SOCIAL HISTORY

Maria Anna NOTO SOCIAL HISTORY

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN, PHILOSOPHIC AND EDUCATION SCIENCES
EQF7
PSICOLOGIA DI COMUNITA' PER I CONTESTI FORMATIVI, PER IL BENESSERE E PER LO SPORT
2023/2024

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
530LESSONS
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE PROMOTES AWARENESS OF THE MAIN HISTORICAL DYNAMICS OF THE EARLY MODERN AGE TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO INTERPRET THE TRANSFORMATIONS AND PERMANENCE THAT CHARACTERIZE SOCIETY, WITH AN APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND THE RECENT HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ISSUES. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN EVENTS, THE LIFE HABITS, THE RELATIONSHIP SYSTEMS AND THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION BETWEEN THE 16TH AND 19TH CENTURIES, AIMS AT ACHIEVING CRITICAL AND INTERPRETATIVE SKILLS.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ANALYSIS OF INTERCONNECTIONS AND THE EVOLUTION OF HISTORICAL EVENTS AND PHENOMENA, THE INVESTIGATION OF THE WAYS OF SOCIAL AGGREGATION, THE STUDY OF THE ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE MODERN AGE, AIM TO DEVELOP AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT AND ABILITY TO INTERPRET RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT, BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORICAL PERIODIZATION
Contents
THE COURSE STARTS FROM THE ANALYSIS OF CONCEPTS, THEMES, SOURCES AND METHODS WHICH, WITH THE "HISTORIOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION" OF THE "ANNALES", HAVE INTRODUCED THE HISTORICAL-SOCIAL APPROACH INTO HISTORIOGRAPHY, OPENING UP TO NEW RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES ON THE MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN HISTORY. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE COURSE PROPOSES THE STUDY OF THE MAIN SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF SOLITUDE AND ITS REPRESENTATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY, WITH THE ANALYSIS OF SOME FAMOUS LONELY PEOPLE OF THE PAST UNTIL THE CURRENT CONDITION OF SOLITUDE IN THE MASS SOCIETY.
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING IS BASED ON LESSONS, SUPPORTED BY THE USE OF MASS-MEDIA TOOLS, ACCOMPANIED BY DISCUSSIONS AND READING OF SHORT DOCUMENTS.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAM AIMS TO ASSESS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OBJECTIVES OF KNOWLEDGE, APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, CRITICAL AND ARGUMENTATIVE SKILLS. IT CONSISTS OF AN ORAL EXAM WITH QUESTIONS ON THE TOPICS ANALYZED DURING THE LESSONS AND AVAILABLE IN THE TEXTS, INTENDED TO VERIFY THE LEARNING OF THE CONTENTS, THE SKILLS OF ORIENTING IN TIME, UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS AND LINKS BETWEEN FACTORS AND EVENTS.
Texts
- A. MUSI, STORIA DELLA SOLITUDINE. DA ARISTOTELE AI SOCIAL NETWORK, VICENZA, NERI POZZA, 2021;

- P. BURKE, UNA RIVOLUZIONE STORIOGRAFICA, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2019 (IN PARTICULAR: INTRODUCTION AND CHAP. I-II-III).
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ATTENDANCE TO LESSONS IS RECOMMENDED.
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