From Riverbank to Ocean: Involving Young Generations With Their Territory Through Artistic Practices

Ana Clara Roberti, Kim von Schönfeld and Rui Monteiro
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Ana Clara Roberti: Research Unit for Architecture, Urbanism and Design (CIAUD‐UPT), Portucalense University, Portugal / Transdisciplinary Research Center for Culture, Space and Memory (CITCEM), University of Porto, Portugal
Kim von Schönfeld: Department of Civil Engineering, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway / Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment (CITTA), University of Porto, Portugal
Rui Monteiro: ID+ Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture, University of Porto, Portugal

Ocean and Society, 2025, vol. 2

Abstract: Based on the project Minante: Prototyping a Natural and Cultural Experience for Public Space Co‐Creation (2023–2024), this article presents and discusses how schools from a semi‐rural region of northern coastal Portugal engaged with the natural and cultural water heritage that surrounds them through artistic practices. A total of four schools with classes of different ages took part (12–18 years old), with artistic interventions related to new digital media, illustration, wood construction, plastic arts, and painting. The project occurred in the public space around the old Minante watermill, on the banks of the Neiva River, near the river mouth. Subsequently, interviews, a survey, and a laboratory workshop were carried out with the involved teachers (and the survey also with students) to analyse and reflect on the Minante project and explore potential future actions in other parts of this territory, namely at the wider Neiva River coastal area. With the help of this empirical material, the article aims to reflect on the question: What can be the role of arts‐based local interventions with schools in encouraging young generations’ more direct involvement with the material and immaterial heritage of the waterscapes and territories they live alongside and inhabit?

Keywords: arts; cultures of water; intergenerational; schools; territory; youth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.17645/oas.9634

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