Virgilio Borges Pereira
Professor Associado com Agregação - Departamento de Sociologia
Investigador - Instituto de Sociologia
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
Via Panorâmica, s/ número
4150-564 - Porto
PORTUGAL
Email: jpereira@letras.up.pt
Tel: +351 226 077 100
Investigador - Instituto de Sociologia
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
Via Panorâmica, s/ número
4150-564 - Porto
PORTUGAL
Email: jpereira@letras.up.pt
Tel: +351 226 077 100
Intellectual Profile
Academic degrees
- Licenciado in Sociology by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (1988-1993);
- Master in Sociology: development, local power and social change by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (1995-1997);
- PhD in Sociology by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (1997-2002);
- Agregação in Sociology by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (2009).
Teaching activities
Since 1994, has taught sociology of political power, rural sociology, sociology of the city and contemporary sociological theory, as well as statistics and Portuguese contemporary society in the Department of Sociology of the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto.
Since 2003, teaches Anthropology of Space in the master course in Architecture of the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto.
Recent academic responsibilities: Course of Licenciatura in Sociology: Inequalities, Institutions and Public Policies; Sociology of the City and of Sociology of Political Power;Masters degree in Sociology: Portuguese Contemporary Society;PhD in Sociology: Seminar of scientific specialization-I: Inequalities, culture and territory.PhD in Architecture of the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto: Fundamentals of Modern Culture: physical space, social space and institutional dynamics.
- Licenciado in Sociology by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (1988-1993);
- Master in Sociology: development, local power and social change by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (1995-1997);
- PhD in Sociology by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (1997-2002);
- Agregação in Sociology by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (2009).
Teaching activities
Since 1994, has taught sociology of political power, rural sociology, sociology of the city and contemporary sociological theory, as well as statistics and Portuguese contemporary society in the Department of Sociology of the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto.
Since 2003, teaches Anthropology of Space in the master course in Architecture of the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto.
Recent academic responsibilities: Course of Licenciatura in Sociology: Inequalities, Institutions and Public Policies; Sociology of the City and of Sociology of Political Power;Masters degree in Sociology: Portuguese Contemporary Society;PhD in Sociology: Seminar of scientific specialization-I: Inequalities, culture and territory.PhD in Architecture of the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto: Fundamentals of Modern Culture: physical space, social space and institutional dynamics.
Research Interests
Social Classes; Symbolic and Ideological Practices; Territories.
Recent Research Projects
Since
the beginning of his work in sociology, has developed research in the
domain of social classes and symbolic and ideological practices in the
city of Porto, in the regions of vale do Ave (an industrial region in
the north of Portugal) and in the region of vale do Sousa (a transformed
rural region in the north of Portugal).
- Co-Author and Member of the research team of the project "Social transformations in a local collectivity of Northwest Portugal" (POCI/SOC/58668/2004), directed by Professor José Madureira Pinto and funded by FCT (2004-2008).
- Author and Principal Investigator of the project “Slums, Public Housing and Working Classes: a compared portrait of the genesis and structuration of public housing policies in the city of Porto and of their social consequences (1956-2006)” (Project PTDC/SDE/69996/2006), funded by FCT (to develop between September 2007 and March 2010).
- Coordinator of the research line on Inequalities, Culture and Territory of the Instituto de Sociologia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, between April 2007 and March 2010.
- Coordinator of the Instituto de Sociologia - Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Letras, since March 2010.
- Co-Author and Member of the research team of the project "Social transformations in a local collectivity of Northwest Portugal" (POCI/SOC/58668/2004), directed by Professor José Madureira Pinto and funded by FCT (2004-2008).
- Author and Principal Investigator of the project “Slums, Public Housing and Working Classes: a compared portrait of the genesis and structuration of public housing policies in the city of Porto and of their social consequences (1956-2006)” (Project PTDC/SDE/69996/2006), funded by FCT (to develop between September 2007 and March 2010).
- Coordinator of the research line on Inequalities, Culture and Territory of the Instituto de Sociologia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, between April 2007 and March 2010.
- Coordinator of the Instituto de Sociologia - Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Letras, since March 2010.
Selection of Publications
Papers
- With João Queirós, “Estado, Alojamento e a «Questão Social»: elementos para a compreensão sociológica da formação da respectiva relação no Porto contemporâneo” ["State, Housing and the «Social Question»: elements for a sociological comprehension of the formation of its relation in contemporary Porto"], in Argumentos de Razón Técnica – Revista Española de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, y Filosofía de la Tecnología, 2009.
- With Ester Silva, “Actividade económica e formação de classes na região do Vale do Sousa (1950-2001): considerações preliminares para a respectiva conceptualização” [“Economic activity and class formation in the region of vale do Sousa (1950-2001): preliminary remarks”], Cadernos de Ciências Sociais, 25/26, 2008, pp. 357-390.
- “Class, ethnicity, Leviathan and place: implications of Urban Outcasts for the understanding of western cities”, City: Analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, Vol. 11. No. 3, December, 2007, pp. 405-412.
- With José Madureira Pinto, “Classes, relações de habitus e efeitos de lugar: um estudo sobre sociabilidades, estilos de vida e anomia no centro do Porto” [“Classes, habitus relations and effects of place: a study on sociabilities, life styles and anomy in the historical centre of Porto”], Cadernos de Ciências Sociais, 24, 2007, pp. 113-148.
Books
- Os Vincados Padrões do Tecido Social. Uma análise das vivências quotidianas de uma freguesia industrializada do Vale do Ave [The compelling patterns of social fabric. An analysis of daily life in an industrial parish of the Vale do Ave], Porto, Afrontamento, 1999.
- Classes e Culturas de Classe das Famílias Portuenses. Classes sociais e «modalidades de estilização da vida» na cidade do Porto [Classes and class cultures of Oporto´s families. Social classes and lifestyles in the city of Oporto], Porto, Afrontamento/Instituto de Sociologia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2005.
- With António Teixeira Fernandes (coord.) et al., Estudantes do Ensino Superior no Porto. Representações e práticas culturais [Higher level undergraduate students in Oporto: Representations and cultural practices]. Porto, Afrontamento, 2001.
- With José Madureira Pinto (editors), Pierre Bourdieu, a Teoria da Prática e a Construção da Sociologia em Portugal [Pierre Bourdieu, the theory of practice and the construction of sociology in Portugal], Porto, Afrontamento, 2007.
- With José Madureira Pinto (editors), Desigualdades, Desregulação e Riscos nas Sociedades Contemporâneas [Inequalities, Deregulation and Risks in Contemporary Societies], Porto, Afrontamento, 2008.
Author and co-author of papers and book chapters published in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English.
- With João Queirós, “Estado, Alojamento e a «Questão Social»: elementos para a compreensão sociológica da formação da respectiva relação no Porto contemporâneo” ["State, Housing and the «Social Question»: elements for a sociological comprehension of the formation of its relation in contemporary Porto"], in Argumentos de Razón Técnica – Revista Española de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, y Filosofía de la Tecnología, 2009.
- With Ester Silva, “Actividade económica e formação de classes na região do Vale do Sousa (1950-2001): considerações preliminares para a respectiva conceptualização” [“Economic activity and class formation in the region of vale do Sousa (1950-2001): preliminary remarks”], Cadernos de Ciências Sociais, 25/26, 2008, pp. 357-390.
- “Class, ethnicity, Leviathan and place: implications of Urban Outcasts for the understanding of western cities”, City: Analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, Vol. 11. No. 3, December, 2007, pp. 405-412.
- With José Madureira Pinto, “Classes, relações de habitus e efeitos de lugar: um estudo sobre sociabilidades, estilos de vida e anomia no centro do Porto” [“Classes, habitus relations and effects of place: a study on sociabilities, life styles and anomy in the historical centre of Porto”], Cadernos de Ciências Sociais, 24, 2007, pp. 113-148.
Books
- Os Vincados Padrões do Tecido Social. Uma análise das vivências quotidianas de uma freguesia industrializada do Vale do Ave [The compelling patterns of social fabric. An analysis of daily life in an industrial parish of the Vale do Ave], Porto, Afrontamento, 1999.
- Classes e Culturas de Classe das Famílias Portuenses. Classes sociais e «modalidades de estilização da vida» na cidade do Porto [Classes and class cultures of Oporto´s families. Social classes and lifestyles in the city of Oporto], Porto, Afrontamento/Instituto de Sociologia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2005.
- With António Teixeira Fernandes (coord.) et al., Estudantes do Ensino Superior no Porto. Representações e práticas culturais [Higher level undergraduate students in Oporto: Representations and cultural practices]. Porto, Afrontamento, 2001.
- With José Madureira Pinto (editors), Pierre Bourdieu, a Teoria da Prática e a Construção da Sociologia em Portugal [Pierre Bourdieu, the theory of practice and the construction of sociology in Portugal], Porto, Afrontamento, 2007.
- With José Madureira Pinto (editors), Desigualdades, Desregulação e Riscos nas Sociedades Contemporâneas [Inequalities, Deregulation and Risks in Contemporary Societies], Porto, Afrontamento, 2008.
Author and co-author of papers and book chapters published in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English.
