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This speculative text begins with reference to a conversation held in 1967 between artists Allan Kaprow and Robert Smithson, focused on the question "What is a Museum?" and tackling the relationship between Art and Life. The essay argues that for anarchists, it is significant to make a distinction between the dead version of a common word — such as "democracy" — and the living version of the same word. Works of art are used as instances where this distinction between a thing understood in its living aspect, and a thing understood in its "dead" or reified aspect, becomes the very content of the work. Works of art by nineteenth-century creators such as Charles Willson Peale and Jean-Léon Gérôme are brought into dialogue with the work of contemporary artists such as Joan Semmel and Chris Curreri. The premise of this text is that artists ceaselessly try to invent images that allow us to perceive the difference between the dead version of things and the living version of things, and thus attempt to create the conditions for the artwork to come alive.

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The Senior Universities (US) in Portugal are socio-educational organisations, of non-formal education, officially recognised by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers nº 76/2016. According to the National Network of Senior Universities (RUTIS), there were 330 US in Portugal with a total of 45,000 senior students in 2019.
Since the beginning of the US, computer education has been one of the most sought after topics for seniors. In 2018, 62% of students attended a course related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This teaching has gone through three phases in the US that we will present.
In the study carried out by the author to 1,016 senior students from all over the country, it was possible to conclude that the frequency of the US contributed a great deal to diminish digital illiteracy and that it is in the older and less literate public that these contributors are more visible. It was also possible to realise that most US students have smartphones and laptops and understand the evolution that the use of computers has had in the US.

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Given the growth in the number of senior universities in Portugal and Brazil, we think it is important to know the audience which frequents these institutions, their motivations, the health impact and whether there are significant differences between the two countries. The authors have created a survey that was applied in person in Portugal and the State of Goiás in Brazil. With this study, it was possible to trace the profile of the students who attend the Senior Universities (US or U3A) in Portugal and universities open to Seniors (UNATI) in Brazil. We also added a study on volunteer teachers in the Portuguese US.
We now know that are essentially women, aged 60-75 years and of all social and educational levels. As for the motives are essentially the conviviality, get active and learn. No significant differences were found between the two countries, in groups and in the motivations, with exception to the marital status and the number of courses attended.

Currently, Portugal is the fifth most aged country in the world, and it is expected to reach third position by 2030. Aware of this reality, civil society has organised itself in the most varied ways in an attempt to fill the non-existent answers. The seniors universities are an example of this, seeking to provide all their students with recreational activities where socialising is surely one of the most important weapons in the fight against isolation and depressive conditions with particular incidence in this younger population. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened this not very encouraging scenario. Aware of this reality and for the pandemic period, senior universities have launched the Virtual Senior University project, as an extension of face-to-face teaching into virtual teaching. Based on a random sample of one hundred students enrolled in the Virtual Senior University (VSU) project, a quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted using a demographic questionnaire and the QOSUSV scale in order to evaluate the participation and experience of VSU students in the activities carried out during the first period of confinement.The analysis of the results revealed that the USV offer is inclusive, transversal and covers the whole country. USV proved to be a contribution to sustainability in education, particularly in periods of confinement and emergency. Additionally the activity that deserved a greater welcome by students was all existing offers (23,93%); the most frequently mentioned difficulty was: accessing the internet and mastering the devices and then class schedules. A significant proportion of students (69%) stated that they had nothing negative to point out, which reinforces the satisfaction with VSU previously questioned (98%). The interest in continuing the VSU project in the next academic year was expressed by 83% of the students, a fact evidenced by the positive (rho=0.596) and statistically significant (p<0.01) correlation between satisfaction and the desire to continue VSU for the following academic year. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Aware of this reality, RUTIS, the Network of Senior Universities has sought to promote active aging and its enhancement, with Portuguese Senior Universities aiming to regularly create and boost social, cultural and educational activities. The challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic led to the creation of the Virtual Senior University (USV) by RUTIS allowing seniors to continue their learning at a distance and to share their knowledge. To evaluate the participation and experience of USV students in the activities carried out during the first period of confinement. Quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational study involving 100 USV students, using a demographic questionnaire and the QOSUSV scale. The scale has a good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient = 0.806); there is a positive (rho = 0.596) and statistically significant (p <0.01) correlation between satisfaction with USV and the continued participation of its students for the academic year 2020/21. The USV offer is inclusive, transversal and covers the whole country. USV has proven to be a contribution to sustainability in education, particularly in times of confinement and emergency. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion