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- Coreografias de participação: tipologias e potencialidades dos programas de jovens em cinco instituições culturais da grande LisboaPublication . Silva, CarolinaOs programas de jovens ocupam hoje um lugar central na oferta educativa de muitos museus internacionais, em particular nos museus de arte contemporânea na América do Norte e no Reino Unido. Alinhados com as características específicas deste grupo etário, enquanto público independente, estes programas podem ser agrupados em três grandes tipologias – pontual, curta duração e longa duração. À dimensão temporal aliam-se objetivos e estratégias específicos que pretendem oferecer aos jovens diferentes possibilidades de acesso e participação nos museus, definindo o que se designa como programação por etapas. No contexto museológico português, o investimento na relação com os jovens, fora do âmbito escolar, é um fenómeno recente, mas em crescimento. Tendo por base a análise dos programas para jovens de cinco instituições da grande Lisboa: o Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia (MAAT), a BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Art, a Casa da Cerca – Centro de Arte Contemporânea, as Galerias Municipais e o LU.CA – Teatro Luís de Camões, é discutido o potencial de uma programação por etapas interinstitucional.
- O impacto das políticas culturais no desenvolvimento de programas para jovens na Tate (1989-2019)Publication . Silva, CarolinaA participação dos jovens em museus, enquanto público independente, com interesses e motivações próprios, é um fenómeno recente. Nas últimas décadas observa-se, em particular no Reino Unido e nos EUA, um crescente investimento em programas para jovens entre os 15 e os 25 anos, com destaque para iniciativas continuadas, sustentadas numa abordagem de cocriação – com e para jovens. Este artigo centra-se no desenvolvimento do programa para jovens na Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool e Tate St Ives, identificando os principais momentos de torsão entre 1989 e 2019. Tem por base a análise de relatórios, policy briefs e outras publicações relevantes. Esta análise considera as mudanças nas políticas culturais e consequentes linhas de financiamento, públicas e privadas, no Reino Unido, com destaque para a tensão epistémica entre acesso e excelência, e o papel do Arts Council, da Fundação Calouste Gulkbenkian (UK Branch) e da Fundação Paul Hamlyn. Se o que enquadrou as primeiras iniciativas para jovens na Tate foi um discurso de responsabilização social perante grupos menos representados nos seus públicos, o caminho traçado ao longo dos últimos 30 anos foi de autonomização. O programa para jovens assume hoje um perfil de destaque, não só dentro da instituição como a nível nacional e internacional. A sua sustentabilidade alicerça-se numa abordagem de investigação participativa, central ao programa educativo da Tate, que permite traçar fluxos de influência, através dos quais a voz do museu e dos seus interlocutores – jovens, educadores, instituições parceiras –, podem ter eco nas práticas e políticas culturais futuras.
- Mapping collaborative art practices with youth collectivesPublication . Silva, CarolinaDuchamp & Sons are the Whitechapel Gallery youth collective, a group of young people aged 15–24 that meet regularly to develop collaborative art projects. I worked with them as a participant researcher in the six-month project De/construct (2013–14), co-developed with architect Nick Wood (United Kingdom) and artist Steven Morgana (United Kingdom). In this visual essay, I present my diagrammatic drawings of their encounters, including research, discussion, experimenta tion and decision-making moments. The latter create visual cartographies of the youth collective’s encounters and speak to their performativity. I use a selection of Duchamp & Sons tweets, which are posted by a different member of the group in each session, to create a timeline of the project. My reflections on collaborative art projects and the pedagogies that come together in these practices draw on notions of experimentation and proto-performance, emphasizing the processes rather than the outcome, in this case, an exhibition presented at the Gallery.
- Metagenomic analysis of the bacterial microbiome, resistome and virulome distinguishes Portuguese Serra da Estrela PDO cheeses from similar non-PDO cheeses: An exploratory approachPublication . Salamandane, Acácio; Leech, John; Almeida, Rita; Silva, Carolina; Crispie, Fiona; Cotter, Paul D.; Malfeito-Ferreira, Manuel; Brito, LuísaThis study aimed to evaluate the microbiome, resistome and virulome of two types of Portuguese cheese using high throughput sequencing (HTS). Culture-dependent chromogenic methods were also used for certain groups/ microorganisms. Eight samples of raw ewe’s milk cheese were obtained from four producers: two producers with cheeses with a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) label and the other two producers with cheeses without a PDO label. Agar-based culture methods were used to quantify total mesophiles, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus, Enterococcus and lactic acid bacteria. The presence of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella was also investigated. The selected isolates were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and evaluated to determine antibiotic resistance and the presence of virulence genes. The eight cheese samples analyzed broadly complied with EC regulations in terms of the microbiological safety criteria. The HTS results demonstrated that Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lactococcus lactis, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus, Enterococcus durans and Lactobacillus coryniformis were the most prevalent bacterial species in cheeses. The composition of the bacterial community varied, not only between PDO and non-PDO cheeses, but also between producers, partic- ularly between the two non-PDO cheeses. Alpha-diversity analyses showed that PDO cheeses had greater bac- terial diversity than non-PDO cheeses, demonstrating that the diversity of spontaneously fermented foods is significantly higher in cheeses produced without the addition of food preservatives and dairy ferments. Despite complying with microbiological regulations, both PDO and non-PDO cheeses harbored potential virulence genes as well as antibiotic resistance genes. However, PDO cheeses exhibited fewer of these virulence and antibiotic resistance genes compared to non-PDO cheeses. Therefore, the combination of conventional microbiological methods and the metagenomic approach could contribute to improving the attribution of the PDO label to this type of cheese.
- Pockets of Resilience – the Digital Responses of Youth Collectives in Contemporary Art Museums During LockdownPublication . Silva, CarolinaWhen museums across the world closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and staff struggled to rethink their new roles in a challenging and unprecedented context, youth collectives – long-term programs for teens and young adults, aged 15–24 – reinvented themselves. The focus of my research is the digital projects developed during lockdown by youth collectives in three metropolitan contemporary art museums. These include MOCA Teens, the MCA Youth Committee and Duchamp & Sons, based, respectively, at LA MOCA (U.S.A.), MCA Australia, and Whitechapel Gallery (U.K.). They adjusted quickly to the new digital pace and devised creative communication and mediation strategies that allowed their collaborative work to continue online. For this research, I combined the analysis of the digital content they produced – websites, social media and podcasts – with interviews I did with the museum educators leading each program. The success of these projects is grounded on a shared trust between museums, educators, and participants.
- Programming and Researching With Youth in Cultural Institutions – a Brief Reflection on a Cross-Institutional Youth Advisory BoardPublication . Silva, CarolinaThis brief report describes the operational processes and participatory methods involved in setting up, managing and mediating a cross-institutional youth advisory board. Youth advisory boards in museums give young people opportunities to co-program with and for their peers, as well as to have an active and visible role inside institutions. Framed by the research project Youth in Museums, the youth advisory board Listening Lab – Youth, Culture, Participation, was co-organized and developed with five cultural institutions in Lisbon, Portugal. These included the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), BoCA – Biennal of Contemporary Art, Casa da Cerca – Contemporary Art Centre, LU.CA – Luís de Camões Theatre and the Municipal Galleries. Young people, aged 15 to 25, were invited to participate in group roundtables to discuss specific issues related to youth arts programs. In the sessions with the youth advisory board I combined a semi-structured approach with participatory methods that activated collective processes of meaning making.