AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The purpose of the course is to provide students with basic notions of Anthropology to analyze the concepts of the Network, the intercultural dimension of communication, ways of learning and using new digital technologies, as well as the analysis of the city as a fabric of meanings. Particular attention will be paid to social media as bridges between bodies and minds, as well as tools for conveying hate speech or, vice versa, for positive messages.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures with the use of multimedia supports, guided discussions in the classroom, group activities of cooperative learning, individual exercises

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

At the end of the course the student will have to: - illustrate the concepts and the theoretical and methodological references dealt with; - interpret the reality of social media in an anthropological key; - deconstruct prejudices and narratives concerning the use of social media; - argue their original positions; - develop links between this teaching and other disciplines of the course of study. CONVERSE EDUCATE INFORM READ PLAY BE FREE

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mandatory text:

- S. Turkle, La conversazione necessaria, Einaudi, Torino,  2016;

A text to be chosen from:

K. Goldsmith, Perdere tempo su Internet, Einaudi, Torino, 2017
- D. Miller, Cose che parlano di noi, il Mulino, Bologna, 2014
- P. Artuso, M. Codogno, Scimmie digitali. Informazione e conoscenza al tempo di Internet, Armando editore, Roma, 2018
- C. Tuniz, P.Tiberi Vipraio, La scimmia vestita. Dalle tribù di primati all’intelligenza artificiale, Carocci, Roma, 2018
- T. H. Eriksen, Fuori controllo. Un’antropologia del cambiamento accelerato, Einaudi, Torino, 2017
- R. Baronciani, Nella tana del Bianconiglio. Saggio sulla mutazione digitale, effequ, Orbetello, 2014
- M. Banti, Wonderland. La cultura di massa da Walt Disney ai Pink Floyd, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2017
- D. Mazzucco, Propaganda pop. Il fascino del consenso nell’era digitale, Effequ, Orbetello, 2016