27928 - Laboratory (1) (LM) (G. C)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop the student will be able to collect and organize complex information in a coherent way, and apply critical analysis methods to the memory studies. (S)he will be able to identify a research issue, relevant to historical research in memory studies, and possess the knowledge to identify and appropriately use necessary sources of information in order to address it.

Course contents

Formation, evolution, transformation of memory studies

The workshop has the aim to reconstruct the process through which historical memory studies were formed and developed during the 20th century, always taking into account that they have relationships with memory studies by other disciplines in both research and teaching.

Main activities:

1) reading of some foundational texts in historical memory studies in order to pool lexicon and basic concepts;

2) reading of major texts in other disciplines with the aim of facilitating orientation within the field where similarities and differences meet and clash;

3) reading of major works which, in the last decades of the twentieth century, have modified the "classical" framework in order to determine their problematic impact.

Particular attention will be brought to the concept of "cultural memory", its practices and achievements.

Students are kindly asked to contact the lecturer via e-mail (antonella.salomoni@unibo.it) if they include this course in the study plan.

Readings/Bibliography

Teaching and learning materials will be communicated prior to the start of the course.

Recommended reading list:

Jacques Le Goff, Storia e memoria, Torino, Einaudi, 1988;

Aleida Assmann, Ricordare. Forme e mutamenti della memoria culturale, Bologna, il Mulino, 2015

 

Teaching methods

Lectures, discussions and group work, case studies, targeted literature research.

The group work will be geared toward the construction of a lemmary for a modern Lexicon of remembrance and oblivion, also making use of the most recent and innovative repertories produced in the field of memory studies.

Assessment methods

The student will be asked to write a paper (also co-authored) and presenting it in the last module of the course. The paper will focus on the definition of one or more lemmas for a Lexicon of remembrance and oblivion.

The following criteria will be used for assessment:

1) a clear understanding of the phases for developing a Lexicon;

2) the ability to critically analyze the various factors involved in the constant re-elaboration of Lexicon;

3) the ability to identify, organize and collect information for individual or group work.

Active participation in lectures will be taken into account in the assessment.

Non-attending students.

The course structure is designed for classroom work and active participation. Attendance is therefore strongly recommended. Students who attend at least 75% of the lectures will be considered as attending.

Those who are unable to attend the course are asked to contact the teacher before the start of the course, in order to agree on an alternative and equivalent paper, which will be assessed by means of an oral interview.

Teaching tools

Repertoires and manuals on memory studies in print or digital form, video projector, PowerPoint, computer laboratory.

Office hours

See the website of Antonella Salomoni