Cultural Anthropology of the Azores

Objectives

The course aims to start students on knowledge of the different stages of the development of cultural anthropology Azorean from the nineteenth century, identifying producers, methodological assumptions, modes of expression and forms of communication of this knowledge in their ideological and socio-political contexts.

At the University of the Azores, the institutionalization scientific-disciplinary, with bases museum, a cultural anthropology of the archipelago has contributed to the creation of dynamic teaching and learning focused on knowledge of the cultures in the context of Azorean Portuguese cultural areas, enabling students to professional performance in multiple industries, including managing cultural, heritage and tourism.

Program

1. INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE AZORES.

1.1. The discovery of Azorean difference in the nineteenth century.

1.2. Ethnography, Art and regionalism in the twentieth century.

1.3. The thesis degree in Romance Philology (Lisbon) and Portuguese Linguistics (Coimbra).

1.4. The theses in Human Geography, School of the University of Lisbon and Coimbra.

1.5. The ethnological museology in democratic autonomy.

1.6. The ethnological Anthropology and Museology at the University of the Azores.

2. THE BASIS OF ECOLOGICAL CULTURE AZOREAN.

3. TRAINING SOCIETY AND CULTURE AZOREAN.

4. HOUSING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

5. CLOTHING AND ADORN.

6. FOOD.

7. THE CHALKING CEREALS.

8. PRODUCTIONS AND AGRICULTURAL TOOLS.

9. HARVEST AND HUNTING.

Teaching Methodologies

Lectures interrelating theoretical presentations, presentation and discussion of works particularly significant in the construction of cultural anthropology Azores. Close monitoring, continuous and dedicated work done by the students on issues of island cultures.

Bibliography

Ataíde, Luís Bernardo Leite de. 1973-1976. Etnologia, arte e vida antiga dos Açores, 4 vols. Coimbra, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade.

Costa, Carreiro da. 1989-1991. Etnologia dos Açores, 2 vols. Lagoa, Câmara Municipal.

Côrtes-Rodrigues, Armando de. 1968-75. “Açores”in Fernando Pires de Lima (org.), A arte popular em Portugal, ilhas adjacentes e ultramar, 1, Lisboa, Editorial Verbo: 117-315.

Furtado, Arruda. 1884. Materiais para o estudo anthropologico dos povos açorianos. Observações sobre o povo michaelense. Ponta Delgada, Typographia Popular.

Leal, João. 1994. As festas do Espírito Santo nos Açores. Um estudo de Antropologia Social. Lisboa, Publicações Dom Quixote

Martins, Rui de Sousa. 1999. A cerâmica modelada feminina dos Açores. Sistemas produtivos, formas de articulação e processos de mudança. Cascais, Patrimonia.

Vasconcelos, José Leite de. 1992. (2 ed.). Mês de sonho, Ponta Delgada, Instituto Cultural