Fundamentals of Modern Culture: physical space, social space and institutional dynamics

Code:

3502

Acronym:

FCM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Any Scientific Area of UPorto
OFICIAL	Architecture

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Arquitectura (A)
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDA	8	Dinâmicas e Formas Urbanas	1	-	5	-
		Arquitectura: Teoria, Projecto, História	1	-	5	-
		Património Arquitectónico	1	-	5	-
		Design of Housing Spaces and Living Form	1	-	5	-
		Plano Oficial do Programa de Doutoramento 2012	1	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To promote the knowledge of the processes of social regulation that are characteristic of contemporary societies and their contradictions; To promote the knowledge of the main processes of intersection between space and society and their dynamics of reproduction and social transformation; To document the processes of structuration of different modalities of constitution of public, semi-public and private spaces and the pertinence of social and symbolic divisions in their genesis; To promote detailed sociological knowledge on the genesis of the mentioned socio-spatial processes in Portugal and to identify meaningful comparative patterns of reference.

Learning outcomes and competences

To understand the processes of social regulation that are characteristic of contemporary societies and their contradictions; To promote the knowledge of the main processes of intersection between space and society and their dynamics of reproduction and social transformation.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Physical space, social space and institutional dynamics. Theoretical and methodological options. 2. Regulations, social deregulation and space in contemporary societies. History and recent trends. 3. Socially appropriated physical spaces, social classes and class cultures. 3.1. The structuration of space in the bourgeoisie. 3.2. The structuration of space in the petty-bourgeoisie. 3.3. The structuration of space in peasant groups. 3.4. The structuration of space in the working class. 3.5. Socially appropriated physical space and “precariate”.

Mandatory literature

Bourdieu Pierre; O poder simbólico
Bourdieu Pierre; As Regras da Arte. ISBN: 972-23-2121-8
Bourdieu, Pierre; Distinção, Edições 70, 2010
Elias Norbert; Introdução à Sociologia. ISBN: 972-44-1005-6
Pereira, Virgílio Borges ; Classes e Culturas de Classe das Famílias Portuenses, Afrontamento, 2005
Pinson Daniel; Usage et architecture. ISBN: 2-7384-1800-7
Rémy Jean; A cidade. ISBN: 972-36-0331-4
Wacquant, Loic; Parias urbains, La découverte, 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical lessons organized as a seminar.

keywords

Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	71,00
Frequência das aulas	12,00
Total:	83,00

Calculation formula of final grade

A written essay presented at the end of the semester: 100% of the final classification.