Cultural and Religious Structures
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
History |
Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MHP |
23 |
MHP - Study Plan |
1 |
- |
6 |
41 |
162 |
Teaching Staff - Responsibilities
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The general aim of the c.u. is to promote reflection on cultural dynamics and how they articulate with societies. It emphasises the plural nature of the concept of "culture" and how it reflects the transformations experienced by societies.
Learning outcomes and competences
- To develop research in the field of cultural history.
- To contribute, in an original way, to historical and cultural studies, in dialogue with the existing historiography.
- Produce critical knowledge about any aspect of cultural history.
- Be able to understand the historical and cultural contexts of heritage.
Working method
Presencial
Program
1. Theoretical Foundations and Methodologies in the Study of Cultures
2. Culture and Power
Culture and Social Discipline
Cultural resistance
3. Identity(ies) and culture(s)
The construction of communities (local, national, transnational and diasporic)
Gender representations
Ethnicity and culture
4. Religiosity and social representations
Religion and cultural identity
Religious representations in art and literature
Religion as a tool of power and resistance
5. Material Culture
Objects and social structures
Consumption and material culture
6. Field trip (location to be defined each academic year and in conjunction with other MA courses)
Mandatory literature
Carlo Ginzburg ; A Micro-História e Outros Ensaios
Peter Burke;
Formas de hacer historia. ISBN: 84-206-2765-8
Roger Chartier;
A^história cultural
Stuart Hall;
Cuestiones de identidad cultural. ISBN: 950-518-654-1
Complementary Bibliography
AZEVEDO, Carlos M. (dir.) ; - Dicionário de História Religiosa de Portugal, Círculo de Leitores, 2000
AZEVEDO, Carlos M. (dir.) ; História Religiosa de Portugal, Círculo de Leitores, 2000
DIAS, Geraldo J. A. Coelho ; Vila das Aves: história da paróquia e sua toponímia, Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso, 1993
LIMA, José da Silva, ; Etnografia religiosa em Portugal, Círculo de Leitores,, 2002
PALOMO, Federico ; A Contra-Reforma em Portugal, 1540-1700., Livros Horizonte, 2006
Portugaliae Monumenta Misericordiarum , , União das Misericórdias Portuguesas, 2007. ISBN: 978-972-98904-5-1
José Manuel Sobral; "O Genuíno, o Espúrio e a Identidade Local: um Estudo de Caso das Políticas de Património em Meio Rural"., Etnográfica, VIII (2), pp. 243-271., 2004
Philip D. Curtin;
Cross-cultural trade in world history. ISBN: 0-521-26931-8
Zygmunt Bauman;
La^cultura como praxis. ISBN: 84-493-1184-5
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures followed by discussion of mandatory texts.
It is essential to read those texts beforehand! Students must bring to the sessions not only these texts (in paper or digital format), but also their notes and comments.
keywords
Social sciences > Anthropology > Cultural anthropology
Humanities > History > Church history
Social sciences
Humanities > History > Social history
Humanities > History > History of science
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Trabalho escrito |
70,00 |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
15,00 |
Participação presencial |
15,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
83,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
24,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
55,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Since the teaching load is concentrated in few sessions, it is essential that students are present in all of them.
Calculation formula of final grade
Oral presentation and participation = 30%
Essay = 70%
Classification improvement
it is possible to improve the essay.
Observations
The sessions assume an attitude of participation by the student in order to prepare his own investigation.