Lab: History and Sociology of Anti-Mafia Movements | Università degli Studi di Milano Statale

A.Y. 2024/2025

Max ECTS

Overall hours

SSD

SPS/08

Language

Italian

Included in the following degree programmes

Administration and Public Policy (Classe LM-63)-Enrolled from Academic Year 2023/24

Learning objectives

The workshop aims to provide students with the theoretical and methodological knowledge to analyze-with a sociological approach-the history and evolution of anti-mafia movements, examining their historical and political context, actors, forms of mobilization and media salience.
The main stages of the activation of citizenship against mafia-style organized crime will be illustrated and discussed, outlining points of convergence and distance between the different case studies examined.
At the end of the workshop, students will be equipped with analytical tools useful for reading current anti-mafia mobilizations and the connection with other issues of citizenship activation. Finally, there will be a specific focus on the use of digital technologies as a mode of civic engagement and the role of women in the movements examined.

Expected learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop, students will possess analytical tools useful for reading current anti-mafia mobilizations and linking them to other issues of activating citizenship, in a national and European context. They will also be able to analyze the impact of digital technologies as a mode of civic engagement in contemporary forms of mobilization. Adequate communication skills will be acquired and the student will be able to discuss and argue their own opinions and theses, in relation to the subject matter of the workshop, from literature and empirical observation.

Lesson period: Third trimester

Lessons timetable

Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato

Exams calendar

Single course

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible

Rispoli Francesca

Lesson period

Third trimester

Syllabus
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Course structure

Course syllabus

The workshop aims to provide students with tools and concepts for analyzing the history and sociology of anti-mafia movements over the past century.
The two directions through which the movements will be examined will be time and space.
In relation to the variable of time, the evolution of the movements from the early twentieth century to the present will be seen, distributing the analysis in five macro-periods: from the Sicilian fasces to the post-World War II period; the 1960s-70s; the Palermo Spring of the 1980s; the post-stragi years; and the 2000s.
In relation to the space variable, the evolution of the movements will be seen in terms of how they have spread and evolved territorially, starting with their presence in Sicily, broadening the gaze to other southern regions (Calabria and Campania first and foremost), reaching northern Italian regions and European projections (mainly France and Germany).
Through a review of the literature, the major defining elements of these movements will be examined through historical, sociological and political perspectives.
A specific focus will be about the role of women in these movements.

Prerequisites for admission

No prior knowledge required. Elementary knowledge of the main outlines of the public debate on the subject matter of the course is preferred.

Teaching methods

Lecture and discussion. Students will be challenged to analyze situations drawn from empirical experience. Some topics and case studies will be explored in depth with the participation of outside experts and scholars and/or with the help of audiovisual materials. In the last part of the course, attending students will be invited to present a short paper on one of the case studies examined.

Teaching Resources

Handout by the lecturer, with reference material in Italian and links to audiovisual products

Assessment methods and Criteria

Students will be assessed through a short paper on one of the workshop topics from materials shared during class

SPS/08 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION - University credits: 3

Laboratories: 20 hours

Professor: Rispoli Francesca

Professor(s)

Rispoli Francesca

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