Sociology of Everyday Life - 2nd semester
Code
711081037
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Luís Vicente Baptista, Nuno Dias
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Knowledge and understanding of theorectical concepts and perspectives of a sociological approach to everiday life;
2. Knowledge and understanding of the methods for taking on an empirical approach to everyday life, by operacionalising 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 a rigorous and significant way.
Prerequisites
n/a
Subject matter
1. What is Everyday Life? Introductory notes
2. Sociology of Everyday Life: a state of the art
G. Simmel: the social and the individual
G. H. Mead: mind self and society
H. Blumer: the methodological position of symbolic interactionism
E. Goffman: ritualization and dramatization; the representation, the actor and the role; stigma and social identity; the intimate life of a public institution
A. Schutz: phenomenology
H. Garfinkel: ethnomethodology
P. Berger and T. Luckmann: constructivism
M. de Certeau: strategy and tactic in the organisation and the practices of everyday life
H. Lefebvre: the critique of everyday life
3. Research themes
Gender
Work and leisure
Consumption
Urban experience
Bibliography
Blumer, Herbert. 1982. “La posición metodológica del interacionismo simbólico.” El Interacionismo Simbólico: Perspectiva y Método, Barcelona: Hora, S. A.
Certeau, Michel de (1984) The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Garfinkel, Harold. 1967. Studies in Ethnomethodology. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Goffman, E. (1993[1959]), A apresentação do eu na vida de todos os dias, Lisboa, Relógio d’Água.
Lefebvre, Henri (1947/1991) Critique of everyday life. London: Verso.
Mead, George Herbert. 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.
Scott, S. (2009). Making sense of everyday life. Cambridge, Polity Press.
Teaching method
Teaching proceesds with theoretical and practical sessions. In theoretical sessions the teacher presents the fundamentals and theoretical perspectives of an everyday life approach. Taking into account the acquired conceptual frameworks, it is intended that in the practical sessions we analyze case studies and support students in the development of group work.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
A avaliação desdobra-se em duas componentes:
a) Prova escrita (50%)
b) Trabalho de grupo (50%).