Anthropology of Globalization and Transnationalism
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
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
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
Expected learning outcomes
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.
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.
Lesson period: Second 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
Second trimester
Course syllabus
The aim of the course is to provide the concepts and methods of cultural anthropology to encourage the capacity for critical reflection around the processes of "globalization" and "transnationalism" taking place in contemporary word.
In the first module, we will deal with the concepts of Culture, Development, Humanitarianism, Mobility, Digital media, Agency. Using ethnographic case studies, we will interrogate the relationship between the local and the global, diversity and homogeneity and we will also discuss the effects of globalization on our daily life.
In the second module we will explore the notions of body, disease, and medicine as sociocultural products that vary across time and space, and we will strive to understand how different conceptualizations of these notions affect the experiences of social actors in the global world.
In the first module, we will deal with the concepts of Culture, Development, Humanitarianism, Mobility, Digital media, Agency. Using ethnographic case studies, we will interrogate the relationship between the local and the global, diversity and homogeneity and we will also discuss the effects of globalization on our daily life.
In the second module we will explore the notions of body, disease, and medicine as sociocultural products that vary across time and space, and we will strive to understand how different conceptualizations of these notions affect the experiences of social actors in the global world.
Teaching methods
The teaching of the course offers lectures, practical exercises, case studies, guest lectures, video projection.
Slides, educational material, references will be available at the end of each lesson on the course website end in Team
Slides, educational material, references will be available at the end of each lesson on the course website end in Team
Teaching Resources
For attending students the reference texts will be communicated later.
For non-attending students:
Appadurai, Ariun, Modernity at large. Cultural dimension of globalization, University of Minnesota Press, Singer, M., Baer, H., Long, D., & Pavlotski, A. (2019). Introducing medical anthropology: a discipline in action. Rowman & Littlefield.
For non-attending students:
Appadurai, Ariun, Modernity at large. Cultural dimension of globalization, University of Minnesota Press, Singer, M., Baer, H., Long, D., & Pavlotski, A. (2019). Introducing medical anthropology: a discipline in action. Rowman & Littlefield.
Assessment methods and Criteria
During the course, attending students will create a portfolio made up of various activities (written texts, multimedia texts, classroom presentations, group work). The final mark will be the average of the marks obtained in the various activities. The reference texts will be communicated later.
For non-attending students, the exam is a written exam with open questions.
For non-attending students, the exam is a written exam with open questions.
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor:
Biscaldi Angela
Shifts:
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Professor:
Biscaldi AngelaProfessor(s)