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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.
Course directors: Prof. Miguel Vale de Almeida & Prof. Paulo Raposo
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”
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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