The Fisherman's Route - Project of sustainability and pedagogical practices

Copy igh © 2022 by Au ho /s and Licensed by IADITI. This is an open access a icle dis ibu ed unde he C ea i e Commons A ibu ion License which pe mi s un es ic ed use, dis ibu ion, and ep oduc ion in any medium, p o ided he o iginal wo k is p ope ly ci ed. Jou nal o In o ma ion Sys ems Enginee ing and Managemen 2022, 7(4), 18085 e-ISSN: 2468-4376 h ps://www.jisem-jou nal.com/ Resea ch A icle 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, 2 / 8 Ca alho M. e al./ J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG , 7(4), 18085 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. Ca alho M. e al./ J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG , 7(4), 18085 3 / 8 (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 4 / 8 Ca alho M. e al./ J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG , 7(4), 18085 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 Ca alho M. e al./ J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG , 7(4), 18085 5 / 8 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 6 / 8 Ca alho M. e al./ J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG , 7(4), 18085 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 Ca alho M. e al./ J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG , 7(4), 18085 7 / 8 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. 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