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Visual and Cultural Anthropology

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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
- Gonçalo Cardoso Leite Velho (1)(2)

(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona

Prerequisites
Not applicable.

Objectives
A) Define Anthropology as the science of the Other;
A1) Mastering the notion of the Other according to philosophical contributions;
A2) Knowing the purpose of Anthropology as a field of knowledge;
B) Register the elementary concepts of Anthropology;
B1 Understand the concepts of Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnography, Ethnicity; Community; Emic and Ethical;
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) Understand the anthropological meaning of Flaherty's work;
C3) Knowing the relationship between Jean Rouch's work and the problematics of the notion of subject, culture and colonization;
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 the imagery narrative arc to 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) Other
b) Fundamental Concepts of Anhropology
c) Photography and Participant observation
2) Genesis and development of Visual Anthropology
a) Edward Curtis: Portrait and observation
b) Flaherty: Human mise-en-scene
c) Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson: ethnography, ethnology and Anthropology
d) Jean Rouche: identity on the making
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, 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: 20%
Exercícios propostos: 50%
Exercício Final: 30%

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 - Visioning films and photos;
3 - Text analysis.

Software used in class
Doctrino

 

 

 


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