Teaching code

4S00742

Teacher

Giorgia Decarli

Coordinatore

Giorgia Decarli

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Period

Sem. 2B dal Apr 12, 2023 al May 27, 2023.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

Learning objectives

At the end of the course the student should: - have a basic knowledge of the fundamentals of socio-cultural anthropology in the various fields of kinship, visions of the world, power relationships, economics, social inequalities and the modern globalized world in order to comparatively understand human variation from a social and cultural viewpoint; - have a knowledge of the most widespread social and cultural inequality construction processes in order to understand the main forms of racism in the contemporary world At the end of the course, the student should be able: - to promote cultural decentralization and to use anthropological knowledge to intervene in marginality situations and integration difficulties; - to plan, create and evaluate in an anti-racist perspective of social inclusion and intercultural dialogue.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No precondition is required.

Program

The course mainly deals with:
- the conceptual methods and tools of socio-cultural anthropology (especially the concepts of culture and society);
- the fundamentals of anthropology of the organizations with a special focus on the way how (in the light of different cosmologies) individuals and organizations give meaning and respond to the processes of social change in contemporary contexts;
- the cultural dynamics that are activated in the intertwining of local logics and global processes giving life to new organizational and institutional forms.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Didactics is enriched with case studies and ethnographic examples partly coming from the teacher's personal field experiences. The teaching requires the active involvement of students.

Learning assessment procedures

Learning levels will be assessed by a quiz.
The student must demonstrate to have understood the important elements of the discipline's main theoretical arguments; to be able to express his/her own reasoning in a precise manner and in a limited amount of time; to be able to critically analyze and connect elements of anthropology of the family in relation to case of removal of Roma children from their families.
The examination will consist of 31 questions concerning both general and specific issues.
The examination will last 1 hour.
By the date of the exam, students must have downloaded SEB security system on their computer and tested that their internet connection is stable.

DUE TO THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY THE MODALITIES OF THE EXAM MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO VARIATIONS.

Evaluation criteria

Each answer will be rated with a score between 0 and 1 on the basis of correctness.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The grade will be calculated by adding the scores obtained for each correct answer.

Exam language

Italiano