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Information on the course unit

Degree course	First cycle degree in COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY PS1082, Degree course structure A.Y. 2015/16, A.Y. 2017/18	bring this page with you
Number of ECTS credits allocated	6.0
Type of assessment	Mark
Course unit English denomination	CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Department of reference	Department of General Psychology
E-Learning website	https://elearning.unipd.it/scuolapsicologia/course/view.php?idnumber=2017-PS1082-000ZZ-2017-PSN1031228-N0
Mandatory attendance	No
Language of instruction	Italian
Branch	PADOVA
Single Course unit	The Course unit can be attended under the option Single Course unit attendance
Optional Course unit	The Course unit can be chosen as Optional Course unit

Syllabus

Prerequisites:	Basic knowledge of history and psychology.
Target skills and knowledge:	This course aims to offer some of the interpretative criteria of Cultural Anthropology, concerning the notion of "person", "individual", "common man". Learning goals will address some of the key keywords of cultural anthropology ("culture", "cultural diversity", "identity / otherness", etc.) that will be elaborated in their conceptual development to the latest meanings. The course also aims to provide critical tools for understanding a complex and constantly transforming reality such as that of multicultural society, with particular reference to the socio-sanitary field. In relation to the monographic part of the course, the aim is to develop an interplay between the natural sciences and the human sciences.
Examination methods:	Examination can take place in oral or written form, depending on the number of students enrolled in each exam session, or on particular requests of individual students. Below 15-20 students the exam will be oral, with books available for consultation. The written exam will have open questions about topics illustrated in the books, and about links with contents explained during the lessons.
Assessment criteria:	The ability to reflect and to elaborate proposed content will be evaluated, besides the ability to connect and integrate the topics discussed during the lectures with those illustrated in the books.
Course unit contents:	Cultural anthropology will be presented in the relationship between its spontaneous dimension - the recognition of the humanity of the Other - and the development of the theoretical and methodological apparatus on a disciplinary level. Some of the main key words of cultural anthropology such as "culture", "cultural diversity", "ethnicity", "race", "identity / otherness", female / male genre "will be explored. There will also be some contextual issues regarding the recognition of cultural diversity. The monographic part will be dedicated to opening up a reflection on the relationship between body, mind and culture.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods:	Frontal lessons, accompanied by audiovisual media. Interpretation of Visual Anthropology short movies.
Additional notes about suggested reading:	t is advisable to consider the book "La buona creanza. Antropologia dell'ospitalità" as the "general part" and chapters of the book "Ecologia della cultura" as a monograph in depth, to be read later. The chapters in the manual "Antropologia culturale" are compulsory integration for those who are not attending the course: The indications for the distinction between attending and non-attendants will be uploaded to the Moodle platform.
Textbooks (and optional supplementary readings)	Francesco Spagna, La buona creanza. Antropologia dell'ospitalità. Roma: Carocci, 2013. completo Tim Ingold, Ecologia della cultura. Roma: Meltemi, 2001. esclusi i capitoli 4 e 5 Amalia Signorelli, Antropologia culturale. Milano: McGraw-Hill, 2011. esclusi capitoli 4, 5, 7, 8. Integrazione per non frequentanti.