HISTORY OF LABOUR AND LABOUR MOVEMENT

The course is among the Core Educational Activities of the Master's degree Programme in Historical Studies: Middle Ages, Early Modern and Modern Ages.
The aim of the course is the knowledge of the major transformations of labour in the contemporary age, with particular regard to the processes of change from the 1970s to present time.

Knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge of the main transformations of work in Italian society and their political and cultural manifestations
- knowledge of the historiographical debate concerning the transformations of work
- understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the topic of work (history, sociology, economics, anthropology, Cultural Studies)
- understanding of the diversity of stakeholders involved in the regulation of work (workers, trade unions and professional associations, policy-makers)

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- ability to understand the public debate on labour
- ability to distinguish between the perspectives of those involved in the world of work
- ability to design an interdisciplinary research project on labour issues

Communication and interpersonal skills:
- ability to contribute to a discussion using appropriate terminology
- ability to recognise, interpret and comment on historical records
- ability to formulate research questions

Aptitude for interdisciplinarity and basic knowledge of English.

Anti-Industrial Protests in Italy: Environment, Labour, Community

This course focuses on the history of protest movements against hazardous and polluting industries. It will examine three types of protest that occurred alongside the establishment, development and decline of harmful industries: popular–rural, bourgeois–protectionist and working-class.
It will also reconstruct the reasons for, and forms taken by, the 'environmental issue' in the 1970s, as well as its subsequent transformations in relation to industrial restructuring and deindustrialization. Particular attention will be devoted to the role of workers and trade unions, tensions between labour and the environment, and issues of environmental justice.
Some of the lectures will be dedicated to long-term reconstructions of selected territorial contexts that have been particularly significant in the history of anti-industrial protest.

The reading list for the exam will be provided in due course.
In the meantime, students are advised to read Piero Bevilacqua, La terra è finita. Breve storia dell'ambiente (Laterza 2006).

The exam will consist of a written test to be taken in the classroom via the Moodle platform.

written

The lecturer has a duty to ensure that the rules regarding the authenticity and originality of exam tests and papers are respected. Therefore, if there is suspicion of irregular conduct, an additional assessment may be conducted, which could differ from the original exam description.

The methods for grading marks will be communicated at the time of the final publication of the syllabus.

The course has the structure of a seminar, with 50% of lectures and 50% of discussion among participants. Attendance is warmly recommended.

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