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Antropologia ISCTE Anthropology ISCTE Curso de Verão - Lisboa Lisbon Summer Course 26-31 Julho 2008 July 26-31, 2008 Contemporary Challenges: From an anthropological point of view |
Departamento de Antropologia, ISCTE
Centro de Estudos de Antropologia Social / CRIA
The Department of Anthropology of ISCTE (Lisbon University Institute) and
the Centre for Research in Social Anthropology (CEAS/CRIA) organise a Course named
“Contemporary Challenges: from an anthropological point of view" in the
city of Lisbon in the period 26th to 31st July 2008[*].
Globalization is a key-word to define our era. For some authors it is
what happens when the movement of people, goods, or ideas among countries and
regions accelerates. In recent years, globalization has come into focus,
generating considerable interest and controversy in the social sciences,
humanities, policy circles, and among the informed public at large. This will
be the context-focus of our summer course. Anthropology, as a critical and
reflexive social science, can and must reorient the debate about globalization.
Anthropology faces new contemporary challenges regarding theory and the
political and public implications of knowledge. Anthropology is no longer only
a theoretical tool for a philosophical understanding of cultural diversity and
world views, but it aims to produce reflexive and critical understandings about
contemporary utopias and disappointments. While globalization has created a
great deal of debate in economic, policy, and grassroots circles, many
implications and applications of the phenomenon remain virtually terra incognita. This Summer Course
wants to contribute for this debate from an anthropological point of view.
Anthropologists are used to engage in critical reflections on the ways
citizens organize their worlds and on the ways they construct or rethink their
cultural identities, as well as the discourses they enact on themselves and Others. However, some contemporary factors
present Anthropology with new or renewed challenges. These will take centre
stage in the Lisbon Summer Course.
1. Thematic fields
"Anthropological
Theory and the Understanding of contemporary societies "
"Ethnography
of Border Regions: Migrations and Flows"
"Fieldwork and
Public Anthropology: Epistemological, Methodological and Ethical Aspects in the
age of Globalization"
"Seminars: Aspects of Culture in a Comparative Perspective”
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2. Course offered
Course directors: Prof. Miguel Vale
de Almeida & Prof. Paulo Raposo
“Anthropological
Theory and the Understanding of Contemporary Societies”
Prof. Miguel Vale de Almeida, Department of
Anthropology ISCTE, CEAS/CRIA, Lisbon
“Touring Seminars” - Visiting to some places in Lisbon with cross-
cultural relevance for the course; ethnographic project and exercises (written,
visual and audioscapes).
“Seminars: Aspects
of Culture in a Comparative Perspective”:
a)
Transnationalism and
Diaspora
José Mapril, post-doctoral researcher CEAS/CRIA, ICS
Micol Brazzabenni, post-doctoral researcher CEAS/CRIA and Verona University
Classic migration
theories portrait migrants either as "birds of passage", that
accumulate capital to send and spend in their countries of origin, or as
someone who will assimilate to the "receiving society", therefore
breaking the links with their "communities" of "origin".
This session proposes a third interpretation namely that migrants are first and
foremost transnational actors that simultaneously sustain and develop social
relations in multiple places. Several ethnographic materials, from South Asia,
Europe and Africa, will be used to describe the translocal dimensions of these
actors and their role as the performers of what some authors have called
"globalization from below”. This session will focus in another context: European Roma/Gypsies populations
represent one of the oldest minorities identified, since the Modern Age, in
every European country. Our reflection try to point up for discussion the
European imaginary idea about “mobility” and “migration”, as underlying the
process of construction of national and European identities. Especially, I’ll
analyze why that “imaginary idea” tend to consider European Sinti and Roma groups like “no natives” and “itinerants” and so explain, in
that way, their presumed “lack of integration”.
b) Transnational Culture
Lorenzo Bordonaro, post-doctoral researcher CEAS/CRIA and Torino University
Ricardo Campos, post-doctoral CEAS/CRIA
Miguel Moniz CEAS/CRIA and Brown University
Some critical
observers have pointed out how an increase in transnational cultural flows
triggers processes of homogenization, standardization of local cultures, and
the loss of local specificities. Taking the lively, diverse and inventive artistic
scene of Lisbon as a case example, this view is questioned, showing how the
mobility of both cultural forms and people produces unexpected and dramatically
new expressive cultures and creates a new local context. Classroom lectures
will be avoided, as our theoretical and cultural argument will be made by
discussions during visits to selected locations of the Lisbon urban space.
Parallel to these theoretical discussions, our program also includes a night
time musical and arts calendar, through which participants will experience on
their own the senses and vitality of the vibrant intersection of Lisbon’s
translocal cultures.
c) Media,
Technology and Surveillance
Filipe Reis, Department of Anthropology, ISCTE, CEAS/CRIA
Catarina Fróis, post-doctoral researcher CEAS/CRIA, ICS
The idea for this session is to view excerpts from the film Alice, which was shot in Lisbon, and use them as a starting point for a debate on surveillance, more particularly, on how it transforms and appropriates itself of urban spaces, and on what influences its gaze. We will also discuss the role played by technology in this mediation between those watching and those being watched, as well as the ends for which it is used.
d) Health and Migrations
Chiara Pussetti, post-doctoral researcher
CEAS/CRIA and Torino University
Clara Saraiva, researcher IICT and FCSH/UNL/CRIA
Vulnerability
is a characteristic which is socially recognized as being common in migrant
communities. Health problems are exacerbated by poor integration
into the general community, social and economic levels that are below the
average in the country of residence, cultural and linguistic barriers, etc.
This session proposes a reflection on the process of encounter between the
different therapeutic alternatives coexisting within the “recovery market”, and
on the problems of social management of medical pluralism. The final aim is to
explore the relation between individual experience of suffering and structural
violence, coupling an anthropological perspective with a broader view of the
political, social and economic constraints that define immigrant’s illness
experiences.
e) Work and Consumption
Emilia Margarida Marques, post-doctoral researcher CEAS/CRIA
Marta Rosales, post-doctoral researcher FCSH/New University of Lisbon/CRIA
In the contemporary world(s), work and consumption
relate to each other in a variety of ways and dimensions: within the huge
commodity chains from which goods come into existence, but also in the ways
people construe themselves through their work and/or consumption practices. Keeping a focus on the complex relations
between subjective agency and global processes, this seminar will discuss two
related issues on work and consumption (i) is work still there? debates on the
contemporary dynamics and meanings of work and consumption; (ii) consumption in
private and public contexts: different expressive appropriations of contemporary
(mass) material culture.
f) Tourism and Heritage
Frederic Vidal, historian and post-doctoral researcher CEAS/CRIA, ISCTE
Paulo Raposo, Department of Anthropology ISCTE, CEAS/CRIA
Tourism is one of
the fastest growing industries in the world. Tourism has been a central
dimension of globalization, and it offers a useful lens on many key questions:
questions about identity and heritage, commoditization, historical and cultural
representation, authenticity and ownership, inequality, environmental
sustainability, and more.The aim of the
session is to reflect on the historical construction of tourism practices,
presenting and analyzing some documents (such as texts, photos, etc.) and some
itineraries in Lisbon which will be the core for the intersection between
global processes and local agency (institutional or not); namely some tour
guiding activities amongst “migrant” communities/neighborhood as a minority
policy exploring the eventual advantages of the “exotic other” within Europe as
a merchandising. Some questions might arise: Is tourism a modern form of religion or pilgrimage? What are tourists
looking for? Does tourism “damage” culture or is a process of “objectification”
of culture? What can tourism offer and what touristic experience do we get?
And, will tourism bring development?
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3. Guest lectures
Guillermo Goméz-Peña
Mexican performance artist writer, activist, educator
and researcher, founder of LaPochaNostra. Most of his work concerns the
interface between North and South, Mexican and U.S. culture, border culture and
the politics of the brown body. His original interdisciplinary arts projects
and 8 books explore borders, physical, cultural and otherwise, between his two
countries and between the mainstream U.S. and the various Latino cultures:
the U.S.-Mexican border itself, immigration, cross-cultural identity, and the
confrontation and misunderstandings between cultures and races. His artwork and
literature also explores the politics of language, the side effects of
globalization, "extreme culture" and new technologies from a Latino
perspective. http://www.pochanostra.com/
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4. Course description
26, Saturday - ISCTE
10 AM Reception and registration
11.30 AM Welcome Session
12.00 Lunch
Visiting Tour in
Lisbon (Ethnographic project I- Transnational Youth Culture) + dinner and after
diner tour - Lorenzo Bordonaro, Miguel Moniz and Ricardo Campos
27, Sunday
Visiting Tour in
Lisbon (Ethnographic project II – Touristic scapes – Frederic Vidal and Paulo
Raposo)
20 PM – Dinner
(optional)
28, Monday
11 AM Lecture - “Anthropological Theory and the
Understanding of Contemporary Societies” Miguel Vale de
Almeida, Department of Anthropology ISCTE, CEAS/CRIA
Lunch
14-17 PM Seminar - Transnationalism and Diaspora
José Mapril & Micol Brazabenni
29, Tuesday
10-13 AM Seminar – Work and Consumption
Emilia M. Marques & Marta Rosales
Lunch
14-17 PM Seminar - Health and Migrations
Chiara Pussetti & Clara Saraiva
30, Wednesday
10-13 AM Seminar - Media, Technology and Surveillance
Filipe Reis & Catarina Fróis
Lunch
Ethnographic Exercise (ethnic radio visit or/and
ethnographic exercise)
21 PM Performance- conference
Guillermo Gomez-Peña (Casa da América Latina)
31, Thursday
10-13 PM Seminar – Tourism and Heritage
Frederic Vidal & Paulo Raposo
14PM Final Conclusions
21 PM Banquet & Summer School Party
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5. Summer School Staff / Location and contacts
CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE
ANTROPOLOGIA SOCIAL (CEAS) [ISCTE]
Secretariat:
Isabel
Cardana (CEAS/CRIA)
Av. Forças Armadas, s/n - Ed.
ISCTE - Salas 2N7 e 2N9 / Cacifo 237
1600-083 Lisboa PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 21 790 39 17
Fax: +351 21 790 39 40
E-mail: ceas@iscte.pt
Website: http://www.ceas.iscte.pt
DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTROPOLOGIA [ISCTE]
Secretariat:
Paula Almeida & Fernando Gil (Department of Anthropology)
Av. Forças Armadas, s/n – Ed.
ISCTE
1600-083 Lisboa PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 217 903 011
Fax: +351 217 903 012
E-mail: paula.almeida@iscte.pt e fernando.gil@iscte.pt
Website: http://da.iscte.pt
ISCTE – (Lisbon University Institute) – Location here: http://iscte.pt/localizacao.jsp
6. Application Procedure
Each applicant
should complete an application form and send it by email to the Summer Course
contact email address: isabel.cardana@iscte.pt
The application can be downloaded from here: http://www.ceas.iscte.pt/docs/summerschool/app_form.doc
Deadline for the
submission of application is 29 June 2008. All applicants will have been notified by 4 July 2008.
The daily schedule
will consist of one weekend seminar-tour in Lisbon, three days of teaching
sessions (10am/13am and 14pm/17pm), and one performance-conference. English
will be the summer course official language but Portuguese will be present as
well.
Eligible to apply
are final year undergraduate, MA and doctoral students from any European or
other country Universities. No more than twenty (20) participants are expected
to be admitted.
An estimated fee of €150 is necessary for admission.
This amount is intended to cover the costs of the lecturers. The fee should be
paid upon registration in ISCTE-Lisbon.
Accommodation
expenses during the Summer Course will be covered by the participants but there
is a hotel contact for cheapest prices (around 17-22euros/per night). The
organisation has an agreement with two local hostels – Pensão Luar (15 persons)[†] and Travellershouse [‡] (6-10 persons). Any travel
costs for coming to and leaving Lisbon must be paid by the participants
themselves.
A Certificate of
Attendance will be provided to the Summer Course participants.
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7. Special Requirements
Each participant must bring a photo camera (digital or
other) and obviously summer clothes, sunglasses and head protection.
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8. Social Events
July is a period with many social events, religious
celebrations and public feasts, festivals of all sorts in all parts of
Portugal, namely in Lisbon. In addition to this, on the first weekend-seminar
(26th and 27th) participants will be visiting several venues
with a cross-cultural atmosphere; and they will attend several cultural
activities. There will be a free performance-conference (30) at the Latin
American House (Casa da América Latina) by Guillermo Gomèz-Peña. The last day
(31) all participants are invited for a social dinner at an alternative
cultural restaurant in Lisbon – Fábrica do Braço de Prata.
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9. Useful Information
The following web
sites provide information on ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, CEAS/CRIA and
the town of Lisbon.
·
ISCTE – Lisbon University
Institute:
http://www.iscte.pt
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Department of
Anthropology:
http://da.iscte.pt
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CEAS/CRIA:
http://www.ceas.iscte.pt
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City of Lisbon:
http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/
http://www.virtourist.com/europe/lisbon/index.html
http://www.agendalx.pt/cgi-bin/iportal_agendalx
http://www.mapadelisboa.com/
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10. Contact address
For any further information please contact the Summer Course's email
address: