Teaching Workshop: Philosophy Workshop in the Prison of Bollate

A.Y. 2020/2021
3
Max ECTS
20
Overall hours
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The workshop aims to provide students to address conceptual nodes that have been at the center of the history of Western thought inserted in a multidisciplinary perspective. Students will join a dialogue with other participants from the prison, through a method that recalls the disputed issues typical of medieval scholasticism, as an examination of the arguments for and against the possible solution of the problem.
Expected learning outcomes
The workshop aims to develop the following skills:

Critical thinking skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will display a sufficiently independent critical approach in selecting and interpreting the notions that are most relevant their area of study and to the broader socio-cultural context in which they operate

Communication skills:
By the end of the workshop:
- students will be able to effectively communicate the acquired knowledge and disseminate it to the general public;
- student will have developed basic IT skills concerning knowledge preservation and transfer.

Learning skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will have developed the learning skills required to continue their studies in keeping with their own research interests. In order to meet this objective, students will also develop relevant skills in the independent interpretation of sources and in the use of basic IT tool for bibliographic research.
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

Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
The laboratory, scheduled for the second half of the year (starting from mid-March), will take place in a way that can only be made known once it is clear what precautions will need to be taken inside the prisons, according to the evolution of the current health emergency. There are reasonable hopes that it will take place in the presence, inside the prison, every Wednesday morning (10-12 am); otherwise, if it is not possible to hold it in person, the on-line environment used will be Microsoft Teams (the code to be used to access will be indicated).
Course syllabus
"What makes us what we are?" The question of personal identity will be addressed in philosophy, literature, theatre and the visual arts
Prerequisites for admission
There are no special prerequisites
Teaching methods
Lab
Teaching Resources
Reference materials will be provided in photocopies to the students from time to time, for use during meetings with prisoners
Assessment methods and Criteria
The verification, without voting, consists of participation in the activities of the laboratory. Attendance is compulsory
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor: Simonetta Stefano
Professor(s)
Reception:
every Monday, from 10 am to 1 pm
Department of Philosophy, first floor