Curricular Unit:			Code:
Cultural Anthropology			1142ACUL
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Political Science and International Relations	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
It is intended to promote the application of acquired knowledge and understanding skills, in order to demonstrate a professional approach to the work carried out in their vocational area. It will promote the assimilation of a general perspective of Anthropology as a discipline that aims at the study of social and cultural systems, and allows us to decode the structure of its practices. The course and the most relevant moments of the theory and practice of Social Anthropology will be briefly addressed, as well as some of the most relevant thematic areas within its scope, addressing the most relevant themes for the characterization and understanding of human cultures. The aim is to promote the ability to collect, select and interpret relevant information, particularly in the area of ??understanding social dynamics, which enables students to substantiate the solutions they advocate and the judgments they issue, including relevant scientific and ethical social aspects in the analysis.
Syllabus:
UL1 1. Cultural Anthropology: definition 2. Anthropology: European Maritime Expansion, Colonialism and Natural Sciences 3.The evolutionism of the 19th century 3.1. the formulation in biology 3.2. The evolution of L Morgan's family types - and their connection to the idea of property (and its rights) 4. Ethnography: characteristics of the ethnographic method 5. The interpretive change of the 20th century. The emergence of synchronic approaches in the explanation of cultural difference and similarity 6. Functionalism: society as a living organism 6.1. The kula as a social institution 7. Culture as classification 7.1. Culture: the 'dune' model UL2 8. Culture as structure 8.1. structural-functionalism 8.2. Structuralism 9. Kinship and belonging 10. material culture and people 11. person and sense of self
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The program promotes learning according to the objectives listed by interspersing points on theoretical currents with elements of the constitution of social units (ex: kinship), at the same time that it will clearly show the approach that is specifically anthropological (ex: ethnography as a method)
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Lectures of expositive nature two written tests (50% + 50%) The evaluation will be based on the student's ability to apply the acquired knowledge and understanding, which should show a professional approach to the work developed in their vocational are
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The nature of the course is eminently theoretical This is in line with the type of classes and with the analytical skills and understanding to acquire and develop and to be shown through the written assessement. Such a strategy of teaching / learning aims to develop in students the ability to solve problems within their area of study, and to build and support their own arguments.
Reading:
Bolten, J. (2014). "The Dune Model – or: How to Describe Cultures", AFS Intercultural Link, vol5:2, p4-6 Boskovic, A. (2005). "Socio-cultiral antrhopology today: an overview". CAMPOS - Revista de Antropologia Social · December, p11-26 Colleyn, J.-P. (2015). Elementos de antropologia social e cultural. Lisboa: Edições 70 Geertz, C, e Clifford, J, et al, (1991). El surgimiento de la antropología Posmoderna. Barcelona:Ed Guedisa. Peoples, J. and Bailey, G. (2017). Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Boston: Cengage Learning. Sutton, M. (2022). A concise introduction to cultural anthropology. New York: Sage.