Violence in Contemporary Times

Code:

DE234

Acronym:

VC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Social Studies/Public Policies / Educational Sciences

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S (since 21-09-2020 to 19-12-2020)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCED	16	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To understand and deepen theoretical approches to volences in contemporary times;

To deepen interrsectional matriz of domination — gender, social class, race and coloniality;

Violences and resistance;

Empowerment.

Learning outcomes and competences

To identify and understand theories and concpts on violence

To develop studies theoretical-practical on violence


To explore political documents on the matter

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Accordingly to the rules of the MCED.

Program

• Human values and women's situations in contemporary societies

• Violence and violences: the concept of 'forms of violence'

• Specific impacts of war(s) and specific forms of war;

• Violence and gender; 
• Violence and coloniality

• Symbolic violence and diverse peripheries - rural areas, migrations, gender identity

• Violence and the body

• The racialization of the body
• Violence and resitances;
• Participation and recognition; 
• Empowerment.

Mandatory literature

Magalhães, Maria José & Cruz, Angélica Lima; Violência simbólica contra as mulheres na arte e na vida: o caso de Susana e os Velhos, Faces de Eva, nº 31, 73-96. , 2014. ISBN: ISSN 0874 – 6885
bell hooks; Belonging. A culture of place, Oxon: Taylor and Francis, 2009
Quijano, Anibal ; Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism and Latin America, Nepantla: Views from South, 2000
Joyce Berth; Empoderamento Feminismos plurais
Eunice Macedo; Violência e violências sobre as mulheres: Auscultando lugares para uma democracia ‘outra’ mais autêntica. , Marília: Oficina Universitária & São Paulo: Cultura Acadêmica., 2015. ISBN: ISBN 978-85-7983-636-7
Magalhães, Maria José; Turner, Jackie & Hagemann-White, Carol ; Empowerment and intervention: perspectives of survivors and professionals, Berlin: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2019
Kelly, Liz; Magalhães, Maria José; Meysen, Thomas; Garner, Maria; The contested concept of culture: encounters in policy and practice on violence and abuse, Berlin: Verlag Barbara Budrich, pp 121-133, 2019

Teaching methods and learning activities

Active pedagogy, involving research, debate and critical thinking will be priviledged.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	40,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	3,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Trabalho de campo	15,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	187,00

Eligibility for exams

Participation 10%
Oral presentation of an article/concept 40%
Individual essay: 50%

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation 10%
Oral presentation of an article/concept 40%
Individual essay: 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Follow the rules of the UP.

Internship work/project

Considering the recommendations to maintain lectures in the presence mode, they will be performed when possible. Due to the scarcity of phisical space, this discipline will occurr both in the presence and online modes, also with syncroninc moments of teaching. 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Follows General Rules of UP.

Classification improvement

Follows the rule of Master in Sciences of Education

Observations

N/A