Doctoral Seminar II

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Sessions are held on seminar model, promoting the collective discussion of texts and working materials relating to the Thesis projects. They are based on the active participation of students, particularly through the presentation of texts and coordination of the collective discussion

Learning Outcomes

The study unit continues the Doctoral Seminar I, insisting though on a methodological perspective with a view to preparing final versions of thesis projects. It promotes:

1. reflection on current topics of world urban panorama, according to some international organizations.

2. the  planning of the collection, compilation and use of information with a view to the completion of a doctoral thesis;

3. transversal debates around sociocultural issues and city cultures;

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. How to make an oral presentation of the project

2. Sociological writing techniques

3. Statistics and documental sources on the city and urban cultures.

4. Perspectives on current research topics (according to the students’ research topics).

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos José Cândido Guerreiro Fortuna

Assessment Methods

Assessment
oral presentation of the current version of the thesis project : 15.0%
methodological comment on a research paper : 25.0%
writing a comprehensive essay in one of the thematic areas (3000 to 5000 words) : 60.0%

Bibliography

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Bernard, H.R., Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Sage, 2000
Burdett R.,& Sudji, D., The Endless City. London, Phaidon, 2007.
Carta, M., Creative City. Barcelona, LISt., 2007
Denscombe, M. (2008) The Good Research Guide for small-scale social research projects. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Denzin, N.K.; Y.S. Lincoln, The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, Thousand Oakes, Sage, 2005
Law, J. (2004), After method. New York, Routledge.
Lury, C e N. Wakeford, Inventive Methods: The Happening of the Social, Routledge, 2012 .
Miller, D.C. e N.J. Salkind (org.), Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement, Sage, 2002
Patton, M.Q., Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods, Thousand Oakes, Sage, 2002
Sayer, A., Realism and Social Science, Los Angeles: Sage, 2010
United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision, 2012.