The course aims to:
a) Introduce students to different fields of Anthropology in understanding socio-cultural diversity in the processes of globalization.
b) Reconstructing the path and the contemporary critical debate on basic anthropological issues as identity, culture and ethnicity, in relation to the dynamics of transnationalism, mobility, creolization and cultures traffic
c) Highlight the various approaches of ethnographical practice, starting from participant observation and fieldwork, up to the multi-sited and multi-scalar perspective, analyzing and assuming different postures (gender ethnography in the local and global contexts).
a) Introduce students to different fields of Anthropology in understanding socio-cultural diversity in the processes of globalization.
b) Reconstructing the path and the contemporary critical debate on basic anthropological issues as identity, culture and ethnicity, in relation to the dynamics of transnationalism, mobility, creolization and cultures traffic
c) Highlight the various approaches of ethnographical practice, starting from participant observation and fieldwork, up to the multi-sited and multi-scalar perspective, analyzing and assuming different postures (gender ethnography in the local and global contexts).
scheda docente
materiale didattico
2. A. Appadurai, N. Alexander, 2020, Fallimento, Raffaello Cortina, Milano.
3. M. Fusaschi, G. Rebucini, 2024, Generi. Per un’antropologia femminista e queer (in press)
Programma
The 6 cfu course, in addition to recapitulating central themes and problems of cultural and social anthropology-the concept of culture, overcoming “race,” relativism/ethnocentrism, ethnic identity, and the analysis of socio-historical processes of contact and the colonial situation-will focus on the critical literature and political anthropology of the processes of globalization. A number of lines of research will then be explored: the first related to the contradictions of the dynamics related to network technologies, new work identities and economic models of success/failure; a second one, on the other hand, dedicated to the epistemological innovations related to the theme of gender in its complex plural declination, in the wake of feminist and queer anthropology.Testi Adottati
1. F. Pompeo, 2018, Elementi di antropologia critica, Meti, Torino.2. A. Appadurai, N. Alexander, 2020, Fallimento, Raffaello Cortina, Milano.
3. M. Fusaschi, G. Rebucini, 2024, Generi. Per un’antropologia femminista e queer (in press)
Modalità Frequenza
Attendance is not mandatory. However, participation in the course is recommended for a greater understanding of the disciplinary debate, the sharing of bibliography and online materials in the classroom , for active participation in the ensuing discussions in classroom.Modalità Valutazione
The general mode is the oral examination: students will bring the expected program and will be assessed through an interview on the texts (one / two questions for each text for a maximum duration of 20 minutes). 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. The written, or multiple-choice questionnaire is optional and can be requested or proposed in relation to large numbers. All the provisions governing the methods of carrying out teaching activities and evaluations of students* with special needs will be implemented.