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00905 - Sociology (F-N)

Academic Year 2021/2022

                
                        Docente:
                        Luca Martignani
                    
                        Credits:
                        10
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Moduli:
                        
                            Luca Martignani
                            (Modulo F-N )
                        
                            Luca Martignani
                            (Modulo Gr1-2)
                        
                            Paola Canestrini
                            (Modulo Gr3-4)
                        
                            (Modulo D.Ass)
                        
                        Teaching Mode:
                        
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo F-N )
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo Gr1-2)
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo Gr3-4)
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo D.Ass)
                                
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Political, Social and International Sciences (cod. 8853)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, a student: - has a basic knowledge of Sociology (its origins, its main paradigms, theories, methods and topics); - has some analytical tools for an adequate comprehension of contemporary social phenomena (such as globalization and modernity).

Course contents

Introduction and explanation of main sociological approaches, with specific reference to some classical authors and theories. Illustration of the theoretical, methodological and epistemological debate based on the necessity to introduce new approaches in order to cross the dichotomic distinctions which affected sociology in modernity (agency/structure; micro/macro; quality/quantity; individualism/collectivism). A specific attention will be paid on the relationship between art and society, with specific reference to the construction of social bonds, to the social dimension of artistic objects and the transformation of epistemological and methodological approach to the study of society.

Readings/Bibliography

Jean-Michel Berthelot, La costruzione della sociologia, Bologna, il Mulino, 2008.

Nathalie Heinich, La sociologia alla prova dell'arte, Milano-Udine, Mimesis, 2021.

Teaching methods

The course is organized in lectures and seminars. Lectures aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions of class materials and exercises. The division into lessons and seminars is specified in the program that follows. For the seminar section, students will be divided into 4 groups according to their preferences and according to rules concerning the current pandemic emergency: three groups will do the seminar in classroom and one will do the seminar remotely on MS TEAMS.

Lessons and seminars.

Assessment methods

Written examination.

Teaching tools

PPT Presentation (slides).

Office hours

See the website of Luca Martignani

See the website of Paola Canestrini

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