Culture Sociology

Code:

SC311

Acronym:

SC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Arts

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Ciências da Arte e do Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Communication Design

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	102	Official Study Plan 2011	3	-	3	34	81
DC	60	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	3	-	3	34	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Sociology in its beginnins and nowadays

Cultural Sociology as a field able to understand the societie's dinamycs in its identity, meaning and power

Analysing cultural practices, objects and speaches

Situating the aesthetic experience in social reality,
 capturing the resonance of the artistic field in the wider social context

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester,mthe student should be able to:

-use theoretical perspectives and concepts of sociology to analyze practices, objects and discourses in the cultural field;

-put cultural production, distribution and consumption in perspective with the development of societies;

-recognize and describe, from a sociological point of view, the place of culture, art and artists in society

Working method

B-learning

Program

Sociology and scientific perspective. Science, Common Sense and the false transparency of the social; Epistemological obstacles. The unity of the social and the plurality of the social sciences. Social Problem and Sociological Problem. Total Social Phenomenon.

Culture concepts.

The poor operability of the notions of cultivated culture, mass culture and popular culture. Overcoming ethnocentrism.

Contributions of sociology to the analysis of cultural policies. Social spaces of culture and modes of relationship with cultural goods.

Pierre Bourdieu: habitus, field and other key concepts. Review of the works Love of Art and The Rules of Art. Reviews.

The influence of cultural objects.



Howard Becker and the art worlds.



Production, reception, consumption and cultural practices.



Cultural audiences and cultural intermediaries.

Mandatory literature

Becker Howard; Mundos da Arte
Bourdieu Pierre; As Regras da Arte
Bourdieu Pierre, Darbel Alain; O Amor pela Arte
Bourdieu Pierre; A Distinção, 70
Certeau Michel de; A Invenção do Cotidiano
Guerra Paula; A Instável Leveza do Rock, Afrontamento
Giddens Anthony; Modernidade e Identidade Pessoal, Celta
Giddens Anthony; Sociologia, FCG
Riutort Philippe; Primeiras Lições de Sociologia
Heinich Nathalie; De la visibilité. Excellence et singularité en régime médiatique, Gallimard, 2012

Complementary Bibliography

Crespi Franco; Manual de Sociologia da Cultura, Estampa, 1997
Eco Umberto; Apocalípticos e Integrados, Difel, 1991
Quivy Raymond; Van Campenhoudt Luc; Manual de Investigação em CIências Sociais, Gradiva, 2018
Hanquinet Laurie; Savage Mike (ed); Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Art and Culture, Routledge, 2016

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository and participatory.

Analysing cultural practices, objects and discourses.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	0,00
Trabalho escrito	0,00
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

class atendance ≥ 75%

Calculation formula of final grade

Examination mark
or
work mark

Examinations or Special Assignments

Written work (1000 to 1200 words)