Unit ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION
- Course
- Socioanthropological studies for integration and social security
- Study-unit Code
- A002014
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Alexander Koensler
- Teachers
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- Alexander Koensler
- Hours
- 36 ore - Alexander Koensler
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Academic discipline
- M-DEA/01
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The aim of the course is to encourage the capacity for critical reflection around contemporary debates relating to the concept of "globalization". The main anthropological theories in this sector will be highlighted starting from ethnographies on the relationships between forms of work organization, migration, local realities and global context.
- Reference texts
- PART I:
Appadurai A. (2001) Modernità in polvere. Milano: Raffaelo Cortina
PART II:
Un libro a scelta tra i seguenti:
(a) Ciabarri L. (2010) Dopo lo Stato. Storia e antropologia della ricomposizione sociale nella Somalia settentrionale. Roma: Franco Angeli.
Oppure:
(b) Koensler A., Rossi A. (2012) Comprendere il dissenso. Etnografia e antropologia dei movimenti sociali. Perugia: Morlacchi
Oppure:
(c) Koensler A. (2008) Amicizie vulnerabili. Coesistenza e conflitto in Israele. Perugia: Morlacchi
Opppure:
(d) Sennet R. (2000) L'uomo flessibile. Le conseguenze del nuovo capitalismo sulla vita personale. Milano: Feltrinelli
PART III:
Un libro a scelta tra i seguenti:
(a) Crouch C. (2003) Postdemocrazia. Roma: Laterza
Oppure:
(b) Fisher M. (2018) Realismo capitalista. Roma: Produzioni Nero
Oppure:
(c) Khosravi S. (2019) Io sono confine. Milano: Elèuthera - Educational objectives
- The main knowledge that students will acquire will be:
knowledge of approaches and methods;
knowledge of the relationship between anthropology and forms of governance;
knowledge of tools and techniques for the interpretation of socio-cultural processes involved in economic dynamics.
The main skills that allow to apply the acquired knowledge will be:
ability to formulate the research problem and to adopt effective and innovative methodological choices;
ability to analyze data and reflect on the topics addressed.
awareness of the interconnections between rules, global flows and local realities
knowledge of the problematic nature of the notion of development
knowledge of the role of the anthropologist in cooperation and development policies - Prerequisites
- n/a
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:
frontal lessons;
meetings with the authors of the study texts;
discussion groups;
vision of ethnographic audiovisual materials as integration of the frontal lessons. - Other information
- Attendance is not compulsory but highly recommended.
- Learning verification modality
- Oral verification. Attending students can replace the final oral exam in whole or in part with a written dissertation to be agreed with the teacher.
- Extended program
- The aim of the course is to encourage the capacity for critical reflection around contemporary debates relating to the concept of "globalization". By bringing together political, economic and anthropology approaches and the study of conflicts, the course will focus on an ethnographic (field research) approach to the processes of globalization and its often multidirectional and contradictory effects on daily life. The course therefore aims to offer an "behind the scenes" anthropological look at some of the most pressing contemporary problems, from the economy, to conflicts to activism and environmentalism. A part of the seminar course is dedicated to the critical discussion of some essays dealing with the effects of globalization on daily life.