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Intercultural Relations

Intercultural Relations

Code	12282
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Sociology
Entry requirements	No requirements.
Mode of delivery	Mandatory Attendance and Daytime.
Work placements	It does not include.
Learning outcomes	1.Provide the students with the knowledge about the importance of cultural differences in the configuration of social relations in national and international contexts; 2. Demonstrate to students the importance of the cultural factor in international relations and negotiation. At the end of the course, students must: 1) accept and relativize cultural difference, understanding it as a quality intrinsic to human nature; 2) distinguish and value cultural difference in negotiation contexts.
Syllabus	Introduction: Intercultural Relations and International Relations Human Unity and Human diversity Dimensions: geographical, biological / gender, linguistic, religious, cultural / civilizational, racial and ethnic Concepts of culture, civilization, interculturality, multiculturalism, race and ethnicity, universalism and cosmopolitanism. stereotypes Intercultural Relations in international contexts Actors (states, international organizations, enterprises and civil societies) Diplomacy and cultural policy. The Portuguese System of Cultural Aid The transnational linguistic-cultural communities: Lusophony and the Community of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries Intercultural Relations in national contexts Migration flows and patterns of socio-cultural integration in the European Union The Portuguese experience
Main Bibliography	DOLLOT, Louis, 1968, Les relations culturelles internationales, Paris : PUF HOFSTEDE, Geert, 1997, Culturas e organizações: compreender a nossa programação mental, Lisboa: Sílabo HUNTINGTON, Samuel P., 1999 [1996], O choque das civilizações e a mudança na ordem mundial, Lisboa: Gradiva PÉREZ-NIEVAS, Xabier Z., 2006, Historia de las lenguas y los nacionalismos, Barcelona: Gedisa Editorial SAINT-MAURICE, Ana de, 1997, Identidades reconstruídas. Cabo-verdianos em Portugal, Lisboa: celta Editora VENÂNCIO; José Carlos, 1996, Colonialismo, antropologia e lusofonias. Repensando a presença portuguesa nos Trópicos, , Lisboa: Editorial Vega VENÂNCIO, José Carlos, 2009 [2000], O fato africano. Elementos para uma Sociologia da África, Recife: Editora Massangana (pp. 49-67)
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.