Geography: History and Methods
Code
711041034
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1)To identify the main events in the evolution of geographic thought;
2)To understand the national schools and currents of geographical thought in different historical contexts, identifying their main methodological and conceptual characteristics;
3)To understand the dynamics of geographys history as a process of continuity, persistence and change, linking the history of geography with the development of other sciences.
4)To develop a critical thinking on the evolution of geographical thought;
5) To select appropriate sources and collect relevant information on the History of Geography.
6)To develop a critical attitude on the available sources of information.
7)To know the main instruments that are the basis of academic work, including the summary and bibliographic notes, references and citations.
8)To evaluate the relative importance of different career opportunities in Geography.
9)To apply knowledge on metholodologies in the preparation of brief essay or summaries of geographical issues.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. The pre-scientific geographical thought: Classical Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance. 2. The Dissemination of teaching of Ancient Geography and Institutionalization of Geography as a Modern Science and University Discipline. 3. Classical Geography in the different schools of Geography : theory and methods. 4. New Geography: theory and methods. 6. The other Geographies: humanist, radical,behaviorist and cultural. 6. Post-modern and current Geographies.
[At each previous points, theoretical and methodological aspects of Geography are presented. It also makes reference to the Portuguese Geography, and the most important geographers in each period.]
Bibliography
Leitura fundamental:
CLAVAL, Paul, História da Geografia, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2006.
RIBEIRO, Orlando, O Ensino da Geografia, Porto, Porto Editora, 2012.
HOLT-JENSEN, Arildt, Geography. History and concepts. A students Guide, London, Sage, 2009. 264p.
Leitura complementar:
CAPEL, H., Filosofía Y Ciencia en la Geografía Contemporánea. Una introducción a la Geografía, Barcelona, Barcanova, 1981. (excertos)
CLAVAL, Paul, A Nova Geografia, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 1982.
RIBEIRO, Orlando, 1989, Opúsculos Geográficos, Vol. II Pensamento Geográfico, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1989.
MERÉNNE-SCHOUMAKER, Bernadette, Analyser les territoires. Savoirs et outils, 2ª ed., Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2002.
Clifford, N.; Holloway, S.; Rice, S.; Valentine, G., Key Concepts in Geography, London, Sage, 2009. Cap. 1, pp.1-82.
Teaching method
Theoretical and practical: explanatory and participative.
Evaluation method
Written tests (50%).
Exercises in classes: 20%
Pratical work about a portuguese geographer: 25%
Presence in the classes - 5%