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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.

Academic calendar

Course calendar

The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..

Definition of lesson periods
Period From To
Sem. IA (31.10.16 sosp.lezioni) Oct 3, 2016 Nov 12, 2016
Sem. IB Nov 14, 2016 Jan 21, 2017
Sem. IIA Feb 27, 2017 Apr 22, 2017
Sem. IIB Apr 24, 2017 Jun 10, 2017
Exam sessions
Session From To
Sessione Estiva Jun 12, 2017 Jul 29, 2017
Sessione Autunnale Aug 21, 2017 Sep 23, 2017
Sessione Straordinaria Jan 22, 2018 Feb 24, 2018
Degree sessions
Session From To
Sessione Estiva Jul 10, 2017 Jul 15, 2017
Sessione Autunnale Dec 18, 2017 Dec 21, 2017
Sessione Invernale Mar 23, 2018 Mar 29, 2018
Holidays
Period From To
Festa di Ognissanti Nov 1, 2016 Nov 1, 2016
Festa dell'Immacolata Concezione Dec 8, 2016 Dec 8, 2016
Vacanze Natalizie Dec 23, 2016 Jan 7, 2017
Vacanze Pasquali Apr 14, 2017 Apr 18, 2017
Festa della liberazione Apr 25, 2017 Apr 25, 2017
Festa dei Lavoratori May 1, 2017 May 1, 2017
Festa del Santo Patrono - San Zeno May 21, 2017 May 21, 2017
Festa della Repubblica Jun 2, 2017 Jun 2, 2017
Vacanze Estive Aug 14, 2017 Aug 19, 2017

Exam calendar

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Exam calendar

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Academic staff

B C E G L M N O P R S T Z

Bernini Lorenzo

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Buonopane Alfredo

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Burro Roberto

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Ciancio Luca

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Cusinato Guido

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Erle Giorgio

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Guaraldo Olivia

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foto,  July 11, 2018

Longo Mario

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Marcolungo Ferdinando Luigi

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Moro Valentina

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Napolitano Linda

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Ophaelders Markus Georg

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Panattoni Riccardo

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Peruzzi Enrico

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Piasere Leonardo

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Poggi Davide

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Prandi Luisa

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Rossi Mariaclara

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Savardi Ugo

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Secondulfo Domenico

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Solla Gianluca

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Tommasi Wanda

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Tuppini Tommaso

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Zamboni Chiara

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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 enrollment year.

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Prova finale
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activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
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S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S003326

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Period

Sem. IA dal Sep 25, 2017 al Nov 11, 2017.

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

ETNOGRAPHY AND COSMOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTIONS

- 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.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
L. Piasere L'etnografo imperfetto Laterza 2002 88-420-6655-9 O qualsiasi edizione successiva
Ph. Descola Oltre Natura e Cultura SEID 2014 978-8-889-47343-6

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.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Type D and Type F activities

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News for 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


Gestione carriere


Linguistic training CLA


Internships


Graduation

Documents

List of theses and work experience proposals

theses proposals Research area
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

Practical information for students

Documents

Title Info File
File pdf 1 - Guida per lo studente - AGGIORNAMENTO 2022 pdf, it, 325 KB, 02/05/23
File pdf 2 - Guida per lo studente - AGGIORNAMENTO 2020 pdf, it, 212 KB, 02/05/23
File pdf 3 - Guida per lo studente - AGGIORNAMENTO 2013 pdf, it, 131 KB, 02/05/23

Student mentoring


Student login and resources


Activities

This web page aims to publicise, in a direct and targeted way, the activities (conferences, seminars, books presentations, etc.) promoted by the Master's Degree in Philosophical Sciences of the UniVr or pertaining to the same, in so far as they are linked to the themes and the teachers of the two-year Master's Degree.