73380 - LABORATORIO DI FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE PER L'EDUCATORE SOCIALE E CULTURALE I (G.R)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop the student will achieve the following competences and skills:

- applying ethnographic techniques autonomously or within institutional projects;

- negotiating with others how to use and report the tools learned;

- using the specific knowledge achieved in different types of service;

- assessing limits and potentialities of the tools learned;

- understanding how to apply and adapt ethnographic tools in different settings.

Course contents

The workshop presents a variety of ethnographic research techniques for the observation, description and understanding - from an anthropological perspective - of the professional and organizational contexts in which they will carry out their internship and where they will operate as educators.

With the help of specific ethnographic texts and films, students will familiarize with ethnographic “fieldwork”. Particular attention will be devoted to the application of anthropological concepts and methods, including the ethical dilemmas that this entails.

Students will experiment at the practical and reflexive levels with some research tools (e.g. field diary, participant observation, shadowing, in-depth interviews), either individually or in small groups, learning how to evaluate their limits and potentials in the settings of their application.

Readings/Bibliography

A bibliography for further reference is provided (the first title is highly recommended): 

Semi G. e Bolzoni M., L´osservazione partecipante. Una guida pratica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2022

Biscaldi A. (a cura di), Etiche della ricerca in antropologia applicata, in “Antropologia pubblica”, v.2, n.2,; accessibile in https://riviste-clueb.online/index.php/anpub/issue/view/10

Bonetti R., Etnografie in bottiglia. Apprendere per relazioni nei contesti educativi, Milano, Meltemi, 2019

Cappelletto F., Vivere l´etnografia, Verona, Seid, 2009

Malighetti R., Molinari A., Il metodo e l'antropologia. Il contributo di una scienza inquieta, Milano, Raffaello Cortina, 2016

Pennacini, C. (a cura di), La ricerca sul campo in antropologia. Oggetti e metodi, Roma, Carocci, 2010

Rossi C., Antropologia culturale, Milano, Guerini Associati, 2003

Teaching methods

Critical discussion of both the materials and the research tools provided by the lecturer; small-group exercises; ethnographic explorations outside the classroom setting.

Assessment methods

The learning outcomes will be evaluated during the student's active participation in class activities. 

Attendance at the workshop is mandatory; absences are permitted for up to a quarter of the scheduled hours. Absences must be justified and formally communicated to the instructor.

Students with DSA or disabilities: it is recommended that they contact the responsible University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the start of the workshop) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, considering the learning objectives.

Teaching tools

Excerpts from ethnographic texts, audio-visual documents, forms and schemes, electronic resources, made available on the Virtuale platform.

Office hours

See the website of Paolo Gaibazzi