Sociology

Code	15173
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	5
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Human Sciences
Entry requirements	No requirements.
Learning outcomes	- Understand the social transformations that affect the representations and perceptions of space and territory in the contemporary world. - Value the ongoing sociological debate on space and urbanism by reviewing their different dimensions. - Know the intervention-action methodologies and their potential for the practice of Architecture
Syllabus	1. Preliminary conceptualizations 1.1 Space, territory and place. The contributions of a sociological vision. 1.2 Origins and development of Urban and Space Sociology 1.3 Cities and urbanism 2. Currents of Urban Sociology 2.1. The ecological and cultural perspective of the Chicago School. 2.2 The neo-marxist approach. 2.3 Max Weber’s contributions. 2.4 The symbolic approach. 2.5. The current of the ways of life. 3. New Trends in Sociological Studies on Urban Space 3.1. “Metapolização” and mobility 3.2. Gentrification, urban regeneration, sociability and exclusion spaces 3.3. Urban governance and culture in the city 3.4. The city and urban Portuguese sociology
Main Bibliography	Jacobs, Jane, Morte e Vida de Grandes Cidades, Ed. Martins Fontes, S. Paulo, 2000. Mela, Alfredo, A Sociologia das Cidades, Ed Estampa, Lisboa 1999. Mumford, Lewis, A Cidade na História : suas origens, transformação e perspectiva, Ed. Martins Fontes, S. Paulo, 1998. Pereira, Nuno T., Buarque, Irene, Evolução das Formas de Habitação Plurifamiliar na cidade de Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, Lisboa, 1995. Portas, Nuno, Exigências de Áreas de Habitação, Ed.Bertrand, Lisboa, 1969.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Assessment methods: individual and team work in a classroom context according to the teams based learning methodology. Assessment criteria: teamwork = 50%; individual analytical test = 50%; attendance in classes = minimum 50%; minimum rating = 6.0 values.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.