87417 - Sociology of Cultural Processes

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 9080)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student knows and understands the cultural phenomena of contemporary society, recognizes family structures, the cultural and communicative aspects within them, relations with the outside world and in particular, prejudice, stigma and stereotyping.

Course contents

Basic concepts of sociology and cultural anthropology


Meaning and interaction


Cultures and subcultures


Habitus and practices


Cultural fields and performance


Media, migration and globalisation


Journalism, health and disinformation


Culture and digital education

Readings/Bibliography

Reading:

Quah, S. (2007). Health and Culture. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology: https://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/bpl_images/Content_Store/WWW_Content/9781405122665/Cockerham_Blackwell%20companion%20to%20medical%20sociology_ch2.pdf

Book:

Buoncompagni G., (2023), Uscire dalla società infetta. Politiche dell'informazione, della cura e della fiducia, Cultura e Salute editore.

 

Teaching methods

dialogic lecture


video support/slides


case study analysis-group work


seminars with experts

Assessment methods

Oral

Office hours

See the website of Giacomo Buoncompagni