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MEDIASCAPES CASE STUDIES

[ Serpentina | Portugal ]

2011-2013

MEDIASCAPES aims at exploring various relationships among

types of space, media, and people, approaching such findings

from a media literacy perspective, by drawing inferences to be

used in non-formal and informal learning of adults, especially

and foremost in family settings. The Partnership intends to

address issues related to the convergence and divergence among

‘classic’ and digital cultural forms by:

a) exploring a series of social and cultural practices

involving the use of media in the family, as reconfigured

by new cultural forms generated by digital technologies;

b) exploring relationships among space, people, and media in

urban settings, including cases of accommodation or

conflict between physical space and cyberspace;

c) drawing out implications of findings in terms of

guidelines for trainers involved in inter-generational

and family learning, and generating a collection of case

studies and best/good practices, assembled on an online

resource center.

The project was held between 1st. August 2011 and 31th. July

2013, with the following partners:

Asociatia Epsilon III - Bucharest - RO (Coordinator)

Asociatia Grouw up Project - Focsani - RO (Partner)

Associação SERPENTINA - Lisbon - PT (Partner)

BIDA e.V.Kultur und Bildung - Suhl - DE (Partner)

Eptabeta - Castel d'Azzano - Verona - IT (Partner)

Project Website: http://mediascapes.eptabeta.com

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Serpentina MEDIASCAPES Case Studies

1. Tek Gardens [Tools to promote urban gardens] 2. Lisbon with the 5 senses [Take photos to participate] 3. I Love Celorico: an Useful guide to Unuseful places 4. Fly over Lisbon historical neighborhoods [Architecture

for all]

5. Ajuda Courtyards: Guided tour and audio-guide workshop 6. Creativity in Lisbon [Graffiti’s Guided tour and photo

Raid]

7. Hands On: Let’s give life to CARCAVELOS factory! 8. Female Writer´s Across The Streets of Lisbon [Toponymy &

Google maps]

9. QR Codes in the Garden..!

More information? Please contact us:

www.serpentina.org

rede@serpentina.org

Ana Fontoura Pires

+351938586157

Disclamer

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This website reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission

cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the

information contained therein.

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1. TEK GARDENS

[Urban Garden Tools]

Location

Espaço VITAMIMOS

Parque Quinta da Alagoa, Carcavelos, Lisboa,

Portugal

Timing and duration

6th September 2011 | 2:30H

Partners VITAMIMOS

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, Ricardo Almeida, António Santos,

Ana Quintas

Audience type and

number

Mediascapes partners and trainees (19

trainers and trainees)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space,

people and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational

and family learning using digital

technologies

Specific

- Explore new ways of using digital

tools in urban gardens

- Raise awareness of the benefits of

adopting healthy food habits

- Promote digital inclusion

Description of the

activity

After a presentation of a set of

possibilities, for using digital tools in

urban gardens in order to increase awareness

for adopting healthy food habits and the

promotion of digital inclusion in families

settings, the dialog was open to the group

that shared experiences, gave new ideas and

explored new ways of implement it.

The result of this Brainstorming was

compiled for use in the design of future

workshops on this topic.

A healthy lunch was prepared and served

afterwards.

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Digital tools and

concepts

- Podcasting

- Augmented reality tools

- Internet of things

Materials

- Datashow

- PC´s

- Internet connection

- Smart phones

Impact

This workshop was held under the first

Mediascapes partners meeting, and it was a

very interesting exercise for the exchange

of experiences and opinions for the design

of future workshops in this context, and

also for the group members start to know

each other in an informal atmosphere.

Lessons learned

It is a topic to explore in other

activities.

Photos http://on.fb.me/1fhRdRw

Dissemination http://vitatek.blogspot.com

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2. Take photos

to

participate:

Lisbon with

the five

senses

Location

- Lisbon city

- Serpentina´s place

Timing and

duration

26 th January 2012 | 2:00H

10 th February 2012 | 2:00H

29 th February 2012 | 2:00H

Partners FOS

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, Filipa Flores

Audience type and

number 55+ (10 trainees)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space, people

and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational

and family learning using digital

technologies

Specific

Promoting new understandings of the city

through participatory photography

- Sensitize to new technologies including

digital photography

- Challenge participants to express their

feelings and opinions through images

- Promote social inclusion

- Promote the sharing of knowledge between

generations

Description of

the activity

In pairs, participants went for a walk in

Lisbon down town and took photos of Lisbon

inspired by each of the five senses, i.e.:

- Lisbon smells like what?

- Lisbon sounds like what?

- Lisbon tastes like what?

- (..)

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In another session they presented their photos

to the group and shared them on their Facebook

profiles.

[Cf. http://on.fb.me/1fcrava]

Digital tools

Facebook profile pages

Materials

- Documentation about the workshop

- Tutorials

- Photo machine

Impact

The methodology of participatory photography

was unknown to all the participants, what made

the exercise very exciting for everyone. The

sharing of the work in Facebook was important

because participants could show, share and

receive feedback from relatives and friends.

Lessons learned

The activity must take place in one day and not

dispersed for 3 sessions in order to keep

motivation on.

Photos http://on.fb.me/HaXuyR

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3. I LOVE

CELORICO

An useful guide to

unuseful place:

Photo Raid &

Workshop &

Exhibition

Theater Play –

Trout´s Legend

Location

Universidade Sénior Aldeia Global

[Celorico da Beira, Portugal]

Timing and duration

- Photographic Raid: 18 th June2012 | 2:30H

- QR CODES factory Workshop: 20 th June 2012

| 2:00H

- Exhibition: 30 th June 2012 | 1 day

- Theater Play: Trout´s Legend –30 th June

2012 | 00:45 m

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, António Santos, Carlos Dias

Audience type and

number

- ICT students of Serpentina’s Senior

University (19 students)

- Theater students (5 students)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space,

people and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational

and family learning using digital

technologies

- Using digital tools to promote places and

cities under a personal and subjective

perspective

Specific

- Making an alternative tourist guide of

the town

- Look at places in a new perspective

- Exchange experiences between the

participants

- Promote QR Codes

- Share the legend of the village trough a

theater play

Description of the

activity

1. An useful guide to unuseful places

Photo Raid, workshop and exhibition:

In the computer class the following

challenges were placed to students:

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1. Choose an “unusual” place where you both

feel good and would recommend to a tourist

2. Dress up "as if taking a picture"

3. Participate in the photographic raid

trough the town to take the picture at the

chosen location.

4. Create QR codes with information about

that place.

5. The photo/QR Code will be part of an

exhibition

2.Theater Play –Trout´s Legend:

The theater students made de MS PowerPoint

data show and recorded their voices for the

play

Digital tools

- QR STUFF [http://www.qrstuff.com/]

- MS PowerPoint

- Documentation about the workshop

- Tutorials

Materials

- 9 PC´s/ Internet

- 1 Printer

- Photographic Paper

- 1 Photo machine

- Windows audio record

- Data Show

- Sound system

Impact

Being together at the walk through the city

and sharing different points of view about it

was a very happy moment of the activity.

Students enjoy as well having a portrait of

themselves by a professional photographer.

Most of them didn´t have ear about QR Codes

and were very excited to show to their

families how to do it/them.

The theater play was also a success and a

very special moment for the students and

their families.

Lessons learned

The goal of the exhibition was not entirely

perceived and the result wasn’t the one that

we expected (most of the ladies chose the

same garden to take the portrait near a

flower..).

A more detailed explanation is needed about

the goals to be achieved by the activity and

some examples must be presented as well.

Photos - Photo Raid: http://on.fb.me/15LW7VP

- Exhibition: http://on.fb.me/14FKU2Q

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- Theater play: http://on.fb.me/1btcVC9

4. Fly over

Lisbon

historical

neighborhoods

[Architecture

for all]

Location

COWORKLISBOA, Lx Factory

Timing and

duration

8 th December 2012 |2:30H

Partners CAL 30

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, Gilberto Lopes

Audience type and

number

55+ ( 12 trainees)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space,

people and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational

and family learning using digital

technologies

Specific

- Disclose the history and architecture of

Lisbon neighborhoods

- Promote the approach of citizens to their

city through architecture

- Disseminate digital tools for the

exploration of urban spaces

- Promote the sharing of knowledge between

generations

Description of the

activity

With the use of Google maps and other digital

tools, we fly over certain neighborhoods of

Lisbon to explore its architecture and know a

little of its stories, hoping that the next real

visit to these places will be made with a

different look.

The presentation had the collaboration of an

architect.

Digital tools

1. Geographic information systems

- Online Services Lisbon Municipality

http://lxi.cm-lisboa.pt/lxi/

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- http://lxplantas.cm-

lisboa.pt/ViewerPlantasLocalizacaoLx/Viewe

r.aspx

- Google maps https://maps.google.com

- Via Michelin http://www.viamichelin.pt

- Geographic Information System of the

Municipality of Almada

http://194.65.136.172/websicas/framesetup.

asp

- Geographic Information System of the

Municipality of Oeiras

- http://munwebgis.municipia.pt/oeiras/Viewe

r.aspx?serviceName=plantas

- System of georeferenced information

IGESPAR

- http://geo.igespar.pt/website/lisboa/viewe

r.htm

2. Apps to explore the city for mobile devices

- Layar (augmented reality)

http://www.layar.com

- Serendipitor (random georeferenced walks

through the city)

http://serendipitor.net/site

- • Yougo

http://www.yougoplanet.com/Guide.aspx?ID=4

&City=Lisboa Lisboa (Lisbon tourist guides

not georeferenced)

Materials

- 12 PC´s

- Internet connection

- 2 smart Phones

- Datashow

- Documentation about the workshop

Impact

The participants appreciated very much this new

way of looking to the city and the opportunity

of exploring it with new tools that most of them

never heard about.

The documentation included information about all

the tools, for them to have the possibility of

sharing it with their families.

Lessons learned

A 3 hours’ workshop will be more suitable to the

participants as they would have more time to try

all the tools.

Photos http://on.fb.me/1aKH0dH

Dissemination e-newsletter: http://bit.ly/18xTgtz

Facebook Event: http://on.fb.me/18fqtzS

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5.AJUDA

COURTYARDS

[Guided visit

and audio-guide

workshop]

Location

Ajuda´s parish council, Lisbon | Ajuda´s

Coutyards

Timing and

duration

12 th January 2013 | 2H – Guided tour

20 th January 2013 | 2:30H – Audio- Guide Workshop

Partners House of culture of Ajuda’s parish council

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, Ariana Amorim

Audience type and

number

Families and 55+

Guided Tour: (around 60 persons/10 trainees)

Workshop (10 trainees)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space, people

and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational

and family learning using digital

technologies

Specific

- Promote the approach of citizens to the

city

- Disclose the history of the city

- Promoting digital literacy

- Foster the sharing of knowledge between

generations

Description of

the activity

After a guided tour to Ajuda´s courtyards, the

participants created podcasts about each of the

six courtyards visited, and then made them

available to the public through PODMATIC. At the

same time a map with the location of each

COURTYARD was made by the participants with

google maps.

[Cf. http://patiosdaajuda.podomatic.com/]

Digital tools - Podomatic.com

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- Google.com/maps

Materials

- 4 PC´s/ with audio record

- Internet connection

- Documentation about the workshop

- Tutorials

Impact

The guided tour was open to the public and it

was very participated by local people (around 60

persons). The workshop was held one week later

with a group of 10 seniors. They made the audio-

guides and the map. It was the first time they

heard their voices recorded and available to all

through the net. It was a very rewarding

experience for all. The audio-guides are still

available to the ones who want to make a tour

through Ajuda´s courtyards.

Perhaps the most important thing is that the

participants felt that they were doing something

useful to others in a quite new way, and they

saw that was easy to manipulate these tools.

Lessons learned

To the Audio - Guide Workshop we need at least 3

hours; 3:30h would be a perfect duration.

Photos

- Guided Tour: http://on.fb.me/18fn83

- Audio guides Workshop:

http://on.fb.me/1atVuP0

Dissemination

- e-Newsletter: http://bit.ly/15nheLN

- Facebook Event http://on.fb.me/18fqtzS |

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6.

Creativity in

Lisbon

[Graffiti’s

Guided tour and

photo Raid]

Location

Lisbon City

Camões Municipal Library

Timing and

duration

1 th February 2013 | 2:30H

2 th February 2013| 2:00H

Partners Camões Library

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, Ricardo Almeida

Audience type

and number

Mediascapes partners and trainees (18 persons)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space,

people and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational

and family learning using digital

technologies

Specific

- Explore new ways of discovering cities

- Promote the sharing of experiences among

participants

- Create a group spirit

- Promote Voicethead

Description of

the activity

The group was invited to take photos of the city

under the topic “Creativity in Lisbon”. One/A

guided tour to Lisbon Graffitis was part of the

activity as inspiration.

On the next day, each of the participants

presented their own photos to the group.

One selection was placed in Voicethread as an

example of sharing them and to promote this

fantastic collaborative tool.

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Digital tools

Voice Thread http://voicethread.com

Materials

Camera (also the one in the mobile phone)

Data show

Impact

Being together exploring the city under the same

topic in an informal and playful environment,

proved to be a very efficient way to promote

creativity and to consolidate group dialogue and

friendship.

Lessons learned

A predetermined number of photos to be showed to

the group by each participant must be defined

previously and communicate at the beginning of

the activity.

Photos http://on.fb.me/1dvaTQ5

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7. HANDS ON:

Let´s give

life to

CARCAVELOS

factory!

Location

Centro Comunitário de Carcavelos

[Carcavelos’ Community Centre]

Timing and

duration

February 19 th 2013 | 2:00H

Partners Carcavelos community center

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, António Santos, Ariana Amorim

Audience type

and number

55+ (12 trainees)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space,

people and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational

and family learning using digital

technologies

Specific

- Use QR Codes to share historical

information about places.

- Create information about historical places

- Exchange memories between the participants

- Promote digital inclusion

- Promote QR Codes

Description of

the activity

Taking as departure a factory that was

demolished 10 years ago, participants shared

memories and created QR codes with information

about it (photos and video included) that were

then placed on what is left of it (a wall).

Digital tools

http://www.qrstuff.com/

Materials

-Tutorials

- PowerPoint created by participants

- Printer

- Paper

- Plastic cover

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Impact

Almost all participants had memories of the

factory when it was “alive” and it was an

extremely rewarding experience for all.

Most of them didn´t have hear about QR Codes and

were very excited to show to their families how

to /do it/ create them.

Lessons learned

A 3 hours’ workshop will be more suitable.

Photos http://on.fb.me/15FGtJl

Dissemination Poster

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8. Female

writer´s

across the

streets of

Lisbon

[Toponymy &

Google maps]

Location

Galveias Municipal Library, Lisbon

Timing and

duration

30th May 2013 | 2:30H

Partners Toponymy department of Lisbon city hall

Galveias Library

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, Paula Machado

Audience type

and number

Adults (7 trainees)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space, people

and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational and

family learning using digital technologies

Specific

-Bring citizens closer to their city

-Promote toponymy and associated processes

-Disseminate sources of information in Lisbon

toponymy in the www

-Develop research and digital skills

-Promoting reading and approach to libraries

-Promoting the sharing of knowledge between

generations

Description of

the activity

After a presentation by a specialist, of the

process of naming the streets of Lisbon and

especially the ones of the female writers that

are in the toponymy of the city and their

location, each participant made a map, with

Google maps, with the streets of the writers

they appreciate the most.

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Digital tools

- Google maps/ My Places

- Lisbon toponymy search:

http://bit.ly/1gyBwU1

- Reveal Lisbon: http://lxi.cm-

lisboa.pt/lxi/

Materials

- 10PC´s

- Internet connection

- Data show

- Google Maps

- Tutorials

Impact

Toponymy is not a very common topic and

participants shown a lot of interest in knowing

the processes behind something that is present

in their everyday life but never thought about.

All of them knew Google maps but it was the

first time they built up a map with "My Places"

functionality. They consider it very useful and

intend to use it in the future and to explore it

with their families.

Lessons learned

The tutorial that was given to the participants

about how to build a map with “My Places"

functionality must be redesigned.

Photos http://on.fb.me/18yoPtb

Dissemination e-newsletter: http://bit.ly/16bwTyK

Facebook Event: http://on.fb.me/1aKMK7d

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9. QR CODES

IN THE

GARDEN...!

Location

Espaço VITAMIMOS

Parque Quinta da Alagoa, Carcavelos, Lisboa,

Portugal

Timing and

duration

12th.July 2013 | 2:30H

Partners VITAMIMOS; Agenda Cascais XXI

Trainer(s)

Ana Pires, Ana Quintas,Ricardo Almeida, André Miguel

Audience type and

number

Families (18 trainees)

Objectives

General

- Exploring relationships among space, people,

and media in urban settings

- Exploring new ways of inter-generational and

family learning using digital technologies

- Raise awareness for adopting healthy food

habits and to implement practices that promote

environmental sustainability through

pedagogical workshops

Specific

- Identify different vegetables

- Recognize the importance of vegetables in a

healthy diet

- Disseminate healthy eating practices

- Promote QR Codes

Description of

the activity

After a guided tour to an urban garden, the

participants create QR Codes with information on

vegetables, which were then placed in the garden. An

healthy lunch was prepared by the participants.

The information about the vegetables was previously

placed in the blog of the activity

(http://vitatek.blogspot.pt/] and the participants

just had to copy/paste it to make the QR Codes.

Documentation about QR Codes was given to

participants to take home and share with the family.

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Digital tools

QR STUFF: qrstuff.com

Materials

- 6 PC´s/ Internet

- 1 Printer

- Paper

- A tutorial of the tools was given to all

participants

Impact

All participants, kids and parents, enjoyed a lot

the activity and considered it very useful and

playful. The guided tour to the garden was very

appreciated, specially by kids. Most of the

participants already knew QR Codes but didn´t knew

how easy it was to produce them.

Lessons learned

3 hours will be more suitable for the activity as it

will allow enough time to print and put the QR Codes

in the garden.

The number of PC´s, six, is enough, because while

some of the participants are doing the lunch the

others are creating the codes and vice versa.

The guided tour to the garden took about 1:30H and

it is a proper time.

Photos http://on.fb.me/15ezLf9

Dissemination e-newsletter: http://bit.ly/1dk7vKf

Facebook Event http://on.fb.me/18YaDXl