Federico SCARPELLI | Cultural Anthropology
Federico SCARPELLI Cultural Anthropology
cod. 4412400021
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
| 4412400021 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN, PHILOSOPHIC AND EDUCATION SCIENCES | |
| EQF6 | |
| EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE | |
| 2023/2024 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-DEA/01 | 6 | 36 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE AIMS TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE OF ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ORAL AND AGRARIAN CULTURES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD, ALSO WITH A VIEW TO INTERVENTION IN PROCESSES OF INTERCULTURAL INTEGRATION. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS: UNDERSTAND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE METHOD AND CONCEPTS OF ETHNO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: BE ABLE TO APPLY METHOD AND CONCEPTS OF ETHNO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH TO CONCRETE CONTEXTS OF SOCIAL LIFE. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| NONE |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CRUCIAL THEMES OF DEMO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL REFLECTION: THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF CULTURE AND THE GENERAL OUTLINES OF THE DEMO-ETHNO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES; OVERCOMING THE CONCEPT OF RACE AND FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT FORMS OF RACISM, SUCH AS SO-CALLED 'DIFFERENTIALIST' RACISM; THE NOTIONS OF ETHNIC GROUP AND ETHNICITY AND THEIR POLITICAL USES; ETHNOCENTRISM AND DE MARTINIAN 'CRITICAL ETHNOCENTRISM'; CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND THE QUESTION OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS; FIELD RESEARCH AND THE PROBLEM OF THE LINK BETWEEN CULTURES AND TERRITORIES; RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE; ORALITY, WRITING AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; THEORETICAL SCHOOLS IN THE HISTORY OF THE DISCIPLINE, INCLUDING EVOLUTIONISM, THE FRENCH SOCIOLOGICAL SCHOOL AND ANGLO-SAXON STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALISM, US CULTURALISM, STRUCTURALISM, INTERPRETIVE ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL STUDIES, THE POSTMODERN AND POSTCOLONIAL SCHOOLS; KINSHIP IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES, ITS SYSTEMS AND TERMINOLOGIES, GENDER, GENERATIONS, FAMILY FORMS; ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CONCEPTS OF GIFT AND RECIPROCITY; FOLKLORE, POPULAR CULTURE, CULTURAL HERITAGE; POPULAR CULTURE AND MASS CULTURE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND CULTURALLY CONDITIONED SYNDROMES; THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, THE CONCEPTS OF SPACE AND PLACE, URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY; MASS CULTURE, CONSUMPTION PATTERNS AND STRATEGIES OF DISTINCTION; AND THE GLOBAL WORLD, THE DIASPORA AND TRANSNATIONALISM. FOLLOWING THE APPROACH OF THE COURSE TEXTBOOK (F. DEI), THE COURSE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS OF EQUAL DURATION. THE FIRST WILL BE DEVOTED TO ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FEATURES OF THE DISCIPLINARY TRADITION THAT HAVE GUIDED THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF ANTHROPOLOGY WITHIN THE ACADEMY. THE SECOND WILL FOCUS MAINLY ON CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISCIPLINE, ON SOME OF ITS MOST DYNAMIC AREAS OF RESEARCH, AND MORE GENERALLY ON ITS APPLICABILITY TO CONTEXTS AND PROBLEMS IN TODAY'S WORLD. THERE WILL ALSO BE PRESENTATIONS OF THE SIX MONOGRAPHS FROM WHICH STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE. EACH PRESENTATION WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR OF CLASS TIME AND WILL BE MADE TO CORRESPOND WITH THE COURSE TOPICS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO IT. THREE OF THESE MONOGRAPHS ARE 'CLASSIC' STUDIES, WELL-KNOWN EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH ON: NON-EUROPEAN TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES (M. GRIAULE); THE MAGICAL-RELIGIOUS CONCEPTIONS OF THE ITALIAN PEASANT WORLD (E. DE MARTINO); AND, AT THE BORDER BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, MARGINAL GROUPS IN MODERN URBAN SOCIETY (N. ANDERSON). THE OTHER THREE, WHICH ARE QUITE RECENT, INSTEAD SHOW HOW THE TOOLS OF ANTHROPOLOGY CAN BE APPLIED TO CONTEMPORARY THEMES: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF MIGRATIONS IN THE GLOBALISED WORLD (A. MASSA); ANTHROPOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN STUDIES (F. SCARPELLI); AND YOUTH AND SPORT SUBCULTURES IN SURFER AUSTRALIA (D. NARDINI). |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THE BASIC TEACHING MODE OF THE COURSE WILL BE THAT OF A FRONTAL LECTURE WITH THE SUPPORT OF IMAGES AND SLIDES, ALONGSIDE THE USE OF VIDEOS AND THE INTERVENTION OF EXTERNAL EXPERTS . AT THE SAME TIME, THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED, FAVOURING A DIALOGIC TEACHING METHOD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND PROPOSING SMALL EXPERIMENTS, BOTH MENTAL AND PRACTICAL, FOR APPLYING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS TO CONTEXTS CLOSE TO OUR DAILY LIVES. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| LEARNING WILL BE ASSESSED BY MEANS OF AN ORAL EXAMINATION FOCUSING ON THE TEXTS IN THE SYLLABUS (THE TEXTBOOK AND YOUR CHOSEN MONOGRAPH). THE FOLLOWING WILL BE ASSESSED: THE TEXTS HAVING BEEN READ (AND UNDERSTOOD) IN THEIR ENTIRETY; THE ABILITY TO EXPOUND ON THEM WITH ACCURACY AND DEMONSTRATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT; THE CAPACITY TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS TOPICS WITHIN THE COURSE; AND THE ABILITY TO INTERPRET THEM IN A PERSONAL WAY. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO THE LECTURES IN PERSON, THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN LECTURES WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED. |
| Texts | |
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| 1) THE TEXTBOOK: FABIO DEI, «ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE» - SECOND EDITION. IL MULINO 2016. 2) A MONOGRAPH OF YOUR CHOICE FROM THE FOLLOWING: A)NELS ANDERSON, «IL VAGABONDO. SOCIOLOGIA DELL’UOMO SENZA DIMORA», DONZELLI 2011 (ORIGINAL EDITION 1923). B)MARCEL GRIAULE, «DIO D’ACQUA. INCONTRI CON OGOTEMMELI», BOLLATI BORINGHIERI 2002 (ORIGINAL EDITION 1948). C)ERNESTO DE MARTINO, «LA TERRA DEL RIMORSO. CONTRIBUTO A UNA STORIA RELIGIOSA DEL SUD», IL SAGGIATORE 2015 (ORIGINAL EDITION 1961). D)FEDERICO SCARPELLI, «CENTRO STORICO, SENSO DEI LUOGHI, GENTRIFICATION», CISU 2020. E)AURORA MASSA, «INTRECCI DI FRONTIERA», CISU 2021. F)DARIO NARDINI, «SURFERS PARADISE. UN’ETNOGRAFIA DELLA GOLD COAST AUSTRALIANA», LEDIZIONI 2022. |
| More Information | |
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| NONE |
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