75938 - Psychology and Storytelling (1)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students know the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of narrative in interaction.

Course contents

Narrative psychology

Stoty-telling in ordinary interaction

Story-telling in institutional contexts

Narrative and identity

Narrative and credibility

Narrative and the construction of reality

 

Students with disabilities and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

 Students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders are entitled to special adjustments according to their condition, subject to assessment by the University Service for Students with Disabilities and SLD. Please do not contact teachers or Department staff, but make an appointment with the Service. The Service will then determine what adjustments are specifically appropriate, and get in touch with the teacher. For more information, please visit the page:

 https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students

Readings/Bibliography

Bruner, J. (1992) La ricerca del significato. Per una psicologia culturale, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri.

Galatolo, R. (2007) Agentività, colpa e responsabilità. Forme di mitigazione dell'agentività nelle testimonianze in tribunale, in A. Donzelli e A. Fasulo ( a cura di) Agency e linguaggio, Roma, Meltemi: 195-214.

Galatolo, R. (2004) La narrazione nella conversazione. (Di) mostrare l'ascolto e la comprensione, in R. Lorenzetti e S. Stame ( a cura di) Narrazione e Identità, Roma, Laterza: 111-135.

Ochs, E. (tr.it. 2006) « Fuori luogo. Uno sguardo narrativo sull'agorafobia », in A. Fasulo & L. Sterponi (a cura di) Linguaggio e cultura, Carocci, Roma: 249-284.

Ochs, E. e Taylor, C. "La narrazione familiare come attività politica", in A. Fasulo & L. Sterponi (a cura di) Linguaggio e cultura, Carocci, Roma:177-224.

 

ERASMUS STUDENTS: Some of the texts are also available in English. Please, contact the professor to get information about the English version.

Teaching methods

Lectures, collective and individual analysis of narratives.

Assessment methods

Multiple choice test.

FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY TO AGREE ON AN ORAL EXAMINATION. PLEASE, CONTACT THE PROFESSOR BY E-MAIL (renata.galatolo@unibo.it).

 

Exams calendar

September: Students of the previous years 

November: Students of the previous years

January: Students of the previous and current years

March:Students of the previous and current years

May:Students of the previous and current years

June:Students of the previous and current years

 
Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Laptop for watching and listening interactional data;

Interactional data issued from the web;

Transcripts of interactional data;

Video projector.

Office hours

See the website of Renata Galatolo