http://hdl.handle.net/10174/979 2026-06-29T23:02:47Z 2026-06-29T23:02:47Z Lourencetti, Fernanda de Lima http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42247 2026-06-23T14:18:55Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Urban requalification projects along the water. Promoting the preservation of the railway heritage on the banks of the Douro River (Oporto/Portugal) Authors: Lourencetti, Fernanda de Lima Abstract: The aim of this article is to promote Oporto’s railway heritage located on the banks of the Douro River. The railway connection between Lisbon and Oporto was part of the first Portuguese railway plans. However, due to the natural features of the Douro River, the implementation of the railway in Oporto was only possible at the end of the 19th century, and a connection to the river was built in 1888. Meanwhile, the port of Leixões was already replacing Oporto’s port services. At the end of the 20th century, the initial configuration of the Oporto railway was altered and part of its infrastructure was deactivated. Currently, some of the areas occupied by the old railway are undergoing interventions, but the urban requalification proposals do not clearly present initiatives to preserve the railway heritage. For this reason, it is important to promote knowledge about the history of railways in Oporto.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Lopes, Bruno http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42246 2026-06-23T14:18:33Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Entre la gracia y la regulación: los privilegios de la Inquisición en Portugal (siglos XVI-XVIII) Authors: Lopes, Bruno Abstract: This article examines the granting, practical enforcement, and regulation of privileges conferred on the servants of the Portuguese Inquisition between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Treating privilege as an instrument of royal governance and institutional organization, it analyses the range of prerogatives granted to familiars and officials of the Holy Office and their role in recruiting agents and in consolidating the Inquisition’s symbolic standing. The study argues that, although the expansion of the privileged network raised fiscal and administrative concerns within the monarchy, the regulatory measures adopted from the late seventeenth century onward did not seek to dismantle the system but rather to rationalize it. The creation of the category of the familiares do número aimed to reconcile institutional efficiency, royal control, and the preservation of privilege’s social value, confirming the Inquisition’s central place in the early modern “market” of social distinctions.

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Lopes, Bruno http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42240 2026-06-23T14:07:14Z 2026-05-31T23:00:00Z

Title: Resistance and Concealment of Assets in the Portuguese Inquisition, 17th-18th Centuries Authors: Lopes, Bruno Abstract: This article examines the concealment of goods by defendants before the Portuguese Inquisition. Drawing on records of assets seized and confiscated by the Juízos das Confiscações (confiscation tribunals), it asks who was responsible for hiding property whether New or Old Christians – their occupations, the types of goods most frequently concealed, their value, and the impact these practices had on the functioning of the Inquisition. It investigates whether specialised agents were involved in denunciations, and whether concealment arose mainly from everyday acts of resistance or from coordinated actions against inquisitorial authority. The article shows that New Christians – especially men and merchants – were the main agents of concealment, though they generally acted individually, and that debts were the asset most commonly hidden. It concludes that the Inquisition responded by granting the informant a share of the concealed goods and by conducting inquiries into the practice.

2026-05-31T23:00:00Z Nunez-Garcia, Alicia Fuente-Garcia, Sofia Lowemi, Erfan Masoodian, Masood Vieira, Renata Rodrigues, Aurea Luz, Saturnino http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42076 2026-06-01T09:31:30Z 2025-11-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A study protocol for assessing the effects of intangible cultural heritage experiences on human well-being Authors: Nunez-Garcia, Alicia; Fuente-Garcia, Sofia; Lowemi, Erfan; Masoodian, Masood; Vieira, Renata; Rodrigues, Aurea; Luz, Saturnino Abstract: Background: While interventions have been designed which use extended reality (XR) technology in promoting physical, mental and social well-being through cultural heritage experiences, well-defined methodologies for the assessment of such interventions is lacking. Objectives: We present a protocol for evaluating the usability and effectiveness of an XR system that mediates and facilitates access to intangible cultural heritage experiences. We aim to assess the effects of these experiences on user well-being and attitudes across four case studies: ageing societies, sustainable tourism, disappearing communities, and immigration and multiculturalism. Methods and analysis: Participants will be randomly assigned to control or intervention groups. The effects of the XR intervention on well-being will be assessed through statistical analysis of the participants’ salivary cortisol and cortisone levels, physiological signals, and subjective ratings, both pre- and post-intervention and between control and intervention groups. Usability will be measured through a system usability scale. Speech will be recorded for qualitative and natural language processing analysis. Machine learning models will be developed for prediction of affect and well-being on multimodal data. Discussion: This is one of the first international and multidisciplinary studies to explore the effects of XR-mediated intangible cultural heritage experiences on well-being and attitudes towards issues of societal importance. One of the main strengths of this study is the range of data modalities it collects, and the range of methods it employs to analyse these data in a complementary manner, including qualitative, statistical and advanced machine learning methods. Conclusion: This protocol offers a method and four case studies to assess the potential of immersive XR experiences and interventions of intangible cultural heritage as contributors to increased well-being and as actors of societal change. It stands as a reference model for further similar interventions in the field.

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