70025 - Cultural Anthropology.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students will know the main theoretical and methodological approaches in anthropology; the evolution of concepts such as culture, ethnicity, ethnocentrism, racism; and, finally, how to use some theoretical perspectives in the analysis of social processes such as migration, exclusion and violence

Course contents

The course will take place during the first semester (from October to November 2014) at the Cesena Campus of the School of Psychology and Education (address: p.zza A. Moro, 90). The course will focus on the definition and history of the anthropological studies. We will take into account the transformation of concepts such as culture and ethnicity together with the main theoretical and methodological problems faced by the discipline. We will discuss the relativist critique of human rights and its limitations, the evolution of ethnographic research and the different theoretical paradigms characterising the anthropological thought. We will also focus on medical and urban anthropology and on the study of the connections between local and global cultures together with transnational migration.

Readings/Bibliography

- Dei, F. Antropologia culturale, Il Mulino, 2012
- Riccio, B. (a cura di) Migrazioni transnazionali dall'Africa, UTET, 2008
- Reader available at:http://campus.unibo.it/

Teaching methods

Lectures and workshops

Assessment methods

The written exam last 2 hours when the students have to answer to three open ended questions within a limited space (one page per question). Books and chapters cannot be consulted during the exam. The aim of the exam is to asses the assimilation of the main concepts introduced during lectures and to evaluate the logical consequentiality with which they are discussed.

Teaching tools

Some of the didactic material will be available to students at: http://campus.unibo.it/

Office hours

See the website of Bruno Riccio