B030614 - HISTORY AND COMMUNICATION IN CONTEMPORARY AGE

Italian

COURSE TITLE
The construction of the 'other': representations and stereotypes in Europe (19th-21st century)

Group A
1. G. Mosse, Il razzismo in Europa. Dalle origini all’Olocausto (Laterza, 2003)+ saggio di F. Dei, Razzismo, neorazzismo, antirazzismo. Retoriche e politiche della diversità nell’Italia di oggi, in F. Focardi, A. Cegna, Culture antisemite (Viella, 2021, pp. 115-128).
2. A. Michel, Il bianco e il negro. Indagine storica sull’ordine razzista (Einaudi, 2020)
3. F. Bethencourt, Razzismi. Dalle crociate al XX secolo, parte III e IV (il Mulino, 2019)
4. E. Said, Orientalismo. L’immagine europea dell’Oriente (Feltrinelli, 2013)

Group B
1. J. Chapoutot, La legge del sangue. Pensare e agire da nazisti (Einaudi, 2014)
2. V. Galimi, L’antisemitismo in azione. Pratiche antiebraiche nella Francia degli anni Trenta (Unicopli, 2006)
3. S. Montaldo, Donne delinquenti. Il genere e la nascita della criminologia (Carocci, 2020)
4. V. Righettoni, Nero su bianco. Iconografia della razza e guerra d’Etiopia (Quolibet 2018)
5. S. Patriarca, Il colore della Repubblica. “Figli della guerra” e razzismo nell’Italia post-fascista (Torino, Einaudi, 2021).

Group C
1 Article (see list on moodle)

KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES:
- to revise the basic knowledge of Contemporary history
-to learn t acquire basic knowledge of the history of racism and anti-Semitism in the contemporary age, with particular reference to the circulation of visual stereotypes
SKILL OBJECTIVES:
- to learn knowledge of the main methods in the study of Contemporary history
knowledge of the bibliographic tools in the study of Contemporary history
Particular attention to visual aspects and iconographic sources for the study of history


BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES:
- to encourage the critical reflection on the origin of some key-aspects of Contemporary age

Important advice. Requested basic knowledge of Contemporary history. It is recommended to use a contemporary history textbook at university level (ex. (es., T. Detti, G. Gozzini, Storia contemporanea, 2 voll., Pearson, 2017).

Frontal lessons, also by external experts, with the help of audiovisual material available on the e-learning platform of the course (Moodle); students’ analysis on visual sources.

Non-attending students should make contact with professor Galimi at the beginning of the course to arrange a specific program. Disabled students or students with learning disabilities are invited to contact the "UNIFI Include" desk for instructions on how to achieve the learning objectives in the most appropriate way for their specific needs. The agreed measures must be shared with the teacher in due time.

The examination will have place in oral form. on the topics covered in class and in the texts of the program (also for non-attending students).
The test aims to verify:
- an understanding of the main processes of contemporary history and the history of racism and anti-Semitism of the contemporary age;
- an understanding of the main categories used to describe the aforementioned phenomena. Differently-abled students, students with certified learning difficulties or students who, for health reasons, are momentarily unable to sit their exams according to the established exam procedure should consult the Unifi Includes help desk (Sportello Unifi Include) in order to formulate a personalized study plan, best suited to their special needs. Students are required to present this special study programme describing the necessary compensatory measures to their teachers as soon as possible.

The syllabus with the topics covered in each lesson and the seminar program with external teachers will be distributed during the first lesson and available on the moodle platform.

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