CODE 65340 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE STORICHE 9917 (LM-84) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-STO/02 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester OVERVIEW An introductory module of the course will be focused on the concept of material culture, on its history, on the ways in which historians used this concept. The course will then focus on biography of objects, the social history of objects and the global life of things.The notion of biography of objects is the core of material culture studies since Kopytoff (1988). The global life of things consider the ways in which things partecipated in the shaping of global connections in the period 1400-1800. AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course has two major learning outcomes: being able to reconstruct the concept of material culture and its history; being able to carry out a critical analysis of the evolution of the concept of material culture, from its material aspects to its cultural aspects, from production to consumption. TEACHING METHODS The course is based on a seminar method. Readings and discussion of texts are part of the course. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY The reading list for this course, together with the lecturer's instructions are available on the italian version of the web page and in Aulaweb. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD OSVALDO RAGGIO Exam Board OSVALDO RAGGIO (President) PAOLO CALCAGNO LUCA LO BASSO LESSONS LESSONS START March, 20 Class schedule MATERIAL CULTURE (LM) EXAMS Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 16/01/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 06/02/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 22/05/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 12/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 26/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 10/07/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 11/09/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale
