The course aims to analyze the concept of the Digital Revolution as a construction of modern Western thought. Actions, narratives, visions relating to the digital world therefore lend themselves to a dense analysis, capable of revealing the functioning dynamics of each society
The course aims to analyze and critically discuss the concept of the digital revolution as a "fiction" and the challenges posed by this to the interactions between community, culture and personal identity from an anthropological and ethical point of view. The aim is to provide students with the conceptual tools to understand the impact of digital technologies on identity and human relationships.
The purpose of the course is to provide students with the tools to address and explore various aspects of the Digital Revolution, starting from an anthropological perspective. Topics such as the narration of events, the Net as a "total social fact" will be dealt with; digital as a factor in the creation and change of national identities; the cultural hybridization that generates new panoramas. An analysis will also be carried out on the impacts that the digital technological revolution has on people's personal identity and privacy.
Lectures with the use of multimedia supports, guided discussions in the classroom, cooperative learning group activities, individual exercises
At the end of the course the student will have to:
- illustrate the theoretical and methodological concepts and references covered;
- interpret the reality of social media in an anthropological key;
- deconstruct prejudices and narratives concerning the use of social media;
- argue their own original positions;
- develop links between this teaching and other disciplines of the course of study.
The course program also includes the presentation and discussion of the following topics:
how to CONVERSATE
how to EDUCATE
how to INFORM
how to READ
how to play
in the digital field.
-S. Turkle, La conversazione necessaria, Einaudi, Torino, 2016. Altri testi consigliati: - P. Artuso, M. Codogno, Scimmie digitali. Informazione e conoscenza al tempo di Internet, Armando editore, Roma, 2018 - R. Baronciani, Nella tana del Bianconiglio. Saggio sulla mutazione digitale, effequ, Orbetello, 2014 - T. H. Eriksen, Fuori controllo. Un’antropologia del cambiamento accelerato, Einaudi, Torino, 2017 - K. Goldsmith, Perdere tempo su Internet, Einaudi, Torino, 2017 - D. Mazzucco, Propaganda pop. Il fascino del consenso nell’era digitale, Effequ, Orbetello, 2016. - D. Miller, Cose che parlano di noi, il Mulino, Bologna, 2014 - C. Tuniz, P.Tiberi Vipraio, La scimmia vestita. Dalle tribù di primati all’intelligenza artificiale, Carocci, Roma, 2018
Ricevimento: In attendance, at a time to be determined.
SALVATORE BRUNO BARBA (President)
MARCO AIME
GAIA COTTINO (President Substitute)
First semester, starting from the first useful date of September
Oral examination
In addition to the oral assessment of understanding of the topics of the course, students will be able to carry out some exercises (strongly recommended but not mandatory). The class exercise, in the form of a presentation and critical discussion, will contribute, for those who have carried it out, half of the vote for the final exam.
Students are invited to consult the materials posted periodically in the web classroom. Information on this will be provided during the lessons.
Students with SLD, disability or other special educational needs certification are advised to contact both the referent Prof. Canepa and the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods which, in compliance with the objectives of the teaching, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.
