Sociology of Everyday Life
Code
711081037
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Nuno Dias
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts and perspectives of a socilogical approach to everiday life;
2. Knowledge and understanding of the methods for taking on an empirical approach to everyday life, by operationalising the previous theoretical outlooks;
3. Ability to analyse and interpret processes and routines in everiday social life;
4. Ability to communicate sociological knowledge on the subject in an accurate and significant way.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO EVERYDAY LIFE
What dowe talk about when we talk about everyday life?
The sociology of everyday life as a way of looking at reality
Temporalities and spatialities: daily coordinates
Scenarios, everyday situations and episodes
Methods in daily life approach
2. SOCIOLOGICAL PARADIGMS IN THE ANALYSIS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Symbolic interactionism:
Mead: mMind, self and society
Blumer´s methodological position of symbolic interactionism
Ritualization and dramatization: the dramaturgical model of E. Goffman
The performance, the actor and the role
Stigma and social identity
The intimate life of a public institution
Common sense in interpretive paradigms: phenomenology, ethnomethodology and sociology of knowledge
Bibliography
Berger, P. & Luckman, T. (1999). A construção social da realidade. Um livro sobre a sociologia do conhecimento. Lisboa: Dinalivro.
Blumer, H. (1982). La posición metodológica del interacionismo simbólico, in El Interacionismo simbólico: Perspectiva y método. Barcelona: Hora, pp. 1-44.
Burgess, R.G. (1997). A pesquisa de terreno: Uma introdução. Oeiras: Celta.
Garfinkel, H. (1967). Studies in ethnomethodology. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Goffman, E. (1993). A apresentação do Eu na vida de todos os dias. Lisboa: Relógio DÁgua.
Javeau, C. (1991). La société au jour le jour: Écrits sur la vie quotidienne. Bruxelles: de Boeck-Wesmael.
Mead, G.H. (1934). Mind, self and society from the standpoint of a social behaviorist. Chicago: University of Chicago.
Pais, J.M. (2002). Sociologia da vida quotidiana: Teorias, métodos e estudos de caso. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais.
Teaching method
Teaching proceesds with theoretical and practical sessions. In theoretical sessions the teacher presents the fundamentals and theoretical perspectives of an everyday approach. Taking into account the acquired conceptual frameworks, it is intended in the practical sessions to analyze case studies and support students in the development of a research paper.
Evaluation method
Evaluation includes two components:
Practical work. The evaluation will focus on: Written group project (between 10 and 20 pages), oral presentation and debate(15 minutes and 15 minutes for debate). Individual marks also reflect an appreciation of class participation, orientation sessions, and reading and discussion of theoretical texts assigned to each class.
b) Written test
The practical work and the written test are worth 50% each in the final mark.