Urban and Rural Sociology

Code:

SOCI049

Acronym:

SUR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sociology

Instance: 2024/2025 - 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	44	SOCI - Study Plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

• Know the main sociological paradigms of analysis of rural sociology and urban sociology in both classic and contemporary sociology;

• to identify and understand the frames of structural relationship between spatial morphology and sociocultural morphology, with particular emphasis on the consequences of globalization, mobility, diversity and social exclusion in the reconfiguration of the city, its peripheral contexts and spaces with traces of rurality;

• mobilize the most relevant theoretical-practical implications of the relationship between spatial 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  urbanized spaces and the rural 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 and the rural social context; development of a culture of critical and reflexive citizenship.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction: from rural and urban dichotomies to the spatial continuum.

2. The social construction of rural space: from the extinction of the peasant-type ideal to the emergence of new ruralities.

3 .. The city and space in some classics of sociology: Marx, Weber and Simmel.

4. The Chicago School of City Sociology: The Perspectives of R. Park and L. Wirth

5. The progressive autonomization of the spatial problem in sociology: The perspectives of Henri Lefebvre and Manuel Castells.

6. Updating proposals and new trends in sociological studies on cities.

7. Mobility as a central element in the definition of the urbanized city: gentrification and spatial exclusion.

Mandatory literature

Fortuna Carlos; Identidades percursos,paisagens culturais. ISBN: 972-774-033-2
Mela Alfredo; A^sociologia das cidades. ISBN: 972-33-1390-1
Pereira, Virgílio Borges; Na modesta cidadezinha. ISBN: 978-972-36-1275-2
Rodrigues, Walter; Cidade em transição. ISBN: 978-972-774-270-7
Smith Neil 340; Gentrification of the city. ISBN: 0-04-301202-7
Vilaça Helena; Associativismo urbano e participação na cidade
Wacquant Loic 1960-; Os^condenados da cidade. ISBN: 8571062234
Mendras, Henri; Sociedades camponesas, Zahar Editores, 1978
Pinto, José Madureira; Queirós, João; Ir e voltar : sociologia de uma colectividade local do Noroeste Português : (1977-2007), Afrontamento, 2010. ISBN: 987-972-36-1080-2
Santo, Moisés Espírito ; Comunidade rural ao norte do Tejo seguido de vinte anos depois, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Associação de Estudos Rurais, 1999

Complementary Bibliography

Rémy, Jean; Voyé, Liliane ; A cidade: rumo a uma nova definição?, Afrontamento, 1994
Costa António Firmino da 1950-; Sociedade de bairro. ISBN: 972-774-025-1
Lopes João Teixeira; Novas questões de sociologia urbana. ISBN: 972-36-0608-9
Bettin, Gianfranco; Los sociólogos de la ciudad, Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.L., 1982. ISBN: 8425211220
Soja, Edward W.; Postmetropolis. ISBN: 1-57718-001-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

The classes have a theoretical-practical component (TP) and are complemented by specific bibliography and pedagogical materials available at Sigarra (slides, texts, developed summaries, conferences).

Theoretical-practical (TP) are also carried out, with the exploration of texts by the authors under analysis, tending to problematize and deepen the subjects covered.

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 (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Exame	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	64,00
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Trabalho escrito	29,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Written work: 70%
Oral Presentation: 30%

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation will be made by the completion of a final exam, dealing with global matters worked throughout the semester (study materials and lessons). The final exam will be weighted at 50% in the final mark. The evaluation shall be combined with a thematic report, subject to one of the programmatic points to be indicated. For the purposes of the final assessment, the work will have a weighting of 50% in the final average. The approval of the course unit has as a condition that the classification obtained in the final written exam, and oral if necessary, and in the thematic report is equal to or greater than 10 values, for each of them. Failure to comply with this condition implies the transfer of the student to the appeal period.

For assessment purposes at the time of appeal, all evaluation components in the curricular unit are considered, with the corresponding weighting in the final classification: final exam and thematic report. 

Examinations or Special Assignments

The special period is for cases prescribed by law. Students who can not be assiduous are obliged to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course unit for the purpose of establishing their knowledge assessment procedures. These students will be evaluated through an examination and practical work. Each of these components has a weight of 50%. The dates of examination and delivery of the papers will be the same as the ones to be applied to the other students.

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.These students have the right to be evaluated during the special evaluation period. 

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 the course unit: warnings, reviews, tasks, information, educational materials, among others.

Attendance of students

Office hours for students in the course unit (day and time) will be set by the teacher according to the  semester schedule.

Pedagogic material 

Pedagogic material used in the course unit (teaching materials to support practical classes, summaries, reviews, tutorial activities, supplementary bibliography and other  necessary elements) will be available in the online platform. (Sigarra).

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 B253,  Cacifo 193 - Torre B

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

URL: http://www.isociologia.pt/;