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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY

CODE 72982
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 6 cfu during the 1st year of 8769 INFORMAZIONE ED EDITORIA (LM-19) - GENOVA
  • 6 cfu during the 2nd year of 8772 AMMINISTRAZIONE E POLITICHE PUBBLICHE (LM-63) - GENOVA
  • 6 cfu during the 1st year of 8465 METODOLOGIE FILOSOFICHE (LM-78) - GENOVA
  • 6 cfu during the 2nd year of 8465 METODOLOGIE FILOSOFICHE (LM-78) - GENOVA
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    SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-DEA/01
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
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    SEMESTER 1° Semester
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    The course afford form different points of view, the notion of "community". In particular, the differences between the "classical" community of the socio-anthropological tradition and the online communities will be highlighted. The different aspects of the community, from the modalities of aggregation, to the types of bonds and the construction of borders will be examined.

    The concepts of network communication and the anthropological change taking place will be analyzed.

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The educational objective of the discipline is the acquisition of a theoretical and methodological instrumentation functional to the analysis of the communication rhetoric relative to the construction of the "other" and the consequent identity of the "us".

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Provide anthropological interpretations of the complexity that characterizes our age. Introduce the student to the interpretation of issues related to concepts such as: environment, nature, resources, development, sustainability, nutrition.

    PREREQUISITES

    None

    TEACHING METHODS

    Face-to-face lectures, with seminars

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    The program includes a series of readings useful for building a community reading path.

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    M. Engelke, Pensare come un antropologo, Einaudi, Torino

    Più un testo a scelta tra:

    M. Aime, A. Favole, F. Remotti, Il mondo che avrete. Virus, antropocene, rivoluzione, UTET

    G. Cottino, Il peso del corpo, Unicopli, Milano

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    MARCO AIME (President)

    SALVATORE BRUNO BARBA

    GAIA COTTINO (President Substitute)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    September 19th

     

     

    Teams access code 2mr3lpj

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    The exam will be in written form and will consist of a paper with open questions.

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    The result will be proportional to the ability developed by the student to elaborate with critical spirit the basic concepts of anthropological analysis, his ability to connect these concepts with the surrounding reality and to draw an articulated reading.

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    13/12/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
    10/01/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
    08/02/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
    23/05/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
    14/06/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
    05/07/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
    12/09/2023 09:00 GENOVA Scritto

    FURTHER INFORMATION

    Further information and bibliography suggestions can be communicated via aulaweb. Students with SLD certification, disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact both the referent Prof. Aristide 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 instruments ".