SOCIOLOGY OF INTERETHNIC RELATIONS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL MEDIATION

Disciplinary Sector:

SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

COCCO Mariantonietta

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisite knowledge is required in order to attend the lectures and to take the final exam. It is considered useful a basic knowledge of general sociology.

AF code:

A001476

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course aims to provide theoretical and empirical knowledge in the field of Sociology of ethnic relations and to analyze some specific problems in a theoretical and comparative perspective. The attendance of the classes will enable students to understand and use the analytical categories necessary to interpret the social construction of difference and cultural diversity. Concepts such as ethnicity, citizenship, "sociability" will be used as analytical tools to understand the discourses, the policies and the practices related to the complex issue of "living together”.

Contents

The program will focus on the following issues:
Migration and globalization. The formation of ethnic and "racialized" minorities as a result of various historical processes. The social construction of ethnic differences and the figure of the migrant. Stereotype, ethnic prejudice, racism and discrimination. Processes of racialization and of racial profiling. The ideology of assimilation, multiculturalism, and transnationalism. Integration of ethnic minorities, regulation of inter-ethnic coexistence.

Recommended Bibliography

Attending students (at least 17 hours):
- L. Zanfrini, Sociologia della convivenza interetnica, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2004 (Chapters 1; 2; 3; 4; 5 namely pp.3 – 158).
- V. Cesareo, Società multietniche e multiculturalismi, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2000 (Chapters 1 e 3 namely pp. 9-37; 91-136).

Students not attending class:
- Zygmunt Bauman, Stranieri alle porte, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2016 (pp. 3-98).
- V. Cesareo, Società multietniche e multiculturalismi, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2000 (pp. 9-164).

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course is based on students' active participation. Moreover, the discussion about some topics will be enriched by the contribution of experts and scholars.

Contacts/More Information

SDGs
Teaching contributes to achieving the objectives of Agenda 2030 UN Sustainable Development: 4. Quality Education, 5. Gender Equality and 10. Reducing inequalities.

- The teacher can request to the attending students a written paper on a topic attending assigned, to be treated on the basis of the texts and other materials used in class and to discuss during the examination.

- The teacher is available to offer teaching materials and bibliographical references also in a foreign language (mainly French, Spanish and English) to incoming Erasmus students.

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