Spatial Anthropology

Code:

10125C1

Acronym:

10125C1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Arquitectura (A)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	120	MIARQ	2	-	3	-	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Knowledge of the main sociological and anthropological paradigms for the study of spatial questions; understanding of the frames of strcutural relation between spatial morphology and socio-cultural morphology; knowledge of the main implications of these relations in the study of portuguese society.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understanding of the main anthropological and sociological theories about the relations bewteen society and space. Understading of the main coordinates of these relation in portuguese society.

Working method

Presencial

Program

 

1. Science and social sciences. The place of anthropology and sociology. 1.1. The emergence of anthropology and sociology. 1.2. Concepts and methods.
2. Socio-anthropological paradigms in the analysis of space. 2.1. The urban question and the emergence of the socio-anthropological thought about space and territory. 2.2. Space in the classic authors of social science. 2.3. The Chicago school. 
2.4. An autonomous perspective about space: Lefebvre, Castells, Ledrut, Rémy and Voyé; Bourdieu and the analysis of the relations between social space and physical space; 2.5. New trends in the study of society and space.
3. Rural contexts, cities, industrialization and urbanization. Theories and studies about the production and use of public, semipublic and private spaces. 3.1. Rural contexts and the contradictions of urbanization. 3.2. Industrialization and urbanization. 3.3. Mobility and urbanized cities. 3.4. Power, inequality and the (des)organization of the city.

 

Mandatory literature

Almeida, J.F., & Pereira, V.B. (Orgs.); Ir e Voltar. Sociologia de uma colectividade local do Noroeste Português (1977-2007). Vol. 2., Afrontamento, 2021
Bourdieu, Pierre; A Distinção, Edições 70, 2010. ISBN: ISBN 9789724415772
Cordeiro, Graça et al. (Orgs.); Etnografias Urbanas, Celta, 2003. ISBN: 972-774-165-7
Fortuna, Carlos (Org); Cidade, Cultura e Globalização Cidade, Cultura e Globalização, Celta, 1997. ISBN: 9789727741212
Mela, Alfredo; A Sociologia das Cidades , editorial Estampa, 1999. ISBN: 9789723313901
Pereira, Virgílio Borges (org.); Ao Cair do Pano: sobre a formação do quotidiano num contexto (des)industrializado do Vale do Ave, Afrontamento, 2012
Rémy, Jean; Voyé, L.; Cidade, rumo a uma nova definição?, Afrontamento, 1994. ISBN: 9789723603316
Silva, Augusto Santos; Pinto, José Madureira (orgs.); Metodologia das Ciências Sociais, Afrontamento, 1989. ISBN: 9789723605037
Silvano, Filomena; Antropologia do Espaço. Uma introdução, Celta, 2001
Loic Wacquant; Bourdieu na cidade. ISBN: 978-989-53538-6-6

Comments from the literature

Additional bibliography is provided during the classes.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	66,00
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Total:	90,00

Eligibility for exams

Both assessment moments are commendatory.

Calculation formula of final grade

A written individual exam (70% of the final mark) and a written essay (30% of the final mark).

Examinations or Special Assignments

The essay is an individual work; the themes are given in the beginning of the semester.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to faculty's regulations.

Classification improvement

According to faculty's regulations.

Observations

According to the devellopment of COVID-19 pandemy, and depending on the dispostions that may be demanded by the Portuguese Health Authorities, changes may occur in face-to-face classes regime and assessment components.