Learning from within: on students, olives and ethnographic knowledge

The chapter elicits the experience of teaching “Ethnography and Tourism” to undergraduate students at the University of Evora. Our main focus of research and teaching has been directed towards teaching exploratory ethnographic methods in order to promote an understanding of the material and immaterial dimensions of the cultural contexts of the region and beyond. Secondly, and, at the same time, we also learn ethnography by reading and discussing comparative research of other ethnographies of tourism spaces, eliciting, among the students, the ethical problems raised by the consequences of tourism in peoples’ cultural settings.

Population’s knowledge about cerebrovascular accident (stroke) - passers of the square giraldo in Evora

Stroke is the leading cause of death in Portugal and the Alentejo region. Objective: Describe the population's knowledge about risk factors, signs and symptoms of stroke. Methodology: Quantitative and cross-sectional study. Convenience sample of 207 pedestrians with ages between 16 and 86 years old (M=38,85; SD = 18.93). Results: The pathology is known, the most frequently mentioned sources of information are television and friends. Hypercholesterolemia, heart disease and smoking are the risk factors more set out. The most well known signs are numbness and weakness in the hemisphere and dysarthria. Conclusion: It is necessary to strengthen the role of health services in education about stroke. Knowledge displays weaknesses in appreciation of advanced age and diabetes. Noteworthy is the recognition of the risk associated with tobacco consumption and persistence on it.