CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in HUMANITIES

Disciplinary Sector:

Population Studies, Ethnography and Anthropology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Cultural Anthropology

The course has no specific prerequisites

Ethnology

The course has no specific prerequisites

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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

SCIENZE DEI BENI CULTURALI

AF code:

40001308

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Cultural anthropology

Oral exam

Ethnology

Oral exam

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Cultural anthropology

The course objectives are: to provide the basic knowledge related to the history of ethno-anthropological disciplines; to examine the main theoretical and methodological approaches of this subject area; to provide the basic skills for conducting ethnographic research; to deepen critically the interpretation capacity of contemporary phenomena considering relevance and effectiveness of the ethno-anthropological perspective; to examine a classic theme in the study: the mask, the Carnival and its interpretations

Ethnology

The course objectives are: to provide the basic knowledge related to the Ethnology; to examine the perspectives of the discipline within the diversity of cultures typical of the contemporary age; illustrate the wealth and breadth of cultural heritage non-European with specific reference to the mythical-ritual dimension of the masks

Contents

Cultural anthropology

The course will deepen the theoretical and methodological orientations of cultural anthropology, paying particular attention to some key concepts such as culture, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, identity/otherness, cultural diversity, cultural heritage, as well as the criteria and techniques of documentation and analysis. We will then investigate the interpretations and dynamics of Carnival; the meanings, forms and functions of the masks; the heritage-making processes of Carnival; the masks and Carnivals of Sardinia in the third millennium.

Ethnology

The course will focus on the theories and methodologies of ethnology, in particular by analyzing cultural diversity, the complexity of local and global cultures, the dynamics of construction and sociocultural representation. Finally, attention will be focused on masking practices, the mythical-ritual dimension of the Carnival and the representation of the mask in non-European contexts.

Recommended Bibliography

Cultural anthropology

For attending students
U. Fabietti, 2011, Storia dell''antropologia, Zanichelli, Bologna (3 ed.)
Masks and Carnivals. Study material edited by the teacher

For non-attending students
U. Fabietti, 2011, Storia dell''antropologia, Zanichelli, Bologna (3 ed.)
Masks and Carnivals. Study material edited by the teacher

At choice, ONE of the following texts:
J.C. Baroja, 1979, Il carnevale, Il Melangolo, Genova
E. Le Roy Ladurie, 1981, Il Carnevale di Romans, Rizzoli, Milano
G. Bateson, 1988, Naven. Un rituale di travestimento in Nuova Guinea, Einaudi, Torino

Ethnology

For attending students
F. Dei, 2016, Antropologia culturale, il Mulino, Bologna (2 ed.)
C. Lévi-Strauss, 2016, La via delle maschere, il Saggiatore, Milano (n. ed.)

For non-attending students
F. Dei, 2016, Antropologia culturale, il Mulino, Bologna (2 ed.)
C. Lévi-Strauss, 2016, La via delle maschere, il Saggiatore, Milano (n. ed.)

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Cultural anthropology

Frontal lessons

Ethnology

Frontal lessons

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