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The Fishe man's Rou e - P ojec o sus ainabili y and
pedagogical p ac ices
Milena Ca alho1 *, Susana Ma ins1, Eleono a San os2, Ana B anca Soei o de Ca alho3
1 CEOS.PP / ISCAP / P. PORTO, Rua Jaime Lopes Amo im s/n, 4465-004, Ma osinhos, Po ugal
2 Cen e o Applied Resea ch in Managemen and Economics / Poly echnic Ins i u e o Lei ia, Rua Gene al No on de Ma os, Lei ia 2411-901, Po ugal
3 CISED.PV/Viseu, A enida Co onel Vale de And ade, Campus Poli écnico de Viseu, Viseu 3500-233, Po ugal
*
Co esponding Au ho :
milenaca [email protected]
Ci a ion: Ca alho, M., Ma ins, S., San os, E., & Ca alho, A. B. (2022). The Fishe man's Rou e - P ojec o sus ainabili y and pedagogical
p ac ices. Jou nal o In o ma ion Sys ems Enginee ing and Managemen , 7(4), 18085. h ps://doi.o g/10.55267/iad .07.12536
ARTICLE INFO
ABSTRACT
Recei ed: 08 Sep 2022
Accep ed: 15 Oc 2022
The Fishe man's Rou e is a collabo a i e p ojec implemen ed h ough aining and pedagogical inno a ion and he
in eg a ion o inal yea s uden s om LCTDI (ISCAP-P.Po o) in he cu icula uni o In e nship o he app
lica ion
o he skills o he In o ma ion P o essional (IP) o he 21s cen u y. In o ma ional he i age makes i possible o
c ea e and en ich ou is ac i i ies based on local cul u e, p omo ing sus ainable and local economic de elopmen ,
as well as sa
egua ding he i age, h ough he ans e o knowledge om he IP skills acqui ed a LCTDI. Th ough
semi-
s uc u ed in e iews wi h membe s o he ishing communi ies o Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca and he analysis
o documen s, a su ey o he in o ma ional
he i age linked o ishing p ac ices was ca ied ou . The esul s o he
p ojec a e p esen ed, which is assumed as a model o local de elopmen , aluing adi ions and p ese ing he
in o ma ional he i age linked o he ishing ac i i y. The impo ance
o he compe ences ha he IP holds in di e en
wo k eali ies is in e ed.
Keywo ds:
Cu icula In e nship; In o ma ion P o essional; Sus ainabili y; Tou ism; In o ma ional He i age;
In o ma ion Sys ems; In o ma ion Science.
INTRODUCTION
Tou ism is assumed oday as a la gely global phenomenon,
based on an e e g ea e and mo e di e si ied se o na u al,
his o ical-cul u al, and socio-economic esou ces, p esen ing
new de elopmen di ec ions, ha ing a g owing impo ance in
na ional and egional economies, ein o cing he iden i ies and
he p o ec ion o he en i onmen and na u e conse a ion.
Gi en hese p emises, he implemen a ion o sus ainable
ou ism ini ia i es means applying new concep s o
de elopmen , adop ing new echnologies and wo king
me hods in mul iple domains, in oducing new ac i i ies and
quali y ou ism p oduc s, p i ileging he con ac o Man wi h
Na u e and aluing he His o y and Cul u e o Places.
E ec i ely, he g owing impo ance o he in o ma ional
he i age as an agen ha gene a es alue, and a di e en ia ing
iden i y is cu en ly an essen ial elemen o he c ea ion o
dis inc i e ou is ac i i ies ha enhance local eali ies and
he i age i conside ed in he con ex o local s a egic
de elopmen .
In ac , he s a egic app oach o sa egua ding local cul u al
he i age is aligned wi h (F eland, 2009, p. 11) de ini ion o
cul u al he i age “(…) o mas ma e iales o “ i ien es” del
pa imonio cul u al aba can adiciones o exp esiones i as
he edadas de nues os an epasados y ansmi idas a nues os
descendien es, como las adiciones o ales, las a es del
espec áculo, las p ác icas sociales, los i os y celeb aciones
es i as, los conocimien os y p ác icas ela i os a la na u aleza y
el uni e so y los conocimien os y écnicas necesa ios pa a la
a esanía adicional”. In he same documen is men ioned in
2003 he adop ion by UNESCO o he Con en ion o he
Sa egua ding o he In angible Cul u al He i age, which was he
i s legal and binding ins umen exp essly di ec ed o his ype
o he i age (UNESCO, 2003a).
Acco ding o his Con en ion, he e m sa egua ding
encompasses he measu es implemen ed o ensu e he iabili y
o he in angible cul u al he i age such as iden i ica ion,
documen a ion, esea ch, p ese a ion, p o ec ion, p omo ion,
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enhancemen , and ansmission ( h ough o mal and non-
o mal educa ion and aining o indi iduals), p omo ing a
e i aliza ion o he a ious aspec s o he i age. The
Con en ion also ecognizes he need o di e en and
app op ia e measu es o p omo e he sa egua ding o di e en
ypes o he i age. In 2015 he o me School o Indus ial and
Managemen S udies and, since 2016, ISCAP, bo h o ganic
uni s o he Poly echnic o Po o, we e/a e he pa ne s o he
Pa ish Council o Vila do Conde, in o de o c ea e and de elop
a join cul u al and ou is ic p ojec , called "The Fishe man's
Rou e". This p ojec assumes as a guideline, he p ese a ion o
he iden i y and cul u al link o his ci y o ishing and i s
ishe men, which has in place o Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca one
o he la ges ishing communi ies in he coun y.
Th ough he p ocess o sa egua ding cul u al and
in angible he i age, and his p ojec , in addi ion o he i age
secu i y, he ans e o secula knowledge and i s main enance
is also p omo ed, despi e he esou ces a ailable in he mode n
socie y in which we li e, a oiding he loss o in o ma ion o
g ea cul u al and iden i y alue o he ci y o Vila do Conde.
I is an uncon es ed social ac ha , mo e and mo e, ci izens
ha e a communi y awa eness o he his o ical alue and
e hnog aphic ichness o hei collec i e he i age, mi o , and
ec o o hei cul u al iden i y, mobilizing hemsel es wi h
de e mina ion assumed in he u gen and incessan ask o
hei de ense. A he same ime, and om a pe spec i e o
aining o in-dep h p o essional specializa ion, su p isingly
p omising syne gies we e de eloped, ma ked by his o ical-
a is ic and a chi ec u al s udy and esea ch, in he disciplina y
scope o conse a ion and es o a ion. The e o e, om an
inc easingly o wa d-looking awa eness o he i age, a he i age
science was bo n, whose eme gence and epis emological
impo ance is ob ious.
He i age, being a se o alues, a media ion s uc u e
be ween he pas and he p esen , a ma ix o he explici a ion
o he s uc u ing languages o he e i o ies and landscapes,
oday assumes a p i ileged amewo k o concep ual
e lec ion wi hin he scope o de elopmen . Indeed, he i age,
especially h ough i s cul u al componen , is a ecu ing heme
in he pa hs o de elopmen . Howe e , capaci ies o iden i y
and ac i a e hese alues a e une en ac oss places and
socie ies. We can say ha he cul u al he i age is an exp ession
o he cul u e o human g oups ha eco e s memo ies,
i ualizes sociabili y, selec s cul u al goods, and ansmi s
legacies o he u u e.
In ecen yea s, he i age has de ini i ely en e ed he agenda
o poli ical, scien i ic, and social conce ns. I can be said ha he
pu pose o he i age is o ensu e he su i al o social g oups
and o connec one gene a ion wi h ano he and acco ding o
his, i can be accumula ed, los , o ans o med om one
gene a ion o he nex , and can be used o be pu a he se ice
o sus ainable de elopmen , since i o igina es nume ous
ou is ac i i ies.
I mus be conside ed ha cul u al he i age is made up o
e e y hing ha his o y has ansmi ed and also o cul u e in
i s in angible dimension: language and cus oms, olklo e,
musical and a is ic adi ions, dances, homemade p oduc s,
culina y special ies, wi hou o ge ing adi ional handic a s,
c a s and ancien know-how. Fo (Rod íguez Bece a, 1997)
he concep o he i age e e s o he legacy we inhe i om he
pas and pass on o u u e gene a ions.
All ma e ial mani es a ions o cul u e c ea ed by man ha e a
physical exis ence in a place and in a ce ain pe iod. The
de e mining elemen ha de ines he concep o he i age is i s
abili y o symbolically ep esen an iden i y (da Sil a, 2000). And
since symbols a e p i ileged ehicles o cul u al ansmission,
human beings main ain close ies wi h he pas . I is h ough his
pas -p esen iden i y ha we collec i ely ecognize ou sel es as
equals, ha we iden i y wi h he o he elemen s o ou g oup and
ha we di e en ia e ou sel es om he o he s. The pas gi es us
a sense o iden i y, o belonging and makes us awa e o ou
con inui y as people h ough ime.
The e a e ew s udies on ma i ime communi ies as complex
socie ies, wi h di e en g oups di ec ly and inexo ably linked o
he sea and ma i ime li e and ishing communi ies a e one
example o ma i ime communi ies (Polónia, 1999). Fishing
communi ies a e coas al communi ies ha use esou ces ha ely
p ima ily on coas al ecosys ems o hei subsis ence and o
hei li elihood and ood. These communi ies a e he e ogeneous,
wi h complex his o ies, in e -g oup dynamics, and pa e ns o
esou ce use (Ch is ie, 2005). A dis inc ly ma i ime socie y is one
ha is buil a ound a po , and ha bene i s om ma i ime
dynamics as a de e mining ac o and whose popula ion
de elops speci ic social p ocesses and dynamics. The e o e,
communi ies a e one o he main di e en ia ing elemen s ha
make ou is s a el and isi hem and, a he same ime,
expe ience ways o li e and p oduc s om di e en
communi ies.
The elemen s ha make up a ishing des ina ion a e he
na u al, sociocul u al and/o buil en i onmen whe e ou is
and non- ou is ac i i ies a e de eloped. This en i onmen , as a
gene al ule, is loca ed by he sea, since mos pa o he ishing
ac i i y akes place on he coas due o he op imal condi ions o
he de elopmen o he ac i i y and also in he inland i e s,
al hough he ishing ac i i y does no assume an indus ial
na u e, as he amoun o ish caugh is much smalle han he
amoun ha can be caugh a sea. A ishing des ina ion is an a ea
loca ed on he coas and made up o kilome e s o beaches
su ounded by sea and some imes by i e , dunes and small o
medium sized communi ies, in which he e is ishing ac i i y (de
Oli ei a, 2003).
Tou ism is cons an ly e ol ing and is admi edly an ac i i y
o g ea impo ance o he coun y, he e o e, Po ugal mus
inc easingly in es in i s de elopmen and in i s connec ion o
he sea, since he coun y has he knowledge, he echniques, and
he na u al condi ions o doing so. In u n, hese equi emen s
enable he ans o ma ion o a communi y wi h s ong and
ances al connec ions o he sea and ishing in o a ou is
des ina ion. One o he pa ne s in his ans o ma ion can be he
in o ma ion p o essional (IP).
Acco ding o he Na ional T us o His o ic P ese a ion in
he US (Richa ds, 2009), cul u al ou ism ansla es in o job and
business c ea ion, inc eased ax e enue, di e si ica ion o he
local economy, he possibili y o c ea ing pa ne ships, a ac ing
isi o s in e es ed in he his o y and cul u e o he place,
inc easing income om cul u al a ac ions, p ese ing local
adi ions, p omo ing in es men in his o ic si es, de eloping a
sense o p ide in cul u al he i age and inc easing awa eness o
he place.
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(Oli ei a and Manso, 2010) e e ha sus ainable ou ism
can educe asymme ies since i coincides wi h he needs o
ou is egions, p o ec ing and inc easing hei oppo uni ies
o local de elopmen by op imizing en i onmen al esou ces,
in an app oach, on he one hand, ecological and which aims o
conse e biodi e si y and, on he o he hand, assuming espec
o he socio-cul u al au hen ici y o local communi ies and o
socio-economic eedback o all agen s in ol ed in he p ocess.
The No h Region Coo dina ion and De elopmen
Commission (CCDRN) (2008) sees ou ism as an essen ial axis
o i s de elopmen s a egy because assumes ha , on he one
hand, he Tou ism-Leisu e clus e is a s a egic sec o p io i y
sec o o he coun y and ha i can make an impo an
con ibu ion namely h ough he inc ease in ex e nal e enues,
o co e he ade balance de ici and o balance o ade de ici
and o comba unemploymen (CCDR-No e, 2008). On he
o he hand, also ecognizes he con ibu ion ha ou ism can
make o he enhancemen o he coun y's na u al and cul u al
he i age o he coun y, as well as imp o ing he quali y o li e
o he Po uguese and o educe egional asymme ies.
Fo (Menezes, s.d.) a elling o mee people, adi ions,
s o ies, and lea n abou he pas in a li ely and au hen ic way
has been one o he s onges ends in ou ism ac i i y.
Acco ding o (Ba e o, 2000), he ou is who a els o his
pu pose goes in sea ch o cul u al ou ism, one in which he
main a ac ion is some aspec o human cul u e, whe he i is
his o y, daily li e, handic a s, o any o he aspec ha he
concep o cul u e encompasses.
One o he impac s o ou ism is he po en ial con ibu ion
o egional de elopmen . Acco ding o (Beni, 1999), ou ism is
an impo an elemen o he social and economic li e o he
egional communi y, as i e lec s he ue aspi a ions o people
o enjoy new places, assimila e di e en cul u es, es and
bene i om leisu e ac i i ies. Bu ou ism also has impo an
economic alue because i helps he economic de elopmen
and en i onmen o pe iphe al egions. In his way cul u al
ou ism has been seen as an impo an elemen o he
de elopmen o a egion and has con ibu ed o p omo e he
in ol emen o communi ies wi h hei his o y, hei cul u al
a ac ions, and hei social memo y (Lucas, 2000).
The d i ing p oblem inhe en o he p ojec is ela ed o he
g owing conce n ega ding he loss/ o ge ulness o hese
adi ions, due o he ac ha he new gene a ions do no
dedica e hemsel es as much o ishing as hei ances o s,
which is combined wi h he aspec o sus ainable economic
de elopmen h ough he c ea ion o se ices and p oduc s
ypical o hese communi ies, making hem mo e dynamic.
This p ojec has he ollowing objec i es: o collec , eco e
and ec ea e angible and in angible elemen s ha can, h ough
new echnologies and he in e ne , ha e an elec onic po al
ha se es as a window o his p ojec ; c ea e new elemen s,
h ough he audio isual eco ding o es imonies om
ishe men, hei wi es, and he local pa ish p ies , which is
in ended o be made a ailable on social ne wo ks; conside he
legacy o so many who ha e le us and o o he s who a e olde ,
bu hey p ese ed impo an elemen s: ishing gea ,
pho og aphs and s o ies; c ea e ou is ou es wi h signage o
buildings, places and ypical ishing p oduc s allied o he
gas onomy o ish, wi h he p omo ion o gas onomic
weekends; de elop s ee ec ea ions and anima ions, wi h he
collabo a ion o he local associa i e mo emen ; c ea e a logo
ha allows he iden i ica ion o “The Fishe man´s Rou e” P ojec .
CONTEXTUALIZATION OF A NEW ROLE
FOR THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
In Po ugal, he e m In o ma ion P o essional is associa ed
wi h he igu e o he lib a ian, al hough i is a gene ic
designa ion o any p o essional, who somehow has in o ma ion
as his objec o wo k. These p o essionals hen ga he di e en
skills and compe ences ha enable hem o manage in o ma ion
as a esou ce (Du a and Ba bosa, 2020) and hei aining is
cu en ly de eloped in he In o ma ion Science o um, which
(Ga cia, 2007, p. 140) de ines as “an applied social science: ha
in es iga es he p oblems, hemes and cases ela ed o he
pe cep ible and knowable in o-communica ion phenomenon
h ough he con i ma ion o no o he p ope ies inhe en o he
genesis o in o ma ional low, o ganiza ion and beha io (o igin,
collec ion, o ganiza ion, s o age), e ie al, in e p e a ion,
ansmission, ans o ma ion and use o in o ma ion)”. Fo (de
Ca alho, 2014), in he con ex o a globalized socie y, in which
he ole o in o ma ion and knowledge a e cen al, IPs should
ocus e o s on he app op ia ion and de elopmen o skills and
compe ences capable o posi ioning hem as s a egic
in o ma ion esou ces. I is ue ha he in e media ion o IP has
always been e iden in in ocommunica ional p ocesses, ac ing in
he s uc u e o hese p ocesses, placing i sel be ween he issue
ha p oduces he in o ma ion and he ecei e ha consumes he
in o ma ion gene a ed, howe e , wi h he a i ma ion o he new
echnological pa adigm, we a e also wi nessing he
c ys alliza ion o a new phenomenon, wi h consequences in
e ms o he ( e)posi ioning o IP in he in ocommunica ion
p ocess, aking in o accoun ha , namely wi h he gene aliza ion
o he In e ne , use s can be simul aneously p oduce s and
ecei e s o in o ma ion.
The IP can, in his con ex , play a leading ole in his ype o
p ojec s as he p oximi y be ween Tou ism and In o ma ion
Science is in ensi ied by he cha ac e is ic o he disciplina y
in eg a ion p ocess, o en a ound he same objec (in o ma ion).
In his p ocess, plu idisciplina i y would be he minimum pole
o disciplina y in eg a ion, ansdisciplina i y he maximum pole
and in e disciplina i y he se o mul iple possible a ia ions
be ween he wo ex emes (Pombo, 2005). IPs should capi alize
on he emendous in e es in cul u al he i age ha al eady exis s
and le e age he posi ioning o lib a ies, a chi es, and museums
o encou age social and cul u al he i age and p o ide a unique
oppo uni y o hese cen e s o wo k and lead oge he in he
21s cen u y (Ma y, 2008). This p ojec ocuses on he uni ying
idea ha he in o ma ional he i age is, mo e han e e ,
some hing ha mus be p ese ed because in i s essence lies, on
he one hand, he enhance o he p ese a ion o his he i age,
bu , on he o he hand, he de elopmen o ou is se ices and
esou ces, capable o p omo ing and boos ing local de elopmen
(Ma ins and Ca alho, 2018a, 2018b, 2018c). Thus, i is in ended
o alue and dissemina e in o ma ional he i age indi ec ly
associa ed wi h ishing, making i impo an o make known o
he coun y and he wo ld he "people o he sea" o hese
communi ies, h ough he c ea ion o he cul u al and ou is
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p ojec “The Fishe man´s Rou e”, wi h he aim o de ising a
ou is app oach o his he i age, allowing he sus ainable
de elopmen o hese communi ies and he ci y i sel .
Allied o his a e he p o essional skills ha mus be ully
assumed/con olled and employed by s uden s and u u e IPs
and which a e desc ibed in he I&D Eu o-Re e en ial
(Eu opean Council o In o ma ion Associa ions, 2005) and
dis ibu ed among se e al g oups, o which he ollowing
s and ou : - In o ma ion: unde s anding o he p o essional
en i onmen – le el 3; analysis and ep esen a ion o
in o ma ion – le el 3; sea ch o in o ma ion – le el 3; design o
p oduc s and se ices – le el 3. - Communica ion G oup:
w i en communica ion – le el 3.
Le el 3 is he In o ma ion-Documen a ion Manage le el
and assumes ha you ha e ecei ed heo e ical and p ac ical
aining ha p o ides you wi h in-dep h knowledge and s udy
o he ules o he p o ession (me hods, s anda ds, e c.) and he
p inciples ha go e n hem. Also, wi h ega d o he Eu o-
Re e en ial, he essen ial pe sonal skills inhe en o he
pe o mance o he IP a e also highligh ed and end up
suppo ing and e en emphasizing li elong sel -lea ning as a
human being, which is also a ace o highe educa ion aining.
These pe sonal ap i udes, which a e in ended o be e en mo e
sedimen ed du ing he in e nship pe iod, a e:
• Rela ionship: Au onomy; (Abili y o) Communica e;
• A ailabili y; Empa hy; Pedagogical (Sense)
• Resea ch: Spi i o Cu iosi y
• Analysis: (Spi i o ) Analysis; (Spi i ) C i ical; (Spi i o )
Syn hesis
• Communica ion: Desc ip ion; Responsi eness
• Managemen : Pe se e ance; Accu acy
• O ganiza ion: (Abili y) Adap a ion; (Sense o )
An icipa ion; (Sense o ) Decision-making; (Spi i o )
Ini ia i e; (Sense o ) O ganiza ion.
Some hing ha is pe cep ible in he s udies conduc ed by
(A ias-Coello e al., 2014) and by (Ma ins and Ca alho,
2018b).
The impo ance o in e nship as pedagogical p ac ice
Fo (Ma ins, 2015), highe educa ion is a key sec o o
socie y, being conside ed as he engine o scien i ic, social, and
poli ical inno a ion, esponsible o he de elopmen o
esou ces o di e en na u e, including human esou ces and
he mission and objec i es o highe educa ion ins i u ions
(HEIs) a e he elemen s ha de ine i . Kou gano (ci . by
Ma ins, 2015) conside s ha in o de o ul ill hei aining
objec i e, he HEIs mus be suppo ed by a eaching s uc u e,
bu also by an in o ma ion se ice, p omo ing he
dissemina ion o knowledge h ough esea ch.
I will be ele an o men ion ha in he pu sui o hei
objec i es, HEIs will be able o se e socie y, ac i ely
pa icipa ing in i s li e, p o iding se ices in an e ec i e and
a ge ed manne . In acco dance wi h he app o al o he
Magna Ca a o Eu opean Uni e si ies in he ci y o Bologna
(1998), esea ch is indissoluble om he eaching ac i i y,
inhe en o he mission o Highe Educa ion Ins i u ions (HEIs)
and p esupposes a commi men o cul u al, social, and cul u al
needs. Economic condi ions o he socie ies in which hey belong,
h ough he c i ical dissemina ion o knowledge and educa ion
o he subjec . The p o ision o se ices o he communi y, as
men ioned abo e, is ano he unc ion o he HEIs, along wi h he
sa is ac ion o educa ional needs h oughou li e, hus eaching
new audiences. The cu en con ex also equi es HEIs o
espond o he demands o e iciency and anspa ency as well
as demons a ing esul s in ul illing hei mission (Ma ins,
2015).
Following he abo e, i is impo an o highligh he
impo ance o he cu icula in e nship, some hing ha (Rocha-
de-Oli ei a and Piccinini, 2012) do because hey a i m he
ele ance o he cu icula in e nship o he p o essional
inse ion o highe educa ion s uden s, such as (Fonseca and
Enca nação, 2012) a i s connec ion wi h he job ma ke and eal
p o essional expe iences om which you will be able o d aw
new skills and knowledge as well as de ine you own s yle o
ac ing as a p o essional. The cu icula in e nship allows no only
he applica ion o acqui ed echnical skills, bu also he inse ion,
ac ion and in e ac ion in/wi h his o ical-sociological phenomena
“ he comple ion o he in e nship means conside ing he
imme sion in a ce ain o ganiza ional cul u e, i equi es he
necessa y capaci y o he unde s anding o ha eali y, which
would no be plausible wi hou he heo e ical aining ypical o
he academy, and he expe ience o ypical phenomena o he
educa ional uni e se such as school cul u e and socializa ion
p ocesses.” (Sil a Ne o, 2012, p. 4). Also acco ding o (Sil a Ne o,
2012, p. 4) “ he dimension o expe ien ial knowledge is as
impo an as he o he s, since i is cons i u ed in he ela ionships
o subjec s in a gi en space- ime. Fu he mo e, he cons uc ion
o he subjec s' ela ionships wi h he wo ld and wi h each o he
is pe mea ed by alues, knowledge, eelings and belie s, wi hou
which he wo ld would su e om sense." . I will he e o e be
con enien o emembe ha pedagogical p ac ice p esupposes
he cons uc ion o knowledge by he s uden , bu also by he
eache , h ough a c i ical eading o eali y, gi ing ise o an
“in en ional p ac ice o eaching and lea ning no educed o he
didac ic ques ion o o he me hodologies o s udying and
lea ning”. o lea n, bu a icula ed o educa ion as a social and o
knowledge as his o ical and social p oduc ion, da ed and
si ua ed, in a dialec ical ela ionship be ween p ac ice- heo y,
con en - o m and in e disciplina y pe spec i es.” (Fe nandes,
2008, p. 159). This p ac ice will be mu ual and con inuous, in he
case o his p ojec , in a eal wo k con ex , bu also in a class oom
en i onmen (in eaching hou s o guidance), and p esupposes
he a icula ion, acco ding o (Aze êdo Rios, 2008) be ween ou
di e en dimensions: e hics, echnique, aes he ics and policy.
Cul u al he i age
Cul u al he i age is a concep ha was bo n in F ance in he
ea ly 1980s (Cal o, 1995) and ha ede ines he concep s o
olklo e, popula cul u e and adi ional cul u e. Acco ding o
(C uces, 1998) one can speak o cul u al he i age as an emblem
o he communi y ha ein o ces iden i ies, p omo es solida i y,
c ea es social bounda ies, co e s up in e nal di e ences and
con lic s and builds images o he communi y, in he end, as ha
symbolic ep esen a ion o he iden i ies o he g oups o
humans. Following his an h opological pe spec i e, we belie e
ha he no ion o cul u al he i age is no he same as he no ion
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o he i age o cul u e. This is one o he mos equen
concep ual con usions among esea che s and among he i age
agen s. In addi ion, cul u al he i age ends o es ablish some
pe manence, when, on he con a y, cul u e is cons an ly
changing. Cul u e can be s udied and known, bu no all o i
can be pa imonialized, o he wise we would be condemned o
li e in a hopelessly equal way o ou ances o s. Change is
inhe en o he no ion o cul u e, bu also o ha o cul u al
he i age. The wo no ions a e closely linked and need each
o he .
I is also possible o highligh he mo able o ma e ial
he i age ha includes i ems such as objec s o documen s ha
e e o a his o ical pe iod; p ope y con aining his o ic
buildings and monumen s; he in angible he i age we e ce ain
cul u al ac i i ies ha di e om o he s a e p ese ed
(UNESCO, 2003b), as is he case, o example, o Fado.
Acco ding o UNESCO (UNESCO, 2003a, p. 4), in angible
he i age means "p ac ices, ep esen a ions, exp essions,
knowledge and echniques - oge he wi h he ins umen s,
objec s, a e ac s and associa ed cul u al places - ha
communi ies, g oups and, in some cases, indi iduals ecognize
as an in eg al pa o hei cul u al he i age", and i is he e o e
necessa y o p ese e i o e he yea s.
Rega ding ishing and i s impo ance o de elopmen , i
should be no ed ha Po ugal is a geog aphically p i ileged
coun y, as i is loca ed a he c oss oads be ween h ee
con inen s, A ica, Ame ica and Eu ope, and he ou es
be ween he Medi e anean and No he n Eu ope. I has
always assumed i sel as a e i o y linked and, in some way,
dependen on he sea which, being pa o ou iden i y and
cul u e, is, in ac , an elemen o p i ileged connec ion be ween
he a ious Regions o he Coun y, be ween i and Eu ope, as
well as wi h he es o he wo ld.
The ishe ies sec o , a na u al pa o his eali y, has a
ele an impo ance o he socio-economic si ua ion o he
popula ions and i e side (sea o i e ) communi ies, who
depend hea ily on he sec o , which in u n, con ibu es
conside ably o local de elopmen , employmen , and o he
main enance o o he economic ac i i ies and nume ous jobs,
in addi ion o cons i u ing a cul u al ma ix ha should be
p ese ed.
Fishing communi ies cons i u e e y indi idualized
popula ion cen e s, o med by gene ally la ge amilies and
qui e dependen on he dynamism gene a ed by ishing. They
a e also holde s o a as he i age, bo h his o ical and
in angible cul u al, inc easingly h ea ened by powe ul
p essu es o di e en o igin and which he e o e equi e
u gen ac ions aimed a hei p ese a ion. This ac i i y has
become o c ucial economic impo ance, as i boos s ade and
he a s and knowledge ela ed o ishing, in addi ion o
gene a ing jobs in a ious sec o s, bu abo e all, and wi hin he
scope o his p ojec , h ough he de elopmen o his ac i i y,
cul u al adi ions eme ge and he buildings ha need o be
p ese ed, alued and communica ed a e iden i ied.
Fo (Fe o, 2014), cul u e and cul u al he i age a e essen ial
elemen s ha weigh in he ou is 's decision o isi a ce ain
des ina ion, as hey end up quali ying he local cul u e h ough
he expe ience o hei belie s, habi s and his o ical, ma e ial
and imma e ial aspec s, which in luence he social li e. The
au ho highligh s he objec i e o cul u al ou ism, which is
ela ed o au hen ic in e ac ion and expe ience.
MATERIALS, METHODS AND
PROCEDURES
This is a p ojec ha , as p e iously men ioned, aims o collec ,
eco e , and ec ea e in o ma ion, adi ions and in en o y
a i ac s, co e ing he in o ma ional he i age, gas onomy,
shipbuilding, including ypical ishing- ela ed o ishing, as well
as he collec ion o names and nicknames o he amilies o hese
communi ies. Simul aneously we will de elop consul ing ac ions
in he a ea o ou ism ma ke ing. I will also be c ea ed a ca alog
ha will encompass all he in o ma ion collec ed, p omo ing, in
his way, a eco d o wha a e he secula adi ions ha ha e
been passed down among he membe s o he communi ies
h ough o ali y. This p ojec is based on di ec obse a ion and
on se e al semi-s uc u ed in e iews, aimed a he ishing
communi y o Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca, and i s con en is
subsequen ly analyzed. This wo k also equi ed he collec ion o
audio isual ma e ial and i s echnical ea men . The collec ion
o in o ma ion also included he analysis o documen s a ailable
a he municipal lib a y and a chi e o Vila do Conde, as well as
he applica ion o a ques ionnai e o he inhabi an s and isi o s
o Vila do Conde, in o de o iden i y and design me chandising
ha would o mee hei p e e ences. We also in end o c ea e
p oduc s and se ices ep esen a i e and ai h ul o he iden i y
o his ishing communi y, namely ec ea ion and s ee
en e ainmen , gas onomic weekends allied o his o ical and
e hnog aphic ou es.
The in e iews c ea ed o collec in o ma ion o he c ea ion
o he glossa y o he lingua eja caxinei o ( ypical dialec ) we e
aimed a ishe men and ishe men's spouses. Bo h we e based on
a sho con ex ualiza ion o he P ojec and he in e iew guide
o he ishe men con ained 10 ques ions and o he ishe men's
wi es 7 ques ions. The opics co e ed we e ishing ac i i y,
ishing equipmen , ypical exp essions om Caxinas and Poça da
Ba ca as well as p o e bs. The o he in e iews we e based on 11
main hemes ha la e un olded in o mo e speci ic ques ions.
The opics co e ed we e: Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca, Types o
Vessels, Types o T aps, T adi ional Clo hing, Gas onomic
T adi ions and Recipes, Shipbuilding, Fish, Food, His o y,
Indus y, Ri uals/Fes i i ies. Rega ding me chandising, as
men ioned, a ques ionnai e was c ea ed, which was applied in
wo ways, h ough an online pla o m (Google o ms) and in
pe son. The ques ionnai e p esen ed a b ie desc ip ion o he
p ojec and asked abou sociodemog aphic aspec s and abou
which p oduc s he popula ion would like o ha e as business
ca ds o his ci y, essen ially ela ed o he sea and ishing. Fo
his da a collec ion, i was necessa y o calcula e he size o he
sample using he Raoso Sample Size Calcula o , and
conside ing he lack o knowledge abou he size o he uni e se,
i was assumed ha he popula ion consis ed o 20000
indi iduals, dimension om which he sample size shows a
small a ia ion. The s udy popula ion we e he subjec s who
equen Vila do Conde and he objec i e is o know hei
p e e ences o he c ea ion o a ious p oduc s ha se e as
sou eni s / business ca ds o his ci y. Thus, o a popula ion o
20000 people, a con idence le el o 90% and a ma gin o e o o
5%, he minimum sample size should be 267 esponden s o

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ensu e i s signi icance. Rega ding he Tou is Rou e, he idea
a ises om he oppo uni y o show an en i e ou e linked o
he sea and ishing, and o all i s poin s o e e ence, passing
h ough Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca, wi h he aim o aluing
he he i age and cul u e o hese communi ies. The objec i e is
ha anyone can wi ness and explo e wi h hei own eyes all he
poin s and places ha a e o we e somehow ela ed o he sea
and he ishing ac i i y de eloped by hese communi ies. Tha
said, se e al poin s o in e es (POIs) loca ed in he ci y i sel ,
in Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca, as well as sou h o Vila do
Conde, we e selec ed o c ea e a ou e be ween hem. This
oadmap add esses he ollowing POIs: Ci y o Vila do Conde:
Capela do Soco o; Nau Quinhen is a; Al ândega Régia
Museum; Dock/Fishing Po ; Nossa Senho a da Guia Chapel
and Ligh house; San a Ca a ina Chapel; Caxinas and Poça da
Ba ca: Fishe men's dis ic ; Nossa Senho a dos Pescado es
Chapel; Fishe man's House, Fishe man's S a ue; Memo ial o
he Cas aways; Con i ial Spaces; Nossa Senho a dos
Na egan es Chu ch; Municipal Ma ke Caxinas; Ap es o
Wa ehouses; FOR-MAR School. Azu a a: Azu a a Shipya ds;
Vila Chã: Beach and Fishe men's Squa e; Museum Cen e ;
Lab uge: Cas o S. Paio.
The ou e design p esupposes he collec ion and inclusion
o in o ma ion o a di e en na u e, among which he mos
ele an cha ac e is ics and conside ed pe inen o he a ea
and places whe e he ou e passes, geology, auna, lo a,
adi ional a chi ec u e, mano houses, monumen s,
gas onomy, a s and adi ions, among o he s.
RESULTS
So a and as a esul o he de elopmen o his wo k and
wi hin he scope o he LCTDTI in e nships we e: he c ea ion o
he P ojec 's logo, oge he wi h he s uden s o he Design cou se
in he school yea 2015/16; c ea ed a ideo o p esen a ion o he
p ojec (2016)
h ps://www. acebook.com/ o adopescado / ideos/60079626009
6007/ (Figu e 1); c ea ed me chandising associa ed wi h he
p ojec ; collec ed in o ma ional he i age and eco ded in
audio isual ma e ial
(h ps://www.you ube.com/wa ch? =8GY kRBB nM&index=2&
lis =PLhnocTV6UCpD 4H Iqb-qkPn1m_82Ohc); su ey o he
ypical language Caxinei o esul ing in a glossa y (examples o
ypical exp essions: "Anda no Filas" - walks on he sea o
G eenland; "À ca a pod e" - Shameless Teache augh me" - The
eache augh me; "A é e chico odo" - Un il you inco odo" -
Un il you bi e i all; ecipes, habi s, and cus oms ypical o hese
communi ies (Figu e 2); a small pedes ian ou is ou e was
ou lined ha iden i ies poin s o in e es unde he p ojec
(Figu e 3); a Facebook page associa ed wi h he p ojec was
c ea ed () associa ed wi h he p ojec
(h ps://www. acebook.com/e en s/130892420653496/); a
ec ea ion was o ganized wi h he collabo a ion o he ishing
communi y.
Figu e 1. Logo ype "Rou e o he Fishe man" c ea ed unde he p ojec
Figu e 2. Me chandising "Rou e o he Fishe man" c ea ed unde he p ojec
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Figu e 3. Pa o he Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca Pedes ian Tou is Rou e
CONCLUSIONS
In his p ojec , sus ainable de elopmen is achie ed
h ough he exploi a ion o he i age o di e se na u e,
conside ing he easonable use o esou ces and p ese ing
local species and na u al habi a s. In he medium e m, i is
expec ed, a e i s implemen a ion, o e i y he posi i e e ec s
on he local communi y: P ese a ion and enhancemen o he
local he i age; C ea ion o new jobs and p o i -gene a ing
ac i i ies, in a balanced way; Economic and inancial
p omo ion o he coun y h ough he c ea ion o new ou is
p oduc s and se ices; C ea ion o a po al whe e all
in o ma ion o he i age and ou is in e es is a ailable.
I is he e o e expec ed ha he local inhabi an s, now and
in he u u e, will each a sa is ac o y le el o social and
economic de elopmen as well as human and cul u al
ul illmen h ough he celeb a ion o hei own adi ions and
he i age, and ha he p ojec will assume i sel as a model o
low impac ou ism, bu o g ea impo ance in he ou is ic
and economic de elopmen o he municipali y, wi h a di ec
impac on he communi ies in ol ed and wi h a high
app ecia ion o hei adi ions and memo y, p ese ing
in o ma ional he i age, bo h social and cul u al associa ed wi h
ishing ac i i y, essen ial o hose communi ies.
In o ma ion mus be p ese ed, in his sense his p ojec
p o ed o be o g ea impo ance o he p ese a ion o he
in angible he i age o he communi ies o Caxinas and Poça da
Ba ca, in pa icula he Lingua eja Caxinei o. This p ojec also
demons a ed ha he skills o e ie al, collec ion and
selec ion o in o ma ion ha he in o ma ion p o essional
holds a e ele an in al e na i e scena ios, in his case, in a
cul u al and ou is p ojec . In addi ion o aining IPs and
inc easing hei skills in In o ma ion and Communica ion
Technologies (ICT), i is also clea ha in o de o ully
app ecia e in o ma ion as a human and social phenomenon, i
is necessa y o in e ene in educa ion, in collabo a ion and in
he o ms o in e ac ion wi h use s, hus p o iding he
p omo ion o li e acies and means o accessing in o ma ion.
Whe he egional o global, knowledge o he needs speci ic o
use s and IP lies in he legacy o he in o ma ional he i age. As
such, he needs o mul imedia ion, become e iden , implying a
g ea e in e ela ionship wi h p o essionals and wi h he o ms
o esea ch, demands ha a ise om he new echnical skills o
handling ICT on he pa o use s.
Ano he aspec ha should no be o e looked is he
impo ance ha communi ies ecognize in he e o s made o
p omo e he p ese a ion o hese adi ional knowledge, which
basically ep esen s he in o ma ion ha has been ansmi ed
om gene a ion o gene a ion. I is wo h highligh ing he
impo ance ha his p ojec will ha e o his communi y o
Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca, because i ocuses on cen u ies o
his o y ha ha e ne e been po ayed a his le el. The
objec i es a e being achie ed, wi h he i s s eps being aken in
an a ea ha is li le explo ed and o ex eme impo ance o he
communi y and o i s de elopmen .
In his p ojec , some di icul ies we e aced, which we e
o e come using di e en s a egies, in pa icula documen
analysis. S ill, i is expec ed, in he sho e m, he conclusion o
some o he ac i i ies de eloped and he inse ion o he local
ou e c ea ed wi hin he scope o his p ojec , in he g ea
Eu opean ou e GR11-E9, which c osses he Po uguese coas .
The e is mo e wo k, such as he conclusion o some p ocesses
ini ia ed and ha will o igina e pa ne ships wi h cou ses and
schools in he P.Po o uni e se, as well as he c ea ion o a amily
ee o he Caxinas and Poça da Ba ca communi y, o an online
ca alog, a isual na iga ion glossa y and a p ojec websi e.
I should also be no ed ha his p ojec , by aluing he
in o ma ional he i age and ca ying ou an in e nship a an
ex e nal en i y, ended up in luencing he eme gence, in he
2018/19 school yea , o o he p ojec s ha also ocus hei ac i i y
on he in o ma ional he i age, namely he G ande Ho el do Po o
and he Po o Me o. This p ojec did no end wi h hese s ages,
as i is in ended ha mo e wo k will be de eloped o e ime.
Con ac s ha e al eady been ini ia ed wi h HEIs in Bulga ia
(So ia) and G eece (A hens) o he es ablishmen o a Eu opean
eam o c ea e a Eu opean p ojec ha could be inanced.
Funding
This wo k is inanced by Po uguese na ional unds h ough
FCT - Founda ion o Science and Technology, unde he p ojec
UIDB/05422/2020.
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