Uses of Culture
Code
722170079
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Antropologia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
João de Freitas Leal
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Conduct a theoretical and methodological extended reflextion around the proposed work about uses of culture.
2. Perform a more specialized theoretical reflection on the proposals that link the study of the uses of culture to the negotiations of identities issues.
3. Update your problematic around case studies, in order to conduct a scientifically and ethically grounded discussion about the possible practical applications of the acquired knowledge .
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Formulations and anthropological debates around the concept of culture. Appropriation and instrumentalizations of culture.
2. From culture to identities.
2.1. Culture, production and consumption.
2.2. Culture and patrimony.
2.3. Culture, ethnicity and diasporas.
2.4. Culture and national identities, regional and local.
Bibliography
CUCHE, D., 1999, A noção de Cultura nas ciências Sociais, Lisboa, Fim de século (1ª ed.1996).
ERIKSEN, T., 2000, Ethnicity and culture a second look, Bendix, R. e H. Roodenburg (eds.), Managing Ethnicity.
Perspectives from Folklore Studies, History and Anthropology, Amsterdam, Het Spinhuis, 185-205.
GARCÍA CANCLINI, Néstor, 1998 (1989), Culturas Híbridas. Estratégias para Entrar e Sair da Modernidade, São Paulo, EDUSP.
HANDLER, R., 1994, Is Identity a Useful Cross-Cultural Concept?, Gillis, J. (ed.), Commemorations. The Politics of National
Identity, Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, (27-40).
LÖFGREN, O., 1989, The Nationalization of Culture, Ethnologia Europea, XIX:5-24
SILVANO, F. , ROSALES, M. e FERREIRA, S., (2012)\"Gente da nossa: uma construção mediática da ideia de \"comunidade portuguesa\"\", Portuguese Studies Review, 20(2) (2012) 143-169.
SMITH, A. D., 1991, National Identity, Hardsmondworth, Penguin Books.
Teaching method
1. Classes centered on teaching exposure, based on the analysis and critical reflextion of works included in the program.
2. Lessons focused on the presentation made by the students, chips reading texts set by the teacher.
3. Lessons focused on the presentation, made by the teacher, case studies, followed by discussions with students.
Evaluation method
presentation of texts and attendance and participation in discussions (50%). Individual essay with a maximum of 10 pages and using at least six references in the bibliography (50%)-