ANTHROPOLOGY

1. DEFINITION OF CULTURE
• What is anthropology
• The origins of the anthropological concept of culture.
• Culture and its "nature". Do the boundaries of a culture exist?
• Dynamism of culture and creativity.
• The methodology
• The demo-etno anthropological studies
2. RACE AND ETHNICITY
• Unity and variety of mankind.
• Overcoming the scientific race category.
• The concept of race and its use on the political scene and in social contexts.
• Definitions of racism (racist differentiation, how to recognize neo-racism).
• Ethnicity and ethnic group.
• Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
• The meanings of the term "ethnicity".
3. SEX AND GENDER
• Sex, gender and social relationships.
4. RELIGION AND SECULARISM
5. MIGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION
6. THE ROLE OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT SCHOOL

During the course the general aspects of the discipline are introduced: the historical genesis of anthropological thought, the methods of empirical and theoretical research. Examples of the application of anthropology to the critical analysis of the contemporary and in particular of the school will be studied in depth.
N.B. The exam is worth 6 CFU for the purpose of recognizing the valid credits for the attainment of the 24 credits necessary for access to future initial training courses, internships and insertion in the teaching function for secondary school teachers (FIT).

Ability to understand the texts read and to articulate a synthesis of the concepts acquired.

The origins of the anthropological concept of culture.
• Culture and its "nature". Do the boundaries of a culture exist?
• Dynamism of culture and creativity.
• Unity and variety of mankind.
• Overcoming the scientific race category.
• The concept of race and its use on the political scene and in social contexts.
• Definitions of racism (racist differentiation, how to recognize neo-racism).
• Ethnicity and ethnicity.
• Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
• The meanings of the term "ethnicity".
• Sex, gender and social relationships.
• Religion and secularism
• The globalization.

Manuale di riferimento (solo paragrafi selezionati come specificato nella piattaforma moodle): Emily A. Schultz, Robert H.Lavenda. 2015 (terza edizione italiana). “Antropologia culturale”. A cura di Manuela Tassan. Zanichelli Editore.

Leoncini, S. 2011 "Etnografia in contesti scolastici. Prospettiva di ricerca tra antropologia e pedagogia, Focus sulla metodologia", Formazione e insegnamento, rivista internazionale di scienze dell'educazione e della formazione, vol.9, n.3.

Papa, C. 2016 "L'antropologia a scuola e nella formazione degli insegnanti. Le prospettive in Italia", ANUAC, vol.5, n.2.

Falcinelli F., Falteri P., Pascolini F. 2017 "Antropologia culturale e didattica dei saperi disciplinari: un'esperienza laboratoriste", in Giornale Italiano della ricerca educativa, anno X.

Dei F., 2011 "A cosa serve l'etnografia in una scuola?", in Antropologia dei mondi della scuola. Questioni di metodo ed esperienze etnografiche, CISU.

The final exam will consist in a written part and it takes into account tests that the students will carry on every week in the Moodle platform. Because of the COVID-19 emergency the final exam will be taken on Moodle platform.
The scores obtained in the three online tests, which are mandatory, do not compromise the admission to the final exam; for more details, see the course page on Moodle.

Use of Moodle platform and frontal lessons. Because of the COVID-19 emergency the frontal lessons will be taken on Moodle platform.

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