Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Geography of Globalization

Code

722041047

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Geografia e Planeamento Regional

Credits

10

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To understand the concept of globalization; to mobilize the understanding to understand the diversity of approaches to other disciplines and its application in a political, economic, social and environmental frame; to evaluate critically different consumption behaviours; to use the diversity of perspectives to enthrone a positive, ecological and humanist globalization; to analyse indicators related to quality of life of the populations (technical competences); to find out answers to problems autonomously and transfer to new situations with the necessary adaptations, the acquired experience (methodological competences).

Prerequisites

N.A.

Subject matter

To reflect upon the origins of globalization; to analyse social, cultural, economic, ecological and spatial constraints assocaited to this phenomena; globalization and consumption; new forms of organization of the society and behaviours; positive, ecological and humanistic globalization.

Bibliography

BUCKMAN, G., Globalization, Londres, Zed Books, 2004, pp. 107-212.
DOWER, N., The Nature and Scope of Global Ethics and the relevance of the Earth Charter, in Journal of Global Ethics, Routledge, Volume 1, nr. 1, June 2005, pp. 25-43.
FIRMINO, A:, A Saga dos OGM´s: uma reflexão polémica, Actas do VI Congresso de Geografia Portuguesa, UNL, FCSH, Lisboa
JOHNSTON, R. J. et al, Geographies of Global Change, London, Blackwell Publishing, 2nd edition, 2002, chapter 1.
PERES, E., “Alimentação e Globalização”, Vértice, Maio-Junho, Lisboa, 1999, pp.55-63.
SCIRATO, T.; WEBB, J., Understanding Globalization, Londres, Sage Publications, 2004, pp. 1-73.
SINGER, P, A Ética da Globalização, Lisboa, Gradiva, 2004, pp. 263-69.

Teaching method

Evaluation method

Each student must 1) read a set of selected texts for which content he will be evaluated in a written examination; 2) write an essay on a topic related to the program; 3) participate in a group work and present the results orally (research action).

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