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Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology

Code	14858
Year	2
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Sociology
Entry requirements	Not applicable
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	Addressing the general bases of Cultural Anthropology (history, object of study, theories, methodology, concepts) and its application in the analysis of primitive and contemporary societies; interdisciplinary dialogues with other sciences, social and biological; develop in the student the capacity for observation and critical analysis of different societies and cultures, from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Syllabus	Module 1. Anthropology: an overview 1.1 History: from the narrative of the exotic to the ethnology/anthropology. 1.2 Object of study and its branches (physical/biological and cultural/social). 1.3 Methods and Techniques Module 2. Nature and Culture 2.1 Human evolution: biological and cultural aspects. 2.2 The body as biological and cultural support Module 3. Anthropological Schools and theoretical currents 3.1 Evolutionism, Structuralism and Functionalism 3.2. Relativism X Universalism Module 4. Case Studies 4.1 Ethnographic trajectories
Main Bibliography	Annaud, Jean-Jacques (1981). Quest for Fire (Movie ). Eller, Jack David (2016). Cultural Anthropology. New York: Routledge. Laplantine, François (2003). Aprender Antropologia. São Paulo: Brasiliense Rocha, Everardo & Frid, Marina (orgs.) (2015). Os Antropólogos. Petrópolis: Vozes. 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. Rodrigues, Donizete (2024). Introdução à Antropologia. Covilhã, UBI (texto de apoio). Outros textos de apoio ao longo do semestre, de acordo com a temática desenvolvida.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.