Accreditations
The Msc in African Studies at Iscte is a 4-semester program with 9 compulsory Curricular Units and 4 elective Curricular Units.
The Curricular Units permit the student to deepen their study of the political, social, cultural and economic dynamics of the diverse African and diasporic contexts, as well as to grapple with the methodological questions inherent in an interdisciplinary training.
Programme Structure for 2024/2025
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International Cooperation in Africa
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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African Diasporas, Migrations and Rights
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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African Social and Cultural Dynamics
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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History of Africa
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Research Design
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Economies of Africa
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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International Relations in Africa
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Contemporary African Issues and Debates
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Research Methods in Social Sciences
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Optional Courses | 6.0 |
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Sociological Theory
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Optional Courses | 6.0 |
| 2nd Year | ||
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Master Dissertation in African Studies
48.0 ECTS
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Final Work | 48.0 |
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Master Project in African Studies
48.0 ECTS
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Final Work | 48.0 |
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2nd Cycle Internship
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Free - 2nd Year | 6.0 |
International Cooperation in Africa
Skills and Competences:
SC1: Acquiring a critical understanding of international cooperation and development policy that contributes to an informed and conscious citizenship;
SC2: Ability to organize and analyze complex research results in a coherent form;
SC3: Knowledge and ability to use information retrieval tools, such as bibliographical repertoires, statistics and electronic resources;
SC4: Awareness of the challenges facing international cooperation in Africa
Learning Outcomes:
LO1: Mastering the key concepts and launching critical approaches in various themes of international cooperation in Africa
LO2: Understanding the history of actions leading to international cooperation and humanitarian aid
LO3: Identifying the main actors in international cooperation and humanitarian aid
LO4: Critically analyze the major international cooperation programs in Africa.
OA5: Recognize the challenges in dealing with international cooperation and humanitarian aid
1. Introduction: General presentation of international cooperation, debates and critical approaches.
2. Theories of international development and evolution of cooperation policies.
3. Cooperation architecture, definitions and flows, main actors.
4. South-South Cooperation
5. Critical Perspectives
6. Humanitarian Aid
7. Rethinking Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid in Africa
1. Participation in seminars and critical reading of recommended texts (20%)
2. One short reading note (30%)
3. Final essay (max. 7 pages) (50%)
Students may alternatively opt for the final exam
Title: Moyo, D. (2009). Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa. Penguin Books.
Lopes, Carlos (2019) Africa in Transformation: Economic Development in the Age of Doubt. Palgrave Macmillan
Kharas, Homi & Andrew Rogerson (2017) Global Development Trends and Challenges. ODI. Available: https://www.odi.org/publications/10940-global-development-trends-and-challenges-horizon-2025-revisited
Cardoso, Fernando Jorge, Patrícia Magalhães Ferreira e Rogério Roque Amaro (ed.) (2017) Desenvolvimento e a Coerência das Políticas. Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 34
Amaro, Rogério Roque (2003), ?Desenvolvimento ? um conceito ultrapassado ou em renovação? Da teoria à prática e da prática à teoria? in Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, nº 4, Jan-Julho, Centro de Estudos Africanos -ISCTE, Lisboa
Alden, Chris (2007) China in Africa. London, Zed.
Afonso, Maria Manuela e Ana Paula Fernandes (2005), ABCD Introdução à Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento, Lisboa, IMVF e OIKOS.
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Title: Weissmam, Fabrice (ed.), 2004, In the shadows of "just wars?: violence, politics and humanitarian action, London, Hurst
Ticktin, Miriam, 2006, ?Where Ethics and Politics Meet: The Violence of Humanitarianism in France? in American Ethnologist, 33 (1) Feb 2006: 33-49
Redfield, Peter, 2006, "A Less Modest Witness: Collective Advocacy and Motivated Truth in a Medical Humanitarian Movement" in American Ethnologist. 33: 1 (Feb.), 3-26.
Redfield, Peter, 2005, "Doctors, Borders and Life in Crisis." in Cultural Anthropology. 20:3 (Aug.), 328-361.
McKay, Ramah, 2012, ?Afterlives: Humanitarian Histories and Critical Subjects in Mozambique?, CUL TURAL ANTHROPOLOGY , Vol. 27, Issue 2, pp . 286?309
Fassin, Didier e Estelle d'Halluin, 2007, ?Critical Evidence: The Politics of Trauma in French Asylum Policies? in Ethos 35 (3) , 300?329 doi:10.1525/eth.2007.35.3.300
Ajuda Humanitária / Humanitarian Aid
Rosa, Inês (2015) Emerging Countries: Fading Dichotomy in Development Cooperation? Masters Dissertation, Lisbon School of Economics & Management, ISEG
PNUD, (2013) Relatório do Desenvolvimento Humano, online site do PNUD, pág.43-124
Oya, C. and Pons-Vignon, N. (2011). Aid, Development and the State in Africa. http://www.rosalux.sn/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Aid-Dev-and-State-in-Africa.pdf
Niño-Zarazúa, M., Barrientos, A., Hickey, S., Hulme, D., 2012, ?Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right?. World Development 40 (1),163?176.
Milando, João, 2005, Cooperação sem Desenvolvimento, Lisboa, ICS
Lewis, D. & N. Kanji (2009). Non-Governmental Organizations and Development. London: Routledge (Cap 1. ?Introduction: what are NGOs?; Cap 2. ?Understanding NGOs in political context?
Ferreira, Patricia Magalhães, Fernanda Faria e Fernando Jorge Cardoso (2016). O papel de Portugal na arquitetura global do desenvolvimento. Opções para o futuro da Cooperação Portuguesa, Instituto Camões e IMVF, Lisboa. Páginas 1-25
Ferguson, James, 1999, Expectations of Modernity. Myths and Meanings of Urban Life in Zambian Cooperbelt, Berkeley, University of California Press
Ferguson, James, 1990, The Anti-politics machine. Development, Depoliticization and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Escobar, Arturo, 1995, Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton: Princeton University Press (ver http://www.unc.edu/~aescobar/html/texts.htm)
Escobar, Arturo 1992, ?Imagining a Post-Development Era?. Social Text 31: 20?56. Duke University Press.
Escobar, Arturo, 1991, "Anthropology and the Development Encounter: the Making and Marketing of Development Anthropology" in American Ethnologist, 18, 4, 658-682.
Edelman, Marc & Angelique Haugerud, 2005, The Anthropology of Development and Globalization, London, Blackwell
Desai, V. & R. Potter, 2014, The Companion to Development Studies, 3rd edition, NY, Routledge
Davies, Robin; Pickering, Jonathan, 2015, Making Development Co-operation Fit for the Future: A Survey of Partner Countries, OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers.
Carvalho, Ana Larcher (2018) A complexidade da cooperação para o desenvolvimento, as críticas e as alternativas para a mudança. Mundo Crítico n1. Available https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/ff23a7_85545e16728440a4b66560c34ce430ba.pdf
Amin, S. (2010). Repensar a ajuda ao desenvolvimento. Pambazuka News
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African Diasporas, Migrations and Rights
A. Knowledge and Understanding:
- Understanding the main concepts involved in the debate on the African diasporas.
- Knowledge of the historical events that marked the social and political trajectory of the African diasporas.
- Knowledge of the most relevant debates in the field of strategies and policies for collective action of diasporas.
B. Application of knowledge:
- Ability to use the knowledge gained to derive implications on different diaspora experiences at the transnational level.
- Ability to use the knowledge acquired to discuss and critically evaluate contemporary challenges of diasporas.
C. Communication:
- Ability to elaborate theoretically, logically and factually reasoned arguments and to communicate them to others.
D. Learning:
- Capacity for study and personal research with autonomy;
- Ability and motivation for life long learning
1.Historical and theoretical issues of the African diasporas
1.1.From the enslaved people trafficking to the current migrations
1.2.Presence and forms of collective African action in Portugal and Europe (XV-XVIII)
1.3.Integration of immigrants and migration politics
2.Political and social issues of the African diasporas
2.1.Forms of resistance to slavery in the American continent
2.2.Diasporas and Anti-Colonial Movements: Pan-Africanism and Civil Rights Movements
2.3.From the Nativists of the 1st Republic to the Casa dos Estudantes do Império and Liberation Struggles in Portugal and Africa
3.Political and social issues of the African diasporas in the present
3.1.Racism and the African Diaspora in post-colonial Europe
3.2.Forms of collective action of diaspora in contemporary times
3.3.Intersectionality, Black Feminist and LGBTI Movements
3.4.African and Black Resistance in Democratic Portugal:From African Immigrants Associations to the Portuguese Black and Afrodescendant Movement
1. Continuous assessment
- Group presentation in class (40%)
- Essay writing on a program theme (45%)
- Active participation in classes (15%)
2. Final exam
Title: TINHORÃO, José Ramos (1997), Os Negros em Portugal: Uma Presença Silenciosa, Lisboa: Caminho
SANCHES, Manuela Ribeiro (2011), Malhas que os Impérios Tecem: Textos Anticoloniais, Contextos Pós-Coloniais, Lisboa: Edições 70
PIRES, Rui Pena (2003), Migrações e Integração, Oeiras: Celta Editora
MACHADO, Fernando Luís (2009), ?Quarenta anos de imigração africana: um balanço?, Ler História, 56, pp. 135-165
JAMES, C.L.R. (1963 [1938]), The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, New York: Vintage Books
HALL, Stuart (2003), Da Diáspora: Identidades e Mediações Culturais, Belo Horizonte: UFMG/UNESCO
GILROY, Paul (2012), O Atlântico Negro: Modernidade e Dupla Consciência, Rio de Janeiro: Centro de Estudos Afro-Asiáticos/Editora 34
DUBOIS, W.E.B. (1992 [1935]), Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880, New York: Free Press
DAVIS, Angela (2016 [1981]), Mulheres, Raça e Classe, São Paulo:Boitempo
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Title: 32. TAYLOR, Keeanga-Yamahtta (2016), From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, Chicago: Haymarket Books.
31. SAINT-MAURICE, Ana de (1997), Identidades Reconstruídas, Cabo-Verdianos em Portugal, Oeiras: Celta Editora.SOS RACISMO (2016), Racismo e Discriminação ? A lei da impunidade, Lisboa: SOS Racismo.
30. PLATAFORMA GUETO Resposta à Alta Comissária (A.C.I.DI). https://plataformagueto.wordpress.com/noticias/resposta-a-alta-comissaria-a-c-i-di/
29. PEREIRA, Amilcar Araujo (2013), O Mundo Negro: Relações Raciais e a Constituição do Movimento Negro Contemporâneo no Brasil, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Pallas.
28. O.IJERE, Martin, (1974), W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey as Pan-Africanists: A Study in Contrast, Présence Africaine, pp. 188-206.
27. NASCIMENTO, Beatriz, (1985), O conceito de quilombo e a resistência cultural negra, Afrodiáspora, 6-7, pp. 41-49.
26. NASCIMENTO, Beatriz (1982), Kilombo e memória comunitária ? um estudo de caso, Estudos Afro-Asiáticos 6-7, pp. 259-265.
25. MATA, Inocência (2015), A Casa dos Estudantes do Império e o lugar da literatura na consciencialização política, Lisboa: UCCLA.
24. MARGARIDO, Alfredo (2000). A Lusofonia e os Lusófonos: Novos Mitos Portugueses, Lisboa: Edições Universitárias Lusófonas.
23. JAMES, Joy, SHARPLEY-WHITING, T. Denean (orgs.) (2016), The Black Feminist Reader, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell.
22. HENRIQUES, Joana Gorjão (2016), Racismo em Português, Lisboa: Tinta da China.
21. HENRIQUES, Isabel Castro (2009), A Herança Africana em Portugal, séc. XV-XX, Correios de Portugal.
20. GUIMARÃES, António Sergio (1999), Racismo e Anti-Racismo no Brasil, São Paulo:USP/Editora 34.
19. GONZALES, Lélia (1988), Por um feminismo Afro-latino-Americano, Revista Isis Internacional, 8. https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/271077/mod_resource/content/1/Por%20um%20feminismo%20Afro-latino-americano.pdf
18. FANON, Frantz (1975 [1952]), Peles Negras, Máscaras Brancas, Porto: Paisagem Editora.
17. FANON, Frantz (2015 [1961]), Os Condenados da Terra, Lisboa: Letra Livre.
16. EARLE, Thomas F., LOWE, Kate J. P. (2005), Black Africans in Renaissance Europe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
15. COX, Oliver (1948), Race, Caste and Class, New York: Monthly Review Press.
14. COLLINS, Patricia Hill (2000), Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, Nova York: Routledge.
13. COLLINS, Patricia Hill (2006), From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism and Feminism, Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
12. CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL STUDIES (1982), Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in 70's Britain, New York: Routledge.
11. CASTLES, Stephen e Mark J. Miller (2014), The Age of Migration, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
10. CARMICHAEL, Stokely, Charles V. Hamilton (1961), Black Power: The Politics of Liberation, New York: Vintage.
9. CABRAL, Amilcar (1974), Textos Políticos, Porto: Gráfica Firmeza.
8. CARTA ABERTA DE ORGANIZAÇÕES AFRODESCENDENTES PORTUGUESAS AO CERD -2016. https://museudigitalafroportugues.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/carta-aberta-de-organizacoes-afrodescendentes-portuguesas-ao-cerd-2016/
7. BORGES, Sónia Vaz (2014), Na Pó di Spéra: percursos nos bairros da Estrada Militar, de Santa Filomena e da Encosta Nascente, Cascais: FCG/Principia.
6. BHABHA, Homi (1994), The Location of Culture, London: Routledge.
5. BASSEL, Leah (2013), Contemporary Grammars of Resistance: Two French Social Movements, Sociology, 48 (3), pp. 537-553.
4. ARAÚJO, Marta, Silvia Roríguez Maeso (2016), Os Contornos do Eurocentrismo: Raça, História e Textos Políticos, Coimbra: Almedina.
3. ANDRADE, Mário Pinto de (1997), Origens do nacionalismo africano: continuidade e ruptura nos movimentos unitários emergentes da luta contra a dominação colonial portuguesa, 1911-1961, Lisboa: Dom Quixote
2. ALMEIDA, Miguel Vale de (2000), Um Mar Côr de Terra: Raça, Cultura e Política de Identidade, Oeiras: Editora Celta.
1. AFROLIS - Audioblogue Rádio AfroLis. https://radioafrolis.com/
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African Social and Cultural Dynamics
The course aims to introduce the students to a detailed knowledge of African realities in the social and cultural domains.mIn this way, the learning objectives of the course are
1. To know the construction of central concepts, relevant to analyse the African social and cultural fields.
2. To understand the discursive constructions of the African continent.
3. To acquire a critical view on themes of social and cultural dynamics in Africa.
4. To identify the main identity constructions in Africa.
5. To know social and cultural movements in Africa and their impacts.
1. Representations of Africa and post-colonialism
1.1. Coloniality, discourse and Eurocentrism
1.2. The symbolic construction of the African continent
2. Selected themes of social and cultural dynamics in Africa
2.1. Culture, religion and ethnicity
2.2. Indigenous peoples and the production of knowledge
2.3. Social movements and political and social change
2.4. Gender and sexuality
2.5. Feminisms in Africa
2.6. Cultural movements and youth in Africa
2.7. Popular culture, music and cinema
1. Continuous assessment
The assessment consists of the weighted average of:
a) Attendance to and active participation in the classes (minimum of 70%)- 30%
b) Essay (5000-5500 words): 70%
The essays can be submitted in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish and delivered in dates agreed at the Council of the Year meeting (first, second and special). The essays don't count for students who will do a final exam.
2. Final exam for students who are not in continuous assessment.
Title: Obadare, Ebenezer (Ed), 2014, The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa, New York: Springer
Mudimbe, Valentin Y., 1988, The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge, Bloomington: Indiana University Press
Mkandawire, Thandika (ed.), 2005, African Intellectuals: Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development, Dakar: Codesria
Filho, Silvio de Almeida Carvalho e Nascimento, Washington Santos (Orgs.), 2018, Intelectuais das Áfricas, Campinas: Pontes Editores
Fanon, Frantz, 2005, The Wretched of the Earth, Grove Press
Cooper, Fred, 2002, Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Arnfred, Signe (ed.), 2004, Re-Thinking Sexualities in Africa, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Appiah, Kwame Anthony, 1992, In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture, New York: Oxford University Press
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Title: Clark, Msia Kibona., 2012, "Hip Hop as Social Commentary in Accra and Dar Es Salaam", African Studies Quarterly: The Online Journal of African Studies, 13(3): 23-46.
Lobato, Ramon, 2010, "Creative industries and informal economies, Lessons from Nollywood", International Journal of Cultural Studies, 13(4): 337-354
César, Amaranta, 2013, "Cinema africano, utopia e política: a tomada de palavra em Bamako, de Abderrahmane Sissako", Contemporânea, Comunicação e Cultura, 11(3): 581-590
2.8. Cultura popular, música e cinema
African Dynamics in a Multipolar World
Honwana, Alcinda, 2013, "Youth, waithood, and protest movements in Africa", Lugard Lecture 2013, ECAS 2013, 5th European Conference on African Studies,
Diouf, Mamadou, 2003, "Engaging postcolonial cultures: African youth and public space", African Studies Review, 46 (2): 1-12
Chielozona Eze, 2014, "Rethinking African culture and identity: the Afropolitan model," Journal of African Cultural Studies, 26 (2): 234-247
2.6.
AAVV, 2013, Africana, Aportaciones para la descolonización del feminismo, Barcelona: oozebap
2.5.
Reddy, Vasu, 2001, "Homophobia, human rights and gay and lesbian equality in Africa", Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, 50: 83-87
Adésínà, 'Jìmí O., 2010, "Re-appropriating matrifocality: endogeneity and African gender scholarship", African Sociological Review, 14 (1): 2-19
Aboim, Sofia, 2008, "Masculinidades na encruzilhada: hegemonia, dominação e hibridismo em Maputo", 43 (2): 273-295
2.4. Género e sexualidades
Thigo, Philip, 2013, "People, technology and spaces: towards a new generation of social movements", Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 31 (2): 255-264
Mamdani, Mahmood Thandika Mkandawire & Wamba-dia-Wamba, 1988, "Social Movements, Social Transformation and Struggle for Democracy in Africa", Economic and Political Weekly, 23(19): 973-981
de Waal, Alex and Ibreck, Rachel, 2013, "Hybrid social movements in Africa", Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 31 (2): 303-324
2.3.
Mouiche, Ibrahim, 2011, "Democratisation and Political Participation of Mbororo in Western Cameroon", Africa Spectrum, 46 (2):71-97
Anyidoho, Nana Akua, 2008, "Identity and Knowledge Production in the Fourth Generation", Africa Development, 23(1): 25-39
2.2.
Njoh, Ambe J., 2017, "The Right-To-The-City Question" and Indigenous Urban Populations in Capital Cities in Cameroon", Journal of Asian and African Studies, 52(2): 188-200
Martins, Vasco, 2015, "Ovimbundu identity attributions in post-war Angola", Journal of Southern African Studies, 41 (4): 853-867
Babou, Cheikh Anta, 2007, "Urbanizing mystical Islam: Making Murid space in the cities of Senegal", The International Journal of African Historical Studies, 40 (2): 197-223
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Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, 2006, "The Inventions of African Identities and Languages: The Discursive and Developmental Implications", in Olaoba F. Arasanyin e Michael A. Pemberton (eds), Selected Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Somerville: Cascadilla Proceedings Project: 14-26
Maldonado-Torres, Nelson, 2006, "Pensamento crítico desde a subalternidade: os estudos étnicos como ciências descoloniais ou para a transformação das Humanidades e das Ciências Sociais no século XXI", Afro-Ásia, 34: 105-129
Lopes, Carlos, 2012, "O legado de Amílcar Cabral face aos desafios da ética contemporânea", Via Atlântica, 21: 27-44
Césaire, Aimé, 1978, Discurso sobre o Colonialismo, Lisboa: Sá da Costa (Prefácio de Mário de Andrade)
African Studies Association, 2018, "Decolonizing African Studies", African Studies Review, 61 (3): 1-7
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History of Africa
The course aims to accomplish three main learning outcomes (LO):
LO1. Self-develop a non-Eurocentric and Africanized perspective of objects and problématiques
LO2. Understand the actual needs and challenges of historiography of African History, and of historically thinking about the African past, by way of a critical consideration about the widening of the theoretical horizons of the field, using the indispensable conceptual frames.
LO3. Learn about current issues and methods in African history
1. African worlds in the diversity of space and time: historiographical representations — Singularities and diversities in African History; the challenges of comparativism defining regions for digital history; presentism and the need for an “early” history towards an understanding of African recent challenges.
2. The contradictions of African history as a discipline at the crossroads of interdisciplinarity and the challenges of global studies - The deconstruction of concepts inherited from colonial anthropology: "Ethnic" identities - an object in the long run? Beyond dichotomies, a complex approach of the historical process; thinking connexion beyond globalization.
3. Hot topics and methodologies — Complementarity of different primary sources in African History; approaches and debates on oral sources and the colonial archive; environmental history and empire; history of sports and leisure..
1 Continuous evaluation. Weighted average:
a) Presence and active participation in class (min: 70% presence on-site or by videoconference, the latter in specific validated cases) 30%;
5000 to 5500 words essay: 70%.
Essays can be written in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish and have to be delivered on the date agreed in the meeting of the first year council. The essays do not count for students who submit to the final exams.
2. Final exams for student not in continuous evaluation.
Title: AWENENGO, Séverine, BARTHÉLÉMY, Pascale e TSHIMANGA, Charles (eds.), Écrire l'Histoire de l'Afrique Autrement? Paris, L'Harmattan, 2004.
FAUVELLE, François-Xavier (dir.), L?Afrique Ancienne. De l?Acacus au Zimbabwe : 20000 avant notre ère?XVIIe siècle, Paris, Éditions Belin/Humensis, 2018.
FAUVELLE, François-Xavier e SURUN, Isabelle (dir.), Atlas Histórico de África ? Da Pré-História aos Nossos Dias, Lisboa, Guerra & Paz, 2020 (ed. original francesa, 2019)
GREEN, Toby e ROSSI, Benedetta (eds.), Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past. Essays in Honour of Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, Leiden/Boston, Brill, 2018.
SPEAR, Thomas (ed.), Oxford Research Encyc. of African Hist., Oxford University Press, [em permanente actualização], https://oxfordre.com/africanhistory, acedido em 15 de Setembro de 2021
CANDIDO, Mariana e JONES, Adam (eds), African Women in the Atlantic World: Property, Vulnerability & Mobility, 1660–1880, 2019, CANDIDO, Mariana e JONES, Adam (eds.), African Women in the Atlantic World: Property, Vulnerability & Mobility, 1660–1880, London, James Currey, 2019.,
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Title: PHILIPS, John Edward (ed.), Writing African History, Rochester, N.Y., University of Rochester Press, 2005.
AMSELLE, Jean-Loup, Mestizo Logics. Anthropology of Identity in Africa and Elsewhere, Standford, Standford University Press, 1998
AMSELLE, Jean-Loup e M?BOKOLO, Elikia (orgs.), No Centro da Etnia : Etnias, Tribalismo e Estado na África, Rio de Janeiro, Ed. Vozes, 2017 [ed. original francesa, Au Coeur de l'Ethnie. Ethnies, Tribalisme et État en Afrique, 2ª ed., Paris, Éditions La Découverte/Poche, 1999] [edição angolana, Pelos Meandros da Etnia?, Luanda, Ed. Mulemba, 2014
AUSTIN, Gareth, « Reciprocal comparison and African History : tackling conceptual eurocentrism in the study of Africa?s economic past », African Studies Review, 50 (3), 2007, pp. 1-28.
AUSTIN, Gareth, « Resources techniques and strategies south of the Sahara : revisings the factors endowment perspective on African economic development, 1500-2000 », Economic History Review, 61 (3), 2008, pp. 587-624.
BAH, Thierno Moctar, Historiographie Africaine. Afrique de l?Ouest. Afrique Centrale, Dakar, CODESRIA, 2015.
BRIZUELA-GARCIA, Esperanza e GETZ, Trevor R., African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts, Boston [etc.], Pearson, 2012.
CASTRIYCK, Geert, STRICKRODT, Silke e WERTHMANN, Katia (eds.), Sources and Methods for African History and Culture. Essays in Honour of Adam Jones, Leipzig, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2016.
CHOUIN, Gérard, ?Seen, Said or Deduced? Travel Accounts, Historical criticism, and Discourse Theory: Towards an ?Archeology? of Dialogue in Seventeenth-Century Guinea?, History in Africa, 28, 2001, pp. 53-70.
CHRÉTIEN, Jean-Pierre, ?Combats pour l?Histoire de l?Afrique?, Afrique & Histoire. Revue Internationale, nº 7, mai 2009, pp. 9-11
COOPER, Frederick, Africa since 1940: the past of the present, Cambridge : University Press, 2006 [1ª ed. 2002].
COOPER, Frederik, Colonialism in question: theory, knowledge, history, Berkeley, University of California Press, 2005.
COOPER, Frederick, ?What Is the Concept of Globalization Good for? An African Historian's Perspective?, African Affairs, 100 (399), Apr. 2001, pp. 189-213
DIAS, Jill R. Dias e SILVA, Rosa Cruz e (eds.), Construindo o Passado Angolano. As Fontes e a sua Interpretação. Actas do II Seminário Internacional sobre a História de Angola, Lisboa, Com. Nac. para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Port., 2000.
DIAWARA, Mamadou, LATEGAN, Bernard, RÜSEN, Jörn (eds.), Historical memory in Africa: dealing with the past, reaching for the future in an intercultural context, New York, Berghahn Books, [2010].
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Research Design
At the end of the CU students should be able to:
1) recognize and use different types of methodological strategies, mastering its theoretical, methodological and technical requirements, in order to make adequate choices;
2) identify central problems in research design, from problem definition to conceptualisation, operationalization, observation and proposal writing;;
3) write a research and/or intervention project proposal.
1. Research as a producer of knowledge to know and/or to intervene.
1.1. Empirical research as theoretically oriented.
1.2. Research as problem solving: diagnosis, evaluation, intervention.
1.3. Ethics in different types of research.
2. How to design a research project and/or intervention.
2.1. Formulation of the problem and definition of objectives.
2.2. Conceptualization.
2.3. Operationalization and observation.
2.4. Project's design.
3. Methodological strategies.
3.1. Adequacy of the methodological strategies to the objectives of tthe research.
3.2. Extensive research: large surveys, statistical databases, etc..
3.3. Intensive research: case studies, field research, participant observation, ethnographic approach, etc.
3.4. Action research and social intervention.
3.5. Comparative research: objectives and problems of comparison.
3.6. Mixed methods.
The learning process proceeds trough theoretical-practical classes, seminar presentations and debate (which are given prevalence), tutorials and students' autonomous work.
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Periodic evaluation, comprising the following components:
(a) Class participation and presentation of the research and/or intervention project (35%)
b) Final written work: research project and/or intervention (65%).
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Final assessment, consisting of a final written work: research project and/or intervention, complemented with an oral discussion, if the teacher considers necessary (100%).
The evaluation of this course does not include a final exam.
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Creswell, JW 2003 Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.Thousand Oaks:Sage.
Chen, H 2015 Practical program evaluation: theory-driven evaluation and the integrated evaluation perspective.Thousand Oaks:Sage.
Capucha, L 2008 Planeamento e avaliação de projectos: guião prático.Lisboa:DGIDC.
Campenhoudt, L van 2003 Introdução à análise dos fenómenos sociais.Lisboa:Gradiva.
Burgess, R 2001 A pesquisa de terreno.Oeiras:Celta.
Bryman, A 2012 Social Research Methods.Oxford:OUP.
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Bertaux, D. (2020) As narrativas de vida. LIsboa: Mundos Sociais.
Beckett, C (2010) Assessment and intervention in social work. Sage Publications: London.
Outras referências bibliográficas complementares
Lenoir, R 1988 Objeto Sociológico e Problema Social. In: Champagen, P. et al. Iniciação A Prática Sociológica. Petropólis: Vozes, pp. 59-104.
Blaikie, N 2010 Designing Social Research. The logic of Anticipation. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Becker, H S 2017 Evidence. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Mestrado em Sociologia
Shaw, I, Briar-Lawson, K, Orme, J & Ruckdeschel, R 2010 The Sage Handbook of Social Work Research. Londres: Sage.
Hardwick, L et al (eds) 2017 Innovations in Social Work Research. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Bell, L 2017 Research methods for Social Workers. Londres: Palgrave.
Mestrado em Serviço Social
Toshkov, D 2016 Research Design in Political Science. London: Palgrave.
Howard, C 2017 Thinking Like a Political Scientist: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Filho, Dalson Britto Figueiredo; Paranhos, Ranulfo; Rocha, Enivaldo Carvalho da; Silva Junior, José Alexandre da; Santos, Manoel Leonardo Wanderley Duarte 2012 Levando Gary King a Sério: Desenhos de Pesquisa em Ciência Política. In Revista Eletrônica de Ciência Política 3 (1-2), pp. 86-117.
Bukve, O 2019 Designing Social Science Research. Cham: Palgrave.
Mestrado em Políticas Públicas
Treadwell, D, & Davis, A 2016 Introducing communication research: Paths of inquiry. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 3ª ed.
Silverman, D. (2017) Doing Qualitative Research. Londres: Sage. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/doing-qualitative-research/book251108
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Kubitschko, S., & Kaun, A. (eds). 2016 Innovative methods in media and communication research. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hine, C. (2017). Digital Ethnography. In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, B.S. Turner (Ed.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118430873.est0628
Berger, A. A. 2018 Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Mestrado em Gestão dos Novos Media
Klotz, A & Prakash, D (eds) 2008 Qualitative methods in International Relations: A pluralist guide. New York: Palgrave (v. plataforma moodle).
Sprinz, D F & Wolinsky, Y (eds.) 2004 Cases, numbers and models: International Relations research methods. Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press. (Em linha: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/89c3/34b5c514acb817b8862dcdf675bd7d4863de.pdf
https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/71316_Lamont_Research_Methods_in_International_Relations_Chapter_1.pdf).
Lamont, C 2015 Research methods in International Relations. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications (capitulo 1 on-line em:
Mestrado em Estudos Internacionais
Stein, T. S., Bathurst, J. R., & Lasher, R. 2022 Performing arts management: A handbook of professional practices. Simon and Schuster.
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (Eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. 2010 Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers (Vol. 1). John Wiley & Sons.
Mestrado em Estudos e Gestão da Cultura
Zeleza, T (ed) 2007 The study of Africa. The global and transnational engagements (Vol II). Dakar: CODESRIA.
Zeleza, T (ed) 2006 The Study of Africa. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary encounters (Vol I). Dakar: CODESRIA.
Ouédraogo, J-B & Cardoso, C (ed) 2011 Readings in methodology: African Perspectives. Dakar: CODESRIA. Em linha: https://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1502&lang=en
Mestrado em Estudos Africanos
Bogdan, R & Biklen, S 1994 Investigação qualitativa em educação: uma introdução à teoria e aos métodos. Porto: Porto Editora.
Mestrado em Educação e Sociedade
Treadwell, D, & Davis, A 2016 Introducing communication research: Paths of inquiry. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 3ª ed.
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Kubitschko, S., & Kaun, A. (eds). 2016 Innovative methods in media and communication research. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Berger, A. A. 2018 Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Mestrado em Comunicação, Cultura e Tecnologias da Informação
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Ciências do Trabalho e Relações Laborais
Pollock III, Philip H.& Edwards, B C 2019 The Essentials of political analysis. 6ªed., Washington D.C.: CQ Press.
Silverman, D (2018) Doing qualitative research. Los Angeles: Sage.
Johnson, J B & Reynolds, H T 2020 Political Science research methods, 9ª ed. Los Angeles: Sage.
Mestrado em Ciência Política
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Administração Escolar
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Ação Humanitária
Na medida em que o desenho de pesquisa pode ter algumas especificidades em função da área científica de pesquisa, listam-se abaixo algumas sugestões de suporte bibliográfico.
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Economies of Africa
The objectives of the course are that the student:
- Gain insights into the dynamics of African economies from a historical perspective and the diversity of trajectories of African economies;
- Develop the capacity to critically analyze the assumptions, methods and theories underlying the research studies on the economy of Africa and the economy of development;
- Explain the repercussions of resource wealth and associated income;
- Understand different sectoral dynamics of economic processes in Africa;
- Identify the dynamics of change in various sectors of African economies and the alternative visions for change;
- Integrate the entrepreneurial phenomena in the understanding of the African economies.
1 The evolution of economic growth in Africa in the long run
- The importance of an historical perspective and the idea of recurrent growth
- The African tragedy and the renaissance in debate
- A diversity of trajectories
2. Analyses of the dynamics of economic growth
- Development and critical perspectives;
- Alternative ways of looking to the economy
- State and market in African economies
- Political economy of economic growth in Africa
3 Natural resources and extractive industry
- The curse of natural resources
- The extractive industry
4 Sectoral dynamics and case studies
- The dynamics of the informal economy and employment
- Agriculture and agricultural transformations
- Industrialization and structural transformation
5. Entrepreneurship in Africa
- Private initiative and entrepreneurial ecosystems
- Innovation and tech-hubs
- Domestic and international funding
1. Continuous assessment (minimal attendance of 70%):
a) participation in class and demonstration of the reading of the course supporting texts - 20%
b) Individual essay on one of the issues addressed in the contents (5,000 words) - 80%
2. Final assessment
Written exam - 100%
Title: Carneiro, E. & Ennes Ferreira, M. (coord) (2011). África Sub-Sahariana: meio século depois (1960-2010). Centro de Estudos Africanos do CIS.Lisboa: Edições Colibri
Friederici, N., Wahome, M., & Graham, M. (2020). Digital entrepreneurship in Africa: How a continent is escaping Silicon Valley?s long shadow. The MIT Press.
Pereira, R., & Maia, R. (2019). The role of politics and institutional environment on entrepreneurship: Empirical evidence from Mozambique. JANUS.NET, 10(1), 98-111.
Pereira, R., & Maia, R. (2018). Entrepreneurship in Africa: An exploratory analysis using data from the global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM). JANUS.NET, 9(2), 109-123.
Pereira, R. (2020). A historical perspective of entrepreneurship in Angola. JANUS.NET, 11(1), 60-76.
Lopes, C. (2019) Africa in Transformation. Economic Development in the Age of Doubt. Palgrave Macmillan
Celestin M. & Justin Yifu Lin (2015) The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics. New York: Oxford University Press
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Title: UNECA, 2013, Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2013 - http://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/publications/unera_report_final_french_web.pdf
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/@emp_policy/documents/publication/wcms_127814.pdf
OIT, 2009, The informal economy in Africa: Promoting transition to formality: Challenges and strategies
Moshomba, Richard, E. 2000 Africa in the Global Economy NY, Lynne Rienner
Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve, 1999, The African Economy: Policy, Institutions and the Future Londres, Routledge,
Mosca, João, 2005, A Economia de Moçambique Seculo XX, Lisboa, Piaget
Lopes, Carlos, 2012, Candongeiros e Kupatas - acumulação e sobrivivenca na ecnomia informal em Angola, Lisboa, Principia
Estêvão, João (2004), "Desenvolvimento Económico e Mudança Institucional: O Papel do Estado", Working Paper WP 08/2004, Departamento de Economia, ISEG-UTL, Lisboa
Caplan, Gerald, 2008, The Betrayal of Africa. Londres, Groundwood Books
Mkandawire, T. (2010) Running while others walk: knowledge and the challenge of Africa's development
Oya, C. & Santamaría, A. (Ed) (2007) Economía política del desarrollo en África. Madrid: Akal
Chitonge, Horman (2015) Economic growth and development in Africa: understanding trends and prospects.London: Routledge
Adesida, O and Otehy, A (2004) African voices,African visions.The Nordic Africa Institute
RASA (2018) Rapport Alternatif sur l'Afrique. N0, RASA:Dakar
Ndulu, B. et al. (2007) Challenges of African Growth. Washington: World Bank.
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International Relations in Africa
The purpose of the course is to understand and analyze the place of Africa, both as an empirical and theoretical problem, in the field of International Relations. It privileges critical analyses of the multiple realities and theoretical perspectives on Africa. These perspectives allow for a better comprehension of different themes related with the African social, cultural, economic and political affairs in the contemporary world.
Program1. Africa and the International Relations
1.1. Concepts and tools of International Relations
1.2. The places of Africa in the International Relations
1.3. Africa and the global thought
2. Africa in the contemporary international system
2.1. International security
2.2. African regional institutions
2.3. Africa and the great powers
3. Contexts and subjects
3.1. Migrations and refugees
3.2. Nationalisms and nativisms
3.3. Conflicts in Africa
3.4. Sovereignties and territorialities
The programme's didactics combines theoretical inputs by the teacher and invitees with the discussion of selected texts with the students. Audio-visual supports are also frequently used to inspire the debate on current issues related with the syllabus.
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1. Continuous assessment
a) Participation in the debates in class - 20% in the final grade
b) Essay - 80% in the final grade
2. Final exam (100%)
Title: Young, T. (2016) Readings in the International Relations of Africa. Bloomington: Ind. Uni. Press
Mbembe, A. (2013) Sortir de la grande nuit. Essai sur l'Afrique décolonisée. Paris: La Découverte
Mbembe, A. (2016)Politiques de l'inimité. Paris: La Découverte
Duffield, M. (2001)Global Governance and the New Wars The Merging of Development and Security.Zed Books
Cornelissen, S., Cheru, F., Shaw, T. (Eds.)(2012). Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan
Cooper, F. (2016) Histórias de África. Capitalismo, Modernidade, Globalização. Lisboa: Ed 70
Comaroff J.; Comaroff J.L. (2012) Theory from the South. Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa. Boulder/London: Paradigm Pubs
Clapham, C. (1996) Africa and the International System: The Politics of State Survival.Cambridge University Press
Chowdhry, G.; Nair, S. (eds.) (2002) Power, Postcolonialism and International Relations. Reading race, gender and class. London: Routledge
9.4.9. Bibliografia :
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Title: Patrício, Marta (2014), "A Fronteira Moçambique-Zimbabué e os ndau: Práticas e representações transfronteiriças no distrito moçambicano de Mossurize (de 1975 à actualidade", Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 27: 79-102
Bereketeab, Redie (2013), Post-Secession State-Building and ReconstructionSomaliland, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan, Policy Note 1, The Nordic Africa Institute
3.4.
Williams, Paul D. (2016), War and Conflict in Africa, Cambridge: Polity Press
Hoekstra, Quint (2019), "Conflict diamonds and the Angolan Civil War (1992-2002)", Third World Quarterly, 40(7): 1322-1339
Coning, Cedric de (2017), "Peace enforcement in Africa: Doctrinal distinctions between the African Union and United Nations", Contemporary Security Policy, 38(1): 145-160
3.3.
Marshall-Fratani, Ruth (2006), "The War of 'Who Is Who': Autochthony, Nationalism, and Citizenship in the Ivoirian Crisis", African Studies Review, 49(2): 9-44
Borges Coelho, João Paulo (2003), "Da violência colonial ordenada à ordem pós-colonial violenta. Sobre um legado das guerras coloniais nas ex-colónias portuguesas", Lusotopie, 10: 175-193
3.2.
Whitaker, Beth Elise (2017), "Migration within Africa and Beyond", African Studies Review, 60(2): 209-220
Maher, Stephanie (2018), "Out of West Africa: Human Smuggling as a Social Enterprise", Annals, AAPSS, 676: 36-56
3.1.
3. Contextos e temas / Contexts and subjects
Sarkin, Jemery (2009), "The Role of the United Nations, the African Union and Africa'sSub-Regional Organizations in Dealing with Africa's Human Rights Problems: Connecting Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect", Journal of African Law, 53: 1-33
Mamdani, Mahmood (2010), "Responsibility to Protect or Right to Punish?", Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 4(1): 53-67
2.3.
Okhonmina, Stephen (2009), "The African Union: Pan-Africanist Aspirations and the Challenge of African Unity", The Journal of Pan African Studies, 3(4): 85-100
Hartmann, Christof (2017), "ECOWAS and the Restoration of Democracy in The Gambia", Africa Spectrum, 52(1): 85-99
2.2. Instituições regionais africanas
Oliveira, Guilherme Ziebell de (2015), "Política africana do Brasil: Mudança entre Lula e Dilma?", Conjuntura Austral, 6(29): 33-47
Jörg Friedrichs (2019), "Explaining China's popularity in the Middle East and Africa", Third World Quarterly, 40(9): 1634-1654
2.1.
2. África no sistema internacional contemporâneo / Africa in the contemporary international system
Castro, Marina & Brener Seixas (2013), "O ponto de partida para um repensar de África nas relações internacionais: as origens das contribuições pan-africanistas", Conjuntura Internacional, 10(3): 15-23
Richey, Lisa Ann & Lene Bull Christiansen (2018), "Afropolitanism, celebrity politics and iconic imaginations of Nort-South relations", African Affairs, 117(467): 238?260
1.3.
Tella, Oluwaseun (2018), "Agenda 2063 and Its Implications for Africa's Soft Power", Journal of Black Studies, 49(7): 714-730
Brown, William (2006), "Africa and international relations: a comment on IR theory, anarchy and statehood", Review of International Studies, 32 (1): 119-143
1.2.
Seth, Sanjay (2011), "Postcolonial Theory and the Critique of International Relations", Millennium, 40(1): 167-183
Niang, Amy (2016), "The imperative of African perspectives on International Relations (IR)", Politics, 36(4): 453-466
Capan, Zeynep Gulsah (2017), "Decolonising International Relations?", Third World Quarterly, 38(1): 1-15
1.1.
1. África e Relações Internacionais / Africa and the International Relations
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Contemporary African Issues and Debates
The course aims to deepen the students' knowledge of contemporary African issues in the political, social, economic and cultural fields. Thus, the learning outcomes of the course are:
- to identify diverse ideologies in Africa,
- to develop a comparative vision of political regimes in Africa,
- to identify key African international institutions and know how they relate with traditional and emerging powers,
- to understand the various manifestations and constructions of citizenship in the continent,
- to understand the importance of information and communication technologies in Africa.
It is intended that students understand the main concepts of the current debates in African Studies on the selected subjects. The students should also apply the knowledge acquired and discuss in an informed way the subjects under analysis.
1. Ideologies: liberation and post-colonialism
2. Political regimes: compared democracies
3. Rising powers and institutions in Africa
4. Citizenship and human rights
5. Digital communications
1. Continuous assessment
a) Attendance, participation in classes and oral presentation of one or more texts suggested by professors: 25%
b) Written essay on one of the topics of the syllabus, with special emphasis on the literature review: 75%
2. Final exam for students who are not in continuous assessment: 100%
Title: Bogaards, Matthijs and Elischer, Sebastian (Eds.), 2016, Democratization and Competitive Authoritarianism in Africa, Comparative Governance and Political Special Issue 6, Springer
Bruijn, Mirjam, van Dijk, Rijk e Foeken, D., 2001, Mobile Africa: changing patterns of movement in Africa and beyond, Leiden: Brill
Cooper, Frederick, 2002, Africa since 1940: the past of the present, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Ellis, Stephen and van Kessel, Ineke (Ed.), 2009, Movers and Shakers Social Movements in Africa, Leiden: Brill
Lauer, Helen e Anyidoho, Kofi (Org.), 2016, O Resgate das Ciências Humanas e das Humanidades através de Perspectivas Africanas, Brasília: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão
Loomba, Ania, Kaul, Suvir, Bunzl, Matti, Burton, Antoinette and Esty, Jed (Ed.), 2005, Postcolonial Studies and Beyond, Durham: Duke University Press
Obadare, Ebenezer (Ed.), 2014, The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa, New York: Springer
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Title: 1. Ideologias: libertação e pós-colonialismo
Biko, Steve, 1987, "White Racism and Black Consciousness", in Steve Biko: I Write what I Like: A Selection of Writings, London: Penguin Books
Césaire, Aimé, 1978, Discurso sobre o Colonialismo, Lisboa: Sá da Costa
Mbembe, AchilIe (2004) "Writing the World from an African Metropolis", Public Culture, 16 (3): 347-372
Simala, Kenneth Inyani, 2003, "Pan-Africanism and the Language Question: Re-reading African Cultural and Intellectual History", African Journal of International Affairs, 6 (1 & 2): 19-53
Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, 2009, "What Happened to the African Renaissance?: The Challenges of Development in the Twenty-First Century", Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 29 (2): 155-170
2. Regimes políticos: democracias comparadas
Bratton, Michael, Bhavnani, Ravi and Chen, Tse-Hsin, 2012, "Voting Intentions in Africa: Ethnic, Economic or Partisan?", Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 50 (1): 27-52
Cheeseman, Nic, 2015, Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Manning, Carrie, 2005, "Assessing African Party Systems after the Third Wave", Party Politics, 11 (6): 707-727
Van de Walle, Nicolas, 2002, "Africa's Range of Regimes", Journal of Democracy, 13 (2): 66-80
3. Poderes emergentes e instituições em África
Abdenur, Adriana Erthal e Neto, Danilo Marcondes de Souza, 2014, "O Atlântico Sul e a cooperação em defesa entre o Brasil e a África", in Nasser, Reginaldo Mattar e Moraes, Rodrigo Fracalossi (Org.), O Brasil e a Segurança no seu Entorno Estratégico: América do Sul e Atlântico Sul, Brasília: IPEA: 215-238
Fayomi, Oluyemi and Adeola, Gabriel Lanre, 2015, "ECOWAS and Sub-Regional Integration in West Africa: An Appraisal", Covenant University Journal of Politics and International Affairs, 3 (1): 29-40
Shaw, Timothy M., Cooper, Andrew F. and Chin, Gregory T., 2009, "Emerging Powers and Africa: Implications for/from Global Governance?", Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies, 36 (1): 27-44
Tieku, Thomas Kwasi, 2004, "Explaining the Clash and Accommodation of Interests of Major Actors in the Creation of the African Union", African Affairs, 103 (411): 249-267
Vickers, Brendan, 2013, "Africa and the rising powers: bargaining for the 'marginalized many'", International Affairs, 89 (3): 673-693
4. Cidadania e direitos humanos
Geschiere, Peter, 2005, "Autochthony and Citizenship: New Modes of Understanding in the Struggle over Belonging and Exclusion in Africa", Forum for Development Studies, 33 (2): 371-384
Mamdani, Mahmood, 2001, "Beyond Settler and Native as Political Identities: Overcoming the Political Legacy of Colonialism", Comparative Studies in Society and History, 43 (4): 651-664
Nyamnjoh, Francis B., 2007, "From Bounded to Flexible Citizenship: Lessons from Africa", Citizenship Studies, 11 (1): 73-82
Raimundo, Filipa e Sá, Ana Lúcia (Ed.), 2017, "O Tribunal Penal Internacional em Àfrica", Special Issue R:I, Relações Internacionais, 54
5. Comunicações digitais
Ekine, Sokari (Ed.), 2010, SMS Uprising Mobile Phone Activism in Africa, Cape Town, Dakar, Nairobi and Oxford: Pambazuka Press
Fuchs, Christian and Horak, Eva, 2008, "Africa and the digital divide", Telematics and Informatics, 25(2): 99-116
Kock, Ned and Gaskins, Lebrian, 2014, "The Mediating Role of Voice and Accountability in the Relationship Between Internet Diffusion and Government Corruption in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa", Information Technology for Development, 20 (1): 23-43
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji and Lal, Kaushalesh, 2005, "Internet diffusion in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-country analysis", Telecommunications Policy, 29 (7): 507-527
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Research Methods in Social Sciences
The students will: OA1- develop a critical reflection from key-texts on the production of scientific knowledge; OA2 - build a research design; OA3 -Design a subject of research and coordinate with the appropriate methodological strategy; OA4 - Acquire critical reflection of observed reality
ProgramCP1. Sociological research project
1. Objectives, levels of analysis and research strategy
2. Rupture and theoretical construction of the object
3. Issues and theoretical analysis model
4. Delimitation of the empirical field, strategy and plan of observation
5. Sociological Representativeness and substantive criteria for sampling
CP2 Questionnaire
1. Goals, working hypotheses and questionnaire construction
2. Limitations and biases, drafting rules and structure of the questionnaire and application forms
CP3. Analysis of statistical and sociological interpretation
CP4 Interviews and Life Stories
1. Types of interviews
2. Conducting the interview
CP5 Observation in the field
CP6 Content analysis
1. Documents produced by the researcher (interviews and life stories)
2. Documents produced in other social contexts (eg press and political discourse)
The periodic evaluation process involves i) oral presentation of the research project to be carried out on a date to be agreed with the students (20% of the final grade); ii) a report on the research, the content and delivery date of which will be communicated by teachers at the beginning of the semester (80% of the final grade). In the Periodic Assessment (AP), students must be present in at least 60% of classes. All students can take the final exam, to be held in the 1st and 2nd Season and Special Season, including those who have not passed the periodic assessment.
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Title: FRANKFORT-NACHMIAS, C., NACHMIAS, D.,, Research Methods in The Social Sciences, Londres, 1992, St.Martin?s Press,
BERTAUX D., Delcroix, C., Case histories of Families and social processes. Enriching sociology? in PRUE CHAMBERLAYNE et al.(eds), The Turn to Biographical Methods in Social Science. Comparative issues and examples, 2000, London, Routledge,
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DUPOIRIER,E., PARODI, J.-L.,, Les indicateurs socio-politiques aujourd?hui, 1997, Paris, L'Harmattan,
DUCHESNE, S., Haegel, F.,, L'entretien collectif, 2005, Paris, A.Colin,
FESTINGER, L., KATZ, D, Los métodos de investigacion en las ciências sociales, 1992, Barcelona, Paidós, 1992, pp. 171-234,
FLICK, U.,, An Introduction to Qualitative Research, 1998, Londres, Sage,
GILBERT, N (org.), Researching social life,, 2001, Londres, Sage,
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KRIPPENDORf, K.,, Metodología de análisis de contenido. Teoría y práctica, 1997, Barcelona, Ediciones Paidós Ibérica,
MATALON, B.,, Décrire, expliquer, prévoir. Démarches expérimentales et terrain, 1988, Paris, A. Colin, 1988,
SUE, V. M.,, Conducting Online Survey, 2007, London, Sage,
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Sociological Theory
(a) Acquisition of basic knowledge about the main currents of sociological theory.
(b) Acquisition of basic knowledge about key issues in sociological theory.
(c) Development of skills for use of key sociological concepts and analytical statements.
01 Introduction: controversies and domains in sociological theory
I History of sociological theory
02 Classical sociological theory
03 Modern sociological theory
04 Contemporary sociological theory
II Domains of sociological theory
05 Interaction as exchange
06 Symbolic interaction
07 Stratification
08 Institutions
09 Groups and networks
10 Organisations
One individual paper, with a maximum of 20,000 characters including spaces, on a subject that each student choose from a fixed list. Deadline: December 29, 2023.
Title: Pires, Rui Pena (2007), ?Árvores conceptuais: uma reconstrução multidimensional dos conceitos de ação e de estrutura?, Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 53, pp. 11-50.
Scott, John (2011), Conceptualising the Social World: Principles of Sociological Analysis, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Turner, Jonathan H. (1994, 1999), Sociologia: Conceitos e Aplicações, São Paulo, Makron Books.
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Title: * Bibliografia de trabalho / referências das aulas
Baert, Patrick, e Filipe Carreira da Silva (2014), Teoria Social Contemporânea, Lisboa, Mundos Sociais:
cap. 3, ?O enigma da vida quotidiana: o interacionismo simbólico, a abordagem dramatúrgica e a etnometodologia?, pp. 81-112.
Fulcher, James, e John Scott (2011), Sociology, 4.ª ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press: cap. 2, ?Theories and theorizing?, pp. 20-68.
Pires, Rui Pena (2014), ?Modelo teórico de análise sociológica?, Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 74, pp. 31-50.
Ritzer, George, e Jeffrey Stepnisky (2018), Sociological Theory, 10.ª ed., Nova Iorque, McGraw-Hill:
[complementar] cap. 6, ?A historical sketch of sociological theory: The later years?, pp. 261-311;
cap. 13, ?Micro-macro and agency-structure integration?, pp. 592-647.
Turner, Jonathan H. (1991), The Structure of Sociological Theory, 5.ª ed., Belmont (Cal.), Wadsworth: cap. 1, ?Sociological theory: diversity and disagreement?, pp. 1-30.
Turner, Jonathan H. (1994, 1999), Sociologia: Conceitos e Aplicações, São Paulo, Makron Books:
cap. 1, ?A natureza e as origens da sociologia?, pp. 1-16;
cap. 2, ?Propostas teóricas e metodológicas na sociologia?, pp. 17-32;
cap. 7, ?Grupos e organizações?, pp. 93-110;
cap. 8, ?Desigualdades: classe, etnia e género?, pp. 111-134;
cap. 9, ?Instituições?, pp. 137-166.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2010), Theoretical Principles of Sociology, vol. 1, Macrodynamics,
Nova Iorque, Springer:
[complementar] cap 4, ?The dynamics of institutional domains?, pp. 105-151.
[complementar] cap 5, ?The dynamics of stratification systems?, pp. 153-214.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2012), Theoretical Principles of Sociology, vol. 3, Mesodynamics,
Nova Iorque, Springer:
[complementar] cap. 5, ?The dynamics of groups?, pp. 171-212;
[complementar] cap. 6, ?The dynamics of organizations?, pp. 213-301.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2013), Theoretical Sociology: 1830 to Present, Londres, Sage:
[complementar] cap. 15, ?Exchange theorizing?, pp. 520-573.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2014), Theoretical Sociology: A Concise Introduction to Twelve Sociological Theories, Londres, Sage:
cap 5, ?Exchange theorizing?, pp. 73-95;
[complementar] cap. 6, ?Symbolic interactionist theorizing?, pp. 96-116;
[complementar] cap. 7, ?Dramaturgical theorizing?, pp. 117-135.
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Master Dissertation in African Studies
The course has the following objectives:
O1. To formulate a research problem to be developed in the master's thesis;
O2. To consolidate the processes of preparing a literature review;
O3. Formulate research questions, research objectives and hypotheses;
O4. Define the methodological framework appropriate to the objectives and hypotheses;
O5. Explain data collection processes and the use of primary and secondary sources;
O6. Writing a research paper;
O7. Oral presentation of research results.
1. Presentation of the course and the notes for guidance of the Master's dissertation.
2. Design of a research project: research problem, research questions, objectives and hypotheses.
3. Theoretical framework and definition of methods and techniques.
4. Literature review.
5. Data collection and databases in African Studies.
6. Presentation by the students of the developments of the research projects.
A jury will assess the dissertation in public exams after the supervisor confirms that the dissertation is ready to be presented to a jury. The classification assigned by the jury will be the final note of this course.
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Hannerz, U., 1980, Exploring the City. Inquiries Toward an Urban Anthropology, New York, Columbia University Press.
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Pujadas, J. J., 1992, El método biográfico: el uso de las historias de vida en ciencias sociales, Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas
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Title: Adams, Glenn, 2014, 'Decolonizing methods: African studies and qualitative research', Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31(4): 467-474
Della Porta, Donatella e Michael Keating (eds.) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Collier, David, 1993, 'The comparative method', in Finifter, Ada W. (Ed.), Political Science: The State of the Discipline II, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association: 105-119
Gerring, John, 2004, 'What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for'?, American Political Science Review, 98 (2): 341-354
Bhattacherjee, Anol, 2012, "Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices", Textbooks Collection. Book 3
Punch, Keith F., 2006, Developing effective research proposals, London: Sage
Ridley, Diana, 2008, The literature review: a step-by-step guide for students, London: Sage
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Master Project in African Studies
The learning outcomes of the course are
- to identify a research problem to be developed in the dissertation;
- to develop and present a literature review;
- to know how to formulate research objectives and hypothesis;
- to set up the methodological frame suitable for the objectives and hypotheses;
- to know how to collect and use data;
- to write the research results;
- to present the research results.
1. Presentation of the course and the notes for guidance of the Master project.
2. Design of a research project: research problem, research questions, objectives and hypotheses.
3. Theoretical framework and definition of methods and techniques.
4. Literature review and use of bibliographical databases.
5. Data collection and databases in African Studies.
6. Presentation by the students of the developments of the research projects.
The project will be assessed by a jury in public exams, after confirmation by the supervisor that the project is ready to be presented to a jury. The classification assigned by the jury will be the final note this course.
BibliographyTitle: Ridley, Diana, 2008, The literature review: a step-by-step guide for students, London: Sage
Punch, Keith F., 2006, Developing effective research proposals, London: Sage
Bhattacherjee, Anol, 2012, "Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices", Textbooks Collection. Book 3
Gerring, John, 2004, ?What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for??, American Political Science Review, 98 (2): 341-354
Collier, David, 1993, ?The comparative method?, in Finifter, Ada W. (Ed.), Political Science: The State of the Discipline II, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association: 105-119
Della Porta, Donatella e Michael Keating (eds.) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Adams, Glenn, 2014, ?Decolonizing methods: African studies and qualitative research?, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31(4): 467-474
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Title: Zeleza, Tiyambe (Ed)., 2007, The Study of Africa. The Global and Transnational Engagements (Vol II), Dakar, CODESRIA
Zeleza, Tiyambe (Ed.), 2006, The Study of Africa. Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Encounters (Vol I), Dakar, CODESRIA
Wallimann, Nicholas, 2001, Your research project: A step-by-step guide for the first-time researcher, London: Sage
Szanton, David (Ed.), 2004, The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines, Oakland: University of California Press
Silverman, David (ed), 2004, Qualitative Research. Theory, Method and Practice, London: Sage
Scott, John, 1990, A Matter of Record. Documentary Sources in Social Research, Cambridge: Polity Press
Robson, Colin, 1993, Real world research: A resource for social scientists and practitioner-researchers, Oxford: Oxford University Press
O'Dochartaigh, Nial, 2002, The Internet Research Handbook: a Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences, London: Sage
Bryman, Alan, 2004, Social Research Methods, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Brady, Henry E. and David Collier, 2004, Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools Shared Standards, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Benzecry, Claudio E., 2017, ?What did we say they?ve said? Four encounters between theory, method and the production of data?, Ethnography, 18 (1): 24-34
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2nd Cycle Internship
The learning outcomes of the Internship are adapted to each internship and the institution where it is developed. These are:
LO1. To acquire technical skills linked to methods and techniques for action within different kinds of institutions related to the general objectives and learning outcomes of the master's degree;
LO2. To develop research and action-research skills within organizations related to the master's degree;
LO3. To prepare an internship report that reveals analytical reflection of the professional or academic context;
LO4. Develop indicators for recording and evaluating professional practice.
1. Topic and problem of the internship
2. Internship plan
3. Theoretical and methodological framework
4. Methodology of collaborative action research
5. Evaluation
6. Report
Individual report, which contains the following elements:
a) Characterization of the institutional context (history, organization, policies and services, activities, organizational structure and functioning);
b) Framing the internship institution;
c) Description of the activities developed (roles, responsibilities, agents, work processes, methodologies used)
d) Critical and theoretically based conclusions
e) References
The UC does not contemplate the modality of evaluation by Exam.
Title: - Sweitzer, H. Frederick e King, Mary A. (2014), The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development in Experiential Learning, Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
- Reeher, Gant e Mariani, Mack (2002), The Insider's Guide To Political Internships: What To Do Once You're In The Door, Nova Iorque: Basic Books
- Neves, José, Garrido, Margarida, Simões Eduardo (2008), Manual de Competências Pessoais, Interpessoais e Instrumentais. Teoria e Prática, Lisboa: Editora SÍLABO
- Della Porta, Donatella e Keating Michael (eds.) (2008) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Courtney, Roger (2013), Strategic Management in the Third Sector, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
- Capucha, Luís (2008), Planeamento e Avaliação de Projetos. Guião Prático, Lisboa: ME/DGIDC
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Recommended optative
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
04575 - Contemporary Africa: History and Actors
Objectives
One of the principal objectives of the work is to prepare its students for research and professional activity in the interdisciplinary academic field of African Studies. The course also aims to promote students' capacities of analysing and proposing solutions to complex problems that are socially and ethically responsible, and integrating knowledge and information from various sources regarding situations which require an interdisciplinary perspective. Furthermore, the course enables students to develop the skills to understake innovative projects in specialized areas in a self-driven and independent manner. These projects may occur in diverse institutional and professional contexts, such as research institutes, teaching, international organizations, public and private companies, civil society organizations, etc.
- Investigative and professional skills in the interdisciplinary academic field of African Studies, in two main aspects: analysis of the economic, social, and political processes in African societies and management of economic and social development in Africa.
- The capacity to propose concrete, socially and ethically responsible solutions in a multidisciplinary and complex context, as well as to integrate available knowledge and manage information from various sources.
- The knowledge to evaluate crises and be able to apply acquired knowledge to the resolution of concrete problems.
- The capacity to communicate the conclusions of their work to a diverse audience.
- Skills that permit the development of innovative projects in specialized areas in a self-driven and independent manner throughout life and in many different institutional frameworks -- research organizations, teaching, international organizations, public and private businesses, CSOs, etc.
Thesis / Final work
The Master in African Studies concludes with either a dissertation or a project to be carried out in accordance with the general regulations of Iscte. The dissertation or the project is worth 48 credits.
The option of choosing between a master's dissertation and an original project is justified by the diverse nature of the students, which include on the one hand, students and technicians who wish to continue their studies of second cycle, and on the other, professionals who intervene directly in the areas under analysis in the scope of the course.
The preparation of the dissertation or project is guided by a professor, a researcher or a specialist of recognized merit, and it is subject to public discussion before an appointed jury.
Accreditations