CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in HUMANITIES

Disciplinary Sector:

Population Studies, Ethnography and Anthropology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

The course has no specific prerequisites

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ETNOLOGY AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES

AF code:

40001308

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

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 of studies: the identity in relation to touristization processes.

Part: ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The course aims to provide the theoretical and methodological tools that allow the acquisition of the knowledge and skills of the methodology of anthropological research. Attention will be paid to the different moments of research elaboration, on survey techniques, data analysis and the writing phase. Similarly, i twill focus on the history of the ethnographic method and its modifications, as well as to the relationship between the researcher and the subjects with whom the research is conducted

Contents

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 processes of identity building and on the recent dynamics of touristization, focusing on a specific case: tourists in Orgosolo.

Part: ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The course presents the key concepts and a brief history of anthropology and the ethnographic method. It then focuses on the research process, the drafting of a preliminary project and the selection of the sample. Particular attention is given to the different survey techniques, to the analysis of the data produced and to the process of writing and communicating the results. Students are invited to carry out ethnographic exercises agreed with the teacher on a theme of their choice.

Recommended Bibliography

For attending students
1) F. Dei, 2016, Antropologia culturale, il Mulino, Bologna (2 ed.) - all chapters except 8, 9, 13.
2) G. Satta, 2001, Turisti a Orgosolo. La Sardegna pastorale come attrazione turistica, Liguori, Napoli

For non-attending students
1) F. Dei, 2016, Antropologia culturale, il Mulino, Bologna (2 ed.) - all chapters except 8, 9, 13.
2) G. Satta, 2001, Turisti a Orgosolo. La Sardegna pastorale come attrazione turistica, Liguori, Napoli
3) M. Augé, 1999, Disneyland e altri non luoghi, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino.

Part: ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Attending students:
Bourgois, Philippe, 2005 [1996], Cercando rispetto. Drug economy e cultura di strada (trad. e cura di Alessandro de Giorgi). Roma: DeriveApprodi [pp. 33-183; 216-253].
Palumbo, Berardino, 2011, “Le alterne fortune di un immaginario patrimoniale”. AM – Antropologia Museale 28-29: 8-22.
Ronzon, Francesco, 2009, Sul campo. Breve guida alla ricerca etnografica. Roma: Meltemi.
Schramm, Katharina, 2009 [2005], “«Voi ce l’avete la vostra storia. Giù le mani dalla nostra!». Dell’essere respinti sul campo” (trad. di Francesco Francis). In Francesca Cappelletto (a cura di), Vivere l’etnografia. Firenze: SEID, pp. 181-197.
Not attending students:
Bourgois, Philippe, 2005 [1996], Cercando rispetto. Drug economy e cultura di strada (trad. e cura di Alessandro de Giorgi). Roma: DeriveApprodi [pp. 33-183; 216-253].
Marcus, George E., 2009 [1995], "L'etnografia nel/del sistema mondo. L'affermarsi dell'etnografia multi-situata" (trad. di Francesco Francis). In Francesca Cappelletto (a cura di), Vivere l’etnografia. Firenze: SEID, pp. 155-180.
Palumbo, Berardino, 2011, “Le alterne fortune di un immaginario patrimoniale”. AM – Antropologia Museale 28-29: 8-22.
Ronzon, Francesco, 2009, Sul campo. Breve guida alla ricerca etnografica. Roma: Meltemi.
Schramm, Katharina, 2009 [2005], “«Voi ce l’avete la vostra storia. Giù le mani dalla nostra!». Dell’essere respinti sul campo” (trad. di Francesco Francis). In Francesca Cappelletto (a cura di), Vivere l’etnografia. Firenze: SEID, pp. 181-197.
Stocking, George W. Jr., 1995 [1984], "La magia dell'etnografo. La ricerca sul campo nell'antropologia inglese da Tylor a Malinowski" (trad. di Priscilla Rossi-Doria). La Ricerca Folklorica 32: 111-132 [http://www.etesta.it/materiali/2010_11_Stocking_Magia.pdf].

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Conventional

Teaching Methods

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