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    'We can’t die here by this wall': Public buildings between heritage and urban development in Miranda do Douro, Portugal
    (2027) Ruivo, C.; Herrera-Pineda, I.
    This article examines how the mid-twentieth-century conflict between heritage and urban development shaped the current urban landscape of Miranda do Douro, Portugal. It traces the production of the historic centre through the histories of three essential public buildings: the fire station, municipal market, and primary school. The research draws upon primary sources from local and central archives, construction records, and meetings’ minutes, complemented by oral testimonies collected locally - including the voices from people of different generations, professions, socioeconomic backgrounds, and diverse connections to the city. By setting official accounts in dialogue with personal narratives, the study contrasts institutional understandings of heritage with lived experiences, revealing how heritage operates as a historical process embedded in everyday life and central to urban development. The findings show that central authorities, prioritizing a conservation strategy aimed at tourism, invoked heritage laws to paralyze the construction of public buildings within the walled town. The consequent relocation of these buildings created a new urban centrality outside the historic area, which became the dominant space of residence and collective life. The displacement of these collective facilities from the historic core has weakened the social fabric of the old center, now oriented towards tourism. Paradoxically, heritage conservation policies have accelerated the decline in the maintenance of historical buildings and produced a loss of vitality in this area.
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    Sovereignty under construction: Amílcar Cabral and the reconfiguration of Lusophone countries in the international system
    (2026) Almeida, E. C.
    Under the title "Sovereignty under Construction: Amílcar Cabral and the Reconfiguration of Lusophone Countries in the International System", this article examines the theoretical evolution and contemporary applications of sovereignty in the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP), focusing on the intellectual and political legacy of Amílcar Cabral. It analyses how classical Western notions of sovereignty - from popular sovereignty theories to the Westphalian state-centric model - were reinterpreted by anti-colonial thought to construct an endogenous framework of national liberation. Methodologically, the study employs a qualitative, historical-analytical approach anchored in critical conceptual reconstruction, thematic content analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis across Cabral’s core primary texts and contemporary diplomatic literature. Mobilizing Samir Amin’s structural critique of unequal development, the paper demonstrates that political independence without economic "delinking" resulted in an "unfinished sovereignty" marked by peripheral integration into the global capitalist system. Finally, it explores how PALOP states currently navigate this structural tension, leveraging variable geometry and strategic autonomy across multilateral arenas (CPLP, ECOWAS, SADC, UN) to assert their agency in an emerging multipolar order.
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    The pedagogy of failure in experimental art processes: Cyanotype and monotype as methods to foster creativity and build up artistic confidence
    (2025) Andrade, H. S.; Nunes, J.
    This paper explores experimental methodologies in art education, highlighting how error and unpredictability foster creative development. By prioritising process over final outcomes, these approaches encourage artistic confidence, risk-taking, and adaptability. The study analyses two sessions from the Cri_Lab project, an experimental creative laboratory focused on alternative image-making techniques. The first session introduced cyanotype, a historical photographic process that fosters tactile engagement and experimentation, encouraging students to embrace creative accidents and shift their focus from technical precision to critical observation. The second session explored monotype, a printmaking technique that generates unique, uncontrolled results, challenging students to engage with abstraction and spontaneous mark-making. Both sessions demonstrated that when freed from rigid expectations, students became more willing to experiment, accept mistakes, and refine their artistic decisions. This study emphasises the pedagogical value of error-friendly methodologies, where failure is transformed into a generative force. The integration of cyanotype and monotype into art education fosters process-based learning, encouraging discovery, expressive freedom, and material interaction, where the unexpected becomes an essential element of creativity.