Biografia Social da Olaria (em)Pedrada de Nisa

Contributos para a construção de um modelo colaborativo entre o design e o artesanato

Name: Helena Franco
Year: 2022
Institution: Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
Supervisors: Miguel Aboim, Cátia Rijo
Discipline: Product Design
Scope: CoDesign
Taxonomy: Epistemology/Praxiology
Type: Theoretical
Language: Portuguese
Wordcount / Pagecount: 63,587 / 377
Joint supervision: No

Collaborative design for the safeguarding and revitalization of Nisa’s traditional pottery heritage

Research Process (11 methods)

1. Literature review N = x

Exploratory Qualitative

2. Ethnography N = x

Exploratory Qualitative Participatory

The production process and specific techniques of Nisa's quartz inlaid pottery

3. Interview N = unspecified

Exploratory Qualitative Participatory

The historical trajectory, personal biographies of the makers, and the "social biography" of the pottery

4. Document analysis N = unspecified

Exploratory/Generative Qualitative

The origins and dissemination of inlaid pottery in Portugal and its diaspora since the 16th century

5. Inventory development N = 285

Generative Qualitative

pieces from the National Museum of Ethnology, the Museum of Popular Art, and from three private collections

6. Laboratory testing N = 40

Generative Both Participatory

Firing temperatures, durability, and the viability of contemporary finishes (glazes and engobes) on traditional clay and quartz

7. Workshop N = 4

Generative Qualitative Participatory

The creation of contemporary product prototypes

8. Questionnaire N = 74

Generative Qualitative

Community members with links to Nisa, including residents and workers, aged 35 to 74

9. Workshop N = 4

Generative Qualitative Participatory

Revitalizing heritage

10. Questionnaire N = unspecified

Generative Qualitative

Local students from the Escola Básica e Secundária Prof. Mendes dos Remédios, aged 16 to 18

11. Workshop N = unspecified

Generative Qualitative Participatory

Artisans (António and Joaquina Pequito), 2nd-year Arts Visuais e Tecnologias students from ESELx, and faculty

#	Name of Method	Research Phase	Research Approach	Researcher Role	Object of Study / Participants	N
1	Literature review	Exploratory	Qualitative	x	x	x
2	Ethnography	Exploratory	Qualitative	Participatory	The production process and specific techniques of Nisa's quartz inlaid pottery	x
3	Interview	Exploratory	Qualitative	Participatory	The historical trajectory, personal biographies of the makers, and the "social biography" of the pottery	unspecified
4	Document analysis	Exploratory/Generative	Qualitative	x	The origins and dissemination of inlaid pottery in Portugal and its diaspora since the 16th century	unspecified
5	Inventory development	Generative	Qualitative	x	pieces from the National Museum of Ethnology, the Museum of Popular Art, and from three private collections	285
6	Laboratory testing	Generative	Both	Participatory	Firing temperatures, durability, and the viability of contemporary finishes (glazes and engobes) on traditional clay and quartz	40
7	Workshop	Generative	Qualitative	Participatory	The creation of contemporary product prototypes	4
8	Questionnaire	Generative	Qualitative	x	Community members with links to Nisa, including residents and workers, aged 35 to 74	74
9	Workshop	Generative	Qualitative	Participatory	Revitalizing heritage	4
10	Questionnaire	Generative	Qualitative	x	Local students from the Escola Básica e Secundária Prof. Mendes dos Remédios, aged 16 to 18	unspecified
11	Workshop	Generative	Qualitative	Participatory	Artisans (António and Joaquina Pequito), 2nd-year Arts Visuais e Tecnologias students from ESELx, and faculty	unspecified

Knowledge Transfer & Exchange

Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Exchange with Academia

IK&T	Academia	Design Practice	Society
Context	No	No	No
Vision	No	No	No
Means	Yes	No	No

Recommendations (3)

R644 Process & Organization Methodological Priority: High

Critically analyse the implementation of the proposed action model, concretized as a curricular unit within polytechnic education, and test its replicability in other polytechnic institutions and with other endangered craft techniques.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R645 Process & Organization Evaluation, Monitoring & Impact Priority: High

After the model is implemented and consistent relationships with artisans and the local community are established, evaluate the results obtained in order to define new perspectives that contribute to the promotion, safeguarding, knowledge transmission, and production of Nisa inlaid pottery.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Medium → Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R646 Process & Organization Dissemination & Knowledge Mobilization Priority: High

Organise a candidature of Nisa inlaid pottery to UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, building on the evidence and collaborative structures developed through the research.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Low-Medium