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70025 - ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE
Questo corso generale di antropologia sociale e culturale si propone di fornire una prima introduzione alle trasformazioni storiche e contemporanee (istituzionali, regionali, teoriche e metodologiche) che hanno formato la disciplina dalla fine dell'ottocento in poi, al fine di ispirare gli studenti a riflettere in modo critico sull'umanità e sulle società umane in generale, e su come viene prodotta e costruita la conoscenza di noi stessi, delle altre persone (alterità sociale e culturale) e del mondo sociale e naturale in cui viviamo. Il corso consentirà agli studenti di avvicinarsi al mondo contemporaneo e alle sfide globali tali come il cambiamento climatico, le migrazioni oppure le disuguanglianze sociali ed economiche da nuove prospettive.
93244 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF MIGRATION
The course places migration in the context of human mobility in general, of the history of colonialism, and of European policy, covering how borders are constructed, the kinds of cultures of humanitarianism that emerge from them, the ethics of migration, hospitality, and the materiality of migration, including ritual aspects of border mortality. The course is taught mainly through the discussion of ethnographic case studies, privileging the point of view of migrants in relation to borders, spatial categories, and their treatment in receiving countries, gendered perspectives on the migration trail and reception, and the dynamics of the informal economy. Students gain critical insight into migration processes, and can develop research and presentation skills.
98926 - DECOLONISING ANTHROPOLOGY
This general course in social and cultural anthropology is designed to give a first introduction to the historical and contemporary (institutional, regional, theoretical and methodological) transformations which have shaped the discipline over the course of the past century, in order to inspire students to think critically about humanity and human societies in general, and how knowledge about ourselves, other people and the social and natural world(s) we live in are produced and constructed. The course will equip students to approach today’s world from new perspectives. It will train students in ethnographic field research in order to design and conduct ethically-sound, participatory and theoretically-informed qualitative research with people in very different settings, including vulnerable subjects.
98927 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
After a general introduction to the anthropology of sustainability which introduces key themes such as environmental justice, gender, and colonialism, we will cover a series of themes related to climate change to which anthropology has made significant contributions: the anthropology of carbon and energy infrastructures; growth and degrowth; social movements and activism; migration; concepts of nature, progress and ontology; gendered and indigenous perspectives; food, agriculture and fisheries; forest management and conservation; climate finance.
13533 - ANTROPOLOGIA ECONOMICA
Il corso si propone di fornire solide basi di antropologia economica. Inizia introducendo l'eredità antropologica della critica seminale di Karl Polanyi all'economia classica ispirata all'etnografia economica dell'inizio del XX secolo. L'esplorazione dei modi in cui l'economia è radicata nella società è sviluppata attraverso la letteratura sullo scambio di doni. Esaminiamo quindi l'egualitarismo e le economie di condivisione tra i cacciatori-raccoglitori, sfidando ulteriormente la figura dell'"uomo economico". Questo ci porta a sessioni che esplorano diverse nozioni di proprietà e proprietà, e genere, parentela ed economia. Consideriamo quindi altri sistemi di produzione e i grovigli di cibo, agricoltura e movimenti sociali, prima di discutere di come la religione possa essere collegata all'economia e del rapporto del protestantesimo con il capitalismo. Le sessioni finali introducono il concetto di economia informale, denaro e commercio e conti antropologici della finanza e della finanziarizzazione.
B1848 - SOUND ECOLOGIES AND THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF SUSTAINABILITY
This course introduces a new perspective on sustainability by exploring anthropological ideas through case studies focusing on sound and music. Anthropologists and ethnomusicologists have long been interested in how sound and music express different ways of being in the world, of experiencing and imagining existence, and of communicating across species divides. From ancient cosmological ideas about the music of the spheres to the spiritual and medical effects of trance, music may offer alternative ways of knowing and being. Imitation of birdsong and animal calls is important for forest peoples’ hunting techniques, and the ‘silent spring’ heralded the birth of the environmentalist movement. Drumbeats and protest songs animate demonstrations of resistance to environmental destruction. Technological listening and ‘sounding’ are among the tools scientists use to monitor biodiversity and environmental change. The course will train students to pay attention to the ways in which different senses can condition their perceptions of the environment, and to the part in which music and sound, and the materialities of musical production and sound making, play in human lived worlds. They will develop awareness of the insights that an acoustic approach can bring to questions of environmental sustainability. Students will also have the opportunity to learn to use sound recording to carry out ethnographic research.