Public Space: Themes and Problems

Code:

DFIL026

Acronym:

EPTP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Third cycle of studies in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DFIL	7	study plan	1	-	15	45	405

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- To deepen scientific knowledge that fosters critical reasoning about the phenomena of public space in contemporaneity, such as, for example, the relationships between space, power, politics, and the citizen.
- To develop solid scientific training, enabling students to identify and analyse, in the framework of Social and Political Philosophy, some challenges of the contemporary world.

Learning outcomes and competences

- To master research skills and competences that serve to develop critical papers, contributing to the preparation of PhD dissertations;
- To consolidate theoretical and methodological capabilities that translate into original contributions to the understanding of some of the challenges facing philosophical experience today.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Public space, public sphere and urban space;
1.1. Public space, public sphere, communal space and common good (Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Arendt, Habermas, Hardt, Negri);
1.2. Justice, social justice, spatial justice and neo-liberal space (Aristotle, Rawls, Habermas, Taylor, Harvey, Hardt, Negri);
1.3 The right to the city (Lefebvre; Harvey);
2. Technology, Politics and Society;
2.1. Cyberspace and knowledge: technology, expanded science and democratisation of knowledge (Postman, Winner, Lafuente, Echevarría);
2.2. Political space and representational spaces.

Mandatory literature

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975; A^condição humana. ISBN: 85-218-0146-7
Aristóteles, 384-322 a.C; Política. ISBN: 972-699-561-2
Bauman, Zygmunt; Globalization. ISBN: 0-7456-2013-2
Feenberg, Andrew; Questioning technology. ISBN: 0-415-19755-4
Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976; Essais et conférences
Mitcham, Carl 340; Filosofia y tecnología. ISBN: 84-7490-731-4
Ortega y Gasset, José, 1883-1955; Meditacion de la tecnica. ISBN: 84-206-4121-9
Ortega y Gasset, José, 1883-1955; La^rebelión de las masas. ISBN: 84-7039-788-5
Pereira, Paula Cristina; Condição humana e condição urbana. ISBN: 978-972-36-1171-7
Pereira, Paula Cristina 080 340; Espaço público. ISBN: 978-972-36-1282-0
PEREIRA, Paula Cristina; (2008; org.), A Filosofia e a Cidade I, Porto: Campo das Letras.
PEREIRA, Paula Cristina; (2010; org.), A Filosofia e a Cidade II, Porto: Campo das Letras.
PEREIRA, Paula Cristina; 2010), "O novo espaço público, cidadania e subjectividade", co-autoria, Díaz- Montiel, Zulay; Márquez-Fernández, Álvaro (Coords) & Salazar P, Robinson (Ed), Justicia social emancipadora,democracia ciudadana y crisis del Estado. Ed. Aleph. Colecc. Insumisos Lat
POSTMAN, Neil; 1993 Technopoly: The surrender of Culture to Technology, New York: Vintage.
QUERALTO, R; . (2003), Ética, tecnología y valores en la sociedad global. El Caballo de Troia al revés, Madrid: Tecnos.
Sennet, R., (1994),; Flesh and Stone: The Body And The City In Western Civilization, Norton, New York.
STIEGLER, Bernard (2006 ), ; Mécréance et Discrédit : Tome 2. Les sociétés incontrôlables d'individus désaffectés. Paris : Galilée

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures; debates targeting critical reflection on the topics and authors presented by the lecturer or selected by the lecturer and students, intended to consolidate the subject-matters addressed. The course unit also includes research work to be presented and discussed (essays and/or critical reviews) and the development of a project on which the students’ PhD thesis will be based.

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Trabalho escrito	75,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	260,00
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho de investigação	100,00
Total:	405,00

Eligibility for exams

According to FLUP regulations

Calculation formula of final grade

The assessment components include participation in classroom sessions (25%) and the submission of an original paper (75%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

There are none planned, but each student may suggest extra works, which will be considered if included in seminar work.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FLUP regulations.

Classification improvement

The student may apply for improving the classification only through the written essay component. The final ranking reflects the weighted average of the highest ratings achieved in all assessment components.