Obiettivi formativi
Attraverso l’analisi e la comparazione di casi etnografici da diversi contesti, gli studenti e le studentesse svilupperanno conoscenza critica dei sistemi medici come sistemi di pensiero e pratica, oltre ai possibili modi in cui considerare il corpo nella sua dimensione di prodotto bio-storico. Le questioni di salute verranno discusse come forme individuali d’incorporazione di processi storici e sociali in relazione a mondi morali locali. Per le studentesse e gli studenti della Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Antropologiche ed Etnologiche:Con questo insegnamento, con una costante e partecipata frequenza alle lezioni, si intendono promuovere i seguenti apprendimenti, in termini di: Conoscenze e comprensione del potere in quanto processo storico, e delle prospettive sviluppate dall’antropologia politica per analizzarlo criticamente. Capacità di cogliere la trasversalità della dimensione politica e di applicare conoscenze e abilità per la risoluzione di problemi sia in contesti concreti sia in situazioni impreviste, considerando la prospettiva tanto dei gruppi dominanti quanto di quelli subalterni. Questo aiuterà a sviluppare la capacità di analizzare i diversi contesti professionali e di individuarne i bisogni, elaborando poi riflessioni e progettualità originali. Capacità comunicative, autonomia di giudizio e abilità di apprendimento saranno incrementate attraverso discussioni su questioni teoriche e pratiche che aiutano a gli studenti e le studentesse a monitorare l’adeguatezza delle proprie conoscenze e competenze, individuando eventuali aree che necessitano approfondimenti. Per le studentesse e gli studenti della Laurea Magistrale in Antropologia Culturale e Sociale:Con questo insegnamento, attraverso una costante e partecipata frequenza alle lezioni, si intendono promuovere i seguenti apprendimenti:· ACQUISIRE conoscenze solide e sistematiche nell’ambito delle discipline demoetnoantropologiche e, in particolare, dell'Antropologia medica.· INDIVIDUARE le specificità teoriche e metodologiche delle discipline etnoantropologiche, dell'antropologia politica e le connessioni interdisciplinari· COMPRENDERE le specificità dell'antropologia politica e il suo livello di integrazione e interdipendenza nella complessità delle realtà sociali e culturali.Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione:· ARTICOLARE il dialogo fra letteratura scientifica e ricerca in modo innovativo· APPLICARE in modo efficace le competenze acquisite a problemi, situazioni e contesti concreti· SAPER TRASMETTERE il senso di apertura mentale e la capacità di dialogo interculturale che sono a fondamento delle discipline demoetnoantropologiche.Autonomia di giudizio:• Comprendere la complessità dei processi culturali, accogliendo e valorizzando diversi punti di vista e superando stereotipi e pregiudizi.• Valutare le conseguenze delle proprie azioni e decisioni, assumendo un atteggiamento riflessivo e responsabile.Abilità comunicative:• Esprimere con chiarezza idee, conoscenze e argomentazioni.• Redigere testi e relazioni, impiegare diversi linguaggi espressivi• Formulare giudizi fondati, integrando informazioni provenienti da fonti diverse e attendibili.Capacità di apprendere:• Sviluppare e affinare le proprie metodologie di apprendimento, individuando e costruendo in modo indipendente oggetti e temi di studio.
Programma
La bibliografia del corso include il libro e una serie di ventidue articoli scientifici e capitoli distribuiti dall’insegnante durante lo svolgimento del corso. Libro:Byron J. Good, “Medicine, Rationality and Experience: An Anthropological Perspective”, Cambridge University Press, 1993.(edizione italiana: “Narrare la malattia. Lo sguardo antropologico sul rapporto medico-paziente”, Einaudi, 2006). La dispensa includerà i seguenti articoli e capitoli (lista in aggiornamento – contattare il docente): Byron J. Good, “The Heart of What's the Matter: The Semantics of Illness in Iran” (Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, n. 1, 1977). Arthur Kleinman, “Concepts and Model for Comparison of Medical Systems” (Social Science and Medicine, vol. 12, 1978). Allan Young, “The Anthropology of Health and Sickness” (Annual Review of Anthropology, n. 11, 1982). Thomas J. Csordas, “Embodiment as a Paradigm for Anthropology” (Ethos, vol. 18, n. 1, 1990). Peter Conrad, “Medicalization and Social Control” (Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 18, 1992). Margaret Lock, “Cultivating the body: Anthropology and Epistemologies of Bodily Practice and Knowledge” (in Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 22, 1993). Paul Farmer, “On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below (Dedalus, vol. 125, n. 1, 1996). Margaret Lock and Nancy Scheper-Hughes, “A Critical-Interpretive Approach in Medical Anthropology - Rituals and Routines of Discipline and Dissent” (book chapter, from “Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method”, edited by Johnson, T. & C.F. Sargent, Praeger, 1996). Philippe Bourgois - “The Moral Economies of Homeless Heroin Addicts: Confronting Ethnography, HIV Risk, and Everyday Violence in San Francisco Shooting Encampments” (Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 33, n. 11, 1998). Margaret Lock, “The Tempering of Medical Anthropology: Troubling Natural Categories” (Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 15, n. 4, 2001). Joao Biehl , “Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment”, Social Text, vol. 19, n. 3, 2001) Susan Reynolds Whyte, Sjaak van der Geest, Anita Hardon, “The Social Lives of Medicines: An anthropology of materia medica” (book chapter, from “Social Lives of Medicine”, Cambridge University Press, 2002). Adriana Petryna, Biological Citizenship: The Science and Politics of Chernobyl-Exposed Populations (Osiris, vol. 19, 2004). Mariella Pandolfi and Gilles Bibeau, “Suffering, Politics, Nation: A Cartography of Italian Medical Anthropology” (book chapter, from “Medical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns”, edited by Francine Saillant and Serge Genest, Blackwell, 2006). Didier Fassin, Frédéric Le Marcis, Todd Lethata, “Life & times of Magda A: Telling a Story of Violence in South Africa” (Current Anthropology, vol. 49, n. 2, 2008 ). Charlotte Ikels, “The Anthropology of Organ Transplantation” ( Annual Review of Anthropology, 42, 2013). Lorenzo Alunni, "Obituaries Without Biographies: Death and Health Care in Roma Camps in Rome" (AQ - Anthropological Quarterly, vol. 90 n. 3, 2017) Banu Bargu, “The Silent Exception: Hunger Striking and Lip-Sewing (Law, Culture and the Humanities, vol. 18, n. 2, 2017). Lorenzo Alunni, “Pathogenic Camps, Therapeutic City?” (Social Science & Medicine, n. 289, 2021). Lorenzo Alunni, “The Threshold and the Line: Bodies, Migration, and a Pier in Lampedusa” (Law, Culture and the Humanities, 2025). Lalaie Ameeriar, “Breathing through the rage: Maternal refusal as ethnographic method” (Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2025). Lorenzo Alunni, “The Radars and the Lighthouse: Ill Bodies in Lampedusa” (Current Anthropology, in press, 2027). La bibliografia del corso sarà in inglese, ma gli studenti e le studentesse possono contattare il docente per concordare, nei casi opportuni e in via eccezionale, la possibilità di studiare su una bibliografia in lingua italiana.
Modalità d'esame
Choosing an oral interview as the examination method is consistent with the course's objectives, as it enables interaction with students to assess their critical understanding of course topics and ability to connect theory and practice through a communicative dialogue situation. There will be no partial exams during the course. The assessment will be based on the Dublin Descriptors. The level bands are as follows: High Level (25-30/30): Distinguished - ExcellentKnowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates in-depth and solid knowledge of the texts and topics covered; understands and analyses the texts presented without hesitation. Ability to apply knowledge: is able to identify general considerations on the authors/topics examined in the texts with confidence and effective personal observations; with adequate argumentative skills, is able to analyse, summarise, interpret, contextualise and compare the texts presented, also making use of interdisciplinary links. Autonomy of Judgement: demonstrates excellent critical skills, autonomy of judgement and originality in the analysis and interpretation of texts. Communication Skills: expresses themselves clearly, rigorously, fluently and appropriately. Is fully aware of the need to use different linguistic registers depending on the communicative situation. Learning skills: demonstrates excellent/very good independent learning skills, is able to effectively rework knowledge and link it to their own experience; is fully aware of the usefulness of the discipline. Average level (18-24/30): Sufficient - GoodKnowledge and understanding: The student demonstrates a general understanding of the texts and topics covered. Although there are some minor inaccuracies or a few uncertainties regarding specific, non-essential details, overall the student shows sufficient comprehension and a reasonable ability to analyse the texts. Ability to apply knowledge: The student has some difficulty connecting general points to the examples provided in the texts. The summary of the content is sometimes not very effective, and the contextualization and comparison of authors and themes could be further developed. Autonomy of judgement: The student demonstrates a fair degree of independence in forming critical assessments, although he or she sometimes tends to rely on the opinions of others. Communication skills: expresses themselves clearly and with sufficient precision, with a reasonable command of the specific language of the discipline. Is aware of the need to use different linguistic registers depending on the communicative situation. Learning skills: The student demonstrates a reasonable ability to apply knowledge and relate it to personal experience. An awareness of the subject’s practical value is present, though it is still developing. Basic Level (0–17/30): Still consolidatingKnowledge and understanding: The student demonstrates only a partial understanding of the texts and topics covered. Their grasp of the content is sometimes uncertain and requires further exploration and greater precision in interpretation. Ability to apply knowledge: The student finds it difficult to link general considerations to the examples in the texts and to summarise the content effectively. Contextualisation and comparison between authors and themes still need to be developed. Autonomy of judgement: Critical thinking and independent evaluation need to be guided through more personal reflection and reworking. Communication skills: Oral presentation is at times somewhat halting; it would be advisable to strengthen the use of subject-specific vocabulary and improve precision of expression. Learning skills: The student still shows difficulty in personally reworking knowledge and linking it to broader experiences and themes. Greater awareness of the educational value of the subject is desirable. NB: Students with PUOI (special educational needs) must email the document before the exam.
Testi di riferimento
La bibliografia del corso include il libro e una serie di ventidue articoli scientifici e capitoli distribuiti dall’insegnante durante lo svolgimento del corso. Libro:Byron J. Good, “Medicine, Rationality and Experience: An Anthropological Perspective”, Cambridge University Press, 1993.(edizione italiana: “Narrare la malattia. Lo sguardo antropologico sul rapporto medico-paziente”, Einaudi, 2006). La dispensa includerà i seguenti articoli e capitoli (lista in aggiornamento – contattare il docente): Byron J. Good, “The Heart of What's the Matter: The Semantics of Illness in Iran” (Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, n. 1, 1977). Arthur Kleinman, “Concepts and Model for Comparison of Medical Systems” (Social Science and Medicine, vol. 12, 1978). Allan Young, “The Anthropology of Health and Sickness” (Annual Review of Anthropology, n. 11, 1982). Thomas J. Csordas, “Embodiment as a Paradigm for Anthropology” (Ethos, vol. 18, n. 1, 1990). Peter Conrad, “Medicalization and Social Control” (Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 18, 1992). Margaret Lock, “Cultivating the body: Anthropology and Epistemologies of Bodily Practice and Knowledge” (in Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 22, 1993). Paul Farmer, “On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below (Dedalus, vol. 125, n. 1, 1996). Margaret Lock and Nancy Scheper-Hughes, “A Critical-Interpretive Approach in Medical Anthropology - Rituals and Routines of Discipline and Dissent” (book chapter, from “Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method”, edited by Johnson, T. & C.F. Sargent, Praeger, 1996). Philippe Bourgois - “The Moral Economies of Homeless Heroin Addicts: Confronting Ethnography, HIV Risk, and Everyday Violence in San Francisco Shooting Encampments” (Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 33, n. 11, 1998). Margaret Lock, “The Tempering of Medical Anthropology: Troubling Natural Categories” (Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 15, n. 4, 2001). Joao Biehl , “Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment”, Social Text, vol. 19, n. 3, 2001) Susan Reynolds Whyte, Sjaak van der Geest, Anita Hardon, “The Social Lives of Medicines: An anthropology of materia medica” (book chapter, from “Social Lives of Medicine”, Cambridge University Press, 2002). Adriana Petryna, Biological Citizenship: The Science and Politics of Chernobyl-Exposed Populations (Osiris, vol. 19, 2004). Mariella Pandolfi and Gilles Bibeau, “Suffering, Politics, Nation: A Cartography of Italian Medical Anthropology” (book chapter, from “Medical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns”, edited by Francine Saillant and Serge Genest, Blackwell, 2006). Didier Fassin, Frédéric Le Marcis, Todd Lethata, “Life & times of Magda A: Telling a Story of Violence in South Africa” (Current Anthropology, vol. 49, n. 2, 2008 ). Charlotte Ikels, “The Anthropology of Organ Transplantation” ( Annual Review of Anthropology, 42, 2013). Lorenzo Alunni, "Obituaries Without Biographies: Death and Health Care in Roma Camps in Rome" (AQ - Anthropological Quarterly, vol. 90 n. 3, 2017) Banu Bargu, “The Silent Exception: Hunger Striking and Lip-Sewing (Law, Culture and the Humanities, vol. 18, n. 2, 2017). Lorenzo Alunni, “Pathogenic Camps, Therapeutic City?” (Social Science & Medicine, n. 289, 2021). Lorenzo Alunni, “The Threshold and the Line: Bodies, Migration, and a Pier in Lampedusa” (Law, Culture and the Humanities, 2025). Lalaie Ameeriar, “Breathing through the rage: Maternal refusal as ethnographic method” (Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2025). Lorenzo Alunni, “The Radars and the Lighthouse: Ill Bodies in Lampedusa” (Current Anthropology, in press, 2027). La bibliografia del corso sarà in inglese, ma gli studenti e le studentesse possono contattare il docente per concordare, nei casi opportuni e in via eccezionale, la possibilità di studiare su una bibliografia in lingua italiana.
Codice insegnamento 2627-2-F0102R025