Objectives of the course are:
-to provide basic notions on the fundamental concepts of social and cultural anthropology and on the main issues that are today at the center of the debate;
-to provide conceptual tools useful for reasoning autonomously and critically on issues and problems related to contemporary globalization as a complex intertwining of local and transnational processes.
At the end of the course the student has:
- a knowledge of the main anthropological theories, with the ability to contextualize their historical-scientific development
- a knowledge of the main concepts of cultural and social anthropology.
-to provide basic notions on the fundamental concepts of social and cultural anthropology and on the main issues that are today at the center of the debate;
-to provide conceptual tools useful for reasoning autonomously and critically on issues and problems related to contemporary globalization as a complex intertwining of local and transnational processes.
At the end of the course the student has:
- a knowledge of the main anthropological theories, with the ability to contextualize their historical-scientific development
- a knowledge of the main concepts of cultural and social anthropology.
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The second part explores the relationship between human mobility and the generations, looking at the long-term reverberations of the migration processes and the exposure to violence, their relapses on the construction of the subject, and social and education relations.
Starting with notions explored, the course aims to provide a) a knowledge of anthropological perspectives and their main concepts to develop an ability to understand currents of thought in their historical and social dimensions. They are helpful b) to apply such knowledge, theories, and concepts to develop a reflexive, autonomous and critical gaze on the main topics of contemporary. The ethnographic method and ethnographic examples will encourage a participatory method to understand the 'otherness' becoming helpful means to develop a comparative and non-ethnocentric perspective, together with a micro-macro level of analysis.
Parte prima: Genesi e struttura dell’antropologia culturale (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte terza: Comunicazione e conoscenza (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte quinta: Il sé e l’altro (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte settima: Esperienza religiosa e pratica rituale (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte ottava: Creatività culturale ed espressione estetica (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte nona: Risorse e potere (Capitoli 1, 2, 3).
2) A text of your choice (the books can be read in their original version - where available):
a) Agier, Michel (2020). Lo straniero che viene. Ripensare l’ospitalità. Raffaello Cortina. Milano.
b) Bourgois, Philippe e Schonberg, Jeff (2011). Reietti e fuorilegge. Antropologia della violenza nella metropoli americana. DeriveApprodi, Roma.
c) Fassin, Didier (2013). La forza dell’ordine. Antropologia della polizia nelle periferie urbane. La Linea, Bologna.
d) Sayad, Abdelmaleck (2002). La doppia assenza. Dalle illusioni dell’emigrato alle sofferenze dell’immigrato. Raffaello Cortina, Milano.
e) Wacquant, Loic (2016). I reietti della città. Ghetto, periferia, stato. ETS.
f) Fusaschi, Michela. (2018). Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione. CISU, Roma.
g) Mattalucci, Claudia (a cura) (2017). Antropologia e riproduzione. Attese, fratture e ricomposizioni della procreazione e della genitorialità in Italia. Edizioni Cortina, Milano.
h) Pinelli, Barbara (2019). Migranti e rifugiate. Antropologia, genere, politica. Libreria Cortina, Milano.
3) A text of your choice (the books can be read in their original version - where available):
a) Adichie Ngozi Chimamande – Americanah. Einaudi.
b) Adichie Ngozi Chimamande – Metà di un sole giallo. Einaudi.
c) Alessandro Leogrande – La frontiera. Feltrinelli.
d) Behrouz Boochani – Nessun amico se non le montagne. add editore
e) Ben Lawrence – La città delle spine. Nove vite nel campo profughi più grande del mondo. Brioschi.
f) Dave Eggers – Erano solo ragazzi in cammino. Autobiografia di Valentino Achal Deng. Piccola biblioteca Oscar.
g) Francesca Melandri – Sangue giusto. BUR biblioteca universale Rizzoli.
h) John Berger – Il settimo uomo. Contrasto.
Programme
The course aims to provide students with methods and concepts of social and cultural anthropology. In the contemporary world, the anthropological perspective is set up as a critical study aiming at understanding cultural diversity and similarities, processes building belongs, inequalities, differences, hierarchies, and forms of power. The course’s first part will put classical and constitutive notions of this discipline at the centre, such as society, gender, culture, power, body, institutions, to build a debate on cultural transmission processes. The latter will be analysed looking at the relations between generations and growth and learning experiences, mainly when these same processes and construction of the subject occur in social marginality and political vulnerability conditions.The second part explores the relationship between human mobility and the generations, looking at the long-term reverberations of the migration processes and the exposure to violence, their relapses on the construction of the subject, and social and education relations.
Starting with notions explored, the course aims to provide a) a knowledge of anthropological perspectives and their main concepts to develop an ability to understand currents of thought in their historical and social dimensions. They are helpful b) to apply such knowledge, theories, and concepts to develop a reflexive, autonomous and critical gaze on the main topics of contemporary. The ethnographic method and ethnographic examples will encourage a participatory method to understand the 'otherness' becoming helpful means to develop a comparative and non-ethnocentric perspective, together with a micro-macro level of analysis.
Core Documentation
1) Ugo Fabietti, 2015. Elementi di antropologia culturale. Mondadori, Milano (chapters indicated)Parte prima: Genesi e struttura dell’antropologia culturale (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte terza: Comunicazione e conoscenza (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte quinta: Il sé e l’altro (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte settima: Esperienza religiosa e pratica rituale (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte ottava: Creatività culturale ed espressione estetica (Capitoli 1, 2, 3);
Parte nona: Risorse e potere (Capitoli 1, 2, 3).
2) A text of your choice (the books can be read in their original version - where available):
a) Agier, Michel (2020). Lo straniero che viene. Ripensare l’ospitalità. Raffaello Cortina. Milano.
b) Bourgois, Philippe e Schonberg, Jeff (2011). Reietti e fuorilegge. Antropologia della violenza nella metropoli americana. DeriveApprodi, Roma.
c) Fassin, Didier (2013). La forza dell’ordine. Antropologia della polizia nelle periferie urbane. La Linea, Bologna.
d) Sayad, Abdelmaleck (2002). La doppia assenza. Dalle illusioni dell’emigrato alle sofferenze dell’immigrato. Raffaello Cortina, Milano.
e) Wacquant, Loic (2016). I reietti della città. Ghetto, periferia, stato. ETS.
f) Fusaschi, Michela. (2018). Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione. CISU, Roma.
g) Mattalucci, Claudia (a cura) (2017). Antropologia e riproduzione. Attese, fratture e ricomposizioni della procreazione e della genitorialità in Italia. Edizioni Cortina, Milano.
h) Pinelli, Barbara (2019). Migranti e rifugiate. Antropologia, genere, politica. Libreria Cortina, Milano.
3) A text of your choice (the books can be read in their original version - where available):
a) Adichie Ngozi Chimamande – Americanah. Einaudi.
b) Adichie Ngozi Chimamande – Metà di un sole giallo. Einaudi.
c) Alessandro Leogrande – La frontiera. Feltrinelli.
d) Behrouz Boochani – Nessun amico se non le montagne. add editore
e) Ben Lawrence – La città delle spine. Nove vite nel campo profughi più grande del mondo. Brioschi.
f) Dave Eggers – Erano solo ragazzi in cammino. Autobiografia di Valentino Achal Deng. Piccola biblioteca Oscar.
g) Francesca Melandri – Sangue giusto. BUR biblioteca universale Rizzoli.
h) John Berger – Il settimo uomo. Contrasto.
Type of delivery of the course
Lectures will be supported by Power Point and audio-visual materials, as well as by the reading and analyzing ethnographic examples. These support tools intend to encourage the active participation of the students, dialogues, and discussions on the course topics.Type of evaluation
Oral interview. Through questions/answers it will verify that: 1) the students have read the materials assigned 2) the students are able to interpret and reflect on concepts and perspectives illustrated; 3) the students have developed the capacity of autonomous thought.