PTRS @ Porto, Portugal: Venues, Travel, Accomodation

Venues

The PTRS discussion-oriented International Workhsop that the Institute of Sociology at the University of Porto is organising will take place in Porto, Portugal next December (the 10th and 11th).
Porto is the second most important city in Portugal. Although it is a "shrinking city", it's the centre of a metropolitan area with over 1,2 million people and a very beautiful location. For general info, see: http://www.portoturismo.pt/.

Day 1 (December the 10th) will consist of three open debate sessions (1. "Grounded approaches to social change"; 2. "Inside the State"; 3. "The sociological craft: practical sense and reflexivity"). Presenters will have about 20 to 25 minutes each one to pose their arguments. Sessions will occur at the Institute of Sociology facilities in Palacete Burmester (click here to check it out; to see how far you are from the airport and how you can find your way to this venue by car or public transportation clike here and here - the map says the location is "Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação", but that's just Google failing to proper update its info; if you search Rua do Campo Alegre, 1055, Porto, Portugal" in Google Earth or Google's Streetview you can also see the place where the workshop's Day 1 is going to happen).

In the evening there will be some cultural activities in Espaços UP (click here and here to see how you can get there from Palacete Burmester). We will show the documentary by Harun Farocki "Workers Leaving the Factory" (1995, 37' in english), followed by a debate with one or two guests.

Day 2 (December the 11th) will have an open session on innovative ways of doing ethnography and disseminating research results and the Final Session with Simon Charlesworth and Ariel Sevilla. Sessions will take place at the Main Room of the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto (click here to see some photos; the main building of the Faculty of Arts is not far away from Palacete Burmester, as you can see if you click here).

For additional info, check the University of Porto, the Faculty of Arts and the Institute of Sociology websites here, here and here.
There are also some other interesting locations near our venues. See, for example, the Botanic Garden (it's the building next to Palacete Burmester), the Serralves Museum or the Music Hall by award-winning architect Rem Koolhas.


Travelling

Porto is served by a very nice airport (Porto Airport or Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport - OPO), which is outside the city but not very far away (visit the website here). It's one of Ryanair's hubs, so it's ideal for participants travelling from other european countries.

To come from the airport to the venues, you just have to grab a taxi or take the metro (Purple Line until Casa da Música/Music Hall, direction Estádio do Dragão/Stadium of Dragon, as you can see here). Please make sure you tell us when are you going to arrive at the airport and if you'd like a ride or prefer to explore the way through here by yourself.

For the ones travelling from outside the EU, if you need a document saying you are going to participate in PTRS for visa purposes, please let us know. We'll scan it and send it to you via e-mail a.s.a.p.


Accomodation

Here are some accomodation suggestions. Prices vary a lot, as you can see. You can either find accomodation near the main venues or near the place where we are going to show the documentary (December the 10th, 21h30). You can also stay at Downtown Porto or in the Historic Centre (UNESCO's World Heritage) if you wish to get to know more about the city.

Near Palacete Burmester and the Faculty of Arts...
- Ipanema Park Hotel (*****), click here.
- Ipanema Porto (****), click here.
- Hotel Tuela Porto (***), click here.
- César Hotel (**), click here.
- Pousada da Juventude/Youth Hostel Porto, click here.

Near Espaços UP and Porto's General Hospital (Metro "Pólo Universitário")...
- Ibis Hotel Porto S. João, click here.

In Downtown Porto/the Historic Centre (Metro, taxi and bus to the main venues)...
- Grande Hotel do Porto, click here.
- Mercure Porto Batalha, click here.
- Pestana Porto Hotel, click here.

Don't forget to pass by this website here to collect some additional info.

Any doubts, please let us know. Send us an e-mail to ptrs.porto@gmail.com.

See you in Porto!