Sociologia | CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

	0312300001
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE

	SOCIOLOGY
	2013/2014

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-DEA/01	9	60	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF THE COURSE THE COURSE IS INTENDED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY AS CULTURAL CRITIQUE, SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT FORMING A FIGURE OF ANTHROPOLOGIST REGARDED AS “INTELLECTUAL” CAPABLE OF ANALYSING, INTERPRETING AND COMPARING DIFFERENT CULTURAL CASES AND SYSTEMS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE ARE: –TO DEVELOP IN THE STUDENT AN AWARENESS OF “OTHERNESS”; –TO CRITICALLY EXAMINES IDEAS ABOUT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND IMAGES OF “OTHERNESS”; –TO DEVELOP IN THE STUDENT A CAPACITY TO RECOGNIZE PRECONCEPTIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS OF THEIR OWN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE MAJOR CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND METHODS EMPLOYED BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO UNDERSTAND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE, WITH A PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO SPECIFICAL MECHANISMS OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS. THEY WILL BE ALSO FAMILIARISED WITH FIELDWORK PRACTICE AND ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, SO AS TO FORM A SKILLED AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, SENSITIVE TO THE COMPLEXITIES OF NOWADAYS. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ON COMPLETING THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY THE CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES LEARNED IN THE COURSE OF THE LESSONS TO NEW, ORIGINAL RESEARCH FIELDS AND BROADER CONTEXTS, MAKING INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS. MAKING JUDGEMENTS ACQUIRING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ETHNO-ANTHROPOLOGY, AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL INDEPENDENTLY WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL TOPICS AND ISSUES. COMMUNICATION SKILLS BESIDES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF KEY TERMS, CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPACITY TO EXPRESS, PRESENT AND EXPLAIN WITH THE NECESSARY CLARITY THEIR KNOWLEDGE. LEARNING SKILLS THE SYSTEMATIC SELF-REFLECTION PECULIAR TO THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH, ITS CRITICAL SELF-CONSCIOUS THINKING NOT ONLY ABOUT THE “OBJECTS” OF ITS RESEARCH BUT ALSO ABOUT THE TOOLS USED TO DESCRIBE AND INTERPRET THEM, IS EXPECTED TO FAVOUR THE DEVELOP IN THE STUDENT OF IMPORTANT LEARNING SKILLS SUCH AS CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING, WHICH WILL BE DECISIVE THROUGHOUT THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS AND BEYOND.

EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF THE COURSE
THE COURSE IS INTENDED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY AS CULTURAL CRITIQUE, SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT FORMING A FIGURE OF ANTHROPOLOGIST REGARDED AS “INTELLECTUAL” CAPABLE OF ANALYSING, INTERPRETING AND COMPARING DIFFERENT CULTURAL CASES AND SYSTEMS.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE ARE:
–TO DEVELOP IN THE STUDENT AN AWARENESS OF “OTHERNESS”;
–TO CRITICALLY EXAMINES IDEAS ABOUT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND IMAGES OF “OTHERNESS”;
–TO DEVELOP IN THE STUDENT A CAPACITY TO RECOGNIZE PRECONCEPTIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS OF THEIR OWN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS;

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE MAJOR CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND METHODS EMPLOYED BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO UNDERSTAND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE, WITH A PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO SPECIFICAL MECHANISMS OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS.
THEY WILL BE ALSO FAMILIARISED WITH FIELDWORK PRACTICE AND ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, SO AS TO FORM A SKILLED AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, SENSITIVE TO THE COMPLEXITIES OF NOWADAYS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ON COMPLETING THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY THE CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES LEARNED IN THE COURSE OF THE LESSONS TO NEW, ORIGINAL RESEARCH FIELDS AND BROADER CONTEXTS, MAKING INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
ACQUIRING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ETHNO-ANTHROPOLOGY, AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL INDEPENDENTLY WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL TOPICS AND ISSUES.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
BESIDES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF KEY TERMS, CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPACITY TO EXPRESS, PRESENT AND EXPLAIN WITH THE NECESSARY CLARITY THEIR KNOWLEDGE.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE SYSTEMATIC SELF-REFLECTION PECULIAR TO THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH, ITS CRITICAL SELF-CONSCIOUS THINKING NOT ONLY ABOUT THE “OBJECTS” OF ITS RESEARCH BUT ALSO ABOUT THE TOOLS USED TO DESCRIBE AND INTERPRET THEM, IS EXPECTED TO FAVOUR THE DEVELOP IN THE STUDENT OF IMPORTANT LEARNING SKILLS SUCH AS CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING, WHICH WILL BE DECISIVE THROUGHOUT THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS AND BEYOND.

	Prerequisites
	NO SPECIFIC PREREQUISITE IS REQUIRED, THOUGH A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF AT LEAST ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGE (CHOOSING AMONG ENGLISH, FRENCH AND SPANISH) WOULD BE HELPFUL.

	Contents
	THE COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES, THE FIELD RESEARCH AND THE ANALYSIS OF CULTURES IN PRESENT-DAY WORLD. STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN THE GENERAL THEORETICAL BASIS AND THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THOUGHT AND PRACTICE. THE UNDERLYING THEME OF THIS YEAR COURSE WILL BE THE SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIONS, ANALYSED IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE AND EVERYDAY LIFE. GENERAL PART: –ETHNOGRAPHY; –FIELD RESEARCH: APPROACHES AND METHODS, PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES: –ANTHROPOLOGICAL REFLECTION; MONOGRAPHIC PART: –THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF EXPERIENCE; –THE PRESENTATION OF SELF IN EVERYDAY LIFE; –THE PERFORMATIVE PROCESSES; –THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PERFORMANCE; –SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND PLAY-ACTING IN EVERYDAY LIFE; –THEATRICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

Contents

THE COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES, THE FIELD RESEARCH AND THE ANALYSIS OF CULTURES IN PRESENT-DAY WORLD. STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN THE GENERAL THEORETICAL BASIS AND THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THOUGHT AND PRACTICE.
THE UNDERLYING THEME OF THIS YEAR COURSE WILL BE THE SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIONS, ANALYSED IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE AND EVERYDAY LIFE.

GENERAL PART:
–ETHNOGRAPHY;
–FIELD RESEARCH: APPROACHES AND METHODS, PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES:
–ANTHROPOLOGICAL REFLECTION;

MONOGRAPHIC PART:
–THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF EXPERIENCE;
–THE PRESENTATION OF SELF IN EVERYDAY LIFE;
–THE PERFORMATIVE PROCESSES;
–THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PERFORMANCE;
–SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND PLAY-ACTING IN EVERYDAY LIFE;
–THEATRICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

	Teaching Methods
	BESIDES THE TRADITIONAL LECTURES, THE STUDENTS WILL BE REQUESTED TO TAKE PART IN GROUP DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TEXTS AND DOCUMENTS ASSIGNED BY THE DOCENT, AND IN TRUE OR SIMULATED RESEARCH PROJECTS. THEY WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO READ WIDELY, TO QUESTION AND ANALYSE WHAT THEY HAVE READ, AND TO DISCUSS OPENLY THEIR OWN IDEAS. THEY WILL BE ALSO INVOLVED IN GROUP WORKS, IN ORDER TO FOSTER COLLABORATION SKILLS.

Teaching Methods

BESIDES THE TRADITIONAL LECTURES, THE STUDENTS WILL BE REQUESTED TO TAKE PART IN GROUP DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TEXTS AND DOCUMENTS ASSIGNED BY THE DOCENT, AND IN TRUE OR SIMULATED RESEARCH PROJECTS. THEY WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO READ WIDELY, TO QUESTION AND ANALYSE WHAT THEY HAVE READ, AND TO DISCUSS OPENLY THEIR OWN IDEAS.
THEY WILL BE ALSO INVOLVED IN GROUP WORKS, IN ORDER TO FOSTER COLLABORATION SKILLS.

	Verification of learning
	IN ADDITION TO THE FINAL ORAL EXAM, IN ORDER TO ASSESS STUDENTS’ INVOLVEMENT AND , THEY ARE ENCOURAGED DURING THE COURSE TO TAKE ACTIVE PART IN THE LESSONS, MAKING RESEARCHES AND REPORTS (BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND IN GROUP) ABOUT THE DISCUSSED SUBJECTS, PRESENTING AND DISCUSSING THEM WITH THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS AND THE DOCENT.

	Texts
	REFERENCE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS NOT FOLLOWING THE LESSONS: SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS UGO FABIETTI, ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA. VICTOR TURNER, ANTROPOLOGIA DELL’ESPERIENZA, A CURA DI STEFANO DE MATTEIS, BOLOGNA IL MULINO, 2014. STEFANO DE MATTEIS, MEZZOGIORNO DI FEDE, NAPOLI, D'AURIA, 2012. THEATRE AND MEDIA STUDIES STUDENTS VICTOR TURNER, ANTROPOLOGIA DELL’ESPERIENZA, A CURA DI STEFANO DE MATTEIS, BOLOGNA IL MULINO, 2014. STEFANO DE MATTEIS, NAPOLI IN SCENA, ROMA, DONZELLI, 2012. VICTOR TURNER, ANTROPOLOGIA DELLA PERFORMANCE, A CURA DI STEFANO DE MATTEIS, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 1993.

Texts

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS NOT FOLLOWING THE LESSONS:

SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS
UGO FABIETTI, ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA.
VICTOR TURNER, ANTROPOLOGIA DELL’ESPERIENZA, A CURA DI STEFANO DE MATTEIS, BOLOGNA IL MULINO, 2014.
STEFANO DE MATTEIS, MEZZOGIORNO DI FEDE, NAPOLI, D'AURIA, 2012.

THEATRE AND MEDIA STUDIES STUDENTS
VICTOR TURNER, ANTROPOLOGIA DELL’ESPERIENZA, A CURA DI STEFANO DE MATTEIS, BOLOGNA IL MULINO, 2014.
STEFANO DE MATTEIS, NAPOLI IN SCENA, ROMA, DONZELLI, 2012.
VICTOR TURNER, ANTROPOLOGIA DELLA PERFORMANCE, A CURA DI STEFANO DE MATTEIS, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 1993.

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