Languages, Cultures, Literature, Translation

The course is focused on the different definitions of culture, on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production, and on the theoretical and methodological perspectives useful to carry on researches about the recent sociocultural transformations. Lessons are arranged in two modules. The first module (12 lessons: 24 hours) describes the main concepts of the discipline, namely: culture, symbolic mediation, cultural process and cultural system, values, norms, beliefs, symbols. Further, main theoretical perspectives of discipline, methods and techniques are examined. The second module (12 lessons: 24 hours) is addressed to the systematic analysis of the relationship between social structure and symbolic production through the study of social construction of reality. In this part of the course lessons deal with the different meaning of ideology, its relationship with common feeling, the role of culture as key factor of legitimacy or, instead, as driving force of the social change. In particular, lessons analyse the contribute of education in promoting a universalistic worldview point.

The course does not require specific prior knowledge.

Attendance is urged due to the complexity of the examination, In any case, a special programme has been drawn up to facilitate non-attending students. Programme for those attending: M. Santoro, B. Grüning, Cultura e società, Carocci, Roma, 2024. P. Montesperelli, F. Parziale, Ricerca sociale e processi culturali, Carocci, Roma, 2024. Slides (necessary and supplementary to the course, will be posted on the classroom page in December 2024). Programme for non-attending students: L. Sciolla, M.P. Torrioni, Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020. M. Santoro, B. Grüning, Cultura e società, Carocci, Roma, 2024. P. Montesperelli, F. Parziale, Ricerca sociale e processi culturali, Carocci, Roma, 2024. Slides (necessary and supplementary to the course, will be posted on the classroom page in December 2024). Note. The texts can be found in online stores and bookshops (although in some cases on order). In addition, these books are available in many libraries (see the single catalogue: http://www.sbn.it/opacsbn/opac/iccu/base.jsp).

The first module, made of 12 frontal lesson (24 hours), is addressed to the definition of basic concepts, namely: culture, cultural system and cultural process, symbolic mediation, norms, values, beliefs, symbols. Further, the three theoretical perspectives of the discipline are analysed: the French perspective, the German perspective and the School of Chicago. This module aims to transmit basic theoretical knowledge of this discipline and being developed a specialized language. The second module is arranged in 12 frontal lessons (24 hours) on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production: ideology, common sense, culture and social change. This module aims to transmit knowledge and to make students acquire a specialized language and build a critical sense that allows them to develop an autonomy of judgment respect to the stereotypes spread in society.

It is suggested that students attend the course due to the articulation of the programme.

Students have to undergo a final exam that is carried on in oral form. This exam regards the complete programme of course. This text lasts about 30 minutes and it concerns problems and questions indicated in the programme. The degree is expressed in 30 points. Students are assessed on the basis of following 5 dimensions: knowledge of the concepts, control of the specialized lexicon, expository clearness, ability to translate theoretical knowledge in concrete contexts, autonomy in judgment. If performance is not sufficient respect at least the three first dimensions, then student does not pass the exam. Students achieve a mark included between 18 and 21, if performance is sufficient in the first three dimensions, but it is not insufficient in the other two dimensions. The mark is included between 22 and 24, if performance is sufficient in all dimensions. Students achieve a mark included between 25 and 27, if performance is evaluated good in the first three dimensions and sufficient in the other two dimensions. Eventually, the mark is included between 28 and 30, if performance is very good in the first three dimensions and at least good in the other two dimensions.

Appadurai A., Modernità in polvere, Raffaello Cortina editore, Milano, 2012. Bernstein B., Class, Codes and Control: Theoretical Studies Toward a Sociology of Language, Vol. I, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1971. P., Luckmann T., La realtà come costruzione sociale, il Mulino, Bologna, 2010. Bourdieu P., La distinzione. Critica sociale del gusto, il Mulino, Bologna, 2001. Cuche D., La nozione di cultura nelle scienze sociali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2006. Durkheim E., Le forme elementari della vita religiosa, Mimesis, 2013. Geertz C., Interpretazioni di culture, il Mulino, Bologna, 1995. Gramsci A., Gli intellettuali e l'organizzazione della cultura, E-text, Roma, 2014. Griswold W., Sociologia della cultura, il Mulino, Bologna, 2005. Jenkins H., Cultura convergente, Apogeo-Maggioli, Rimini, 2007. Marx K., Engels F., L'ideologia tedesca, Editori Riuniti, Roma, 2018. Montesperelli P., Comunicare e interpretare, Egea, Milano, 2014. Parziale F., Eretici e respinti. Classi sociali e istruzione superiore in Italia, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2016. Parziale F., L'universalismo incipiente. La dimensione culturale del conflitto sociale, Mondadori education, Milano, 2020. Piccone Stella S., Salmieri L., Il gioco della cultura. Attori, processi, prospettive, Carocci, Roma, 2012. Ricouer P., Conferenze su ideologia e utopia, Jaca Book, Milano, 1994. Simmel G., La metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando editore, Roma, 1996. Sciolla L., M.P. Torrioni, Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020. J.B. Thompson, Mezzi di comunicazione e modernità, il Mulino, Bologna, 1998. Van Dijck J., Poell T., De Waal M., Platform society. Valori pubblici e società connessa, Guerini, Milano 2019. Weber E., L'etica protestante e lo spirito del capitalismo, Rizzoli, Milano, 1991.

The course is divided into two modules and includes lectures and tutorials. The first module, consisting of 12 lectures (24 hours), is devoted to the definition of basic concepts such as culture, cultural system and process, symbolic mediation, norms, values, beliefs symbols. In addition, the main theoretical perspectives of cultural studies are explained. This module is aimed at imparting basic knowledge of the discipline and acquiring specialist language. The second module consists of 12 lectures (24 hours) on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production: ideology, common sense, culture and social change, with a focus on British Cultural Studies, as well as issues relating to the method of analysis and interpretation of cultural processes. This module is aimed at the transmission of knowledge, the acquisition of specialist language and the construction of critical knowledge that enables the student to develop an autonomy of judgement in relation to the stereotypes prevalent in society.

The course is focused on the different definitions of culture, on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production, and on the theoretical and methodological perspectives useful to carry on researches about the recent sociocultural transformations. Lessons are arranged in two modules. The first module (12 lessons: 24 hours) describes the main concepts of the discipline, namely: culture, symbolic mediation, cultural process and cultural system, values, norms, beliefs, symbols. Further, main theoretical perspectives of discipline, methods and techniques are examined. The second module (12 lessons: 24 hours) is addressed to the systematic analysis of the relationship between social structure and symbolic production through the study of social construction of reality. In this part of the course lessons deal with the different meaning of ideology, its relationship with common feeling, the role of culture as key factor of legitimacy or, instead, as driving force of the social change. In particular, lessons analyse the contribute of education in promoting a universalistic worldview point.

The course does not require specific prior knowledge.

Attendance is urged due to the complexity of the examination, In any case, a special programme has been drawn up to facilitate non-attending students. Programme for those attending: M. Santoro, B. Grüning, Cultura e società, Carocci, Roma, 2024. P. Montesperelli, F. Parziale, Ricerca sociale e processi culturali, Carocci, Roma, 2024. Slides (necessary and supplementary to the course, will be posted on the classroom page in December 2024). Programme for non-attending students: L. Sciolla, M.P. Torrioni, Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020. M. Santoro, B. Grüning, Cultura e società, Carocci, Roma, 2024. P. Montesperelli, F. Parziale, Ricerca sociale e processi culturali, Carocci, Roma, 2024. Slides (necessary and supplementary to the course, will be posted on the classroom page in December 2024). Note. The texts can be found in online stores and bookshops (although in some cases on order). In addition, these books are available in many libraries (see the single catalogue: http://www.sbn.it/opacsbn/opac/iccu/base.jsp).

The first module, made of 12 frontal lesson (24 hours), is addressed to the definition of basic concepts, namely: culture, cultural system and cultural process, symbolic mediation, norms, values, beliefs, symbols. Further, the three theoretical perspectives of the discipline are analysed: the French perspective, the German perspective and the School of Chicago. This module aims to transmit basic theoretical knowledge of this discipline and being developed a specialized language. The second module is arranged in 12 frontal lessons (24 hours) on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production: ideology, common sense, culture and social change. This module aims to transmit knowledge and to make students acquire a specialized language and build a critical sense that allows them to develop an autonomy of judgment respect to the stereotypes spread in society.

It is suggested that students attend the course due to the articulation of the programme.

Students have to undergo a final exam that is carried on in oral form. This exam regards the complete programme of course. This text lasts about 30 minutes and it concerns problems and questions indicated in the programme. The degree is expressed in 30 points. Students are assessed on the basis of following 5 dimensions: knowledge of the concepts, control of the specialized lexicon, expository clearness, ability to translate theoretical knowledge in concrete contexts, autonomy in judgment. If performance is not sufficient respect at least the three first dimensions, then student does not pass the exam. Students achieve a mark included between 18 and 21, if performance is sufficient in the first three dimensions, but it is not insufficient in the other two dimensions. The mark is included between 22 and 24, if performance is sufficient in all dimensions. Students achieve a mark included between 25 and 27, if performance is evaluated good in the first three dimensions and sufficient in the other two dimensions. Eventually, the mark is included between 28 and 30, if performance is very good in the first three dimensions and at least good in the other two dimensions.

Appadurai A., Modernità in polvere, Raffaello Cortina editore, Milano, 2012. Bernstein B., Class, Codes and Control: Theoretical Studies Toward a Sociology of Language, Vol. I, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1971. P., Luckmann T., La realtà come costruzione sociale, il Mulino, Bologna, 2010. Bourdieu P., La distinzione. Critica sociale del gusto, il Mulino, Bologna, 2001. Cuche D., La nozione di cultura nelle scienze sociali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2006. Durkheim E., Le forme elementari della vita religiosa, Mimesis, 2013. Geertz C., Interpretazioni di culture, il Mulino, Bologna, 1995. Gramsci A., Gli intellettuali e l'organizzazione della cultura, E-text, Roma, 2014. Griswold W., Sociologia della cultura, il Mulino, Bologna, 2005. Jenkins H., Cultura convergente, Apogeo-Maggioli, Rimini, 2007. Marx K., Engels F., L'ideologia tedesca, Editori Riuniti, Roma, 2018. Montesperelli P., Comunicare e interpretare, Egea, Milano, 2014. Parziale F., Eretici e respinti. Classi sociali e istruzione superiore in Italia, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2016. Parziale F., L'universalismo incipiente. La dimensione culturale del conflitto sociale, Mondadori education, Milano, 2020. Piccone Stella S., Salmieri L., Il gioco della cultura. Attori, processi, prospettive, Carocci, Roma, 2012. Ricouer P., Conferenze su ideologia e utopia, Jaca Book, Milano, 1994. Simmel G., La metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando editore, Roma, 1996. Sciolla L., M.P. Torrioni, Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020. J.B. Thompson, Mezzi di comunicazione e modernità, il Mulino, Bologna, 1998. Van Dijck J., Poell T., De Waal M., Platform society. Valori pubblici e società connessa, Guerini, Milano 2019. Weber E., L'etica protestante e lo spirito del capitalismo, Rizzoli, Milano, 1991.

The course is divided into two modules and includes lectures and tutorials. The first module, consisting of 12 lectures (24 hours), is devoted to the definition of basic concepts such as culture, cultural system and process, symbolic mediation, norms, values, beliefs symbols. In addition, the main theoretical perspectives of cultural studies are explained. This module is aimed at imparting basic knowledge of the discipline and acquiring specialist language. The second module consists of 12 lectures (24 hours) on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production: ideology, common sense, culture and social change, with a focus on British Cultural Studies, as well as issues relating to the method of analysis and interpretation of cultural processes. This module is aimed at the transmission of knowledge, the acquisition of specialist language and the construction of critical knowledge that enables the student to develop an autonomy of judgement in relation to the stereotypes prevalent in society.

The course is focused on the different definitions of culture, on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production, and on the theoretical and methodological perspectives useful to carry on researches about the recent sociocultural transformations. Lessons are arranged in two modules. The first module (12 lessons: 24 hours) describes the main concepts of the discipline, namely: culture, symbolic mediation, cultural process and cultural system, values, norms, beliefs, symbols. Further, main theoretical perspectives of discipline, methods and techniques are examined. The second module (12 lessons: 24 hours) is addressed to the systematic analysis of the relationship between social structure and symbolic production through the study of social construction of reality. In this part of the course lessons deal with the different meaning of ideology, its relationship with common feeling, the role of culture as key factor of legitimacy or, instead, as driving force of the social change. In particular, lessons analyse the contribute of education in promoting a universalistic worldview point.

The course does not require specific prior knowledge.

Attendance is urged due to the complexity of the examination, In any case, a special programme has been drawn up to facilitate non-attending students. Programme for those attending: M. Santoro, B. Grüning, Cultura e società, Carocci, Roma, 2024. P. Montesperelli, F. Parziale, Ricerca sociale e processi culturali, Carocci, Roma, 2024. Slides (necessary and supplementary to the course, will be posted on the classroom page in December 2024). Programme for non-attending students: L. Sciolla, M.P. Torrioni, Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020. M. Santoro, B. Grüning, Cultura e società, Carocci, Roma, 2024. P. Montesperelli, F. Parziale, Ricerca sociale e processi culturali, Carocci, Roma, 2024. Slides (necessary and supplementary to the course, will be posted on the classroom page in December 2024). Note. The texts can be found in online stores and bookshops (although in some cases on order). In addition, these books are available in many libraries (see the single catalogue: http://www.sbn.it/opacsbn/opac/iccu/base.jsp).

The first module, made of 12 frontal lesson (24 hours), is addressed to the definition of basic concepts, namely: culture, cultural system and cultural process, symbolic mediation, norms, values, beliefs, symbols. Further, the three theoretical perspectives of the discipline are analysed: the French perspective, the German perspective and the School of Chicago. This module aims to transmit basic theoretical knowledge of this discipline and being developed a specialized language. The second module is arranged in 12 frontal lessons (24 hours) on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production: ideology, common sense, culture and social change. This module aims to transmit knowledge and to make students acquire a specialized language and build a critical sense that allows them to develop an autonomy of judgment respect to the stereotypes spread in society.

It is suggested that students attend the course due to the articulation of the programme.

Students have to undergo a final exam that is carried on in oral form. This exam regards the complete programme of course. This text lasts about 30 minutes and it concerns problems and questions indicated in the programme. The degree is expressed in 30 points. Students are assessed on the basis of following 5 dimensions: knowledge of the concepts, control of the specialized lexicon, expository clearness, ability to translate theoretical knowledge in concrete contexts, autonomy in judgment. If performance is not sufficient respect at least the three first dimensions, then student does not pass the exam. Students achieve a mark included between 18 and 21, if performance is sufficient in the first three dimensions, but it is not insufficient in the other two dimensions. The mark is included between 22 and 24, if performance is sufficient in all dimensions. Students achieve a mark included between 25 and 27, if performance is evaluated good in the first three dimensions and sufficient in the other two dimensions. Eventually, the mark is included between 28 and 30, if performance is very good in the first three dimensions and at least good in the other two dimensions.

Appadurai A., Modernità in polvere, Raffaello Cortina editore, Milano, 2012. Bernstein B., Class, Codes and Control: Theoretical Studies Toward a Sociology of Language, Vol. I, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1971. P., Luckmann T., La realtà come costruzione sociale, il Mulino, Bologna, 2010. Bourdieu P., La distinzione. Critica sociale del gusto, il Mulino, Bologna, 2001. Cuche D., La nozione di cultura nelle scienze sociali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2006. Durkheim E., Le forme elementari della vita religiosa, Mimesis, 2013. Geertz C., Interpretazioni di culture, il Mulino, Bologna, 1995. Gramsci A., Gli intellettuali e l'organizzazione della cultura, E-text, Roma, 2014. Griswold W., Sociologia della cultura, il Mulino, Bologna, 2005. Jenkins H., Cultura convergente, Apogeo-Maggioli, Rimini, 2007. Marx K., Engels F., L'ideologia tedesca, Editori Riuniti, Roma, 2018. Montesperelli P., Comunicare e interpretare, Egea, Milano, 2014. Parziale F., Eretici e respinti. Classi sociali e istruzione superiore in Italia, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2016. Parziale F., L'universalismo incipiente. La dimensione culturale del conflitto sociale, Mondadori education, Milano, 2020. Piccone Stella S., Salmieri L., Il gioco della cultura. Attori, processi, prospettive, Carocci, Roma, 2012. Ricouer P., Conferenze su ideologia e utopia, Jaca Book, Milano, 1994. Simmel G., La metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando editore, Roma, 1996. Sciolla L., M.P. Torrioni, Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020. J.B. Thompson, Mezzi di comunicazione e modernità, il Mulino, Bologna, 1998. Van Dijck J., Poell T., De Waal M., Platform society. Valori pubblici e società connessa, Guerini, Milano 2019. Weber E., L'etica protestante e lo spirito del capitalismo, Rizzoli, Milano, 1991.

The course is divided into two modules and includes lectures and tutorials. The first module, consisting of 12 lectures (24 hours), is devoted to the definition of basic concepts such as culture, cultural system and process, symbolic mediation, norms, values, beliefs symbols. In addition, the main theoretical perspectives of cultural studies are explained. This module is aimed at imparting basic knowledge of the discipline and acquiring specialist language. The second module consists of 12 lectures (24 hours) on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production: ideology, common sense, culture and social change, with a focus on British Cultural Studies, as well as issues relating to the method of analysis and interpretation of cultural processes. This module is aimed at the transmission of knowledge, the acquisition of specialist language and the construction of critical knowledge that enables the student to develop an autonomy of judgement in relation to the stereotypes prevalent in society.

The course is focused on the different definitions of culture, on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production, and on the theoretical and methodological perspectives useful to carry on researches about the recent sociocultural transformations. Lessons are arranged in two modules. The first module (12 lessons: 24 hours) describes the main concepts of the discipline, namely: culture, symbolic mediation, cultural process and cultural system, values, norms, beliefs, symbols. Further, main theoretical perspectives of discipline, methods and techniques are examined. The second module (12 lessons: 24 hours) is addressed to the systematic analysis of the relationship between social structure and symbolic production through the study of social construction of reality. In this part of the course lessons deal with the different meaning of ideology, its relationship with common feeling, the role of culture as key factor of legitimacy or, instead, as driving force of the social change. In particular, lessons analyse the contribute of education in promoting a universalistic worldview point.

The course does not require specific prior knowledge.

Attendance is urged due to the complexity of the examination, In any case, a special programme has been drawn up to facilitate non-attending students. Programme for those attending: M. Santoro, B. Grüning, Cultura e società, Carocci, Roma, 2024. P. Montesperelli, F. Parziale, Ricerca sociale e processi culturali, Carocci, Roma, 2024. Slides (necessary and supplementary to the course, will be posted on the classroom page in December 2024). Programme for non-attending students: L. Sciolla, M.P. Torrioni, Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020. M. Santoro, B. Grüning, Cultura e società, Carocci, Roma, 2024. P. Montesperelli, F. Parziale, Ricerca sociale e processi culturali, Carocci, Roma, 2024. Slides (necessary and supplementary to the course, will be posted on the classroom page in December 2024). Note. The texts can be found in online stores and bookshops (although in some cases on order). In addition, these books are available in many libraries (see the single catalogue: http://www.sbn.it/opacsbn/opac/iccu/base.jsp).

The first module, made of 12 frontal lesson (24 hours), is addressed to the definition of basic concepts, namely: culture, cultural system and cultural process, symbolic mediation, norms, values, beliefs, symbols. Further, the three theoretical perspectives of the discipline are analysed: the French perspective, the German perspective and the School of Chicago. This module aims to transmit basic theoretical knowledge of this discipline and being developed a specialized language. The second module is arranged in 12 frontal lessons (24 hours) on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production: ideology, common sense, culture and social change. This module aims to transmit knowledge and to make students acquire a specialized language and build a critical sense that allows them to develop an autonomy of judgment respect to the stereotypes spread in society.

It is suggested that students attend the course due to the articulation of the programme.

Students have to undergo a final exam that is carried on in oral form. This exam regards the complete programme of course. This text lasts about 30 minutes and it concerns problems and questions indicated in the programme. The degree is expressed in 30 points. Students are assessed on the basis of following 5 dimensions: knowledge of the concepts, control of the specialized lexicon, expository clearness, ability to translate theoretical knowledge in concrete contexts, autonomy in judgment. If performance is not sufficient respect at least the three first dimensions, then student does not pass the exam. Students achieve a mark included between 18 and 21, if performance is sufficient in the first three dimensions, but it is not insufficient in the other two dimensions. The mark is included between 22 and 24, if performance is sufficient in all dimensions. Students achieve a mark included between 25 and 27, if performance is evaluated good in the first three dimensions and sufficient in the other two dimensions. Eventually, the mark is included between 28 and 30, if performance is very good in the first three dimensions and at least good in the other two dimensions.

Appadurai A., Modernità in polvere, Raffaello Cortina editore, Milano, 2012. Bernstein B., Class, Codes and Control: Theoretical Studies Toward a Sociology of Language, Vol. I, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1971. P., Luckmann T., La realtà come costruzione sociale, il Mulino, Bologna, 2010. Bourdieu P., La distinzione. Critica sociale del gusto, il Mulino, Bologna, 2001. Cuche D., La nozione di cultura nelle scienze sociali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2006. Durkheim E., Le forme elementari della vita religiosa, Mimesis, 2013. Geertz C., Interpretazioni di culture, il Mulino, Bologna, 1995. Gramsci A., Gli intellettuali e l'organizzazione della cultura, E-text, Roma, 2014. Griswold W., Sociologia della cultura, il Mulino, Bologna, 2005. Jenkins H., Cultura convergente, Apogeo-Maggioli, Rimini, 2007. Marx K., Engels F., L'ideologia tedesca, Editori Riuniti, Roma, 2018. Montesperelli P., Comunicare e interpretare, Egea, Milano, 2014. Parziale F., Eretici e respinti. Classi sociali e istruzione superiore in Italia, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2016. Parziale F., L'universalismo incipiente. La dimensione culturale del conflitto sociale, Mondadori education, Milano, 2020. Piccone Stella S., Salmieri L., Il gioco della cultura. Attori, processi, prospettive, Carocci, Roma, 2012. Ricouer P., Conferenze su ideologia e utopia, Jaca Book, Milano, 1994. Simmel G., La metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando editore, Roma, 1996. Sciolla L., M.P. Torrioni, Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020. J.B. Thompson, Mezzi di comunicazione e modernità, il Mulino, Bologna, 1998. Van Dijck J., Poell T., De Waal M., Platform society. Valori pubblici e società connessa, Guerini, Milano 2019. Weber E., L'etica protestante e lo spirito del capitalismo, Rizzoli, Milano, 1991.

The course is divided into two modules and includes lectures and tutorials. The first module, consisting of 12 lectures (24 hours), is devoted to the definition of basic concepts such as culture, cultural system and process, symbolic mediation, norms, values, beliefs symbols. In addition, the main theoretical perspectives of cultural studies are explained. This module is aimed at imparting basic knowledge of the discipline and acquiring specialist language. The second module consists of 12 lectures (24 hours) on the relationship between social structure and symbolic production: ideology, common sense, culture and social change, with a focus on British Cultural Studies, as well as issues relating to the method of analysis and interpretation of cultural processes. This module is aimed at the transmission of knowledge, the acquisition of specialist language and the construction of critical knowledge that enables the student to develop an autonomy of judgement in relation to the stereotypes prevalent in society.