Cultural Anthropology (advanced)
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with a solid knowledge of the basic concepts, theoretical frameworks and methodological instruments of Cultural Anthropology.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the study path, the graduate: a) has a thoroughly adequate knowledge of the theories and themes dealt with in anthropological domain, and can identify and discuss its crucial points; b) understands the vocabulary and the arguments that can be found in anthropological fields of reflection concerning culture, worldviews, cultural diversity; c) has proficient knowledge of the bibliographic resources and methodological tools characterising Cultural Anthropology.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The first unit will provide an in-depth analysis of the themes and methods of cultural anthropology through a particular attention to socio-cultural dimension of economic practices in local and global contexts. The second unit will analyze the social impact of micro-credits projects implemented in the developing countries and, more recently, in post-industrial contexts.
Prerequisites for admission
Knowledge of the contemporary historical phenomenon and political and socio-economic events.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with the support of slides, visual material and classroom text readings.
Teaching Resources
PRIMO MODULO:
Per gli studenti che non hanno frequentato un corso di antropologia culturale in precedenza:
- Signorelli Amalia, Antropologia culturale (seconda edizione), Milano, 2011, Mc Graw-Hill, (capitoli 1,3,4,6,8)
Per gli studenti che hanno già frequentato un corso di antropologia culturale:
- Hann Chris, Hart Keith, Antropologia economica. Storia, etnografia, critica, Torino, 2011, Einaudi
SECONDO MODULO:
Crivellaro Francesca, Etnografia del microcredito in Italia. Dare per ricevere nelle politiche di inclusione sociale, Firenze, 2015, Ed.it Press.
Uno a scelta tra i seguenti articoli (gli articoli potranno essere scaricai dal sito ARIEL dedicato al corso):
- Zanotelli Francesco, Il denaro dello sviluppo. Contributi antropologici per riflettere sul microcredito in La ricerca folklorica, n.65, Aprile 2012, pp.111-119.
- Schuster Caroline, The social unit of debt. Gender and creditworthiness in Paraguayan microfinance in American Ethnologist vol.41, n.3 (2014), pp.563-578
- Loubere Nicholas, Qiu Shen, The policy and practice of microcredit in rural China: toward a relational understanding of heterogeneous implementation in Modern China, Vol. 44 n. 4, pp. 418-452
Per gli studenti che non hanno frequentato un corso di antropologia culturale in precedenza:
- Signorelli Amalia, Antropologia culturale (seconda edizione), Milano, 2011, Mc Graw-Hill, (capitoli 1,3,4,6,8)
Per gli studenti che hanno già frequentato un corso di antropologia culturale:
- Hann Chris, Hart Keith, Antropologia economica. Storia, etnografia, critica, Torino, 2011, Einaudi
SECONDO MODULO:
Crivellaro Francesca, Etnografia del microcredito in Italia. Dare per ricevere nelle politiche di inclusione sociale, Firenze, 2015, Ed.it Press.
Uno a scelta tra i seguenti articoli (gli articoli potranno essere scaricai dal sito ARIEL dedicato al corso):
- Zanotelli Francesco, Il denaro dello sviluppo. Contributi antropologici per riflettere sul microcredito in La ricerca folklorica, n.65, Aprile 2012, pp.111-119.
- Schuster Caroline, The social unit of debt. Gender and creditworthiness in Paraguayan microfinance in American Ethnologist vol.41, n.3 (2014), pp.563-578
- Loubere Nicholas, Qiu Shen, The policy and practice of microcredit in rural China: toward a relational understanding of heterogeneous implementation in Modern China, Vol. 44 n. 4, pp. 418-452
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists in an oral exam aiming to assess the knowledge and the critical competence acquired by the student. Students attending classes have the possibility to discuss during the lessons a collective work on the second modules contents. The work will be evaluated and will be considered as a mid-course test.
Teaching Unit 1
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Teaching Unit 2
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours