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) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Objectives
A) Define Anthropology as a field of knowledge;
A1) Understanding the notion of the Other and its contemporary problematization;
A2) Knowing the purpose of Anthropology as a visual practice;
B) Register the elementary concepts of Anthropology;
B1 Understand the concepts of Anthropology and its relation to other social sciences;
B2) Understand the concept of Participant Observation;
B3) Identify fundamental methodologies of work in Anthropology, including fieldwork and recording;
C) Identify the main developments in Visual Anthropology;
C1) Recognize the contributions of the pioneers of Visual Anthropology;
C2) Understanding Marc Augé's definitions of place and non place in contemporary visual practices;
C3) Thinking performativity in relations of presence from modes of visual representation;
D) Apply the methods of Visual Anthropology;
D1) Recognize the contribution of participant observation to image documentation methods;
D2) Understand the relationship between point of view and matter to be documented;
D3) Understand the contribution of imagery to the narrative arc in ethnography;
E) Empower and promote social, economic and political inclusion for all
E1) Understand the contribution of the anthropological notion of culture to ethical values;
E2) Valuing the relationship between communities and cultures;
E3) Show the capacity of Visual Anthropology for empowerment and social inclusion.
Program
1) Concepts and basic methods in cultural anthropology;
a) Subject as Observer and Self as experience;
b) Fundamental Concepts of Anhropology;
c) Photography and Participant observation;
2) Genesis and development of Visual Anthropology;
a) Place and non place as categories of anthropological experience;
b) Performativity and experience
c) Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson: ethnography, ethnology and Anthropology
3) Visual Anthropology and Artistic practice
Evaluation Methodology
A metodologia de avaliação é uniforme aplicando-se em todas as épocas de avaliação. Desenvolve-se com base na assiduidade e na participação e num conjunto exercícios, partindo dos conteúdos lecionados, a que acresce um exercício final de demonstração de conhecimentos. A classificação final é calculada pela ponderação dos seguintes itens de avaliação:
Assiduidade e participação: 25%
Exercícios propostos: 25%
Exercício Final: 50%
Bibliography
(1978). Os argonautas do Pacifico oriental. São Paulo: Abril Cultura
(1989). A Interpretação das Culturas. Rio de Janeiro: Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editora
(2016). Participant Observation. Long Grove: Wavelengh Press
- Body Ritual among the Nacirema.(1956, 0 de ---). American Anthropologist,
Teaching Method
1 - Lectures;
2 - Viewing works in film and photography;
3 - Text discussion.
Software used in class
Doctrino
