Religion, Ritual and Performance
Objectives
It is expected that students will:
a) Develop theoretical and methodological skills towards a well-defined research problem, and produce a consistent outline of their research project in the area of specialization in Religion, Ritual and Performance;
b) Prepare a review of the relevant literature related to the outlined research problem;
c) Acquire the ability to sustainably and critically integrate their research problem into the main theoretical debates, analytical perspectives and methodologies related to this area of knowledge.
General characterization
Code
73200108
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Maria dos Anjos Maltez Cardeira da Silva
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- BLOCH, M. 1989. Ritual, History, and Power: Selected Papers in Anthropology. London: Athlone Press;
- COMAROFF, J. L. & COMAROFF, J. (eds). 1993. Modernity and its Malcontents: Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa;
- Chicago: Chicago University Press;
- LAMBEK, M. (ed). 2013. A Companion to the Anthropology of Religion.Chichester: Wiley Blackwell;
- TURNER, V. 1986. The Anthropology of Performance. New York: PAJ Publications;
- SCHECHNER, R. 2003. Performance Theory. London/New YORK: Routledge;
- STEIN, R. & STEIN, P. 2016[2005]. The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft. London/New York: Routledge.
Teaching method
Transferring of general competences in the seminars (problematization, research design, types of tools and scenarios for managing and implementing research); tutorial supervision, discussion activities designed to enable the acquisition of competencies and habits of reflection, intersubjective critique and clear expression of knowledge. Workshops with guest speakers.
Evaluation method
Avaliação - Students participation in the seminars and presentation of a draft of the thesis project(100%)
Subject matter
Students should make progress in developing a research project leading to a doctoral thesis in Religion, Ritual and Performance. This process is accompanied by tutors with the participation of students of the course. Common learning focuses on the training of articulations between theoretical-conceptual and methodological languages relevant to the construction of concrete research
projects. There will be regular sessions for presentation / discussion of work in progress, which will be organized according to this area of expertise and the themes of doctoral projects. Specific analytical perspectives will be provided under the tutorial guidelines.