Ethnic Relations and Cultural Differences
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course endeavors to provide both knowledge and the capacity to comprehend significant debates and challenges central to the field of ethnic relations and cultural cleavages. It delves into multiple analytical domains, encompassing the macro-level of policies, the meso-level of mobilization and networks, and the micro-level of individual actions. Furthermore, the course explores innovative approaches that have not only challenged but also, more recently, integrated conventional institutional-based and nation-centric perspectives.
Expected learning outcomes
By the conclusion of this course, students will cultivate the capability to comprehend the intricate dynamics influencing the domain of ethnic relations and cultural divisions. They will come to appreciate that this field is not solely molded by overarching, abstract structural influences, but is also significantly impacted by the direct involvement of cultural groups and individual human agency. Moreover, students will develop a more robust inclination towards independent thinking and gain the proficiency to engage in ongoing contemporary political discourse within this highly contentious field.
Lesson period: Third trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
Course syllabus
Week 1 - The context of research on intercultural relations
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 2 - Individual rights and group rights
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 3 - Distinction and combination of rights and institutions: intercultural relations and 'citizenship regimes'
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 4 - Intercultural relations and interculturalism
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 5 - Beyond the institutional boundaries of intercultural relations: the 'discursive' approach
Students will prepare on the article
Week 6 - Beyond the national boundaries of intercultural relations: the 'post-national' approach
Students will prepare only on the slides. Recommended reading
Week 7 - Beyond the 'epistemological' boundaries of intercultural relations: the content of 'new citizenship'
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 8 - Intercultural relations and immigrant participation
Students will prepare on the article
Week 9 - Intercultural relations and Muslim participation
Students will prepare only on the slides.
Week 10 - Intercultural relations and the citizens of tomorrow
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from Colombo M. and M. Santagati. 2014. In plural schools. Measures of integration for foreign students, Franco Angeli
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 2 - Individual rights and group rights
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 3 - Distinction and combination of rights and institutions: intercultural relations and 'citizenship regimes'
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 4 - Intercultural relations and interculturalism
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 5 - Beyond the institutional boundaries of intercultural relations: the 'discursive' approach
Students will prepare on the article
Week 6 - Beyond the national boundaries of intercultural relations: the 'post-national' approach
Students will prepare only on the slides. Recommended reading
Week 7 - Beyond the 'epistemological' boundaries of intercultural relations: the content of 'new citizenship'
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from
Week 8 - Intercultural relations and immigrant participation
Students will prepare on the article
Week 9 - Intercultural relations and Muslim participation
Students will prepare only on the slides.
Week 10 - Intercultural relations and the citizens of tomorrow
Students will prepare on a selection of excerpts from Colombo M. and M. Santagati. 2014. In plural schools. Measures of integration for foreign students, Franco Angeli
Prerequisites for admission
No preliminary knowledge in the field is required. Students must respect any prerequisite according to their own degree course.
Teaching methods
Teaching will be held through regular classroom-taught lectures as well as weekly tutorials so as to bridge theoretical and empirical scope of the whole programme through its weekly lessons. Attendance is strongly encouraged, since attendant students will exercise to identify and discuss main threads of course across all lessons.
Teaching Resources
The assigned readings to cover the work for each week of the course will be made available on the Ariel website, respecting copyright regulations, or they can be downloaded from the E-Journal section of the Digital Library of the University Library System.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam consists of a written composition in the form of an essay, which requires a critical presentation of concepts, theoretical perspectives, areas of discussion, and empirical research covered in the assigned readings. Both attending and non-attending students will be evaluated based on the same exam. Attending students will also have the opportunity to take a pre-test (valid only for the first exam session).
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