85525 - BIODIVERSITY AND BIOCULTURAL DYNAMICS OF HUMAN POPULATION

Anno Accademico 2021/2022

  • Docente: Donata Luiselli
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: BIO/08
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in International cooperation on human rights and intercultural heritage (cod. 9237)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

This course provides the basic knowledge and methodologies of analysis about biodiversity and dynamics of human settlement through a biological, ecological and biocultural approach. At the end of the course the student will acquire appropriate skills for a correct understanding of biocultural and biogeographic history of human populations and also factors and meaning of their biological and ethnic diversity, useful for a conscious approach in international relations and multicultural societies.

Contenuti

  1. Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective
  2. Human diversity: biological and not biological causes

  3. An introduction to genetics: genetics, geography and human variation

  4. Human biological variability: mechanisms that create and pattern this variability

  5. Human adaptability, the geographical distribution of diversity, migrations and admixture

  6. The role of Climate, diet and pathogens : biocultural approaches to health and diet

  7. Co-evolution between nature and culture in human evolution

  8. Races and Inter-Mixing, Nationalities, Cultures, Castes, Classes and Religions


Testi/Bibliografia

  • Elise J. Sobo. Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity: A Unified Approach, 2013 Taylor and Francis, UK

Scientific papers will be suggested during the course


Metodi didattici

Lectures

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

A written test with 10 questions (multiple-choice and open questions). Each answer has a value up to 3 scores and in the case of complete answers, the student will achieve the full mark cum Laude.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

videoproiettore, pc

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Donata Luiselli

SDGs

Sconfiggere la povertà Ridurre le disuguaglianze Lotta contro il cambiamento climatico La vita sulla terra

L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.