CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY FOR TEACHING

A first approximation to the following concepts:
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 in Italy
2. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
3. 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".
4. SEX AND GENDER
• Sex, gender and social relationships.
5. RELIGION AND SECULARISM
6. FORMS OF EXCHANGE AND WAYS OF DISTRIBUTION
7. MIGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION
8. THE ROLE OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT SCHOOL

The aim of the course is to introduce future teachers to the acquisition of those basic elements that allow them to understand cultural diversity and world views through the enhancement of differences.
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 course aims to provide a first approach to understanding cultural diversity and the socio-cultural dynamics of belonging.
• 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.
Languages and culture.
• 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.

Reference manuals for the general part (only selected paragraphs as specified in the moodle platform):

- Emily A. Schultz, Robert H.Lavenda, Antropologia culturale, Zanichelli Editore, 2015.
- Manuela Tassan, Antropologia per insegnare. Diversità culturale e processi educativi, Zanichelli Editore, 2020.
- Conrad P. Kottak, Antropologia culturale (edizione italiana a cura di Laura Bonato), McGraw Hill, 2020.

Other in-depth texts:

- M. Pavanello, Fare antropologia. Metodi per la ricerca etnografica, Zanichelli, 2009, pp. 42-54.
- L. Piasere, La sfida: dire “qualcosa di antropologico” sulla scuola, in Antropologia, 4, 2013, pp. 7-17.
- E. Morin, La comprensione in seno alla scuola, in: E. Morin, Insegnare a vivere. Manifesto per cambiare l’educazione, Raffello Cortina Editore, 2015, pp. 81-95.
- S. Lelli, Etnografia di una scuola plurilingue, in S. Lelli, Conflitti identitari e pubbliche istituzioni, 2014, pp. 1-17.
- F. Gobbo, Quotidiana diversità, intercultura, etnografia, in (a cura di COSPE), Esperienza di quotidiana culturalità, 2015, pp. 16-22.

The 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. 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 ZOOM

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development