Università Roma Tre

This course explores (first part) the basic concepts of cultural anthropology and ethnography (culture / s, ethnicity / ethnic groups, cultural relativism / ethnocentrism, racisms, globalization). The ethnographic method will be analyzed from participant observation up to multi-location and multi-vocal research). In this direction the course (second part) studies the anthropology of migrations also focusing on gender and feminist ethnography. The third part of the course examine the concepts relating to the sociocultural representations and uses of bodies in the local dimension and in the global ecumene (body techniques, habitus, incorporation). Therefore, some ethnographic cases will analyze, focusing on the bio-political dimension and the anthropological critique of human rights.

1. F. Pompeo, 2018, Elementi di antropologia critica, Meti, Roma.
2. M. Fusaschi, 2018, Corpo non si nasce, si diventa. Antropo/logiche di genere nella globalizzazione, Cisu, Roma.
3 G. Cavatorta, 2018, Tornare è tuo dovere. Genere, etnografie e capitali in Senegal, Cisu, Roma