B4809 - Anthropology of Globalization (1) (LM)

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Students will develop a deep understanding of a global perspective in anthropology. Students will also develop a critical approach to the relationships between local contexts and global dynamics, with specific attention to processes of indigenization, deterritorialization and hybridization of cultural flows.

Contenuti

Lectures will take place in the third term and will run over five weeks.

A detailed list of readings for each week will be shared with attending students on "Virtuale".

Below, a synthetic description of the contents of the course which will delve into key concepts and methods of the anthropology of globalization.

WEEK 1

• Introduction;
• The emergence of globalization in the anthropological debate;
• Deconstructing dichotomies such as global/local, centre/periphery, mobility/immobility, dynamic/static, present-future/past.

WEEK 2

• Understanding sociocultural dimensions of globalization;
• Talking about culture(s) in a globalized world.

Concepts such as culture, identity, and deterritorialization will be deepened starting from the discussion of ethnographic studies and the seminal contributions to the anthropological understanding of globalization made by Arjun Appadurai.

WEEK 3

• Anthropological approaches to contemporary global flows.

Starting from the discussion of ethnographic studies, the lectures of this week will deal with contemporary global flows such as those of people, information, images, goods, and waste.

WEEK 4

• Doing anthropology of globalization (methods, challenges).

WEEK 5

• Globalization, imagination, future.

Testi/Bibliografia

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS REGULARLY ATTENDING LECTURES

Students who attend at least 75% of the lessons are considered to be attending.

They can either choose one book from the following "First Volume List" and another one from the "Second Volume List" OR refer to the readings discussed during classes and that will be shared and made available on "Virtuale".

First volume (choose one from the following list):

Appadurai, A. (1996), Modernity at large. Cultural dimensions of globalization, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

Eriksen, T. Hylland (ed.) (2003), Globalisation. Studies in anthropology, London; Sterling, Va.: Pluto Press. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna

Inda, J. X. and Rosaldo, R. (eds.) (2008), The anthropology of globalization: a reader, Second edition, Malden-Oxford-Victoria: Blackwell Publishing.

Lewellen, T. (2002), The anthropology of globalization: Cultural anthropology enters the 21^st century, Westport, Conn.: Bergin & Garvey. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

Second Volume (choose one from the following list):

Eriksen, T. Hylland (2016), Overheating. An anthropology of accelerated change, London: Pluto Press. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

Ghosh, A. (2021), The Nutmeg's Curse. Parables for a planet in crisis, London: John Murray.

Miller, D. et al. (2016), How the World Changed Social Media, London: University College of London Press. Open access e-book available at the following page: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474805/1/How-the-World-Changed-Social-Media.pdf

Miller, D. and Woodword, S. (eds.) (2011), Global Denim, English edition, Oxford-New York: Berg. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

Ong, A. (2003), Buddha is hiding: refugees, citizenship, the new America, Berkeley: University of California Press. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

Tsing, A. Lowenhaupt (2005), Friction. An ethnography of global connection, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Tsing, A. Lowenhaupt (2021), The Mushroom at the End of the World. On the possibility of life in capitalist ruins, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING LECTURES

Students not attending lectures have to read three books.

The first one is Eriksen, T. Hylland (2016), Overheating. An anthropology of accelerated change, London: Pluto Press. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

The second and third volumes will be chosen from the following "Second Volume List" and the "Third Volume List", respectively.

Second volume (choose one from the following list):

Appadurai, A. (1996), Modernity at large. Cultural dimensions of globalization, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

Eriksen, T. Hylland (ed.) (2003), Globalisation, Studies in anthropology, London; Sterling, Va.: Pluto Press. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna

Inda, J. X. and Rosaldo, R. (eds.) (2008), The anthropology of globalization: a reader, Second edition, Malden-Oxford-Victoria: Blackwell Publishing.

Lewellen, T. (2002), The anthropology of globalization: Cultural anthropology enters the 21st century, Westport, Conn.: Bergin & Garvey. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna. 

Third Volume (choose one from the following list):

Ghosh, A. (2021), The Nutmeg's Curse. Parables for a planet in crisis, London: John Murray.

Miller, D. et al. (2016), How the World Changed Social Media, London: University College of London Press. Open access e-book available at the following page: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474805/1/How-the-World-Changed-Social-Media.pdf

Miller, D. and Woodword, S. (eds) (2011), Global Denim, English edition, Oxford-New York: Berg. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

Ong, A. (2003), Buddha is hiding: refugees, citizenship, the new America, Berkeley: University of California Press. E-book available on AlmaRE - Biblioteca delle Risorse Elettroniche dell'Ateneo di Bologna.

Tsing, A. Lowenhaupt (2005), Friction. An ethnography of global connection, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Tsing, A. Lowenhaupt (2021), The Mushroom at the End of the World. On the possibility of life in capitalist ruins, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Metodi didattici

Teaching will be mainly based on frontal lectures. Group discussions among students will be organized around central topics of the module. Audio-visual material will be used, when feasible.

Students' attendance to lectures is strongly recommended.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

This 6 CFU course can be chosen as a part of the 12 CFU Integrated Course: "Anthropology in a Global World (I.C.) (LM)".

The final grade of the integrated course will result from the arithmetic average of the marks obtained in the two parts: “ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION (1) (LM)" and “GLOBAL HEALTH AND SUFFERING (1) (LM)".

Students will be evaluated through an oral exam focussed on the bibliography of the course. The evaluation will focus on students' knowledge of the themes treated in the program texts. The questions will be aimed at testing the student's ability in exposing with an appropriate language some of the topics tackled by the books, as well as the ability to make connections between different texts in order to build an argument.

Proper language and the ability to critically speak about the books' content will lead to a good/excellent final grade.

Acceptable language and the ability to resume the books' content will lead to a sufficient/fair grade.

Insufficient linguistic proficiency and fragmentary knowledge of the books' content will lead to a failure in passing the exam.

Exam sessions are scheduled for the following months:

• April (for students with only the 6CFU course Anthropology of Globalization in their study plan)

• May, June, July, September, October (for all students)

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Students who require specific services and adaptations to teaching activities due to a disability or specific learning disorders (SLD), must first contact the appropriate office: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students 

 

Students attending lectures are strongly recommended to subscribe to the following mailing list: agata.mazzeo2.Anthropology_of_Globalization

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Orario di ricevimento

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