The best observations: children from Bairro da Torre and their vision on their world

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2025.209028

Keywords:

Participatory action-research, Photovoice, Childhood, Urban margins

Abstract

In the research that gave rise to this essay, we wanted to get closer to the vision of the children who lived in Bairro da Torre, in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Camarate parish, Loures municipality, Portugal): how did they see their place of residence? Their neighborhood, their city? How did they produce their play spaces? From these questions and through the children’s expression through photography, we were able to learn more about their world and their daily lives. By using photovoice, a research device that enables the use of photographic images produced by the research subjects themselves, we were able to open up a dialogical space with our child subjects, evoking their memories, reflections and narratives about the places they currently live in, enabling them to revisit them through their photographs. Through the images they produced, we were able to enter their universe and understand their place through their voice.

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Author Biographies

  • Camila Andrade dos Santos, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão

    Doutoranda em Design na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa (FAUL). Pesquisa a relação entre Design e Direito à Cidade na perspectiva das crianças em situação de margem urbana e a sua participação no planejamento de espaços públicos e equipamentos para brincar. É investigadora do REDES - Research and Education in Design do CIAUD (FAUL). No Brasil, é professora do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão (IFMA).

  • Rosa Arma, University of Lisbon
    PHD candidate in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (FA-UL). Collaborating Researcher at the Centre for Research in Architecture, Urbanism and Design (CIAUD); Teaching assistant and architect at GESTUAL, CIAUD, FAUL rossellaarma@gmail.com

References

Arma, R. (2022). Resistência urbana pelas imagens. Duas experiências no Bairro da Torre. urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana, v.14, e20210129.

Arma R; Santos, C. A. (no prelo). Photovoice and research with children in Design and Architecture – proximity between researchers and research subjects. In International Research & Education in Design Conference 2022 — REDES2022

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Published

2025-11-11

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025)

Section

Gesture, image and sounds

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How to Cite

Santos, Camila Andrade dos, and Rosa Arma. 2025. “The Best Observations: Children from Bairro Da Torre and Their Vision on Their World”. GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound - Anthropology Journal 10 (1): e209028. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2025.209028.