Cultural and Religious Structures
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
History |
Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S ![Requerida a integração com o Moodle Ícone do Moodle](/flup/pt/imagens/MoodleIcon)
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MHP |
18 |
MHP - Study Plan |
1 |
- |
6 |
45,5 |
162 |
Teaching language
Portuguese
Obs.: É essencial a capacidade de leitura de textos em outras línguas, em particular inglês e/ou castelhano.
Objectives
Within the scope of the Master's, this course intends to draw the participants' attention to a reflection on cultural and religious structures and the way in which they are essential in defining mental structures. They are key to understanding a given society, including its heritage.
Regarding the common effort of all curricular units of the Master's to propose, clarify and exercise the stages of construction of an investigation around heritage, from a history perspective, this module aims to provide theoretical reflections and factual information about some cultural and religious topics.
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. Concepts, theories and key ideas for the study of Culture(s)
2. Institutions and cultural agents
3. Culture and religious institutions
4. Sociabilities and Cultural Identities
5. Diasporic cultures
Mandatory literature
Zygmunt Bauman;
La^cultura como praxis. ISBN: 84-493-1184-5
Complementary Bibliography
AZEVEDO, Carlos M. (dir.) ; - Dicionário de História Religiosa de Portugal, Círculo de Leitores, 2000
BRAGA, Teófilo; O povo português nos seus costumes, crenças e tradições, Public. D. Quixote, 1994
AZEVEDO, Carlos M. (dir.) ; História Religiosa de Portugal, Círculo de Leitores, 2000
Brigola, João; Colecções, gabinetes e museus em Portugal no séc. XVIII , FGC/FCT, 2003
DIAS, Geraldo J. A. Coelho ; Vila das Aves: história da paróquia e sua toponímia, Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso, 1993
Dicionário histórico das ordens : institutos religiosos e outras formas de vida consagrada católica em Portugal , Gradiva, 2010. ISBN: 978-989-616-378-5
LIMA, José da Silva, ; Etnografia religiosa em Portugal, Círculo de Leitores,, 2002
Nunes, Maria de Fátima, Cunha, N.; Imagens da Ciência em Portugal, Caleidoscópio, 2006. ISBN: 9728801777
Ordens religiosas em Portugal : das origens a Trento : guia histórico. 2ª ed . , Livros Horizonte, 2006. ISBN: 972-24-1433-X
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
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures followed by discussion of mandatory texts indicated for each group of sessions.
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 |
75,00 |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
25,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
85,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
22,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
53,00 |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
2,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Since the teaching load is concentrated in just five sessions, it is essential that students are present in all of them.
Students who, due to their status and working hours, cannot participate in all teaching units, should contact the teacher, at the beginning of classes, to arrange work on an extraordinary schedule and should carry out various exercises to replace the practices laboratory tests performed during the sessions.
Calculation formula of final grade
Oral presentation = 25%
Essay = 75%
Classification improvement
According to the Assessment Regulations for Master’s courses.
Observations
The sessions assume an attitude of participation by the student in order to prepare his own investigation.