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.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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Sem. IA | Sep 28, 2015 | Nov 8, 2015 |
Sem. IB | Nov 9, 2015 | Jan 17, 2016 |
Sem. IIA | Feb 22, 2016 | Apr 24, 2016 |
Sem. IIB | Apr 25, 2016 | Jun 5, 2016 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione Estiva | Jun 6, 2016 | Jul 31, 2016 |
Sessione Autunnale | Sep 1, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 |
Sessione Invernale | Jan 23, 2017 | Feb 25, 2017 |
Session | From | To |
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Sesione Estiva | Jul 8, 2016 | Jul 15, 2016 |
Sessione Autunnale (Solo Scienze del Serv. Sociale: Ven. 04/11/2016) | Nov 21, 2016 | Nov 26, 2016 |
Sessione Invernale | Apr 3, 2017 | Apr 8, 2017 |
Period | From | To |
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Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2015 | Nov 1, 2015 |
Festa dell'Immacolata | Dec 8, 2015 | Dec 8, 2015 |
Vacanze Natalizie | Dec 23, 2015 | Jan 6, 2016 |
Vacanze Pasquali | Mar 24, 2016 | Mar 29, 2016 |
Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2016 | Apr 25, 2016 |
Festa dei Lavoratori | May 1, 2016 | May 1, 2016 |
Festa del S. Patrono S. Zeno | May 21, 2016 | May 21, 2016 |
Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2016 | Jun 2, 2016 |
Vacanze Estive | Aug 8, 2016 | Aug 15, 2016 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Humanistic Studies Teaching and Student Services Unit.
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Academic staff

Longo Mario

Mastrocinque Attilio

Peruzzi Enrico
Study Plan
The 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 enrolment 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.
Epistemology and Ethnographic Hermeneutics (M) (2016/2017)
Teaching code
4S003326
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Period
Sem. IA (31.10.16 sosp.lezioni) dal Oct 3, 2016 al Nov 12, 2016.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and capacity to understand
At the end of the course, the student should:
- have a basic knowledge of the fundamental epistemological and hermeneutic principles of anthropological ethnography;
- have a basic knowledge of the main cosmological models as reconstructed by ethnographic surveys;
- have a basic knowledge of the stages in the historical development of naturalistic cosmology.
Knowledge and capacity to apply understanding
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
• consciously apply analogical reasoning in the cultural field;
- recognize the epistemological bases of an ethnographic text;
- recognize the fundamental features of the main forms of cosmology;
- cosmologically position a philosophical theory.
Independent judgment
At the end of the course, the students will have acquired:
• the capacity to critically analyze an anthropological text in relation to its ethnological bases;
• the capacity to anthropologically analyze a vision of the world (or cosmology)
• the capacity to critically analyze the cosmological foundations of a philosophical theory.
Communication skills
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
• consciously use specific terms relating to anthropological ethnography themes;
• speak precisely about the differences and similarities between the various ethnographic theories;
• speak precisely about the cosmological problems involved in the nature-culture relationship.
Capacity to learn
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
• analyze the quality of an ethnographic research;
• identify and analyze culturally-oriented cosmological constructions.
Program
- Ethnography between epistemology and hermeneutics;
- The problem of experiments in the history of anthropology;
- Ethnography as an experiment of experience;
- The cognitive bases of analogy and analogies in anthropology;
- "Perduction": resonance, empathy and serendipity in ethnography;
- The historical construction of the concept of "nature";
- The historical construction of naturalism;
- The new concept of animism;
- The new concept of totemism;
- Analogism.
Requirements
- basic knowledge of cultural anthropology contents;
- in-depth knowledge of the current principles of western philosophy.
Teaching methods
Lectures with inter-active exchanges with the students.
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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L. Piasere | L'etnografo imperfetto | Laterza | 2002 | 88-420-6655-9 | |
Ph. Descola | Oltre Natura e Cultura | SEID | 2014 | 978-8-889-47343-6 | |
Antonio Marazzi | Uomini, Cyborg e robot umanoidi | Carocci | 2012 |
Examination Methods
Learning levels will be assessed by an oral test. Students must be able to demonstrate:
- to have understood the relevant underlying elements of epistemology and ethnographic hermeneutics;
- to have understood the relevant elements concerning the study of cosmologies as collections with ethnographic methods;
- to be able to express their own reasoning in a precise manner, identifying and selecting the essential elements;
- to be able to critically analyze the relationship between philosophical thought and the cosmological construction on which it is based.
A maximum score of up to 15/30 will be awarded for each of the books to be studied.
Examination methods will be the same for both attending and non-attending students.
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Competenze linguistiche
I crediti formativi universitari relativi alle "Ulteriori competenze linguistiche" (B1 informatizzato se seconda lingua; livello B2 completo se stessa lingua della triennale) possono essere acquisiti in una delle due seguenti modalità:
- iscrizione da parte della/o studente presso il Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA ➔ https://cla.univr.it/it/test-e-certificazioni) per il sostenimento e il superamento delle prove + iscrizione, sempre da parte della/o studente, in apposita lista per la registrazione crediti e registrazione CFU (senza presenza) da parte dell’Università.
Oppure
- equipollenza di certificazioni linguistiche esterne: riconoscimento equipollenza di certificazioni linguistiche esterne (➔ https://cla.univr.it/it/servizi/riconoscimento-delle-certificazioni-linguistiche-esterne).
Graduation
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List of theses and work experience proposals
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Linguaggio e mito in Tolkien | ENGLISH LITERATURE - Critical Theory & Poetics |
Dialettica del negativo in Meister Eckhart | HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - MIDDLE AGES |
La felicità nel Medioevo | HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - MIDDLE AGES |
Le figure di Eva e Maria in Ildegarda di Bingen | HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - MIDDLE AGES |
IA. Una critica fenomenologica al concetto di Intelligenza Artificiale | The Human Mind and Its Complexity: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, philosophy of mind - Philosophy of science, epistemology and logic |
Linguistic training CLA
Internships
Student mentoring
Practical information for students
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