A representação do negro na ilustração de literatura para a infância e juventude em Portugal (1925 - 1960)
- Name
- Rita Carvalho
- Year
- 2017
- Institution
- Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
- Supervisors
- Leonor Ferrão, Marta Rosales
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Scope
- Design History
- Taxonomy
- Phenomenology
- Type
- Theoretical
- Language
- Portuguese
- Wordcount / Pagecount
- 153,300 / 438
- Joint supervision
- No
The representation of blacks in the illustration of literature for children and youth in Portugal (1925 - 1960)
Research Process (4 methods)
x
Archival illustrations
Identification files based on a selection of books
Illustrations
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | x |
| 2 | Case study | Generative | Qualitative | x | Archival illustrations | unspecified |
| 3 | Inventory development | Generative | Qualitative | x | Identification files based on a selection of books | 91 |
| 4 | Artefact analysis | Generative | Qualitative | x | Illustrations | 391 |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Produced without exchange
| IK&T | Academia | Design Practice | Society |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context | Yes | No | No |
| Vision | No | No | No |
| Means | No | No | No |
Recommendations (4)
Undertake deeper author-specific studies of the representation of Black figures, beginning with Laura Costa and extending to systematic analyses of illustrators such as Raquel Roque Gameiro and Fernando Bento.
- Scope:
- Meso
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- High
Collect and critically triangulate testimonies from relatives, friends, and acquaintances of the illustrators in the corpus, using them in conjunction with documentary and bibliographic evidence.
- Scope:
- Meso
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Extend the study of Black representation into illustrated periodicals and other objects of popular culture, such as toys, where the thesis identifies promising but only lightly explored material.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium → Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Expand the temporal scope of research on the representation of Black figures in Portuguese children’s and youth literature to works published before 1925—especially from the nineteenth century onward—and to works published after 1960.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium