Contemporary Societies, Globalization and Social Change

Code:

LRI019

Acronym:

SCGMS

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http:/www.letras.up.pt/deg (específico da disciplina)
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages and International Relations

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LRI	71	LRI - Study Plan	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Aims: To pass the CU students must be able to: 1 – Summarise information on today’s world, relating where we live to the globalised context; 2 – Recognise localities and regions as parts of a global system that is constantly changing; 3 – Analyse the interaction between global processes and their local manifestations in economic, political and cultural term; 4 – Interpret some of the problems of today’s world; 5 – Demonstrate an understanding of the value of different cultures and societies; 6 – Develop critical and reflective attitudes;

Learning outcomes and competences

Develop critical and reflective attitudes

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The contemporary world system 1.1 Geopolitical and geostrategic precursors: decolonisation and bipolarisation 1.2 From bipolarisation to a polycentric world 1.3 The emergence of new centres of power 2. The world as a globalised space 2.1 The process and concepts of globalisation 2.2 Globalisation as deterritorialisation of social processes: the Malcolm Waters model 3. The local in a global world 3.1 The situated character of cultural globalisation 3.2 Deterritorialising trends and local integration 3.3 The world as a delocalised cultural space

Mandatory literature

APPADURAI, Arjun; "Sovereignty without territoriality: notes for a posnational geography". In The Geography of Identity. Patricia Yaeger (ed.)., Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp: 40-58., 1996
WATERS, Malcolm; Globalização, Oeiras: Celta Editora, 1999
ANDERSON, Benedict; Comunidades Imaginadas: Reflexões sobre a Origem e a Expansão do Nacionalismo., Lisboa: Edições 70., 1991
APPADURAI, Arjun; Dimensões Cukturais da Globalização., Lisboa: Teorema, 2004
SASSEN-KOOB, Saskia; "Recomposition and peripheralization at the core"., Contemporary Marxism 5: 88-100., 1982
INDA, Jonathan Xavier e ROSALDO, Renato (eds.); The Anthropology of Globalization: a Reader., Malden, MA, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing., 2002
Cole, John ; Geography of the World’s Major Regions. Londres, Routledge., 2002
Pacaut, Marcel e Bouju, Paul ; O Mundo Contemporaneo: 1945-1975. Lisboa, Editorial Estampa, 1979

Teaching methods and learning activities

The course unit involves 3 kinds of classes: a) Expository classes (TP); b) Classes that focus on reflective exercises (2 small essays done by the students individually or in groups of two (TP); c) Discussion classes on topics suggested in advance by the lecturer and as preparation for the students’ presentations (Tutorials - OT).

keywords

Social sciences > Cultural studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Trabalho laboratorial	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	66,00
Trabalho de campo	29,00
Trabalho de investigação	38,00
Trabalho laboratorial	29,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Positive distributed evaluation

Calculation formula of final grade

 

Fieldwork - 30%
Laboratory - 30%
Paper - 40%

Examinations or Special Assignments

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.