73328 - LABORATORIO DI SPECIALIZZAZIONE PROFESSIONALE IN PREVENZIONE E CURA EDUCATIVA DEL DISAGIO SOCIALE II (G.D)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - is able to move autonomously in applying the specific techniques learned independently or within projects organized by the institutions; - will know how to deal with other subjects on the methods of use and documentation of the techniques learned; - knows how to place the specific knowledge learned in different types of service; - will know how to evaluate the limits and merits of the technical instruments learned; - will know how to transfer the technologies learned in different contexts by making personal modifications and additions

Course contents

The course focuses on ethnographic research practices - from an anthropological perspective – and on their relevance for social workers operating in fields marked by social and/or educational disadvantage. With intermittent theoretical lectures, group work and participatory workshops, we will be exploring some challenges and opportunities to critically approach socio-cultural complexity and developing an ethnographic attitude to navigate professional social and educational worlds. By concretely discussing ethnographies of social services and public policies, the course aims to explore how an ethnographic approach can afford social workers a powerful and unique vehicle for obtaining an in-depth, contextualized understanding of people' perspectives and experiences as well as problematize the institutional, organizational and social contexts in which they operate or will operate professionally.

Readings/Bibliography

Reference books

Cappelletto F. (ed), 2009, Vivere l'etnografia, Firenze, SEID

Semi G. e Bolzoni M., 2022, L'osservazione partecipante: una guida pratica, Seconda Edizione. Bologna, Il Mulino.

Severi, Tarabusi (eds), 2019, I metodi puri impazziscono. Strumenti dell'antropologia e pratiche dell'etnografia al lavoro, Salerno, Licosia.

Tarabusi F., Gallotti C. (eds, Antropologia e servizi: intersezioni etnografiche fra ricerca e applicazione, Ledizioni, Milano, 2023.

Teaching methods

Lectures, weekly individual or collective presentations and discussions, workshops

Assessment methods

The includes a final oral assessment in the classroom, in which students will make use of the knowledge, examples and suggestions acquired during the course to translate critical operational tools in a specific field of educational, social intervention, and cultural mediation. 

Teaching tools

Virtual platform, audio-visual materials and articles provided by the Professor

Office hours

See the website of Federica Tarabusi