ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE TERRITORY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in ITALIAN LITERATURE, MODERN PHILOLOGY AND CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

Population Studies, Ethnography and Anthropology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisite.

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE TERRITORY

SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL POLICIES

AF code:

A000948

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Written examination.

L39 - 9 cfu:
Three (3) open questions for sixty (60) minutes of total time.

LM14 - 6 cfu:
Two (2) open questions for forty (40) minutes of total time.

The evaluation will consider the following elements: knowledge of the syllabus, correctness of language, clarity of exposition.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course of anthropology of territory aims to provide concepts and tools for understanding dynamics of use of space in relation to processes of social and cultural change.
The course of anthropology of territory intends to provide:
- main tools for anthropological study of territory;
- analytical models based on exemplary ethnographic cases;
- models of anthropological analysis of use of urban and rural space in relation to tourism, gentrification;
- anthropological analysis of urban and rural spaces in relation to tourism, heritage, and gentrification.

Contents

The course will take place in according with the following contents:
- principles of anthropology of territory and landscape according to others social sciences;
- transformations in urban and rural spaces and social and cultural change;
- growth of social inequality and processes of globalization, mobility, and gentrification;
- uses of space, leisure and tourism
- current processes of change between society and environment;
- Anthropocene from the anthropological point of view: present analysis and storytelling.
- festivalization and production of locality, tourism, social creativity, voluntary work.

Recommended Bibliography

L39 - 9 cfu:
1) Rosa Maria Meloni, La tribù sonora. Time in Jazz tra identità, turismo e territorio, CISU, Roma, 2020 (pages 11-343).
2) Thomas H. Eriksen, Fuori controllo. Un’antropologia del cambiamento accelerato, Einaudi, Roma, 2017 (pages 3-170).

LM14 - 6 cfu:
Rosa Maria Meloni, La tribù sonora. Time in Jazz tra identità, turismo e territorio, CISU, Roma, 2020 (pages 11-343).

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

During the lessons, Power Point presentations and audiovisual aids will be widely used; participation in the discussion will be appreciated.
The course will take place with face-to-face teaching (and blended learning); in case of health emergency, the course will take place according to synchronous distance teaching.

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