Didattica dell'antropologia culturale (2023/2024)

Course code
4S012728
Name of lecturer
Fabio Vicini
Coordinator
Fabio Vicini
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Academic sector
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Language of instruction
Italian
Period
DIDATTICA dal Jul 25, 2024 al Dec 31, 2024.

Lesson timetable

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Syllabus

The main contents of the course are as follows:
- the fundamental concepts of the discipline, such as the concept of culture, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism;
- an introduction to the primary method of the cultural anthropologist: ethnographic field research;
- the main insights of anthropology regarding worldview, ritual, and religion;
- the anthropological perspective on kinship, family, and marriage.

Reference books

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Assessment methods and criteria

- evaluation of attention and participation in class;
- brief (500 words) self-assessment report concerning what was learned in the course.

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