78570 - Globalization and Cultural Identity

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8783)

Readings/Bibliography

SECTION I

Compulsory texts for attending and non attending students:

L. Martell, Sociologia della globalizzazione, Einaudi, Torino, 2011 (introduzione, cap. 1, cap. 2, cap. 3, cap. 4).

L. Gattamorta, La natura plurale e i processi della globalizzazione culturale, in S. Belardinelli, P. Terenzi (a cura di), Le dinamiche culturali della globalizzazione, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, pp. 93-116.

M. Ambrosini, Sociologia delle migrazioni, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011 (Sections I, II,  III).

S. Benhabib, La rivendicazione dell'identità culturale. Eguaglianza e diversità nell'era globale, il Mulino, Bologna, 2005 (Introd., Chap. I and II).

 

SECTION II

Attending students have to give a classroom presentation of a chosen chapter, that has to be agreed with the lecturer: M. Steger, P. Battersby, J. Siracusa (eds.), The Sage Handbook of Globalizaztion, 2 vols., Sage, London, 2014; B.S. Turner (ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies, Routledge, London, 2011.

SECTION III

Non attending students have to write a paper (or long review) on a volume that has to be agreed with the lecturer.

Assessment methods

The examination tests will assess the knowledge that students have developed on the fundamental elements in the current sociological debate on globalization, on cultural globalization and on the role of the media in the cultural dynamics of globalization. They will investigate the student's capacity to identify, describe and critically compare the principal theoretical options on the topics under consideration. 

 

Methods of learning assessment for attending students.

Attending students will carry out two midterm exams on texts indicated in Section I, a classroom presentation on one of the topics analyzed in Section II that has been agreed with the lecturer. Each midterm exam will consist of 6 questions with open ended answers; to answer the questions, students will have 60 minutes available. The mark for each midterm exam will be expressed out of a maximum of thirty points.

 

Methods of learning assessment for non-attending students.

Those who do not carry out the two midterm exams are regarded as non-attending students. Non-attending students will carry out one written test on the examination dates (the test consists of 12 questions on texts in Section I of the syllabus; students will have 120 minutes and will write a paper on a volume that has been agreed with the lecturer.

Office hours

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