At the end of the course, students are expected to know the main debates, methodological approaches and theoretical frameworks of social and cultural anthropology. They will be also able to critically engage with - and make use of - key anthropological concepts in the discussion of global and local processes of social change.
Prerequisiti
A basic knowledge of the political history of the 19th and 20th centuries is required.
Metodi didattici
Frontal lessons, class discussions and presentations.
Verifica Apprendimento
Oral examination: Students will be asked to present and discuss the content of the books they studied. The evaluation is based on the degree of knowledge and critical understanding of the topics discussed.
Testi
For the exam, students will have to study two books:
1) Eriksen, T.H. and Nielsen, F.S., 2013. A History of Anthropology. Second Edition. London, Pluto Press.
2) The second book must be chosen among the following list:
Appadurai, A., 1996. Modernity at Large. Cultural Dimensions of Globalization, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press.
Fassin, D., 2012, Humanitarian Reason. A Moral History of the Present, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press.
Ferguson, J., 2006. Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order, Durham and London, Duke University Press.
Geschiere, P., 1997. The Modernity of Witchcraft. Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa, Charlottesville and London, University Press of Virginia.
Herzfeld, M., 2021. Subversive Archaism. Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage, Durham, Duke University Press.
Contenuti
The course will provide an introduction to the main theories and methodologies of socio-cultural anthropology. In the first part we will discuss the history of the discipline, by focusing on some of its main authors and theoretical approaches. In the second part we will discuss how anthropologists have explored issues related to globalization and neoliberal global (dis-)orders.
Lingua Insegnamento
INGLESE
Altre informazioni
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