Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology

The course provides students with the opportunity to: - to know and understand the fundamental concepts, basic and advanced theories and research methods inherent to the anthropology of heritage; to understand heritage issues, and in particular difficult heritage, from a contemporary perspective, with a focus on cases of heritage vulnerability - to be able to apply anthropological concepts and theories with respect to the institutional and social use of public space; - develop critical awareness, autonomous judgement and analysis in relation to the social and bottom-up use of public space; - to be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions clearly and effectively, using the knowledge acquired and the specific language in view of the ‘transversal competences’; to acquire autonomy of judgement and interpersonal skills in relation to interlocutors, whether specialists or not, using appropriate language.