Publication in the Diário da República: Despacho n.º 14151/2010
5 ECTS; 1º Ano, 1º Semestre, 60,0 T + 3,0 OT , Cód. 9932002.
Lecturer
- Gonçalo Cardoso Leite Velho (2)
(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Objectives
The students should understand the basic concepts of anthropology, its subject, methods and relationship with documentary cinema.
Throughout the semester students should grasp the importance of the anthropological concept of the "Other".
Program
1) Concepts and basic methods in cultural anthropology
a) Other
b) Participant observation
c) The (invention of)the primitive idea
2) Genesis and development of Visual Anthropology
a) Flaherty and Nanook
b) Dziga Vertov and his Kino Glaz
c) Functionalisms? Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson
d) The unsurpassable Jean Rouche
3) Visual Anthropology and Portuguese documentaries
Evaluation Methodology
Course grade (CC) is the weighted average of the proposed work (Tp) with the mark of the final work(Tf), determined as follows:CC = 0.15Tp + 0.65Tf
Bibliography
Teaching Method
Theoretical classes with films and text analysis.
Software used in class
