Topics of Contemporary Portuguese Culture
Code
711091123
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Being able to recognize the historical and cultural knowledge as a support for the intelligibility of the contemporary world
b) Acquiring critical insight into concepts and their transformation
c) Acquiring historical and cultural knowledge concerning the Portuguese-speaking countries
d) Developing a taste for the multi-disciplinary study as a means to understand cultural phenomena in the contemporary world
e) Developing notions such as cultural relativism
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. From the concept of culture to the concept of globalization
2. Introducing the study of the European Contemporary History
3. Portugal in the European Union
Bibliography
GIDDENS, Anthony, Modernidade e Identidade Pessoal, Lisboa, Celta, 2001
CUCHE, Denys, A Noção de Cultura nas Ciências Sociais, Lisboa, Fim de Século, 1999
FEATHERSTONE, Mike, Undoing culture- Globalization, Postmodernism and Identity, London, Sage Publications, 1995
SANTOS, Boaventura de Sousa, Pela mão de Alice- o social e o político na pós-modernidade, Porto , Afrontamento, 1994
DUROSELLE, Jean-Baptiste, História da Europa, Lisboa, Publicações D. Quixote, 1990
Teaching method
Percentage of practical lectures: 50%
1. Theoritical lectures in order to present the subject to be analysed
2. Theoritical/Practical lectures composed of an expositive method followed by a debate extended to the entire class
3. Audiovisual resources
Evaluation method
1.A final test or exam on all the studied contents
2. A ten-page paperwork with bibliographic research
3. Individual presentation of short commentaries