Social and Cultural Geography

Code:

GEOGR039

Acronym:

GEOSCU

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	72	Study Plan - Geo. Minor in History (2008-2011)	3	-	6	-
		Study Plan (2008/2009 - 2011/2012)	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To describe the main spatial instances that constitute cultural and social practices.
To systematize the various types of relationships established between the social determinants of space and the performative practices of place.
To interpret the 'trialectical' order in the mutual structuring of power, representation and practice in the formation of individual and collective identity.

Program

1. The contemporary social and cultural geography. An overview.
2. The morphological approach: the landscape as palimpsest.
3. The humanist approach.
4. The production of space.
5. Otherness and postcolonial geographies.
6. The 'cultural studies' and the metaphor of the text.
7. The 'anti-humanist turn'.
8. Feminist geographies and the influence of post-structuralism.
9. Participatory action research and academic activism.

Mandatory literature

Anderson, K. et al., eds. ; Handbook of Cultural Geography, Sage, 2003
Azevedo, A. F., J. R. Pimenta, J. Sarmento (eds); Geografias do Corpo, Figueirinhas, 2009
Cosgrove, D.; Social Formation and Symbolic Landsca, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1998
Crang, M.; Cultural Geography, Routledge, 2001
Crang, M & N. Thrift, eds; Thinking Space, Routledge, 2000
Mitchell, D.; Cultural Geography (a critical introduction), Routledge, 2000
Pimenta, J. R., J. Sarmento, A. F. Azevedo (eds); Geografias pós-coloniais, Figueirinhas, 2007
Sarmento, J., A. F. Azevedo e J. R. Pimenta, eds. ; Ensaios de Geografia Cultural, Figueirinhas, 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes.
Tutorials.
Field trips.

Software

Adobe reader (projecção slide-show)

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	110
	Total:	110,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance of estimated classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighted average of all tests.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Working students, union leaders and students in a similar situation must also submit a project prepared gradually throughout the year, subject to distributed assessment, with dates, times and types of tutorials agreed for each case.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations