Historical Sociology of Culture and Quotidian

1/ Definition of the term experience. 

Phenomenological view. Alfred Schutz and Victor Turner.

2/ Definition of everyday life.

Explaining of terms practice, habitus, strategies, tactics. "Making Do". Pre-modern, modern and post-modern everyday life.

3/ Social typology.

Postmodern personal patterns: flâneur, tourist, pilgrimer, player, collectioner, handyman (amateur), photographer etc.

4/ Definition of play.

Johan Huizinga and Roger Caillois. Philosophy of play. Present trend: a gamification in all areas.

5/ Spatial turn in historical sociology.

Concept of place as defined by Michel de Certeau and Marc Augé. Heidegger´s hut by Adam Sharr. Transitive places; places and non-places.

6/ Everyday life and material culture.

Thing as artifact, product, gift, fetish and commodity. Consumption as a significant component of culture. Fashion tudies. Referential books: for example by Roland Barthes.

7/  Historical sociology of sport.

Development of sport. The problem od defining risk and adventure. Sport heroism (celebrities and stars)

8/ Anthropological keys for historical anthropology: bricolage, liminality, fetishism.

9/ Lifestyle and ludic behaviour of marginal groups and subcultures.

10/ Historical sociology of mobility. Sociology of traffic. Moving in a space.