22910249 - Cultural antropology

The course provides a solid knowledge of the main concepts, theoretical perspectives, and methodological tools of Cultural Anthropology. Languages, theories, and anthropological methods allow students to achieve skills to read different socio-cultural contexts and develop critical thinking autonomy to explore the contemporary social processes concerning social vulnerability and discrimination.
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Fruizione: 22910309 Antropologia della globalizzazione in Scienze pedagogiche e scienze dell'educazione degli adulti e della formazione continua LM-85 PINELLI BARBARA

Programma

For a long time, globalization was considered a hyperbole of connections between geographical and cultural spaces, emphasizing a possible erosion of social and spatial boundaries. Nevertheless, since the 1990s, the so-called global processes have exacerbated differences, reinforcing border areas, strengthening borders, and social belongings.
Putting at the core these anthropological issues, the course a) offers concepts and methods of social and cultural anthropology b) develops basic knowledge and analytical tools which c) will help build a critical gaze on contemporary conditions of vulnerability and discrimination. On this background, the course's second part analyzes the ways in which globalization processes affect the production of racial, gender, cultural, and class discriminations, as well as their intersections. This perspective on the intersectionality of oppression allows to explore the construction of the social hierarchies on differences, political vulnerability, and forms of resistance.
The ethnographic method and ethnographic examples will encourage a participatory method to understand the ‘otherness’, becoming a helpful means to develop a comparative and non-ethnocentric perspective, together with micro-macro levels of analysis.

Testi Adottati

1)
Palumbo Berardino, Pizza Giovanni, Schirripa Pino (2023). Antropologia culturale e sociale. Concetti, storia, prospettive. Hoepli.
Parte Prima. L’antropologia e i suoi campi (pp. 1-38).
Parte Seconda. Panoramica storica degli studi di antropologia culturale e sociale (pp. 39-114).
Parte terza. Parole chiave per un’antropologia contemporanea: Corpo (pp. 134-149); Femminismo e antropologia (pp.165-177); Genere (pp. 178-188); Mobilità (pp. 256-270); Resistenze (pp. 271-285)

2) A text of your choice:

Altin Roberta (a cura) (2022). FUORICLASSE. Migranti e figli di migranti (dis)persi nel sistema scolastico di un’area di frontiera. Disponibile in formato pdf alla pagina https://eut.units.it/it/catalogo/fuoriclasse-migranti-e-figli-di-migranti-dispersi-nel-sistema-scolastico-di-unarea-di-frontiera/5505
Tabet Paola (1996). La pelle giusta. Einaudi. (testo disponibile solo in formato ebook per edizioni StreetLib o in formato kindle)

3) Reference articles and suggested lecture notes (will be indicated and uploaded by the teacher)


Modalità Erogazione

Lectures will be supported by Power Point and audio-visual materials, as well as by the reading and analyzing ethnographic examples. These support-tools intend to encourage the active participation of the students, dialogues, and discussions on the course topics.

Modalità Frequenza

Attendance is not mandatory. However, participation in the course is recommended for a greater understanding of the disciplinary debate, the bibliography, and active participation in classroom discussions.

Modalità Valutazione

Oral interview, about 15/20 minutes. Through questions/answers, it will be verified that: 1) the students have read the materials assigned 2) the students are able to interpret and reflect on concepts and perspectives illustrated; 3) the students have developed the capacity of autonomous thought and to apply concepts to different contexts.