The course provides anthropological tools to analyse bodies and genders as sites of social, political, and symbolic construction. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, students develop the ability to interpret power relations, processes of subjectivation, body politics, and the regulation of genders across different cultural contexts. The course strengthens critical skills for examining contemporary issues such as biopolitics, sexual and reproductive rights, media representations, and bodily practices, with particular attention to feminist and decolonial perspectives.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
Starting from a critical, feminist and gender-oriented anthropological perspective, the course will address the body not as a natural given, but as a historical, social, symbolic and political construction. It will analyse the processes through which sex, gender, sexuality, desire, violence, care and vulnerability are embodied, regulated and made intelligible within specific social, moral, legal and institutional contexts.
The course will follow a twofold structure: on the one hand, it will reconstruct some genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; on the other, it will analyse ethnographic cases and contemporary issues concerning bodies, subjectivities, norms, protection devices, practices of care and forms of recognition.
During the course, students may read and discuss additional articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams, focusing on topics such as care, childhood, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The course is organized into six thematic sections.
1. Anthropology of the body, gender and globalization
The first part of the course will introduce the body as a central object of anthropological analysis. It will discuss the ways in which bodies are constructed, modified, disciplined and represented in processes of globalization, with particular attention to gender as an analytical category.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.
2. Genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology
The second part will reconstruct some theoretical lines of gender and feminist anthropology. It will address the relationships between sex, gender, sexuality, culture and power, with attention to the critique of essentialism, ethnographic representation, agency, embodiment, local configurations of gender and the politics of sexuality.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, forthcoming.
3. Sex, gender, sexuality and the politics of desire
This part of the course will analyse sexuality as a political and moral field, shaped by norms, hierarchies, classifications and conflicts. It will discuss the ways in which sexual and gender categories are produced, translated, localized and globalized.
4. Agency, embodiment and subjectivation
The course will address the relationship between body, subject, discipline and agency, questioning simple oppositions between freedom and subordination, resistance and subjection. Particular attention will be paid to processes of embodiment of norms and to the situated production of subjectivities.
5. Care, vulnerability, violence and protection
This section will discuss the relationship between care, vulnerability, violence and protection, with attention to the ambivalent effects of moral, legal, medical and humanitarian devices that intervene on bodies. It will examine the ways in which protection may reduce certain forms of violence, while also producing classifications, stigma, silencing and new forms of control.
6. Politics of bodies and public anthropology
The final part of the course will focus on contemporary politics of bodies and on the public responsibility of anthropology. It will discuss the role of words, categories, classifications and institutional practices in the production of bodily, sexual and gendered differences.
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, in stampa.
Supplementary materials
During the course, students will also read and discuss selected articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams. These articles will be indicated at the beginning of the course and will focus on topics such as care, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The articles discussed in class may be used for group work, seminar presentations or individual assignments.
Programme
The course offers an advanced introduction to the political anthropology of bodies and genders, with particular attention to the ways in which bodies are produced, classified, represented, disciplined, cared for, protected and traversed by power relations.Starting from a critical, feminist and gender-oriented anthropological perspective, the course will address the body not as a natural given, but as a historical, social, symbolic and political construction. It will analyse the processes through which sex, gender, sexuality, desire, violence, care and vulnerability are embodied, regulated and made intelligible within specific social, moral, legal and institutional contexts.
The course will follow a twofold structure: on the one hand, it will reconstruct some genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; on the other, it will analyse ethnographic cases and contemporary issues concerning bodies, subjectivities, norms, protection devices, practices of care and forms of recognition.
During the course, students may read and discuss additional articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams, focusing on topics such as care, childhood, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The course is organized into six thematic sections.
1. Anthropology of the body, gender and globalization
The first part of the course will introduce the body as a central object of anthropological analysis. It will discuss the ways in which bodies are constructed, modified, disciplined and represented in processes of globalization, with particular attention to gender as an analytical category.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.
2. Genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology
The second part will reconstruct some theoretical lines of gender and feminist anthropology. It will address the relationships between sex, gender, sexuality, culture and power, with attention to the critique of essentialism, ethnographic representation, agency, embodiment, local configurations of gender and the politics of sexuality.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, forthcoming.
3. Sex, gender, sexuality and the politics of desire
This part of the course will analyse sexuality as a political and moral field, shaped by norms, hierarchies, classifications and conflicts. It will discuss the ways in which sexual and gender categories are produced, translated, localized and globalized.
4. Agency, embodiment and subjectivation
The course will address the relationship between body, subject, discipline and agency, questioning simple oppositions between freedom and subordination, resistance and subjection. Particular attention will be paid to processes of embodiment of norms and to the situated production of subjectivities.
5. Care, vulnerability, violence and protection
This section will discuss the relationship between care, vulnerability, violence and protection, with attention to the ambivalent effects of moral, legal, medical and humanitarian devices that intervene on bodies. It will examine the ways in which protection may reduce certain forms of violence, while also producing classifications, stigma, silencing and new forms of control.
6. Politics of bodies and public anthropology
The final part of the course will focus on contemporary politics of bodies and on the public responsibility of anthropology. It will discuss the role of words, categories, classifications and institutional practices in the production of bodily, sexual and gendered differences.
Core Documentation
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, in stampa.
Supplementary materials
During the course, students will also read and discuss selected articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams. These articles will be indicated at the beginning of the course and will focus on topics such as care, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The articles discussed in class may be used for group work, seminar presentations or individual assignments.
Attendance
Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended. Students who attend at least 80% of classes will be considered attending students, according to the attendance recording procedures that will be communicated at the beginning of the course.Type of evaluation
Teaching methods The course will consist of lectures, guided discussion of the readings, analysis of ethnographic cases and seminar-style activities. Lectures will reconstruct the main theoretical and methodological concepts of the political anthropology of bodies and genders. Particular attention will be paid to critical reading of texts, comparison between ethnographic cases, and discussion of the categories used to name, classify and govern bodies, differences, sexualities and gender relations. Depending on the number of attending students, group work may be organized on specific texts, ethnographic cases or topics addressed during the course. Attendance Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended. Students who attend at least 80% of classes will be considered attending students, according to the attendance recording procedures that will be communicated at the beginning of the course. Assessment methods Assessment will include in-class activities during the course and a final examination. During the course, students will take in-class self-assessment tests aimed at progressively checking their understanding of the main concepts, required readings and topics discussed in class. These tests are intended as formative activities and as a support for individual study. The final examination will consist of a multiple-choice test based on the required readings and on the topics addressed during the course. For attending students, group work may also be organized, provided that the number of participants allows it. Group activities may focus on specific themes, readings or ethnographic cases discussed during the course. Detailed instructions will be provided in class and published on Moodle/Teams. Assessment will take into account: knowledge of the required readings; understanding of fundamental concepts in the anthropology of body, gender and sexuality; ability to connect the different texts and thematic sections of the course; appropriate use of disciplinary vocabulary; capacity for critical and comparative analysis; participation in in-class activities, for attending students. Assessment criteria Positive evaluation will be based on: accurate knowledge of the readings; the ability to reconstruct the main genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; the ability to critically discuss concepts such as body, gender, sex, sexuality, agency, embodiment, vulnerability, violence, care and power; the ability to distinguish between ethnographic description, anthropological interpretation and moral judgement; the ability to connect ethnographic cases, theoretical categories and institutional devices; clarity of exposition and appropriate use of anthropological vocabulary. A merely mnemonic preparation, not accompanied by the ability to connect texts, concepts and ethnographic cases, will not be sufficient for a high evaluation. teacher profile teaching materials
Starting from a critical, feminist and gender-oriented anthropological perspective, the course will address the body not as a natural given, but as a historical, social, symbolic and political construction. It will analyse the processes through which sex, gender, sexuality, desire, violence, care and vulnerability are embodied, regulated and made intelligible within specific social, moral, legal and institutional contexts.
The course will follow a twofold structure: on the one hand, it will reconstruct some genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; on the other, it will analyse ethnographic cases and contemporary issues concerning bodies, subjectivities, norms, protection devices, practices of care and forms of recognition.
During the course, students may read and discuss additional articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams, focusing on topics such as care, childhood, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The course is organized into six thematic sections.
1. Anthropology of the body, gender and globalization
The first part of the course will introduce the body as a central object of anthropological analysis. It will discuss the ways in which bodies are constructed, modified, disciplined and represented in processes of globalization, with particular attention to gender as an analytical category.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.
2. Genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology
The second part will reconstruct some theoretical lines of gender and feminist anthropology. It will address the relationships between sex, gender, sexuality, culture and power, with attention to the critique of essentialism, ethnographic representation, agency, embodiment, local configurations of gender and the politics of sexuality.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, forthcoming.
3. Sex, gender, sexuality and the politics of desire
This part of the course will analyse sexuality as a political and moral field, shaped by norms, hierarchies, classifications and conflicts. It will discuss the ways in which sexual and gender categories are produced, translated, localized and globalized.
4. Agency, embodiment and subjectivation
The course will address the relationship between body, subject, discipline and agency, questioning simple oppositions between freedom and subordination, resistance and subjection. Particular attention will be paid to processes of embodiment of norms and to the situated production of subjectivities.
5. Care, vulnerability, violence and protection
This section will discuss the relationship between care, vulnerability, violence and protection, with attention to the ambivalent effects of moral, legal, medical and humanitarian devices that intervene on bodies. It will examine the ways in which protection may reduce certain forms of violence, while also producing classifications, stigma, silencing and new forms of control.
6. Politics of bodies and public anthropology
The final part of the course will focus on contemporary politics of bodies and on the public responsibility of anthropology. It will discuss the role of words, categories, classifications and institutional practices in the production of bodily, sexual and gendered differences.
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, in stampa.
Supplementary materials
During the course, students will also read and discuss selected articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams. These articles will be indicated at the beginning of the course and will focus on topics such as care, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The articles discussed in class may be used for group work, seminar presentations or individual assignments.
Programme
The course offers an advanced introduction to the political anthropology of bodies and genders, with particular attention to the ways in which bodies are produced, classified, represented, disciplined, cared for, protected and traversed by power relations.Starting from a critical, feminist and gender-oriented anthropological perspective, the course will address the body not as a natural given, but as a historical, social, symbolic and political construction. It will analyse the processes through which sex, gender, sexuality, desire, violence, care and vulnerability are embodied, regulated and made intelligible within specific social, moral, legal and institutional contexts.
The course will follow a twofold structure: on the one hand, it will reconstruct some genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; on the other, it will analyse ethnographic cases and contemporary issues concerning bodies, subjectivities, norms, protection devices, practices of care and forms of recognition.
During the course, students may read and discuss additional articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams, focusing on topics such as care, childhood, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The course is organized into six thematic sections.
1. Anthropology of the body, gender and globalization
The first part of the course will introduce the body as a central object of anthropological analysis. It will discuss the ways in which bodies are constructed, modified, disciplined and represented in processes of globalization, with particular attention to gender as an analytical category.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.
2. Genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology
The second part will reconstruct some theoretical lines of gender and feminist anthropology. It will address the relationships between sex, gender, sexuality, culture and power, with attention to the critique of essentialism, ethnographic representation, agency, embodiment, local configurations of gender and the politics of sexuality.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, forthcoming.
3. Sex, gender, sexuality and the politics of desire
This part of the course will analyse sexuality as a political and moral field, shaped by norms, hierarchies, classifications and conflicts. It will discuss the ways in which sexual and gender categories are produced, translated, localized and globalized.
4. Agency, embodiment and subjectivation
The course will address the relationship between body, subject, discipline and agency, questioning simple oppositions between freedom and subordination, resistance and subjection. Particular attention will be paid to processes of embodiment of norms and to the situated production of subjectivities.
5. Care, vulnerability, violence and protection
This section will discuss the relationship between care, vulnerability, violence and protection, with attention to the ambivalent effects of moral, legal, medical and humanitarian devices that intervene on bodies. It will examine the ways in which protection may reduce certain forms of violence, while also producing classifications, stigma, silencing and new forms of control.
6. Politics of bodies and public anthropology
The final part of the course will focus on contemporary politics of bodies and on the public responsibility of anthropology. It will discuss the role of words, categories, classifications and institutional practices in the production of bodily, sexual and gendered differences.
Core Documentation
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, in stampa.
Supplementary materials
During the course, students will also read and discuss selected articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams. These articles will be indicated at the beginning of the course and will focus on topics such as care, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The articles discussed in class may be used for group work, seminar presentations or individual assignments.
Attendance
Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended. Students who attend at least 80% of classes will be considered attending students, according to the attendance recording procedures that will be communicated at the beginning of the course.Type of evaluation
Teaching methods The course will consist of lectures, guided discussion of the readings, analysis of ethnographic cases and seminar-style activities. Lectures will reconstruct the main theoretical and methodological concepts of the political anthropology of bodies and genders. Particular attention will be paid to critical reading of texts, comparison between ethnographic cases, and discussion of the categories used to name, classify and govern bodies, differences, sexualities and gender relations. Depending on the number of attending students, group work may be organized on specific texts, ethnographic cases or topics addressed during the course. Attendance Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended. Students who attend at least 80% of classes will be considered attending students, according to the attendance recording procedures that will be communicated at the beginning of the course. Assessment methods Assessment will include in-class activities during the course and a final examination. During the course, students will take in-class self-assessment tests aimed at progressively checking their understanding of the main concepts, required readings and topics discussed in class. These tests are intended as formative activities and as a support for individual study. The final examination will consist of a multiple-choice test based on the required readings and on the topics addressed during the course. For attending students, group work may also be organized, provided that the number of participants allows it. Group activities may focus on specific themes, readings or ethnographic cases discussed during the course. Detailed instructions will be provided in class and published on Moodle/Teams. Assessment will take into account: knowledge of the required readings; understanding of fundamental concepts in the anthropology of body, gender and sexuality; ability to connect the different texts and thematic sections of the course; appropriate use of disciplinary vocabulary; capacity for critical and comparative analysis; participation in in-class activities, for attending students. Assessment criteria Positive evaluation will be based on: accurate knowledge of the readings; the ability to reconstruct the main genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; the ability to critically discuss concepts such as body, gender, sex, sexuality, agency, embodiment, vulnerability, violence, care and power; the ability to distinguish between ethnographic description, anthropological interpretation and moral judgement; the ability to connect ethnographic cases, theoretical categories and institutional devices; clarity of exposition and appropriate use of anthropological vocabulary. A merely mnemonic preparation, not accompanied by the ability to connect texts, concepts and ethnographic cases, will not be sufficient for a high evaluation. teacher profile teaching materials
Starting from a critical, feminist and gender-oriented anthropological perspective, the course will address the body not as a natural given, but as a historical, social, symbolic and political construction. It will analyse the processes through which sex, gender, sexuality, desire, violence, care and vulnerability are embodied, regulated and made intelligible within specific social, moral, legal and institutional contexts.
The course will follow a twofold structure: on the one hand, it will reconstruct some genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; on the other, it will analyse ethnographic cases and contemporary issues concerning bodies, subjectivities, norms, protection devices, practices of care and forms of recognition.
During the course, students may read and discuss additional articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams, focusing on topics such as care, childhood, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The course is organized into six thematic sections.
1. Anthropology of the body, gender and globalization
The first part of the course will introduce the body as a central object of anthropological analysis. It will discuss the ways in which bodies are constructed, modified, disciplined and represented in processes of globalization, with particular attention to gender as an analytical category.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.
2. Genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology
The second part will reconstruct some theoretical lines of gender and feminist anthropology. It will address the relationships between sex, gender, sexuality, culture and power, with attention to the critique of essentialism, ethnographic representation, agency, embodiment, local configurations of gender and the politics of sexuality.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, forthcoming.
3. Sex, gender, sexuality and the politics of desire
This part of the course will analyse sexuality as a political and moral field, shaped by norms, hierarchies, classifications and conflicts. It will discuss the ways in which sexual and gender categories are produced, translated, localized and globalized.
4. Agency, embodiment and subjectivation
The course will address the relationship between body, subject, discipline and agency, questioning simple oppositions between freedom and subordination, resistance and subjection. Particular attention will be paid to processes of embodiment of norms and to the situated production of subjectivities.
5. Care, vulnerability, violence and protection
This section will discuss the relationship between care, vulnerability, violence and protection, with attention to the ambivalent effects of moral, legal, medical and humanitarian devices that intervene on bodies. It will examine the ways in which protection may reduce certain forms of violence, while also producing classifications, stigma, silencing and new forms of control.
6. Politics of bodies and public anthropology
The final part of the course will focus on contemporary politics of bodies and on the public responsibility of anthropology. It will discuss the role of words, categories, classifications and institutional practices in the production of bodily, sexual and gendered differences.
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, in stampa.
Supplementary materials
During the course, students will also read and discuss selected articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams. These articles will be indicated at the beginning of the course and will focus on topics such as care, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The articles discussed in class may be used for group work, seminar presentations or individual assignments.
Programme
The course offers an advanced introduction to the political anthropology of bodies and genders, with particular attention to the ways in which bodies are produced, classified, represented, disciplined, cared for, protected and traversed by power relations.Starting from a critical, feminist and gender-oriented anthropological perspective, the course will address the body not as a natural given, but as a historical, social, symbolic and political construction. It will analyse the processes through which sex, gender, sexuality, desire, violence, care and vulnerability are embodied, regulated and made intelligible within specific social, moral, legal and institutional contexts.
The course will follow a twofold structure: on the one hand, it will reconstruct some genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; on the other, it will analyse ethnographic cases and contemporary issues concerning bodies, subjectivities, norms, protection devices, practices of care and forms of recognition.
During the course, students may read and discuss additional articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams, focusing on topics such as care, childhood, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The course is organized into six thematic sections.
1. Anthropology of the body, gender and globalization
The first part of the course will introduce the body as a central object of anthropological analysis. It will discuss the ways in which bodies are constructed, modified, disciplined and represented in processes of globalization, with particular attention to gender as an analytical category.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.
2. Genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology
The second part will reconstruct some theoretical lines of gender and feminist anthropology. It will address the relationships between sex, gender, sexuality, culture and power, with attention to the critique of essentialism, ethnographic representation, agency, embodiment, local configurations of gender and the politics of sexuality.
Required reading:
Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, forthcoming.
3. Sex, gender, sexuality and the politics of desire
This part of the course will analyse sexuality as a political and moral field, shaped by norms, hierarchies, classifications and conflicts. It will discuss the ways in which sexual and gender categories are produced, translated, localized and globalized.
4. Agency, embodiment and subjectivation
The course will address the relationship between body, subject, discipline and agency, questioning simple oppositions between freedom and subordination, resistance and subjection. Particular attention will be paid to processes of embodiment of norms and to the situated production of subjectivities.
5. Care, vulnerability, violence and protection
This section will discuss the relationship between care, vulnerability, violence and protection, with attention to the ambivalent effects of moral, legal, medical and humanitarian devices that intervene on bodies. It will examine the ways in which protection may reduce certain forms of violence, while also producing classifications, stigma, silencing and new forms of control.
6. Politics of bodies and public anthropology
The final part of the course will focus on contemporary politics of bodies and on the public responsibility of anthropology. It will discuss the role of words, categories, classifications and institutional practices in the production of bodily, sexual and gendered differences.
Core Documentation
Michela Fusaschi, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropologiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Roma, CISU, 2018.Michela Fusaschi, Politiche dei corpi. Genealogie dell’antropologia di genere e femminista, in stampa.
Supplementary materials
During the course, students will also read and discuss selected articles, available in open access or uploaded to Moodle/Teams. These articles will be indicated at the beginning of the course and will focus on topics such as care, reproduction, gender transitions, masculinities, sexuality, emotional labour, welfare, violence and the politics of bodies.
The articles discussed in class may be used for group work, seminar presentations or individual assignments.
Attendance
Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended. Students who attend at least 80% of classes will be considered attending students, according to the attendance recording procedures that will be communicated at the beginning of the course.Type of evaluation
Teaching methods The course will consist of lectures, guided discussion of the readings, analysis of ethnographic cases and seminar-style activities. Lectures will reconstruct the main theoretical and methodological concepts of the political anthropology of bodies and genders. Particular attention will be paid to critical reading of texts, comparison between ethnographic cases, and discussion of the categories used to name, classify and govern bodies, differences, sexualities and gender relations. Depending on the number of attending students, group work may be organized on specific texts, ethnographic cases or topics addressed during the course. Attendance Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended. Students who attend at least 80% of classes will be considered attending students, according to the attendance recording procedures that will be communicated at the beginning of the course. Assessment methods Assessment will include in-class activities during the course and a final examination. During the course, students will take in-class self-assessment tests aimed at progressively checking their understanding of the main concepts, required readings and topics discussed in class. These tests are intended as formative activities and as a support for individual study. The final examination will consist of a multiple-choice test based on the required readings and on the topics addressed during the course. For attending students, group work may also be organized, provided that the number of participants allows it. Group activities may focus on specific themes, readings or ethnographic cases discussed during the course. Detailed instructions will be provided in class and published on Moodle/Teams. Assessment will take into account: knowledge of the required readings; understanding of fundamental concepts in the anthropology of body, gender and sexuality; ability to connect the different texts and thematic sections of the course; appropriate use of disciplinary vocabulary; capacity for critical and comparative analysis; participation in in-class activities, for attending students. Assessment criteria Positive evaluation will be based on: accurate knowledge of the readings; the ability to reconstruct the main genealogies of gender and feminist anthropology; the ability to critically discuss concepts such as body, gender, sex, sexuality, agency, embodiment, vulnerability, violence, care and power; the ability to distinguish between ethnographic description, anthropological interpretation and moral judgement; the ability to connect ethnographic cases, theoretical categories and institutional devices; clarity of exposition and appropriate use of anthropological vocabulary. A merely mnemonic preparation, not accompanied by the ability to connect texts, concepts and ethnographic cases, will not be sufficient for a high evaluation.