Teaching code

4S009135

Teacher

Giorgia Decarli

Coordinator

Giorgia Decarli

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Period

Sem. 1B dal Nov 11, 2024 al Dec 21, 2024.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

General Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding of the main processes of social change.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Ability to place users’ problems in the wider social dynamics;
ability to design and carry out researches on social problems and needs of specific territorial areas

Specific learning outcomes
The course aims at providing students with the peculiarities of the anthropological perspective focusing on the global-local dynamics and on the relation between anthropology and other social sciences. From the empirical point of view, the course wants to make students acquire the basic knowledge and skills necessary to think anthropologically on globalization phenomena mindfully applying the method of cultural relativism.

Prerequisites and basic notions

None

Program

The first part of the course will focus on the ways in which individuals use culture to relate to and transform the world and on the organisation of material life. The outlines of general anthropology will be explained and questions such as: what is the anthropological perspective? What is the anthropological concept of culture? What does anthropology mean by cultural relativism? What is ethnographic research? What is cosmology? What are relationality systems? What are marriage and family structures?
The course will then look at the relationship between European and non-European societies by addressing issues such as inequality (of gender, class, caste, 'race'), ethnicity and nationalism, cultural imperialism and cultural hybridity, and evolutionary anthropology. Finally, the course will explore some aspects of the anthropology of family and kinship in relation to the topic of adoptions and, in particular, adoptions of Roma children. Starting from ethnographic cases and framing them in the current debate on family relations in plural cultural contexts, the course will explore the relationship between services and Roma families involved in cases of child removal and will do so, above all, from an emic perspective, that is, from the point of view of the families themselves.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Teaching enriched with case studies and ethnographic examples partly from personal field experiences. Teaching involves active involvement of students.

Learning assessment procedures

The examination includes a written test to ascertain the learning expected of students. The test covers the main topics of the syllabus.
The student is expected to demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of socio-cultural anthropology, to be familiar with the main concepts of enterprise anthropology and to be able to present his/her arguments in an appropriate manner.
The test consists of 3 open questions.
The time allocated for the test will be 1 hour.
There are no differences between attending and non-attending students.
The study program for Erasmus students is the same as for the class. They can choose to take the exam in Italian or in English, although choosing Italian is strongly encouraged.

Evaluation criteria

Each answer is assigned a score from 0 to 10 points based both on the correctness and accuracy of what is expressed, and on the use of language that must be anthropologically appropriate and correct from the point of view of syntax and grammar. Honors can be awarded.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The mark will be the sum of the points obtained with each correct answer

Exam language

Italiano

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