CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Discipline delle Arti Visive, della Musica e dello Spettacolo CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
DISCIPLINES OF MUSIC, VISUAL, AND PERFORMING ARTS
2022/2023

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO MAGGIO29/05/2023 - 14:30
APPELLO GIUGNO15/06/2023 - 14:30
APPELLO LUGLIO06/07/2023 - 14:30
APPELLO SETTEMBRE07/09/2023 - 14:30
APPELLO DICEMBRE14/12/2023 - 14:30
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO READ AND INTERPRET THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF REPRESENTATIONS THAT ARE PRODUCED, IMITATED AND REPRODUCED IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD TO TRANSFORM THEM INTO CONSCIOUS INTERPRETERS OF THE SOCIETY IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING COEXIST.
THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY, KNOW, UNDERSTAND, INTERPRET, DESCRIBE, COMMUNICATE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA IN A RIGOROUS AND FORMALLY CORRECT WAY, AS WELL AS A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY, THEORIES, METHODS AND DIDACTIC VALUES OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT WILL DEVELOP TOOLS AND CRITICAL SKILLS USEFUL FOR AUTONOMOUSLY ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, SOURCES AND MATERIALS OF THIS DISCIPLINE AND OTHER SUBJECTS.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE HIS KNOWLEDGE AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS (BOTH TO AN AUDIENCE OF EXPERTS AND TO ONE
OF NON-SPECIALISTS), EXPRESSING THEM WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
PROPERTIES AND LEXICAL SKILLS, AND USING THE MOST APPROPRIATE
REGISTER FOR EACH CIRCUMSTANCE.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF HER AT DIFFERENT LEVELS (FOR AN EXPERT AND NON-SPECIALIZED AUDIENCE), EXPRESSING THEM WITH SPECIFIC LINGUISTIC PROPERTIES AND LEXICAL SKILLS,
AND USING THE MOST APPROPRIATE REGISTER FOR EACH CIRCUMSTANCE.

LEARNING ABILITY:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS AND USE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS, BOTH TRADITIONAL AND INFORMATIC, TO IDENTIFY AND SELECT THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE USEFUL FOR INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
Prerequisites
No prerequisite needed.
Contents
CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL PRODUCTION APPEARS MORE AND MORE INDETERMINATE IN ITS RESULTS, AND GLOBALIZATION MAKES "TRANSNATIONAL" THE PHENOMENA OF INNOVATION AND CULTURAL DIFFUSION, DIALEPTICS, PROCESSES OF MEANING AND RE-MEANING. IN THIS PERSPECTIVE, CERTAIN CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC FORMS WILL BE ANALYZED FOR THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND PECULIARITIES. PARTICULAR RELEVANCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THE GLOBAL / LOCAL DIMENSION; TO THE SPACE-TIME DICHOTOMY; COSMOPOLITISM, CREOLIZATION AND HERITAGE, OBJECT OF PARTICULAR ATTENTION. THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY NECESSARY FOR IDENTIFYING, KNOWING, UNDERSTANDING, INTERPRETING, DESCRIBING, COMMUNICATING - AUTONOMOUSLY - THE CULTURAL COMPLEXITY OF THE WESTERN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND MAKING CONFRONTATION WITH THE TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES .
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM AIMED AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION AND SUITABILITY TO USE THE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISCIPLINE. DURING THE INTERVIEW WILL BE EVALUATED THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN A CLEAR AND UNIVOCAL WAY THE CONTENT AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED AND TO CRITICALLY INTERPRET THE TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THE TEXTS PROPOSED AND DEVELOPED IN THE LESSONS WILL BE ASSESSED.
Texts
.MONAGHAN J.- JUST P.
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, OXFORD PRESS
More Information
DURING THE LESSONS, ADDITIONAL TEACHING MATERIALS WILL BE USED AND FURTHER BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS WILL BE GIVEN.
Lessons Timetable

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