Realidade Aumentada, Passado - Presente - Futuro: Um Projeto de Humanidades Digitais em Valongo

Abstract

ABSTRACT Digital humanities involve the systematic study of the record of human experience through computing to make sense of the past and actively participate in the discussion about the present that shapes our future. Inserted into the Valongo project - Utopian City of the Utopia 500 Program, this study explored the use of augmented reality to catalog, preserve and disseminate memories through narratives. As a participatory research, an interdisciplinary methodological approach based on Citizen Humanities was adopted, investigating values, cultural meanings and depth of phenomena related to local culture. In partnership with the community, we identified characters and places with potentially utopian profiles. The results include the construction of a memory-based narrative from a utopian perspective, the facilitation of intergenerational dialogue and the creation of a physical-digital circuit prototype through augmented reality, integrating the past, present and future of Valongo. The potential for the project to expand to other regions was also observed, exploring points outside the historic center of Valongo that have significant relevance to its cultural heritage. Keywords: Digital humanities; utopian minds; augmented reality; citizen humanities; cultural heritage.