CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021/2022

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:

There are no specific prerequisites beyond an adequate knowledge of modern history and geography.

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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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AF code:

40001308

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The exam can be carried out in a oral form or, optionally, in a mixed written/oral form. Students who choose the second option will take a written pre-exam that will focus exclusively on the handbook (1) and will consist of multiple choice questions and two open questions (three hours). The remaining texts will be examined in the next oral exam, according to the scheduled calendar.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course aims to offer students the basic notions and tools of cultural anthropology, providing the analytical-interpretative and methodological keys of the discipline regarding historically typical fields of investigation (culture, race, kinship, gender, plurality of human forms of life) that deeply question contemporary global issues (globalization and local communities, multiculturalism and multilingualism, inequalities, migrations, environmental crisis, commodities and common goods etc.), crucial points for the training of a high professional profile expert in the field of education, communication and the media, territorial planning, and of the enhancement, safeguard and management of cultural and environmental heritage.

Contents

The first module (6 CFU) aims to offer students the basic knowledge of the demo-ethno-anthropological disciplines by introducing them to the main methods, fields, notions and perspectives of investigation of the twentieth century and today: the anthropological concept of Culture, ethnocentrism/cultural relativism, main authors and currents of the 20th century, ethnography and field research, the relationship between forms of human life and living environments, multiplicity of forms of social, political, economic and religious life, identity-otherness-ethnicity, race-racism, gender, migrations etc.

The second module (6 CFU) will focus on “field research” both in its specific practical-technical aspects and in its specific epistemological dimensions:
- observer/observed relationship and “participant observation”
- the multiplicity of field experience (sensory, emotional, linguistic, agentive, ethical dimensions, etc.)
- the media (writing, audio, photography, video, etc.), the techniques of ethnographic documentation (diary, interviews, life stories, etc.) and the forms of textualization (diary, diagrams, articles and monographs, maps etc.)
- participatory and applied research methods in the contexts of the contemporary world (globalization, international cooperation, heritage, educational contexts, migrations, environmental crisis and conflicts).

Recommended Bibliography

For all students (6 CFU -first module- and 12 CFU program -first and second module):
1) Handbook
-Fabietti, U., 2015, Elementi di antropologia culturale, Mondadori (third part excluded)

2) Classics (one monograph chosen from the following)
-Clastres, P., 2022, La società conto lo Stato, Eleuthera (ed. orig. 1974) (and other editions)
De Martino, E., 2015, Sud e Magia, donzelli editore (ed. orig. 1959) (and other editions or eBook)
-Evans-Pritchard, E.E., 2016, I Nuer. Un’anarchia ordinata, Franco Angeli (ed. orig. 1940)
-Evans-Pritchard, E.E., 2002, Stregoneria, oracoli e magi tra gli Azande, Raffaello Cortina Editore (ed. orig. 1937) (chapters 10, 11, 12 and appendix excluded)
-Geertz, C., 2019, Interpretazione di culture, il Mulino (ed. orig. 1987) (and other editions) (fourth part excluded)
-Turner, V., 2013, Dal rito al teatro, il Mulino (ed. orig. 1982)

For 12 CFU program (first and second module), in addition to 1) (handbook) and 2) (a classic monograph of your choice), one book chosen from the following (three books in total):
3) Ethnographic method and field research
-Pennacini, C., 2011, La ricerca sul campo in antropologia. Oggetti e metodi, Carocci (introduction + 6 chapters of your choice)
-Piasere, L., 2002 (rist. 2022), L’etnografo imperfetto. Esperienza e cognizione in antropologia, Editori Laterza.

Non-attending students:
-6 CFU program: 1) + 2) + a lecture notes by the teacher.
-12 CFU program: 1) + 2 + 3 + a lecture notes by the teacher.

NOTE: taking into consideration the workload necessary for the study of the bibliography indicated for the exam (both 6 and 12 CFU), it is specified that the student will not be asked to have a refined and meticulous preparation on ethnographic details and particular cases, but a 'broad' preparation that demonstrates competence and awareness in the use and exposition of concepts, themes and methods of the discipline.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The teaching will basically be provided through frontal teaching with the support of PowerPoint, audio-visual materials and the viewing of documentaries/films. During the lessons, participatory and active involvement methods of students may be adopted, both individually and as a group (oral and written exercises, debates, focus groups etc.).

Contacts/More Information

This course deals with topics related to one or more goals of U. N. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
1.No Poverty, 2.Zero Hunger, 4.Quality Education, 5.Gender Equality, 8.Decent Work and Economic Growth,10.Reduced Inequalities,12.Responsible Consumption and Production, 16.Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

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