Publication in the Diário da República: Despacho n.º 2435/2023 de 17/02/2023
4 ECTS; 1º Ano, 1º Semestre, 30,0 T + 5,0 OT , Cód. 964566.
Lecturer
- Miguel Novais Jasmins Rodrigues (1)(2)
(1) Lead Professor
(2) Teaching Professor
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Objectives
1 To critically examine the construction of the anthropological Other through the disciplines colonial legacies and contemporary critiques, relating knowledge, representation, appropriation and expropriation.
2 To interpret the relationships between body, place and space, considering proxemics, experience, memory, belonging, displacement and territorial transformations, with particular attention to the Portuguese context.
3 To apply participant observation, autoethnography and interviews to the investigation of an anthropological question, recognising ones own position and involvement in the field.
4 To organise and interpret information in a field notebook, bringing together observations, testimonies, images and reflections, distinguishing between description and interpretation, and contextualising the conditions under which records are produced.
5 To critically analyse how images are constituted and used as documents in the production of anthropological knowledge, considering the relationships between experience, testimony, interpretation and representational authority.
6 To develop an individual practical proposal based on collective research, bringing together anthropological concepts, fieldwork experience, photographic practice and artistic research.
7 To justify methodological and representational choices, respecting consent, cultural diversity and responsibility towards participants and the contexts studied.
Program
A The Construction of the Other and the Colonial Legacies of Anthropology
B Body, Place and Space in Contemporary Experience
C Ethnography, Participant Observation and Interviews
D Autoethnography and Reflexivity
E The Field Notebook and the Elaboration of Experience
F Image, Document and Anthropological Representation
Evaluation Methodology
Assessment throughout the semester comprises three components, weighted at 30%, 35% and 35%:
Oral participation and critical discussion
Weighting: 30% (6 points).
First assignment
Theoretical and field exploration, in groups of 2 to 5 students. Weighting: 35% (7 points).
Second assignment
A theoretically grounded reflection complementing the exploration undertaken in the first assignment.
Assessment criteria include the clarity of the research question and conceptual rigour;
Bibliography
- Augé, M. (2005). Augé, M. (2005). Não-lugares: Introdução a uma antropologia da sobremodernidade. . Rio de Janeiro: 90 Graus Editora
- Domingues, Á. (2009). A Rua da Estrada. Lisboa: Dafne
- Mead, M. e Bateson, G. (1942). Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis.. Nova Iorque: New York Academy of Sciences.
(2016). Participant Observation. Long Grove: Wavelengh Press
Teaching Method
Lectures supported by documentary materials; reading and discussion of the bibliography; viewing and analysis of photographic and audiovisual works; exercises in participant observation, autoethnography and fieldwork.
Software used in class
N/A
