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Advanced Topics in Anthropology

Objectives

A) To provide the student with an advanced and updated training in the main theoretical debates that characterise contemporary anthropological thought;
B) To develop theoretical and analytical skills with a view to the substantiated definition of a problem within the scope of anthropological research practices;
C) Capacity building for the written and oral discussion of "states of art" on the geographical and thematic areas in which the doctoral research of students enrolled in the Doctorate is inserted.

General characterization

Code

73200101

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Paula Cristina Antunes Godinho

Hours

Weekly - 2

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • CASTRO, E. V. 2014 [2009]. Cannibal Metaphysics. Minneapolis: Univocal
  • DESCOLA, P. 2013 [2005]. Beyond Nature and Culture. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
  • ORTNER, S. 2006. Anthropology and Social Theory, Culture, Power and the Acting Subject. Durham: Duke University Press.
  • TSING, A. 2005. Friction. An Ethnography of Global Connections. Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • UNNITHAN-KUMAR, M. & G. DE NEVE. 2006. Critical Journeys: The Making of Anthropologists. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Teaching method

The seminar sessions are developed around the discussion of the bibliography indicated for each session. One or two reference texts are initially presented by one or more students, followed by a discussion period. From the discussion, the teacher proposes to articulate the different readings and provide an overview of the topics presented.

Evaluation method

Continuous Assessment - Appreciation of the performance in the dynamization of the framing sessions (20%), Attendance and Participation(10%), Consideration of the commentary on the thematic sessions and their essay (20%), Final essay in which one of the seminar topics is crossed with the thesis theme (50%)

Subject matter

1. Classical models and new theoretical trends in anthropology (anthropology and cultural critique, objectifications of culture, agency, anthropology and ontology, creolization processes, etc.).
2. Specific cross-cultural research topics (to be selected annually) exemplifying and empirically substantiating the application of the anthropological perspectives discussed in the seminar.