Programme

This course introduces students to key concepts of legal anthropology in order to understand the relationship between legal processes and other aspects of cultural, social and political life in a pluralistic context.
It will focus on issues relating to the complexities and challenges posed to law by the increasing cultural diversity of our societies. Students will be encouraged to reflect on the implications of an anthropological understanding of law and the different legal traditions studied by anthropologists, and to attempt to apply these concepts in concrete situations, with a focus on gender relations.

Core Documentation

1. Fusaschi M. 2014, “Luoghi della migrazione e corpi della tradizione. Aggravanti e attenuanti culturali in materia di modificazioni dei genitali femminili”, in Studi emigrazione/Migration Studies, (in pdf fornito dalla docente)

2. Engle Merry, S. "Le norme per la protezione dei diritti umani e la demonizzazione della cultura (passando per l'antropologia)", in Diritti e culture. Un'antologia critica, a cura di R. Cammarata, L. Mancini, P. Tincani, Giappichelli, Torino 2014 (53-67 pp.);

3. Colajanni A, (2019), Diritti, identità, culture in Diritto penale uomo, (in OA : https://dirittopenaleuomo.org/contributi_dpu/diritti-identita-culture/)

4. Fusaschi, M., Cavatorta, G. (2021). Le modificazioni dei genitali femminili nel discorso dei diritti umani delle donne. Morale umanitaria, assoggettamento e vernacolarizzazione. SCIENZA & POLITICA, 33-51 [https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-9618/13779] (in OA)

Type of delivery of the course

Seminar lectures are planned. The presence and active participation of students are essential

Attendance

Attending is recommended but not mandatory

Type of evaluation

For those attending classes, a paper to be discussed in class on a topic decided during the course. For those not attending: a written test.