesse histórico e cultural. [mais]
Coordenação: João Sérgio Seixas de Melo (DQ/UC)
Instituições/Centros participantes: CQ-FCT/UC, CQE-IST/UTL, ICETA-Porto/UP, Requimte-FCT/UNL
Membros da equipa: Ana Isabel Pereira, Jorge Parola, Hugh Burrows, João Lopes, Maria da Conceição Oliveira, Maria João Melo, Marta Pineiro, Micaela Sousa, Yoann Leydet, Ana Teresa Marques, Catarina Coelho, Raquel Rondão, Susana Takato
Financiamento: PTDC/QUI-QUI/099388/2008
Crossing borders: História, Materiais e Técnicas na Pintura Portuguesa do Romantismo, Naturalismo e Modernismo: 1850-1918
Propomo-nos desenvolver uma investigação de carácter interdisciplinar, promovendo a colaboração entre disciplinas das áreas da ciência e da arte. A investigação centrar-se-á na prática artística de mestres portugueses, abarcando os movimentos artísticos do Romantismo, Naturalismo e Modernismo. [mais]
Coordenação: Maria João Melo (NDCR-FCT/UNL), Márcia Vilarigues (NDCR - FCT NOVA) e Raquel Henriques da Silva (DHA/FCSH)
Instituições/Centros participantes: Requimte, VICARTE e CITI FCT NOVA; IHA-FCSH NOVA; CAM, Casa Museu Anastácio Gonçalves, Museu do Chiado-Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea.
Membros da equipa: Ana Margarida Silva, Ângela Ferraz, Cristina Montagner, Diogo Sanches, Inês Santos, José Alberto Ribeiro, Leslie Carlyle, Margarida Elias, Adelaide Ginga, Maria de Aires Silveira, Maria Helena de Freitas, Marta Félix, Nuno Correia, Rita Macedo, Rui Jesus, Vanessa Otero.
Financiamento: PTDC/EAT-EAT/113612/2009.
Documentação de Arte Contemporânea
No que respeita a definição de boas práticas, a discussão internacional da última década é consensual em reconhecer a documentação (inspirada nas metodologias da história da arte, da antropologia e da conservação), como a estratégia mais apropriada e eficiente para algumas colecções de arte contemporânea constituídas por obras que impliquem : a) materiais frequentemente perecíveis b) diversos componentes c) uma relação específica com o espaço que ocupam d) um ênfase no conceito e não no objecto e) recurso a tecnologias como o filme, o vídeo e outros media baseados no tempo. [mais]
Coordenação: Lúcia Almeida Matos (FBAUP) e Rita Macedo (NDCR - FCT NOVA)
Instituições participantes: FBAUP, FCT NOVA, FCSH-UNL, Culturgest, CAMJAP, Museu de Serralves, Museo Extremeño Ibero-Americano de Arte Contemporaneo (MEIAC).
Membros da equipa: Lúcia Almeida Matos, Rita Macedo, Ana Luísa Barão, Ana Vasconcelos e Melo, Andreia Magalhães Correia, António Rocha, Isabel Corte Real, Laura Castro, Maria Cristina Oliveira, Maria de Jesús Ávila, Maria Raquel Henriques da Silva, Susana França de Sá, Susana Felix Marques.
Financiamento: PTDC/EAT-MUS/114438/2009.
Roman Luxuries in Lusitania: Study, Conservation and Valorization of Roman Glass from Tróia (Portugal)
A multidisciplinary team coordinated by VICARTE is working on the study and conservation and restoration of 11 pieces of glass from Tróia, dating between the 2nd and 3rd centuries. This archaeological set, resulting from the archaeological excavations of the largest salting and processing complex of fish in the Roman Empire, constitutes, potentially, the most important evidence in glass from the Roman period discovered in Portugal to date. The conservation of these objects, due to their archaeological nature, with almost 2000 years of burial, presents itself as a unique challenge in terms of conservation and restoration. The final objective is the valorization and dissemination of this important heritage, contributing to the valorization of Tróia as an archaeological site of the highest importance at an international level. This project has the advice of Stephen Koob, Conservator Emeritus of the Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA.
Glossy Surfaces - The Conservation of TPUs in Fashion.
Coordenação DCR: Susana França de Sá (scientific partner responsible for materials characterisation and conservation treatments assessment) (DCR - LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA)
Instituições/Centros participantes: MoMu, Centexbel, MUDE, MET
PHOTOIMP - Photographic Impulse. Measuring the Colonies and the Colonial Bodies. The Photographic and Filmic Archive of the Portuguese Geographic and Anthropologic Missions.
Coordenação: Conceição Casanova (Team member – WP responsible: Materials characterization and conservation) (DCR - LAQV/Requimte, FCT NOVA)
Instituições/Centros participantes: CIC.Digital FCSH; Requimte; MUHNAC UL.
Tintas vinílicas em obras de arte: caracterização, fotoquímica, durabilidade e conservação
Coordenação: Maria João Melo (DCR - FCT NOVA)
Instituições/Centros participantes: Requimte, Getty Conservation Institute, Museu do Chiado - Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, CAM, Culturgest; Museu Colecção Berardo; CCB Requimte-Porto/UP.
Membros da equipa: Ana Isabel Pereira, Ana Maria Ramos, Joana Lia Ferreira, María Jesús Ávila, Peter Eaton, Tom Learner, Stephan Schäfer.
O vidro português e o vidro em Portugal
Este projecto visa a valorização do património de colecções de objectos de vidro e vitral em Portugal das épocas medieval e pós-medieval. Para além da informação documental, muito pouco se sabe sobre os centros de fabrico nacionais anteriores ao séc. XVIII, apesar de entre os materiais arqueológicos existirem objectos que podem ser atribuídos a uma produção local. [mais]
Coordenação: Márcia Vilarigues (DCR - FCT NOVA,Vicarte)
Instituições participantes: DCR - FCT NOVA, ITN, Vicarte, Requimte, IMC, IGESPAR
Membros da equipa: António Pires de Matos, Teresa Medici, Pedro Redol, Augusta Lima, Filipa Lopes, Carlos Queiroz, Filomena Macedo, Matthilda Larsson, Mário Cruz, Rui Silva, Luís Cerqueira, Victorio Corregidor, Helena Catarino, Alexandre Pais