Educational goals of the course
The course is intended as an introduction to anthropology as cultural critique, specifically aimed at forming a figure of anthropologist regarded as “intellectual” capable of analysing, interpreting and comparing different cultural cases and systems.
The objectives of the course are:
– to develop in the student an awareness of “otherness”;
– to critically examines ideas about cultural differences and images of “otherness”;
to develop in the student a capacity to recognize preconceptions and assumptions of their own social and cultural environments.
This kind of knowledge is today particularly important, even necessary in order to understand the changes we’re all experiencing, and educate the future generations to live together the Others and recognize that they are an essential resource, but also to offer the means useful to the practice of everyday life and to every kind of job, especially for the teachers of any level of the educational system.
Knowledge and skills in the field of anthropology and cultural anthropology are extremely useful for the practice of teaching at any level of the education system, because they enhance the awareness of students’ personal stories and identities, of their peculiarities, and family backgrounds; at the same time, they help the teacher to abstain form any kind of social and cultural labelling.
The course is intended as an introduction to anthropology as cultural critique, specifically aimed at forming a figure of anthropologist regarded as “intellectual” capable of analysing, interpreting and comparing different cultural cases and systems.
The objectives of the course are:
– to develop in the student an awareness of “otherness”;
– to critically examines ideas about cultural differences and images of “otherness”;
to develop in the student a capacity to recognize preconceptions and assumptions of their own social and cultural environments.
This kind of knowledge is today particularly important, even necessary in order to understand the changes we’re all experiencing, and educate the future generations to live together the Others and recognize that they are an essential resource, but also to offer the means useful to the practice of everyday life and to every kind of job, especially for the teachers of any level of the educational system.
Knowledge and skills in the field of anthropology and cultural anthropology are extremely useful for the practice of teaching at any level of the education system, because they enhance the awareness of students’ personal stories and identities, of their peculiarities, and family backgrounds; at the same time, they help the teacher to abstain form any kind of social and cultural labelling.
Curriculum
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They will be also familiarised with fieldwork practice and ethnographic research, so as to form a skilled and qualified personnel, sensitive to the complexities of nowadays.
On completing the course, the students should be able to apply the concepts and perspectives learned in the course of the lessons to new, original research fields and broader contexts, making interdisciplinary connections.
Acquiring the knowledge of the fundamentals of ethno-anthropology, at the end of the course the students should be able to deal independently with anthropological topics and issues.
Besides knowledge and understanding of key terms, concepts and methods in ethnology and anthropology, at the end of the course students will be expected to demonstrate the capacity to express, present and explain with the necessary clarity their knowledge.
The systematic self-reflection peculiar to the anthropological approach, its critical self-conscious thinking not only about the “objects” of its research but also about the tools used to describe and interpret them, is expected to favour the develop in the student of important learning skills such as creative and critical thinking, which will be decisive throughout their formative years and beyond.
The course aims at providing the students with the fundamentals of anthropology, updated and adjusted to the urgencies of modernity and current affairs.
Matthew Engelke, Pensare come un antropologo, Torino, Einaudi, 2018.
2. The monographic part includes:
Victor Turner, Antropologia della performance, Bologna, il Mulino, 1992.
Stefano de Matteis, Le false libertà. Verso la post globalizzazione, Milano, Meltemi 2017.
Mutuazione: 20710385 ANTROPOLOGIA DELLE RAPPRESENTAZIONI E DELLE PERFORMANCE CULTURALI in DAMS Teatro, musica, danza LM-65 DE MATTEIS STEFANO, GRIMALDI GIUSEPPE
Programme
The students will be introduced to the major concepts, theories and methods employed by anthropologists to understand social and cultural aspects of human experience, with a particular attention to specifical mechanisms of human relationships and social systems.They will be also familiarised with fieldwork practice and ethnographic research, so as to form a skilled and qualified personnel, sensitive to the complexities of nowadays.
On completing the course, the students should be able to apply the concepts and perspectives learned in the course of the lessons to new, original research fields and broader contexts, making interdisciplinary connections.
Acquiring the knowledge of the fundamentals of ethno-anthropology, at the end of the course the students should be able to deal independently with anthropological topics and issues.
Besides knowledge and understanding of key terms, concepts and methods in ethnology and anthropology, at the end of the course students will be expected to demonstrate the capacity to express, present and explain with the necessary clarity their knowledge.
The systematic self-reflection peculiar to the anthropological approach, its critical self-conscious thinking not only about the “objects” of its research but also about the tools used to describe and interpret them, is expected to favour the develop in the student of important learning skills such as creative and critical thinking, which will be decisive throughout their formative years and beyond.
The course aims at providing the students with the fundamentals of anthropology, updated and adjusted to the urgencies of modernity and current affairs.
Core Documentation
1. A textbook for the general part:Matthew Engelke, Pensare come un antropologo, Torino, Einaudi, 2018.
2. The monographic part includes:
Victor Turner, Antropologia della performance, Bologna, il Mulino, 1992.
Stefano de Matteis, Le false libertà. Verso la post globalizzazione, Milano, Meltemi 2017.
Type of delivery of the course
Face-to-face lessons, showing of a selection of films and documentaries, field practice. In case of protraction of the COVID-19 health emergency, all regulations about the procedures for carrying out teaching activities and students’ evaluation will be applied.Type of evaluation
Oral examinationMutuazione: 20710385 ANTROPOLOGIA DELLE RAPPRESENTAZIONI E DELLE PERFORMANCE CULTURALI in DAMS Teatro, musica, danza LM-65 DE MATTEIS STEFANO, GRIMALDI GIUSEPPE
teacher profile teaching materials
They will be also familiarised with fieldwork practice and ethnographic research, so as to form a skilled and qualified personnel, sensitive to the complexities of nowadays.
On completing the course, the students should be able to apply the concepts and perspectives learned in the course of the lessons to new, original research fields and broader contexts, making interdisciplinary connections.
Acquiring the knowledge of the fundamentals of ethno-anthropology, at the end of the course the students should be able to deal independently with anthropological topics and issues.
Besides knowledge and understanding of key terms, concepts and methods in ethnology and anthropology, at the end of the course students will be expected to demonstrate the capacity to express, present and explain with the necessary clarity their knowledge.
The systematic self-reflection peculiar to the anthropological approach, its critical self-conscious thinking not only about the “objects” of its research but also about the tools used to describe and interpret them, is expected to favour the develop in the student of important learning skills such as creative and critical thinking, which will be decisive throughout their formative years and beyond.
The course aims at providing the students with the fundamentals of anthropology, updated and adjusted to the urgencies of modernity and current affairs.
Matthew Engelke, Pensare come un antropologo, Torino, Einaudi, 2018.
2. The monographic part includes:
Victor Turner, Antropologia della performance, Bologna, il Mulino, 1992.
Stefano de Matteis, Le false libertà. Verso la post globalizzazione, Milano, Meltemi 2017.
Mutuazione: 20710385 ANTROPOLOGIA DELLE RAPPRESENTAZIONI E DELLE PERFORMANCE CULTURALI in DAMS Teatro, musica, danza LM-65 DE MATTEIS STEFANO, GRIMALDI GIUSEPPE
Programme
The students will be introduced to the major concepts, theories and methods employed by anthropologists to understand social and cultural aspects of human experience, with a particular attention to specifical mechanisms of human relationships and social systems.They will be also familiarised with fieldwork practice and ethnographic research, so as to form a skilled and qualified personnel, sensitive to the complexities of nowadays.
On completing the course, the students should be able to apply the concepts and perspectives learned in the course of the lessons to new, original research fields and broader contexts, making interdisciplinary connections.
Acquiring the knowledge of the fundamentals of ethno-anthropology, at the end of the course the students should be able to deal independently with anthropological topics and issues.
Besides knowledge and understanding of key terms, concepts and methods in ethnology and anthropology, at the end of the course students will be expected to demonstrate the capacity to express, present and explain with the necessary clarity their knowledge.
The systematic self-reflection peculiar to the anthropological approach, its critical self-conscious thinking not only about the “objects” of its research but also about the tools used to describe and interpret them, is expected to favour the develop in the student of important learning skills such as creative and critical thinking, which will be decisive throughout their formative years and beyond.
The course aims at providing the students with the fundamentals of anthropology, updated and adjusted to the urgencies of modernity and current affairs.
Core Documentation
1. A textbook for the general part:Matthew Engelke, Pensare come un antropologo, Torino, Einaudi, 2018.
2. The monographic part includes:
Victor Turner, Antropologia della performance, Bologna, il Mulino, 1992.
Stefano de Matteis, Le false libertà. Verso la post globalizzazione, Milano, Meltemi 2017.
Type of delivery of the course
Face-to-face lessons, showing of a selection of films and documentaries, field practice. In case of protraction of the COVID-19 health emergency, all regulations about the procedures for carrying out teaching activities and students’ evaluation will be applied.Type of evaluation
Oral examinationMutuazione: 20710385 ANTROPOLOGIA DELLE RAPPRESENTAZIONI E DELLE PERFORMANCE CULTURALI in DAMS Teatro, musica, danza LM-65 DE MATTEIS STEFANO, GRIMALDI GIUSEPPE