Methodologies in Anthropology
Code
73200100
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Antropologia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Amélia Frazão Moreira, Jorge Freitas Branco (ISCTE-IUL)
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. To provide students with skills enabling them to do anthropological research.
2. To promote the understanding of the most relevant interdisciplinary methods used for Intangible Cultural Heritage´s analysis
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Etnografia e método: formulações clássicas e desafios contemporâneos
2. Procedimentos metodológicos em etnografia: recolha, registo, escrita.
3. A vida social dos objetos: do material ao imaterial.
4. Descrição e análise dos procedimentos de recolha, descrição, inventariação, arquivo e preservação do Património Cultural Imaterial
5. Aspetos éticos
*Specialization area ´Anthropology: Politics and Displays of Culture´ – approved as FCT Program – will follow specific rubrics
Bibliography
Appadurai, Arjun, 1986, The Social Life of Things. Commodities in Cultural Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Barley, Nigel, [1983], 2006, O antropólogo inocente. Lisboa, Fenda.
Bernard, H. R., 1995, Research Methods in Anthropology. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Walnut Creek: Altamira Press.
Burgess, Robert, 1982, Field Research: A Sourcebook and Field Manual, Londres: Allen & Unwin.
Cabral, Clara Bertrand, 2011, Património Cultural Imaterial. Convenção da UNESCO e seus Contextos, Lisboa, Edições 70.
Costa, Paulo Ferreira da, 2011, Kit de recolha do Património Imaterial [edição eletrónica] http://www.imcip.pt/Data/Documents/DPI/Publicacoes/KIT%20Jovens
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Madden, Raymond, 2010, Being Ethnographic: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography, London: Sage
Teaching method
Classroom teaching schedule: oral presentations, written essay, or student readings; lecture; general discussion of the theme dealt with in this class.
Evaluation method
Evaluation: class attendance, discussion and reading comprehension: 20%, Term paper: 80%.