00045 - Cultural Anthropology

Academic Year 2015/2016

Learning outcomes

Students will learn the main themes and conceptual approaches of the discipline. They will also take part in critical discussions concerning the main intellectual schools of thought which have shaped the theoretical methodological paradigms with which to investigate various human realities from a historical and cultural point of view.

Course contents

The course is organized into two modules. The first module, taught by Cristiana Natali, will illustrate the theoretical approaches and the basic concepts of the discipline. The second module, taught by Gaetano Mangiameli, will pay special attention to the research methodologies through the analysis of classical and contemporary ethnographic case studies.

Timetable

Lectures will begin on the 3th February 2016, according to the following timetable:

Wednesday 11-13 aula V, Via Zamboni, 38

Thursday 15-17 aula III, Via Zamboni, 38

Friday 15-17 aula III, Via Zamboni, 38

Readings/Bibliography

6 CFU programme (for attending and non-attending students)

1. Fabietti U., Elementi di antropologia culturale, Milano, Mondadori, 2010 (third edition).

2. Favole A., La bussola dell’antropologo. Orientarsi in un mare di culture, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015.

12 CFU programme (for attending and non-attending students)

1. Fabietti U., Elementi di antropologia culturale, Milano, Mondadori, 2010 (third edition).

2. Favole A., La bussola dell’antropologo. Orientarsi in un mare di culture, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015.

3. Evans-Pritchard E., Stregoneria, oracoli e magia tra gli Azande, Milano, Raffaello Cortina, 2002

4. One of the following volumes: Allovio, S., Riti di iniziazione. Antropologi, stoici e finti immortali, Milano, Raffaello Cortina, 2015; 2015; Natali C., Percorsi di antropologia della danza, Milano, Libreria Cortina, 2009 (available at the Trame bookshop, via Goito 3/c, tel. 051 233333).

Teaching methods

Lectures with interactive components and Power Point presentations.

Assessment methods

The exam consists in a 3-hour (for 12 cfu) or a 1hr. 45mn. (for 6 cfu) written test. For each volume, there will be a question with open answer.

Students can consult exams dates and register at the following URL [http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Guida/AlmaEsami.htm].

Teaching tools

Attending students are kindly invited to subscribe to the following mailing list in order to receive information about possible variations in lecture timetable and rooms: cristiana.natali.Antropologia-culturale.

Office hours

See the website of Cristiana Natali

See the website of Gaetano Mangiameli