Societies and Cultures

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodology:

The Seminar will work under continuous evaluation: presentation of content, clarification of doubts and orientation tasks by teachers; presentation and discussion of comments and tasks by the students. It is planned the holding conferences by researchers/external teachers.

Learning Outcomes

The aim is to promote the epistemological and theoretical reflection on the knowledge produced about the socio-economic and aesthetic subuniverses in the Contemporary Era in general and in the 20th century in particular. Further analysis of the reactions to the processes of structuring and evolution of contemporary societies. Study the ways of intellectual representation and aesthetic transfiguration during the period in question. Compare vectors of the Portuguese reality with situations occurring in other countries (European or worldwide)

 

Generic skills:

Will be able to acquire intervention skills in the debate on the operability and of legitimacy of various philosophical, scientific and ideological readings about the socio-economic and aesthetic subuniverses in the Contemporary Era in general and in the 20th century in particular; research on the issues in question; comparative study between the Portuguese reality and situations occurring in other countries (European or worldwide)

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 - The capitalist world-economy in the twentieth century

2 - State and Nation "welfare state"

3 - The institutional framework of the economy and social relations

4 - Employers, workers and social and professional organizations

5 - Emigrants, refugees and exiles

6 - "Intellectuals" and "artists" in the historical dynamics of the 20th century

7 - The artistic nationalism

8 - Trends of the Portuguese cinema

9 - The Portuguese visual arts in international context

10 - Trends of Portuguese music in the 20th century

Head Lecturer(s)

António Pedro Couto da Rocha Pita

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Assessment method: On top of the mandatory assessment methods— bibliographic and documentary research project (15 p. of text and notes) and a critical review (6 p. of text) —, PhD students are urged to attend and participate informally in the classes, to prepare and deliver talks, to organise conferences-discussions and field trips, etc. : 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

AMARO, A.R., Economia e desenvolvimento da Beira Alta. Dos finais da Monarquia à Segunda Guerra Mundial, Lisboa, UCE, 2006.

CASCUDO, T., A tradição como problema na obra do compositor Fernando Lopes-Graça. Um estudo no contexto português, Sevilha, Doble J, 2011.

FILIPE, A.M., A formação do tecido empresarial na área econômica de Leiria (1836-1914), Coimbra, 2000 (policopiado).

GARRIDO, Á., O Estado Novo e a campanha do bacalhau, Lisboa, CL, 2003.

MARQUES, J.A.C., Imagens de uma realidade que não se escreve: Braços e mãos para alugar, Lisboa, FCG/FCT, 2003.

NOGUEIRA, I., Do pós-modernismo à exposição “Alternativa Zero”, Lisboa, Nova Vega, 2007.

NUNES, J.P.A., O Estado Novo e o volfrâmio (1933-1945), Coimbra, IUC, 2010.

PITA, A.P., Conflito e unidade no neo-realismo português, Porto, CL, 2002.

ROSMANINHO, N., O poder da arte. O Estado Novo e a cidade universitária de Coimbra, Coimbra, IUC, 2006.