Anthropology of globalization and transnationalism

Students will acquire

knowledge of the approaches and methods of cultural anthropology
knowledge of the problematic nature of the notion of development and human rights
knowledge of the role of the anthropologist in cooperation and development policies
Ability to use the main concepts of anthropology of globalization and transnationalism to analyze contemporaries societies
Awareness of the interconnections between rules, global flows and local realities

At the end of the class, students will be able to:

analyze data and reflect on the topics discussed
formulate the research problem and adopt correct methodological choices;
express communication skills: the ability to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to other interlocutors
act with autonomy of judgment: ability to produce autonomous judgments, arriving at coherent reflections on social and cultural processes.