European Ethnographic Contexts
Objectives
LO1. To learn, question and use the key-concepts on European Ethnographic Context;
LO2. To develop critical insights on European Ethnographic Context, through critical reading of contemporary bibliographical references; LO3. To improve oral and written competences and individual or team work;
LO4. To incorporate the seminar/course issues and debates in field work
General characterization
Code
01106316
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Paula Cristina Antunes Godinho
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- Bellier, I. & T. M. Wilson (eds.), 2000. An Anthropology of the European Union. Oxford: Berg.
- Cairo, H. et al., 2018. Rayanos y forasteros: fronterización e identidades en el límite hispano-portugués. Madrid: Plaza y Valdez.
- Kavanagh, W. & J. Lauth Bacas (eds.), 2013. Border Encounters. New York, Oxford: Berghahn.
- Macdonald, S., 2013. Memorylands. Heritage and Identity in Europe Today. London: Routledge.
- Narotzky, S. &. G. Smith, 2006. Immediate struggles. People, Power and Place in Rural Spain. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Roque, Maria-Ángels (ed.), 2000. Nueva antropología de las sociedades mediterráneas. Barcelona: Icaria.
- Stoklosa, Katarkyna (ed.), 2013. Living on the Border. London: Routledge.
- Strath, B & M. af Malmborg (eds.), 2000. The Meaning of Europe: Oxford, Berg.
- Thiesse, A.-M., 2000. A construção das identidades nacionais. Lisboa: Temas e Debates.
Teaching method
The course is divided into theoretical and theoretical-practical lectures (by the professor and guests), seminars and film exhibitions
During the course, students must develop several skills and competences based on Learning
Objectives. Different teaching-learning methodologies will be used to achieve those objectives.
Methodologies of teaching-learning:
1. Expository, to present the theoretical frames of reference
2. Participatory ,with collective seminar debates
3. Active, with individual and team presentations
4. Self-Learning - autonomous work
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Evaluation: mini-test; attendance and participation and a written essay or a test(100%)
Subject matter
P1. Introduction: economic and social organization, social stratification, and symbolic constructs in the European context;
P2. The nation-building, the European-building and evidences of new processes;
P3. Region-building and social construct of the places;
P4. Borders, refugees and migration;
P5. The deruralization and the new ruralities;
P6. Cities, suburbs and places of confinement;
P7. Heritage process and touristification.