Cidade e Urbanidade (not translated)
Code
722081036
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Knwoledge and understanding of the sociological framework city and urbanity;
b) Skills to analyse the structuration of the urban world and its social and cultural organization;
c)Ability to communicate sociological knowledge about the theme in a rigorous and meaningfull manner;
d) Ability to carry out informed and critical intervention
Prerequisites
N.A.
Subject matter
1. Metropolis, globalization and planetary cities I and II
2. Mobilities and the meaning of movements
3. Urban roots and the challenge of multilocality
4. Urban Imaginaries
5. The «stranger» and the tourist
6. Questioning Patrimonialization
Bibliography
Hannerz, Ulf (1998), Conexiones Transnationales, Cátedra, pp. 205-225
Sassen, S. (2000 [1994]), «A new geography of Centres and Margins: Summary and Implications», LeGates and Stout (eds.) The City Reader, Routledge.
Kaufmann, V., M. Bergman e D. Joye (2004), «Motility : Mobility as Capital», International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 28 (4).
Caldeira, Teresa P. R. (1996), «Un nouveau modèle de ségrégation spatiale: les murs de São Paulo», Revue Internationale de Sciences Sociales, 147.
Garcia-Canchini, Néstor (1990), Culturas Híbridas, México, Grijalbo.
Simmel, Georg (1998 [1909]), «A metrópole e a vida do espírito» in Fortuna, C. (org.) Cidade, Cultura e Globalização, Celta.
Urry, John (2002 [1990]), The Tourist Gaze, London, Sage
Philo, Ch e G.Kearns (1993), «Culture, History, Capital: A Critical Introduction to the Selling of Places» in Kearns, G. e C. Philo (eds.) Selling Places. The City as Cultural Capital, Past and Present, Oxford, Pergamon Press.
Teaching method
Lectures with debate of the proposed themes and presentation of specific case-studies by invited researchers
Evaluation method
Essay about one of the themes in the programme (70%), followed by presentation in class and discussion (30%)-