Cities, space and urban life

Year
3
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01019390
Subject Area
Sociology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The curricular unit is taught based on theoretical-practical classes of exposure, discussion and conceptual deepening of the programmatic axes. Classes develop the contents of the program and are organized in order to promote collective discussion through the reading of a set of sociology and other social sciences bibliographical references. Some classes will count on the presence of guest speakers. Students are encouraged to present their own topics in articulation with the professor.

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit aims to problematize, in a first moment, the historical evolution of the relation between rural and urban space to frame and discuss the processes of social, economic and territorial transformation, with emphasis on the main transformations that have occurred in the contemporary cities.

Students should be able to: a) know the history of world urbanization, know how to define "city", problematize "city and metropolis" and characterize urban rhythms and urban cultures; b) discuss the current sociological problems of urbanity; c) discuss the end of dichotomies and polarizations: urban-rural, sector-territory.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Syllabus starts from the analysis of the transformations of the rural space, analyzes the processes of redefinition and reconfiguration that cross this social space to subsequently give emphasis to the analysis of the "cities" as study object. It also addresses the modern interactions - "urbanities" - established in and with the urban space, with emphasis on a set of emerging contexts and disparities.

Syllabus also focuses on the comprehension of the phenomena that influence cities in contemporary times, discussing the concept of city and the phenomenon of cities' internationalization. It analyses the role of social actors and urban activism in the (re)definition of the city and urban life.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Manuel Simões Lopes Paiva de Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

CALDEIRA, Teresa (2003), “A implosão da vida pública moderna”, in Caldeira, T., Cidade de Muros: Crime, segregação e cidadania em São Paulo. São Paulo: EDUSP, 301-328.

FORTUNA, Carlos (2020), Cidades e Urbanidades. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais.

HARVEY, David (2019), Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Londres: Verso.

LEFEBVRE, Henri (2008), O Direito à Cidade. São Paulo: Centauro, 11-33.

MINGIONE, Enzo; PUGLIESE, Enrico (1987), “A difícil delimitação do ´urbano´ e do ´rural´”, Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 22: 83-99.

SASSEN, Saskia (2002), Global Networks Linked Cities. Nova York: Routledge.

SIEBER, Tim (2008) “As ruas da cidade e sociabilidade pública: Um olhar a partir de Lisboa”, in Cordeiro, Graça I. & Vidal, F., (orgs.), A Rua: Espaço, tempo, sociabilidade. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, cap. 3.

SIMMEL, Georg (1997), "A metrópole e a vida do espírito", in Carlos Fortuna (org.), Cidade, Cultura e Globalização. Oeiras: Celta, cap.1.