Title: Shapes of Portuguese Heritage and Visual Culture
Stream: Culture and Heritage
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Marina Peres, Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation, United Arab Emirates
Abstract:
This study explores the cultural heritage between Portuguese colonial places through the creation of visual narratives. Cultural processes are communicated through the decoding process of visual codes of multiplicity in semiotic conditions and occasions (Eco, 1976). Portuguese buildings, facades, graphic creations and artefacts, scattered around the world, are part of Portuguese colonial history. As well as Portuguese discoveries, they left a vast visual heritage spread across the world. Goa, Malacca, Macau, Muscat, have rich and unique visual expressions as genuine symbols of Portuguese heritage. Visual culture is understood as a system of pictorial and graphic creation. Monuments, houses and traditions, bring together visual influences that the Portuguese, in the past, applied creatively. Objects, shapes and other visual references acquire their meaning, relating values and sociocultural conditions that transform them into vehicles for the affirmation of an identity. This research is focused on a historical and visual legacy approach to identify symbolic and expressive forms of a common culture. A database was created with fragments collected from the visual heritage. Secondary research reflects the importance of locating in time and place a nation's history. It also highlights the importance of national heritage throughout the world.
This article aims to contribute to the creation of a visual, formal and cultural database of Portuguese heritage, developing a visual grammar of cultural patterns and concepts contributing for the dissemination of Portuguese legacy around the world.
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