CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY M - Z

This teaching course aims to:

1. know to the students the specific placement of anthropological discipline between the several human and social sciences (sociology, economy, history, geography, philosophy);
2. To know the concepts and the analytical instruments which define the anthropological study of human life, compared to others social sciences (sociology, philosophy, history, economy, etctera);
3. deconstructing the social representations sharing in own cultural contest and developing the critical thinking;
4. understand the inequalities and the hierarchies inherent in social relations, including of kinship and gender;

Lectures, presentation of audiovisual materials, seminars

The core course introduces the students to the study of methods, analitic concepts and most contemporary thematic research about the anthropological knowledge.

The focus course keep in consideration three specific thematic research:

1. The relations between society and environment;
2. The relations between sociality and digital communication;
3. The migration experiences and process

Core course

- Tim Ingold, 2020, Antropologia. Ripensare il mondo, Meltemi, Milano, pp. 110

- Matthew Engelke, 2018, Pensare come un antropologo, Einaudi, Torino, pp. 260

Thematic issues

A book to choiche:

1) Società e ambiente

Irene Falconieri, 2017, Smottamenti. Disastri, politiche pubbliche in un comune siciliano, CISU, Roma;

2) Esperienze e processi migratori

Bruno Riccio, 2019 (a cura di), Mobilità. Incursioni etnografiche, Mondadori, Milano;

3) Antropologia della globalizzazione

Thomas, H. Erikksen, 2017, Fuori controllo. Un’antropologia del cambiamento accellerato, Einaudi, Torino

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.