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Visualising science: crafting memes in design pedagogy
Barreto, Susana; Alvelos, Heitor; Lima, Cláudia; Carneiro, José; Veiga, Pedro Alves da; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; Fernandes, Marta; Martins, NunoThis paper details and analyses the methods and outcomes of nine pedagogical workshops in design courses at Portuguese universities, centered on the unlikely mix of online memes and scientific knowledge. The workshops took place between March and July 2023, were conducted within the exploratory project ‘Sci-Bi: An Infodemic of Disorientation: Communication Design as a Mediator Between Scientific Knowledge and C...
Sci-Bi: an infodemic of disorientation
Alvelos, Heitor; Barreto, Susana; Lima, Cláudia; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; São Simão, Fátima; Pereira, Jorge; Carneiro, José; Dolbeth, JúlioRecent years have seen the emergence of two particular challenges to scientific knowledge and application. In both instances, communication design may be underperforming in its potential for contribution: 1. The exponential rise of social media has potentiated an equally exponential range of phenomena such as fake news, pseudo-science and superstition; as seductive, de-centralised, continuously reconfiguring we...
Visualizing science: crafting memes in design pedagogy
Barreto, Susana; Alvelos, Heitor; Lima, Cláudia; Carneiro, José; Veiga, Pedro Alves da; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; Fernandes, Marta; Martins, NunoThis paper details and analyses the methods and outcomes of nine pedagogical workshops in design courses at Portuguese universities, centered on the unlikely mix of online memes and scientific knowledge. The workshops took place between March and July 2023, were conducted within the exploratory project ‘Sci-Bi: An Infodemic of Disorientation: Communication Design as a Mediator Between Scientific Knowledge and C...
From design to the wood(s). A case study between craft practice, art and design
Vieira-da-Silva, Diana; Alvelos, Heitor; Dolbeth, Júlio; Lopes, Nuno ValentimThis paper documents an artisanal practice located in Northern Portugal which combines endangered traditional Portuguese crafts such as carpentry, carving, and inlaying, with architecture, art, and design. As a case study, this paper analyses the career and professional practice of Frederico Burmester – carpenter, carver, and sculptor. Burmester works in cabinetmaking and high cabinetmaking, contributing as a t...