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

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

The program for non-attending students is the same

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARCO AIME (President)

SALVATORE BRUNO BARBA

GAIA COTTINO (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

September 18th

Teams access code 2mr3lpj

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

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 ".