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Intersecting Times
Intersecting Times is the programme developed by the associative tissue of Guimarães, which mission is to value “best practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and competences of the local community, reinforcing its cultural and social role” in the city’s dynamics.
This project derives on the one hand, from the awareness of the contribution these movements have paid to drawing the cultural and artistic space in the municipality, and on the other hand the need to improve knowledge and qualify different manifestations of folklore and popular culture. The coordination of this programme is in charge of a consortium by three local associations: the Círculo de Arte e Recreio; the Associação Cultural Recreativa Convívio; and the Associação de Etnografia e Folclore de Guimarães, which includes 25 musical and dance groups.
The Intersecting Times – Associative Programme was inspired in the sociological thesis by Augusto Santos Silva, published in the 90’s, which studied the local community of São Torcato as the intersection of the symbolic rural and industrial time. In a period dominated by the emergence of the creative industries, cultural management becomes a necessary instrument in a cultural economy.
Associations and popular culture are significant identifying marks for Guimarães and are important to the involvement of the population in the social dynamics of the city and municipality. This is a multidisciplinary project of cultural management , new museology and comprises concepts and contents of history, anthropology, sociology, the arts, geography, urban planning, communication, organisation and management and economics.
The programme results from an empiric research of artistic and cultural manifestation. Dances, traditional singing, arts and crafts, the celebration of the natural cycles, amateur theatre, poetry, the artistic improvement of associative spaces and the open debate, are the base for a future built upon the synergies and the sharing of resources among the local associations.
This project derives on the one hand, from the awareness of the contribution these movements have paid to drawing the cultural and artistic space in the municipality, and on the other hand the need to improve knowledge and qualify different manifestations of folklore and popular culture. The coordination of this programme is in charge of a consortium by three local associations: the Círculo de Arte e Recreio; the Associação Cultural Recreativa Convívio; and the Associação de Etnografia e Folclore de Guimarães, which includes 25 musical and dance groups.
The Intersecting Times – Associative Programme was inspired in the sociological thesis by Augusto Santos Silva, published in the 90’s, which studied the local community of São Torcato as the intersection of the symbolic rural and industrial time. In a period dominated by the emergence of the creative industries, cultural management becomes a necessary instrument in a cultural economy.
Associations and popular culture are significant identifying marks for Guimarães and are important to the involvement of the population in the social dynamics of the city and municipality. This is a multidisciplinary project of cultural management , new museology and comprises concepts and contents of history, anthropology, sociology, the arts, geography, urban planning, communication, organisation and management and economics.
The programme results from an empiric research of artistic and cultural manifestation. Dances, traditional singing, arts and crafts, the celebration of the natural cycles, amateur theatre, poetry, the artistic improvement of associative spaces and the open debate, are the base for a future built upon the synergies and the sharing of resources among the local associations.
NOTES:The team responsible for the Intersecting Times – Associative Programme is available to clarify any matter related to its projects, every Wednesday, after 9.00 pm, at CAR (Círculo de Artes e Recreio, Rua Francisco Agra, 74 4800-157 Guimarães). Aiming at an adequate and immediate handling of your questions, we advise to previously schedule an appointment, by contacting us through the email tempos.cruzados@guimaraes2012.pt or by phone +351 961 570 781.
TRAINING-ACTION
Workshop sessions aiming the continuous acquisition of knowledge and skills by the community comprising the various influential areas of local associations.
CIRCUMFERENCES
These are open circles for discussion and reflection on the different issues identified in the Intersecting Times project in order to further scientific knowledge on the questions raised there.
SINGULAR COLLECTIVE MEMORIES
This project is divided into two types of initiative:
» Exhibitions of items from the archives of the associations involved in the Intersecting Times project;
» An installation and sculpture made from objects from the local population in a public places in Guimarães.
» Exhibitions of items from the archives of the associations involved in the Intersecting Times project;
» An installation and sculpture made from objects from the local population in a public places in Guimarães.
POP ART
This initiative is disseminated in an articulated series of events that invite popular associations to participate, with special focus on ethnography and folklore. Their stages will be:
1. A POP ARTE ESTÁ NO LARGO (Pop Art at the Square)
National Exhibition Live Costumes
2. A POP ARTE ESTÁ NA RUA (Pop Art on the Street)
3. A POP ARTE ESTÁ NO CASTELO (Pop Art at the Castle)
World FolKlore Festival
4. A POP ARTE ESTÁ NO MULTIUSOS (Pop Art at Multiusos)
World FolKlore Oscar
1. A POP ARTE ESTÁ NO LARGO (Pop Art at the Square)
National Exhibition Live Costumes
2. A POP ARTE ESTÁ NA RUA (Pop Art on the Street)
3. A POP ARTE ESTÁ NO CASTELO (Pop Art at the Castle)
World FolKlore Festival
4. A POP ARTE ESTÁ NO MULTIUSOS (Pop Art at Multiusos)
World FolKlore Oscar
PORTUGAL WAS BORN HERE
This initiative is specifically designed for amateur dramatics and articulation between the two different Guimarães groups at a joint event.
PEDRA FORMOSA
The aim of this project is the rebirth of the Guimarães publisher Pedra Formosa and a publication, exhibition and a series of meetings.
ART OF POPULAR ROOTS
This initiative permeates the Pop Up project in the Creative Ecology/City area and is for members of associations and the urban population wishing to design and make artifacts and other products inspired by popular culture and roots.
THE FACTORY
This is an incubator for multidisciplinary artistic and creative projects, a place for fostering inclusion and the participation of formal and informal groups of people and associations themselves.
CONSTELLATIONS
This project will include artistic and cultural works from the creative territory of associations. The starting point of the concept is creative work organised in a constellation.
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