Sociology of the City

Code:

SOCI023

Acronym:

SCID

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Sociology
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Sociology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
SOCI	45	SOCI - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

• Knowledge of the main classical and contemporary sociological patterns of analysis of the city and urban issues.

• Identification and knowledge of the frameworks of the structural relation between spatial morphology and sociocultural morphology, with particular emphasis on the consequences of globalization in the reconfiguration of the current city and phenomena such as mobility, cultural diversity and social exclusion.

• Mobilization of the most relevant theoretical and practical implications of the relations between spatial morphology and sociocultural morphology, bearing in mind the Portuguese social reality.

Learning outcomes and competences

• Development of the capacity of reflecting and well-founded critical analysis of the city and urbanized spaces, using the conceptual frameworks of sociology.

• Development of the ability to analyze, from the sociological point of view, in a comparative way, interventions within the scope of the city; development of a culture of critical and reflexive citizenship.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The urban question and the emergence of sociological questions about the city

2. The city and the space on some classics of sociology: Marx, Weber, Simmel and Benjamin

3. The "Chicago School" of sociology of the city: the prospects of R. Park and L. Wirth

4. The gradual empowerment of the problem space in sociology

4.1. From the perspectives of H. Lefebvre to the work of M. Castells and R. Ledrut

4.2. The proposals and analyzes J. Remy and L. Voyé: urbanization and the articulated conceptualization of the relationship between space, society and culture

4.3. Reviewed proposals and new trends in the sociological study of the city

5. Mobility as a central element in the definition of the urbanized city

5.1. Gentrification, urban regeneration, and spaces of exclusion: towards dual city?

5.2. Social inequality and reconfiguration of cultures in cities

6. The problematic of city and of the urban in Portuguese sociology

Mandatory literature

Chapoulie, Jean-Michel ; La Tradition Sociologique de Chicago 1892-1961, Seuil, 2001
Costa, A. Firmino ; Sociedade de Bairro, Celta, 1999
Fortuna, Carlos (org.); Cidade, Cultura e Globalização, Celta, 1997
Fortuna, Carlos e Leite, Renato P.; Plural de cidade, Coimbra, Almedina, 2009
Guerra, Paula ; A cidade inclusiva, Eixo Atlântico do Noroeste Peninsular, 2012. ISBN: 978-989-95035-8-8
Guerra, Paula ; A cidade na encruzilhada do urbano: elementos para uma abordagem de um objecto complexo, Sociologia, Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto , 2003. ISBN: 0872-3419
Lefebvre, Henri ; Le Droit à la ville, Anthropos, 1972
Lopes, João Teixeira; Novas Questões de Sociologia Urbana, Edições Afrontamento, 2005. ISBN: 9789723606089
Mela, Alfredo; A Sociologia das Cidades, Estampa, 1999
Paddison, Ronan (ed.) ; Handbook of Urban Studies, Sage, 2001
Parker, Simon ; Urban Theory and the Urban Experience: encountering the city, Routledge, 2004
Pereira, Virgílio Borges; Na modesta cidadezinha. ISBN: 978-972-36-1275-2
Rodrigues, Walter; Cidade em transição. ISBN: 978-972-774-270-7
Soja, Edward W.; Postmetropolis. ISBN: 1-57718-001-1
Wacquant, Loïc ; Os Condenados da Cidade. Estudo sobre marginalidade avançada, Revan Editora, 2001
Warde, Alan & Savage, Mike; Sociologia urbana, capitalismo e modernidade, Oeiras, Celta, 2002

Complementary Bibliography

Bourdieu, Pierre (org.) ; La Misère du Monde, Seuil, 1993
Figueiredo, António Manuel; Penabad, José Manuel Peña; Álvarez, Enrique José Varela; Retos de la Acción de Gobierno para las Ciudades del siglo XXI/Desafios da governação das cidades do século XXI, Eixo Atlântico do Noroeste Peninsular, 2012. ISBN: 978-989-95035-8-8
Guerra, Paula ; O Bairro do Cerco do Porto : cenário de pertenças, de afectividade e de simbologias, Sociologia, Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto , 2004. ISBN: 0872-3419
Mingione, Enzo ; Urban poverty and the underclass, Blackwell, 1996
Pinto, José Madureira; “A sociedade urbana”, Colóquio «A Política das Cidades», CES, 1997
Queiroz, Maria Cidália; Gros, Marielle Christine ; Ser Jovem num Bairro de Habitação Social, Campo das Letras, 2002
Rémy, Jean; Voyé, Liliane ; A cidade: rumo a uma nova definição?, Afrontamento, 1994
Teixeira, Manuel C. ; Habitação popular na cidade oitocentista. As ilhas do Porto, JNICT/FCG, 1996
Wacquant, Loïc; Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity, Duke University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780822344223
Wacquant, Loïc ; As duas faces do gueto, Boitempo Editorial, 2008

Teaching methods and learning activities

The classes have a theoretical and practical component (TP) and are complemented by specific bibliography and pedagogical tools available in Sigarra (slides, texts, ST outputs, developed summaries, conferences).
Still be held Tutorial Sessions (ST), consisting in the analysis of texts from key authors and aiming to question and deepen the course contents. 

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology
Social sciences > Sociology > Urban sociology
Social sciences > Sociology > Social changes

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	74,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	34,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

An individual thematic written report; work developed in tutorials. All exams are compulsory, regardless of the student’s status.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation is carried out through a written examination (50%), tutorial activities (10%) and an individual writing of a thematic report (40%). In order to access the exam, the student will need a minimum of 10 values in each evaluation component. The students that are not approved can do the final exam at the supplementary season.

Examinations or Special Assignments

The special period is for cases prescribed by law. The students who, under the law, are exempted from the class attendance are obliged to contact the professor, at the beginning of the operational period of this CU, for the effect of clarifying the respective evaluation procedures, available in this form and in the Support’s Notebook 1 (Discipline Form in Sigarra).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The students who, according to the law are not able to attend the classes must get in touch with the teacher at the beginning of the year. Those students will be evaluated by an exam and a thematic report. Each of these components has 50% weight. The exam dates as well as the reports presentation will be the same applied to all the other students.

Classification improvement

The improvement in the final classification is performed in accordance with the Faculty Rules of Evaluation. That is, the student will make the grade improvement by performing a final exam.

Observations

Contact with students

The e-mail is one of the Faculty's teaching tools most used by teacher along the semester to communicate with students. Students should consult it regularly because by this tool the teacher seeks to resolve issues concerning CU: warnings, reviews, tasks, information, educational materials, among others.

Attendance of students

Office hours for students in the discipline of SPC (day and time) will be set by the teacher according to the schedule for the academic year 2015-2016, but with the requirement of advance booking by the student.

Pedagogic material 

Pedagogic material used in the UC will be available in the form of CU online teaching materials to support practical classes, developed summaries, reviews, faults, TO activities, supplementary bibliography and other elements necessary for the functioning of the discipline.

Teacher contacts

Helena Vilaça

Departamento de Sociologia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (DS-FLUP)

Via Panorâmica, s/n, 4150-564 Porto

Gabinete B249, Torre B Cacifo 222

E-mail: hvilaca@letras.up.pt; hvilaca19@gmail.com

URL: http://www.isociologia.pt/;