The course Ethnographies, whose name derives from the Greek words, éthnos, "people" and gráphein «to write or describe», implying the writing process and the subject / knowledge that emerges from it, presents ethnography  simultaneously as a product and a process. While a product, ethnography corresponds to the texts produced by anthropologists as the result of their research in the field. In turn, as a process, ethnography corresponds to the method associated with the field work phase and participant observation, the contact and relation of anthropologist with their subjects of study and coworkers in the field.
This course aims to present and analyze through both a theoretical and applied perspective, critical ethnographic works in the development of anthropology in general, but also highlighting Portuguese anthropology. For this purpose it will be selected some of the most illustrative ethnographies, with reference to spatial and socio-cultural scope of anthropological practice.