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ISMAT 7251

Design Seminar

Communication Design
  • ApresentaçãoPresentation
    The Seminar Course Unit proposes itself as an open space to receive guests and discuss topics of interest to the course, promoting learning and offering theoretical, conceptual, and practical subsidies for the development of Design activity in contemporary society, in a holistic and transdisciplinary way. The main focus of interest of the discipline in this curricular year focuses on design for territories dedicated to tourism, taking into account the regional specificities of the Algarve.
  • ProgramaProgramme
    The content is anchored in the knowledge shared by the guests, professors and researchers in Design, Arts and other related areas. The guests will give their conferences in Portuguese or English, online (the guests) synchronously, with the students participating in the classroom. The unit's schedule has been programmed so that students from all years of the course can also attend them in person. There are plans to bring guests from Portugal, Brazil, Finland, the United Kingdom, and other countries. Students should take notes of the content and present their notes at the end of the semester for evaluation. Conferences will be recorded, whenever possible (and authorized by the speaker), and will be available later on a website created specifically for the UC.
  • ObjectivosObjectives
    The main objective of the course is to expose the student to different visions and areas of activity, developing their ability to see and critically debate various issues that permeate design - with a special focus on the design of territories geared to tourism. At the end of the semester, students must: Have a basic knowledge about the issues related to the design of territories dedicated to tourism; Be able to explore and express themselves critically about the fields of knowledge directly and indirectly related to the discipline's area of interest; Understand the breadth, complexity, implications and risks of the practice of Design in contemporary society.
  • BibliografiaBibliography
    (Considerando-se a natureza da UC, na¿o ha¿ bibliografia proposta. Os convidados, entretanto, podera¿o indicar leituiras complementares para os alunos sobre os temas abordados / Considering the nature of the UC, there is no proposed bibliography. The guests, however, may indicate complementary readings for the students on the topics covered.)  
  • MetodologiaMethodology
    The discipline is based on: Discussion of the proposed topics with invited experts; Inverted classroom and problem-based learning, with the exploration of the proposed themes by students; Evaluation of exercises and participation, added to a process of critical self-evaluation of the results achieved individually and by the discipline.
  • LínguaLanguage
    Português
  • TipoType
    Semestral
  • ECTS
    4
  • NaturezaNature
    Mandatory
  • EstágioInternship
    Não