Medieval Methodologies Workshop
Objectives
- Ability to identify, assess, analyse and integrate information from different methodologies and types of documents, and to deal with relevant and complex historical problems of the Middle Ages;
- Capacity to master the possibilities of sources, resources and methodologies (including those based on ICT), available for research in one's specific field of history of Middle Ages and related fields;
- Abiblity to assess the possibilities of the conjugation of several different methodologies and techniques in the prossecussion of the study of a specific theme in medieval topics/ themes and the treatment of a body of documents;
- Understanding of the advantages of applying a complex set of methodologies to a documentary corpus in terms of research results in the medieval field of studies, and the confluence of the various social and human sciences.
General characterization
Code
73227101
Credits
12.0
Responsible teacher
João Luís Inglês Fontes
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 336
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- BOUTET, Dominique et HARF-LANCNER, Laurence (dir.) - Écriture et mode de pensée au Moyen Âge: VIIIe-XVe siècles.
- Paris: Presses de l'École Normale Supérieure. 1993.
- CAENEGEM, R. C VAN - Introduction aux sources de l'Histoire Médiévale.Turnhout: Brepols, 1997.
- CORNEC-ROCHELOIS Cécile Le, ROCHEBOURT, Anne et SALAMON, Anne (dir.) - Le texte médiéval. De la variante à la recréation. Paris: PUPS. 2012.
- HODDER, I. y HUTSON, S. - Reading the Past. Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology. Blackwell Press. 2003.
- LIZARAZO ARIAS,Diego - La Hermeneutica de las imágenes. Iconos. Figuraciones. Sueños. México: Siglo XXI. 2004.
- ORDUNA, Germán - Fundamentos de crítica textual - ed. de Leonardo Funes y José Manuel Lucía Megías, Madrid: Arco/libros 2005.
- VALETTE, Jean-René (dir.) - Perspectives médiévales. Trente ans de recherches en langues et en littératures médiévales. Paris: Société de Langues et de Littératures Médiévales d'Oc et d'Oïl. 2005.
Teaching method
The teaching methods used in this seminar are based on the principles of the pedagogical model implemented at UAb for postgraduate studies, including:
1. Collaborative learning through the participation in asynchronous discussions and joint activities on the issues being studied;
2. Individual research resulting in the active participation in forums (60%) and a practical research paper that must be worked, compulsorily, in two distinct theoretical-methodological perspectives (40%).
Continuous assessment of doctoral students by weighing all participation activities in the seminar.
Evaluation method
Continuous Assessment - Individual research resulting in the active participation in forums(60%), Practical research paper that must be worked, compulsorily, in two distinct theoretical-methodological perspectives(40%)
Subject matter
This seminar aims at providing the students with the necessary knowledge in methodologies, research tools and resources, as well as thechniques of analysis which are fundamental for any researcher in Medieval Studies. Although the thematic focus and/or the sources to be treated may change over the years, the seminar is structured around the major areas of Medieval Studies: History, Literature, Archaeology and History of Art. Throughout the course unit, students will have the opportunity to develop specific research methodologies related to:
-Digital Humanities
-Textual criticism
-Diplomatics' source criticism
-Literary Criticism
-Archaeology in medieval contexts
-Prosopography
-Image Studies
-Writing History in The Middle Ages