| Main Achievements
2010
In 2010, both research groups developed projects that were initiated in previous years, organized conferences and published books with projects' results.
CIAC has been working in two main axes: the first main axis is related to internationalization efforts to collaborate with different geo-cultural networks. The second axis is a scope quest for the dialogue between theory and practice in the field of arts. These open and wide scopes have been most important to define some of the main questions raised in research projects, as well as in PhD and M.A. programmes.
CIAC organized the 1st Workshop in Arts Research in collaboration with the EUA/Council for Doctoral Education. The event had the purpose of disseminating research in the field of arts and was developed around the following panels: Arts, Science and Technology, Researchers/Creators, Doctoral Schools in Arts (Research and Advanced Learning): from the academic world to the labour market.
CIAC signed a protocol with the publishing house Gradiva, under the coordination of Mirian Tavares. This partnership will produce the Arts and Media Collection, with the main purpose of revitalizing studies in the fields of artistic manifestations, with particular focus on fields that are related to the media. The first published book in this collection, "Nas margens. Ensaios sobre teatro, cinema e meios digitais", organized by Gabriela Borges, reflected a dialogue between CIAC's main research fields: drama, cinema and digital media with articles by CIAC's members and international scholars.
CIAC also promoted the interchange of research with other research centres at the University of Algarve, participating in the seminar "Environment, Economy and Society Colloquium" promoted by CIMA, CIEO and CIAC.
| Theatre and Performance Studies
2010
During 2010, the Theatre and Performance Studies Group developed several research projects: the project História das Escolas de Teatro [History of Drama Schools] published A Escola de Teatro do Conservatório (1839-1901) [The Conservatory Drama School] and Contributo para uma História do Conservatório de Lisboa (1839/1971) [Contribute for the History of the Lisbon Conservatory], by Eugénia Vasques; the project Actor Permanente [Permanent Actor] promoted the 3rd theoretical/practical meeting supervised by Thomas Richards, collaborator and disseminator of Grotowsky, which also discussed the state of the art on the current educational perspective in this field. The project seeks to pre-publish an essay on the themes of the three workshops, to be published in Portugal and the United States in 2011. The project Cena & Texto [Stage & Text] was developed to understand texts as key elements for dramaturgy and staging, characterised by the translation and review of texts by three influential Portuguese dramatists in the 20th Century: António Patrício (1878-1930); Natália Correia (1923-1993); and Miguel Rovisco (1959-1987). Finally, the project Linguagens de Encenação e Interpretação [Staging and Interpreting Languages] carried out a survey on the artistic practice of directors, choreographers, performers and stage artists with a view to reflect upon performance studies in the Portuguese contemporary context, namely through the study of several artistic directors, by students of M.A. programme in Drama of the ESTC. All data related to these projects are available on the CIAC crossmedia platform (www.crossmediaplatform.ciac.pt).
2009
During 2009, the Drama and Performance Studies Group developed the following projects: the Permanent Actor, which promoted the 2nd workshop on the theme «A procura do actor: formação do actor no teatro contemporâneo: três práticas» [The actor's quest: actor training in contemporary drama: three practices], supervised by Polina Klimovitskaya (Yale University), Deborah Margolin, (Yale University) and Renato Ferracini (University of Campinas), as well as the collection and treatment of audiovisual data by students of the Degree in Drama of the ESTC and the University of Évora. The project Cena & Texto [Stage & Text] was based on a research on two of the most important playwrights of the 20th Century: António Patrício and Natália Correia. This research will produce several written publications in a partnership between CIAC, Assírio & Alvim and Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda. The research also discusses the issue of myth/myths in theatre, relating it directly with the mythocritical. Hence, it is centred on mythical materials emerging from dramaturgy and theatre, in an attempt to understand the way in which they can represent new forms of culture to be added to our collective consciousness. This research will produce three critical essays on this particular theme, and one of the main lines of research will be directed to produce critical thinking in the community about the drama context.
| Film Studies, Visual Arts and Communication
2010
In 2010, many projects were developed: the ALGARTE Project, funded by Caixa Geral de Depósitos and UALG, winner of the Ceratonia Award, produced many documentaries and completed its research on Arts in the Algarve; the Main Trends project, received funding from FCT, produced a book online on contemporary cinema in Portugal and achieved its purpose for 2010. CIAC contributed to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Next Future Program. The Film Studies coordinator edited a thematic dossier «Filmic Languages in the European Collective Memory» for the 35th edition of the scientific indexed review "Comunicar" and, as a member of the European Commission Expert Group for Media Literacy, worked in guidelines for European policies on media literacy. CIAC organized a roundtable in AVANCA – Cinema Festival on Film Literacy with the participation of many CIAC senior and junior researchers. This group organized many seminars such as "Há Arte no video?" [Is there art in video?], which brought international researchers to UALG. The Project Cross Media Mixed Media in NIT and Performative Arts has been developed and the CIAC digital platform in arts and communication will be launched in 2011.
2009
In 2009, the ALGARTE Project, associated with CIAC and funded by Caixa Geral de Depósitos and UALG, won the Ceratonia Award, started collecting and organizing data to build a platform on the state of the art in the Algarve; the EUROMEDUC, European project coordinated by a CIAC researcher, held an international conference in Faro and its final congress in Italy. The coordinator of the International Platform of Scientific Dissemination project, Prof. José Jimenez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, carried out a workshop concerning documentaries in high definition format for CIAC scholars and researchers; the Main Trends project received funding from FCT. The project AAQUA, in partnership with the Centre for Studies in Communication and Culture of the Portuguese Catholic University, proposed to analyze and evaluate the quality in audiovisual. CIAC has also contributed to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Next Future Program.
2006_2003
| Research Projects and activities carried out during 2006/03 at CICCOMA
2006/current
Media Literacy Expert Group
It aims to analyze and define media literacy objectives, to highlight and promote good practices at an European level and propose actions in the field. It reflects about the leading role industry plays in media literacy, as well as academic research and findings.2005/current
European Charter for Media Literacy
It has been developed by an Independent Steering Group representing major institutions in various countries with the aim to develop research and awareness about media literacy.2005/2006
Mediappro Institutions of 9 European countries and Canada collaborated on an applied research project for media education. It researched on how young people (12-18 y.o.) appropriated digital media, such as the Internet, mobile phones and video games.
2003/2005
Glocal Youth
An international research on media production that aimed at encouraging boys and girls to reflect upon youth representations conveyed by mass media in the Northern and Southern World regions.2003/2004 (begun 2002)
Educaunet
An applied research project that developed a critical media education programme about Internet for young people, carried out by several European countries. It produced a set of teaching materials named Educaunet Kit.| Research Project carried out during 2004/06 at CELL (Research Centre in Linguistics and Literature)
Adaptations of Literary Works into Portuguese Cinema
It aimed at publishing a database with information about Portuguese films (short, medium, and long feature films) based on literature written in Portuguese, or other.| Research activities carried out at ESTC
ANTUNES, David & Conceição Mendes, 2006. Research, design, structure, content & authorship of the project Doutoramento em Artes.
ANTUNES, David. 2006. Research trip to several universities in the USA (Yale; Columbia; Brown; NYU). Main objectives: to find out the research activities of MA, MFA and PhD in artistic areas; to establish connections for research projects by ESTC students; to establish a network of contacts and research exchanges in the field.
| Applied Research
Dramaturgy
ANTUNES, David
2004 «Os Persas, de Ésquilo» Lisboa: Centro Cultural de Belém.
2005 «Ácido» Lisboa: Teatro da Garagem; «A Vida Continua» Lisboa: Teatro da Garagem; «7 Crónicas de Natal para um Autógrafo» Lisboa: Teatro da Garagem; «30 % Pinocchio» de Jean Paul Bucchieri. Lisboa: Centro Cultural de Belém.
2006 «Exame» Lisboa: Teatro da Garagem; «Mágoa» Lisboa: Teatro da Garagem; «Rosa da Mouraria» Lisboa: Teatro da Garagem; «À Procura de Júlio César» Lisboa: Teatro da Garagem e Teatro dos Aloés.
Theatre Staging and Dramaturgy
BRANCO, António
2005. «Religação: Sophia de Mello Breyner» (Theatre and Poetry). Faro: IPJ.
2006. «Nós» Collective creative of several authors. Faro: UAlg.
2007. «Chão Quente» Adaptation Auto da Alma, de Gil Vicente. Faro: UAlg.
2007. «Primeiro Aviso» August Strindberg. Faro: Teatro Lethes.
