https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/635 2026-08-31T01:20:51Z https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/7177 Título: Design inclusivo no vestuário: etiquetas táteis para identificação de estampas por pessoas com deficiência visual Autor: SOUSA, Ricardo Vieira de Primeiro orientador: MAIA, Ivana Márcia Oliveira Abstract: This dissertation examines the relationship between inclusive design, ergonomics, and assistive technologies in the development of accessible tactile labels for identifying prints on clothing by visually impaired individuals. It starts from the understanding that clothing is an artifact laden with aesthetic, symbolic, cultural, and informational meanings, whose accessibility has historically been conditioned by models centered on visuality. In this context, the study sought to develop and analyze a sensory mediation system applied to clothing, articulating tactile resources, audio description, and digital technologies, with the aim of expanding access to information related to textile prints. The investigation is characterized as applied research, with a qualitative approach and exploratory nature, grounded in the principles of inclusive design. The methodology was structured based on participatory design and organized into three stages: initial exploration, discovery, and prototyping. The procedures involved a systematic literature review, semi-structured interviews, brainstorming, application of analysis sheets, development of tactile prototypes, and observation of interactions during testing. Five visually impaired individuals working in inclusive settings participated in the research, understood as active agents in the conception, evaluation, and reformulation of the developed solutions. The analyses indicate that accessibility in clothing constitutes a multisensory experience, allowing for an understanding of how haptic perception, spatial organization, verbal language, sensory repertoire, and bodily experience operate in an articulated way during the exploration of the garments. The interviews demonstrated that the construction of the mental image of the prints depends on interpretative processes articulated by memory, imagistic repertoire, informational organization, and technological familiarity. The results point out that factors such as tactile legibility, linguistic clarity, physical stability of interfaces, and information hierarchy influence the user experience. Among the research's contributions, the formulation of ergonomic recommendations for the development of accessible systems applied to clothing and the understanding of accessibility as a relational, sensory, and experiential process, permeated by the perceptual singularities of the users, stand out. It is concluded that the articulation between inclusive design, haptic perception, and assistive technologies expands the possibilities for informational autonomy, aesthetic interpretation, and identity construction for visually impaired people in the context of clothing, contributing to design practices focused on accessibility and sensory mediation in the field of fashion design. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Maranhão Tipo do documento: Dissertação 2026-05-27T00:00:00Z https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/6861 Título: Um estudo exploratório para proposta de análise gráfica de croquis urbanos Autor: CRUZ, Jailton Bezerra Nogueira da Primeiro orientador: FARIAS, Bruno Serviliano Santos Abstract: This dissertation investigates the methodological gap in the graphic analysis of urban sketches shared on social media, artifacts that operate at the intersection of manual recording and digital photographic mediation. It starts from the premise that artistic praxis prioritizes aesthetic experience at the expense of systemic self-criticism, thus requiring an external instrument for its analytical validation. The general objective consisted of developing an instrumental taxonomy aimed at researchers for the compositional, stylistic, and semiotic decoding of these hybrid representations. The methodology, of a qualitative-instrumental nature, underwent an iterative cycle of five stages: theoretical integration, prototyping (v1.0), documentary diagnosis, validation by an expert panel, and operational verification. As a result, specialized criticism allowed for the refinement of the initial prototype’s redundancies, consolidating the Analysis Sheet v2.0. This instrument is structured under the architecture of the Semiotic Triad, articulating: the syntactic dimension (morphology and style based on Dondis and Ashwin); the semantic dimension (meaning and representational fidelity based on Joly); and the pragmatic dimension (strategy and communicative function based on Twyman). It is concluded that the study provides the field of Graphic Memory with a robust theoretical-methodological framework capable of converting subjective records into systematic data on landscape and visual identity. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Maranhão Tipo do documento: Dissertação 2025-10-30T00:00:00Z https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/6840 Título: Designantropologia e memória: cocriando narrativas visuais para o memorial Apolônio Melônio com o boi da floresta Autor: SANTOS, Marcella Abreu dos Primeiro orientador: NORONHA, Raquel Gomes Abstract: In the Liberdade neighborhood of São Luís (MA), the practice of Bumba-meu-boi in the Boi da Floresta group is a skill that extends far beyond the stage and the June festival season. Sustained by a plot that intertwines the lives of the performers, the memory of Mestre Apolônio, the needs of the community, and daily resistance in the face of socioeconomic vulnerability and state neglect, the performance is a vital agent of social cohesion and material survival. Despite its relevance, these multiple dimensions of the practice often remain diluted or invisible due to hegemonic narratives that reduce the ox to a folkloric spectacle or a crystallized cultural symbol. Therefore, this work presents the research processes that sought to investigate whether and how the design-anthropology approach can contribute to the remembrance, updating, and tangibilization of the social memory of Boi da Floresta, through the co-creation of visual narratives for the future Apolônio Melônio Memorial. The research, which is qualitative and applied in nature, is based on the approaches of design anthropology and participatory action research. The methodological path was not rigidly predefined, but was continuously designed and redesigned based on 14 months of correspondence in the field at the ox shed, following the materials, gestures, and stories in the flow of the group's activities and in the relationships with leaders Nadir Cruz and Talyene Melônio. The common plan emerged from intersubjective encounters and was materialized through correspondence practices and conversation devices, which functioned as design elements open to engagement. Among the co-creative tools and processes, the following stand out: the approach through preliminary workshops; the digitization and recollection of the photographic collection; the development and application of a photo-audio-conversation prototype to evoke memories of Mestre Apolônio; participatory iconographic mapping with Graphic Design students; and workshops for the co-creation of the visual identity and expographic poetics of the memorial. The results were analyzed through theoretical and intersubjective triangulation, intertwining the narratives of the community, the theoretical framework, and the researcher's experience. Finally, the work presents reflections on the narrative and ethical character of design anthropology practice. The approach proved to be a path to attentive and non-extractivist correspondence, where local know-how and the social memory experienced by the group could become the basis for a collective project. The results show that, more than visual products, the process constituted a methodological testimony of how design can operate as a practice of cultural resistance, strengthening the narrative autonomy of the community and contributing to the active safeguarding of its intangible heritage, honoring the legacy of Mestre Apolônio and the continuity of Boi da Floresta. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Maranhão Tipo do documento: Dissertação 2025-10-29T00:00:00Z https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/6812 Título: REJEITOS DO COCO VERDE PARA COMPOSIÇÃO DE MATERIAIS UTILIZÁVEIS NO DESIGN DE PRODUTOS PARA A CONSTRUÇÃO CIVIL Autor: PINHO, Matheus da Silva Primeiro orientador: ZANDOMENEGHI, Ana Lucia Alexandre de Oliveira Abstract: One of the striking characteristics of urban centers is the high demographic density, a property that fits the description of the city of São Luís, Maranhão. This fact implies the consumption and disposal of both objects and artifacts proportional to the number of consumers. As it is a product intensely marketed in the municipality, the green coconut is a source of several adversities within the urban perimeter due to its popularity among the inhabitants. To contribute to the reduction of the impacts arising from the disposal of this waste in the urban environment, the research has as a general objective to understand the benefits that green coconut fiber generates when added to a cementitious matrix mixture. This research is characterized by its applied and explanatory nature as to the objectives, quantitative in relation to the approach, supporting its content in bibliographic, documentary and laboratory research. During this study, a control group, called the standard group (P), formed only by mortar, and two other groups that replace 2.4% (F2.4) and 2.51% (F2.51) of the cement weight with green coconut fiber, were created. These sample sets (P, F2.4 and F2.51) were examined by the following tests: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), water absorption, compression and four-point bending. After FTIR and EDS, it was possible to understand the chemical composition of the samples without and with green coconut fiber. On the other hand, SEM differentiated the surface texture of the matrix to the dispersed phase of the created material. In the water absorption test, a reduction in the density of the F2.4 and F2.51 composites was observed in relation to the P group. It was found that the union of coconut fiber with the cementitious matrix can have positive impacts by reusing an object frequently discarded in the city of São Luís, which makes it possible to reduce the use of cement, dissolving its environmental impacts over time. It is possible to conclude that design can be an articulator of apparently unrelated elements, bringing together different areas to seek ways to understand and diagnose situations related to the conception, production, consumption and disposal of objects and/or artifacts. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Maranhão Tipo do documento: Dissertação 2025-09-12T00:00:00Z