Resumo: A partir da etnografi a das situações de uso/apropriação da praça do Martim

CyberParks aims at advancing knowledge on the relationship between information and communication technologies and the socially sustainable production and usage of public open spaces. Such research necessitates a solid methodological base. Urban ethnography brings together a number of perspectives and approaches to deal with cultural and social aspects of urban life, and as such it is able to provide an integrated methodological framework for the study of technology-public space relationship. The ethnographic approach means, by definition, an in-depth, micro-scale look at the phenomena under concern. However, the technological dimension makes the relationship between people and space more complex. This is not simply because an additional layer of analysis is added; it comes as a result of the emergence of multiple connections between the real and the virtual. From an ethnographic perspective, this requires the researcher to capture, explore and understand the cyber-social phenomena and dynamics in a multifaceted, hybrid, triangulated and crossreferenced way. This makes ethnographic research much more complicated but more interesting as well. The current chapter attempts to outline such an analytical framework to guide empirical research on the issues. This framework draws on the public space literature and adds the technological dimension brought in by the CyberParks project. We argue that this enriches the ethnographic approach providing a more integrated framework for the analysis of the relationship between people, space and technology.

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The new information and communications technologies are expanding human connectivity, reconfiguring urban spatialities and generating a kind of social space that spans real and virtual, personal and impersonal, private and public. As a result, the space and time boundaries become blurred, giving rise to novel needs for, and practices of, public space usage. However, the ways in which these new practices affect public space engagement and public life in general, remain yet unclear. In addition, variations might exist due to differences in local culture and conditions, or due to specific lifestyles and behaviours favouring isolation and privatism or, at best, interaction only with close friends and kin. The above issues become even more critical for young people, who born in a digital era are able to handle new technologies with utmost ease. This chapter sheds light on the related perceptions and practices of adolescents. Structured interviews were applied to eight teenagers living in Hannover (Germany), Lisbon (Portugal), Tel Aviv (Israel) and Volos (Greece) to gather focused, qualitative and textual data. It examines how young people of distinct sociocultural contexts perceive and use both public spaces and digital technologies. This enables to identify emergent logics, needs and patterns of socialization and public space engagement placing specific emphasis on the role information technologies can play in them. Keywords: Spatial practices of teenagers Á Teenagers and public spaces Á Use of digital technologies Á Methodological contribution 1 Introduction The term "adolescent" is used in this work to mean anyone between the age of 14 and 16 years, and is used interchangeably with other terms "teenager" and "young people". Adolescence, marking the passage from childhood to adulthood, is a crucial stage of human development. It is a period of life with substantial changes on the biological,

Partindo do pressuposto que a objectividade e visibilidade do espaço é possível através do estudo do "lugar", abordo algumas perspectivas de âmbito teórico e empírico que, no decurso da investigação em contextos urbanos, têm-me permitido reflectir sobre os processos de manutenção e transformação socio-espaciais. Utilizo como parâmetro balizador desta reflexão a ideia de "remodelação", por entender que esta permite entender as dinâmicas socio-espaciais como processos de (re)criação ou invenção constante dos espaços-habitat, das formas de habitar e das formas de pensar o habitat.
Considering the undertaken that the objectivity and visibility of the space are possible through the study of the "place", boarding some perspectives of theoretical and empirical scope that, in the continuation of the inquiry in urban contexts, have allowed me to reflect on the processes of maintenance and transformation. I use as parameter maker of this reflection the idea of "remodeling", for understanding that this allows to understand the social and spatial dynamics as processes of (re)creation or constant invention of the space-habitat, of the forms to inhabit and of the forms to think the habitat

Resumo: No que respeita à intervenção no património urbano aparece, com alguma frequência, ideias ou perspectivas que defendem a importância em reabilitar ou revitalizar determinados valores socioculturais considerados como tradicionais, sem, contudo, se reflectir profundamente sobre a articulação entre tais orientações e as dinâmicas socioespaciais dos territórios. Toma-se como referência um estudo antropológico desenvolvido num bairro típico e popular de Lisboa -Mouraria -para reflectir sobre como no processo de produção e construção social do espaço, a idealização e a sobrevalorização de determinadas tradições que procuram apoiar-se num passado pensado como histórico -mas que é socialmente inventado e constantemente reinventado-tanto pode promover a dinamização sociocultural como, indirectamente, potenciar o risco da produção de espaços urbanos segregados.Palavras-chave: património urbano e cultural; tradição, reabilitação; revitalização cultural. • O reconhecimento por parte dos órgãos da administração local da importância do "stock construído (para além do valor monumental)", como elemento a ter em conta na programação

This paper delivers actionable recommendations towards building a rationale for activating and promoting Underground Built Heritage (UBH) based on the nexus heritage, territory and society, and making use of existing literature and findings from five international cases. The research was conducted in the framework of the working group on Planning Approaches of the COST Action Underground4value. The analysis of the cases aims to provide guidelines for this working group and to benchmark good practices in activating UBH. It highlights the importance of community-led initiatives, leadership and dialogue and power sharing between the local/regional authorities and communities aiming for better understanding of the potential of UBH. The successes and/or failures of the five cases emphasise the importance of knowledge and experience in participatory approaches. Success was verified, when effectiveness and democratic principles were combined in the planning process, and local history is integrated with citizen science, co-creation and placemaking. The analysed approaches stimulate a new hybrid layer for activating UBH, provide mechanisms of mediation between people and heritage, and contribute to cultural and social dimensions of sustainability. This is a highly challenging endeavour, as it seeks to support and advance a sound understanding of UBH as a sustainable resource, backed by strategic stakeholder dialogue and contextual knowledge. Such effort requires a dynamic understanding of UBH values, knowledge, abilities and skills, towards creating more effective coalitions of “actors” within localities, by developing structures, which encourage long term collaborative relationships.

ResumoApresenta-se o Projeto CyberParks para discutir a relação entre o uso de meios digitais (smartphones, conexões wi-fi etc.) em espaços públicos (parques, jardins, praças etc.) e a contribuição das novas tecnologias para qualificar e aumentar a participação de usuários na sua produção e manutenção. CyberParks é guiado pelas questões: (1) Como as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) afetam o uso do espaço público? (2) Quais são os riscos associados à recente, mas acelerada, dinâmica de difusão das TIC no espaço urbano? (3) Como os usos identificados se enquadram no conceito de sociedade virtual? Em suma, trata-se de investigar a contribuição das TIC na transformação das cidades em contextos mais inclusivos, e não somente mais high tech. O projeto objetiva desvendar o papel das TIC na produção e no desenho de espaços híbridos. Uma premissa é aumentar o conhecimento das possibilidades que as TIC abrem para uma melhor compreensão da forma como as pessoas usam esses espaços. Discutem-se o âmbito e a pertinência da perspectiva de estudo focada na relação entre TIC e espaço público, apresentando objetivos do Projeto CyberParks. Em sequência, problematizam-se algumas das principais linhas de investigação, apresentando os resultados de um estudo de caso desenvolvido em Lisboa, Portugal. Palavras-chave: Espaços públicos abertos. Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação. Realidade aumen-tada e a cidade. Desenho urbano. Paisagem urbana. (parks, gardens, squares, etc.) Abstract In this paper we use the European research project CyberParks to discuss the relationship between digital media (smart phones, tablets, wi-fi network) and its use in public open spaces