Studying at the University of Verona
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Study Plan
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Laurea in Lettere - 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.
1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
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Latin literature (i)
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Latin literature (i)
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2 MODULES AMONG THE FOLLOWING
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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.
Cultural Anthropology (i) (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S01217
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
The teaching is organized as follows:
Parte 1
Credits
4
Period
2 A, 2 B
Academic staff
Anna Maria Paini
Parte 2
Learning objectives
Through various teaching methods (lectures, discussions, case studies, meetings with experts), the course aims to introduce students to a critical knowledge of some key concepts of the discipline and to its methodology; it also introduces them to some open debates within contemporary theoretical and ethnographic contexts with reference to ethnographic material and immaterial cultural heritage, highlighting the sensibilities and potentialities of an anthropological perspective. By the end of the course the student is expected to: a. have acquired knowledge of the main categories used within anthropology and become acquainted with anthropological research practices 2. be capable of distinguishing and connecting the concepts of tangible and of intangible ethnographic cultural heritage; 3. be capable of making use of the acquired tools to approach contemporary cultural and intercultural processes and of addressing cultural differences.
Prerequisites and basic notions
For those who are on their firts course in Cultural Anthropology, it is strongly recommende to read 'Prima lezione di antropologia' di Francesco Remotti (2000, Laterza) before classes start.
Program
The Ethnocentric Gaze
In this second part of the course (12h), we will address the issue of the ethnocentric gaze through the analysis of some literary texts by Italian and foreigner authors and try to understand what it means to argue that 'race' is a 'naturalistic metaphor' (A. Rivera). In order to experience (to practice) the perspective of a decentralized gaze, we will be discussing some female author’s texts (Sally Morgan, Gladys Milroy and Jill Milroy, Chimamanda Adichie, Nadeesha Uyangoda).
Readings (for the manual see Part 1)
Barbujani, Guido (2007) L'invenzione delle razze, Bompiani, Milano.
Uyangoda, Nadeesha (2021) L’unica persona nera nella stanza 66THAND2ND, Roma.
Ngozi Adicihie, Chimamanda (2020) Il pericolo di un'unica storia, Einaudi. Torino. [2009, The Danger of a Single Story]
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Various teaching methods:
a. lectures
b. case studies
c. discussions
Learning assessment procedures
For those attending classes : class participation, in-class presentation and final paper .
For those NOT attending classes: Final oral exam. The student is asked questions about the course readings and about the thematic aspects dealt with. The student should bring with her/him the texts which s/he has studied. T
Erasmus and international students may study alternative texts and take the final exam in English or French. If interested, they need to discuss the choice of the new reading materials with me during Office hours.
Evaluation criteria
The oral test seeks to verify:
- the breadth of knowledge gained;
- the use of a correct language;
- the ability to make connections.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
he final evaluation is based on 30/30.
Exam language
Italiano