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11809
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| Year |
2
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Sociology
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Entry requirements |
Not applicable
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Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face.
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Work placements |
Not applicable.
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Learning outcomes |
The general objective is to obtain knowledge about cultures and their variety, according to the principles of cultural anthropology. Of this scientific field, the history and theories will be addressed; further, the various approaches of «culture» and their possible applications to the understanding of contemporary and historic problems. Also some features of the ethnography and anthropology in Portugal should be learned.
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Syllabus |
1. Anthropology: a general vision.
1.1 Study object and branches of anthropology
1.2 Methods of anthropology
2 Culture
2.1 Culture and related concepts
2.2 Contacts between cultures
3. Biology and Culture
3.1 Human biology
3.2 Human evolution
3.3 Natural environment and human adaptation in pré-industrial societies.
4. The history of anthropology.
4.1 Ethnographical accounts and travel reports as a prelude to Cultural Anthropology..
4.2 Evolutionism, the School of Boas, Functionalism and Structuralism
4.3 Anthropology in Portugal: history, approaches and study objects.
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Main Bibliography |
Eller, Jack David (2016). Cultural Anthropology. New York: Routledge.
Laplantine, François (2003). Aprender Antropologia. São Paulo: Brasiliense
Rodrigues, Donizete (2001). Os Filhos de Adão e Eva. Porto, Edições Asa.
Rodrigues, Donizete (2018). “O Antropólogo e o Sagrado: trajetos etnográficos em contextos religiosos diferenciados”, in Silveira, Emerson Sena da (ed.). Como Estudar as Religiões – metodologias e estratégias, pp. 98-125. Petrópolis, Editora Vozes.
Rocha, Everaldo & Frid, Marina (orgs.) (2015). Os Antropólogos. Petrópolis: Vozes.
Outros textos de apoio ao longo do semestre, de acordo com a temática desenvolvida.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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