Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea magistrale in Governance dell'emergenza - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Sociology of catastrophes and cultural traumas (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S003640
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SPS/08 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
Period
1° periodo di lezioni - GEM dal Sep 30, 2020 al Dec 19, 2020.
Learning outcomes
A civil defence worker with sufficient professional training should have not only technical capabilities but also cultural and sociological awareness in order to deal with the more strictly social conse-quences of disasters as well as the practical ones. The former are less visible, therefore tend to be underestimated although they are the least simple to deal with. On the other hand, however, they are also those which plant the most lasting consequences in the humus of the social group and those which are most at risk of leading to crisis. Students on this course will be expected to be familiar with these issues and their more cultural and social implications and to demonstrate their ability to discuss them critically and apply them to specific contexts, using the case studies which will be discussed during the course.
Program
The aim of this course is to explore a number of social, organizational and cultural mechanisms which lie behind the making sense of and constructing the meaning of disasters in the heart of the communities hit by them. The principal of these mechanisms are the cultural and symbolic meanings which social groups assign to catastrophes and the consequences their arrival can lead to regarding the social identity of the groups’ members.
A number of crucial areas for the sociological analysis of disasters will be examined in depth:
a. Identity: the implications and consequences which the occurrence of unexpected events generates concerning the sense of continuity of the individual self and social groups;
b. Risk: we will examine the issue of risk from macrosocial, microsocial and cultural perspectives;
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Ligi Gianluca | Antropologia dei disastri (Edizione 1) | Laterza | 2009 | 9788842086093 | |
| Alexander Jeffrey C. | Trauma. La rappresentazione sociale del dolore | Meltemi | 2018 | Capitoli 1, 2 e 3 | |
| Migliorati Lorenzo | Un sociologo nella zona rossa. Rischio, paura, morte e creatività ai tempi di Covid-19 | Franco Angeli | 2020 | 9788835105213 | Il testo è disponibile in Open Access (download gratuito: https://ojs.francoangeli.it/_omp/index.php/oa/catalog/book/497) |
Examination Methods
The final evaluation of this course consists in verifying that the student has acquired:
1. Content of the course (with specific reference to the suggested books);
2. The ability to "cross" critically the content of course by producing a synthesis of knowledge and personal re-elaboration;
3. The ability of oral expression, logically consequential and appropriate to the depth level of the required analysis.
5. The ability to synthesize thought expressed in an oral form.
