International cooperation and development

Fundamentals of Interculture The course aims to provide basic theoretical skills on all the main aspects of intercultural language mediation from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is aimed at first-year students of International Cooperation and Development (COOP) and Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation (MLI) and is divided into teaching units. The course will cover the basics of intercultural mediation and training: concepts of identity, culture, mediation; definition of intercultural competences; portrayal of diversity in art, literature, cinema and music; birth and development of cultural stereotypes; concept of race and ethnicity; prejudice and racism related to them, in the past and in recent times; overview of the history of colonialism and migration. The cultural universe of reference will be mainly that of Spanish-speaking Latin America, with links also to situations in Italy and other continents. On the Sapienza e-learning platform (https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.php?id=16841) one can find all the materials necessary for the preparation of the programme. The course programme can be followed in a mode involving participation in lectures + activities, as described below. The course is divided into teaching modules, and each module is linked to recorded lessons and classroom activities, which are listed on the e-learning platform for the course “Fundamentals of Intercultural Communication – Spanish Language 2025-2026” (https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.php?id=19799) Students can attend classes or watch recorded lessons, read the texts indicated in the program, and in this case, they will take a final written exam with open-ended questions on the topics covered in the different modules. Those who participate in the activities proposed in class, with a minimum of 25, may not take the written exam or answer only part of the questions. For students of International Cooperation and Development, there will also be a final activity on Cooperation and Interculturalism, which we will carry out in class at the end of the course. The program includes 18 lists of books, divided into thematic groups. All participants must choose one group of books. Reading groups (maximum 4/5 participants) can be organized for students who choose the same group of books. For those who make an individual choice, there will be questions in the written test. For groups, there will be an oral presentation in January 2026, to be held according to a schedule that will be published on the course's e-learning page. The written test can be taken at any time. Classes are held according to the following timetable lunedì 16.00-18.00, Aula 205 Edificio Marco Polo (solo per Cooperazione Internazionale) martedì 12.00-14.00, Aula 205 Edificio Marco Polo (per tutte/i) giovedì 8.00-10.00, Aula 205 Edificio Marco Polo (per tutte/i)

No prior knowledge is required for the attendance of the course.

Per Cooperazione Internazionale e Sviluppo: Manila Franzini, Competenze interculturali nella cooperazione internazionale, La Rondine, 2017. Solo le parti selezionate e caricate sulla piattaforma virtuale. Le storie presentate nel capitolo VI servono per lo svolgimento dell’attività finale del corso di Cooperazione Internazionale e Sviluppo Letture a scelta (individuali o in gruppo) Ogni studente o studentessa deve scegliere uno dei seguenti gruppi di libri, sui quali ci saranno delle domande nella prova scritta. La lettura può essere fatta in gruppo, e in questo caso verrà fatto un incontro con il docente in cui il gruppo dovrà presentare i libri. Gli incontri si svolgeranno nel mese di gennaio 2026, secondo il calendario che verrà pubblicato in seguito. Gruppo 1 Piasere, Storia europea dei Rom, Laterza Valeriu Nicolae, La mia esagerata famiglia Rom, Rubbettino Editore Gennaro Spinelli, Rom e sinti, People Edizioni Gruppo 2 S. Khosravi, Io sono confine, Eleuthera, 2019 G. Anzaldúa, Terre di confine. La Frontera, Edizioni Black Coffee, 2022 D. Osorno, Un cowboy attraversa la frontiera in silenzio, La Nuova Frontiera, 2014 F. Cantú, Solo un fiume a separarci, Minimum Fax, 2019 Gruppo 3 C. Volpato, Deumanizzazione. Come si legittima la violenza, Laterza, 2011 V. Pisanty, La difesa della razza, Bompiani, 2007 A. Foa, Il suicidio di Israele, Laterza, 2024 Gruppo 4 Sami Al-Ajrami, Le chiavi di casa, Mondadori, 2025 Susan Abulhawa, Ogni mattina a Jenin, Feltrinelli, 2006 Colum McCann, Apeirogon, Feltrinelli, 2020 Gruppo 5 Giaccardi, La comunicazione interculturale nell’era digitale, Il Mulino, 2010 La Cecla, Il malinteso, Meltemi, 2022 N. Uyangoda, L'unica persona nera nella stanza, 66thand2nd, 2021 Gruppo 6 T. Todorov, La conquista dell’America, Einaudi, 1983 S. Torre, Il pensiero decoloniale, UTET, 2024 A. Carpentier, L’arpa e l’ombra, Sellerio, 2020 Gruppo 7 A.Michel, Il bianco e il nero, Einaudi, 2021 Taguieff, Il razzismo, Cortina, 1999 J.Baldwin, La prossima volta il fuoco, Fandango,2024 Gruppo 8 M. Colucci, Storia dell'immigrazione straniera in Italia, Carocci, 2019 M. Mazzucco, Io sono con te. Storia di Brigitte, Einaudi, 2016 E. Hakuzwimana Ripanti, E poi basta. Manifesto di una donna nera italiana, People, 2024 Gruppo 9 A.Gazzoni, Pensiero Caraibico, Ensemble Edizioni, 2017 A.Benitez Rojo, Il mare delle lenticchie, Ilisso, 1995 F. Laplantine, Il pensiero meticcio, Eleuthera, 2006 Gruppo 10 P. Villano, Pregiudizi e stereotipi, Carocci, 2013 V. Domenici, Uomini nelle gabbie. Dagli zoo umani al razzismo della vacanza etnica, Il Saggiatore, 2015 O. Obasuyi, Corpi estranei, People, 2019 Gruppo 11 F. Faloppa, Sbiancare un etiope. La costruzione di un immaginario razzista, Utet, 2022 Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tra me e il mondo, Codice Edizioni, 2018 A.Frisina, Razzismi contemporanei, Le prospettive della sociologia, Carocci, 2020 Gruppo 12 M. Livi Bacci, Conquista. La distruzione degli indios americani, Il Mulino, 2009 L. Giraudo, La questione indigena in America Latina, Carocci, 2009 J.M. Arguedas, I fiumi profondi, Einaudi, 2021 Gruppo 13 M. Livi Bacci, Per terre e per mari. Quindici storie di migrazioni, Il Mulino, 2022 M. Audenino, Migrazioni italiane, Bruno Mondadori, 2008 S. Poletti, Gente con me, Rubbettino, 2022 Gruppo 14 F. Remotti, Somiglianze, Laterza, 2019 P. Boncompagni, La terra vista da qui. Diario aereo di una cooperante viaggiatrice, Utet, 2021 R. Pepicelli, Né oriente né occidente. Vivere in un mondo nuovo, Il Mulino, 2024 Gruppo 15 J. Otsuka, Venivamo tutte per mare, Bollati Boringhieri, 2011 J. Herbert, La casa del dolore altrui, Gran Vía, 2019 V. Luiselli, Archivio dei bimbi perduti, La Nuova Frontiera, 2019 Gruppo 16 P. Vignolo, Cannibali, giganti selvaggi, B. Mondadori, 2009 (online) J.Talon, Incontri coi selvaggi, Quodlibet, 2016 J.J Saer, Il testimone; La nuova Frontiera, 2023 Gruppo 17 O. Otele, Africani europei, Einaudi, 2022 J. Pitts, Afropei. Viaggio nel cuore dell’Europa nera, EDT, 2020 G. Makaping, Traiettorie di sguardi. E se gli altri foste voi?, Rubbettino Editore, 2022 Gruppo 18 M. Barnet, Cimarrón. Storia di uno schiavo fuggiasco, Quodlibet, 2024 W. N’Sondé, Un oceano, tre mari, due continenti, 66thand2nd, 2021 P. Delpiano, La schiavitù in età moderna, Laterza, 2008 S. Truth, Non sono io una donna? Storia di una schiava americana, Passigli, 2024

The course of Fundamentals of Interculture is divided into twelve modules, three lessons each, each of which dedicated to the thematic Nuclei of the Course, in the following order: 1) Cooperation and Development in an intercultural key 2) The concept of cultural identity and its problems 3) Intercultural competences 4) Mediation and intercultural communication 5) Dehumanization and Conquest 6) The birth and development of stereotypes and prejudices 7) For a history of colonialisms 8) Contemporary racism 9) For a history of migration 10) The cultural "minorities" 11) Borders and cultural mestizos 12) Citizenship and Interculture The Course will be developed through three types of activities: -Basic theory lessons: recorded in video; the videos will be uploaded on the e-learning page of the Course on the Moodle platform -Classroom activities on the themes of the didactic units. -Distance activities -individual and in groups- on the topics of the teaching units The activities carried out, in class and at a distance, constitute an element of assessment for the final grade.

Students can attend classes or watch recorded lessons, read the texts indicated in the program, and in this case, they will take a final written exam with open-ended questions on the topics covered in the different modules. Those who participate in the activities proposed in class, with a minimum of 25, may not take the written exam or answer only part of the questions. For students of International Cooperation and Development, there will also be a final activity on Cooperation and Interculturalism, which we will carry out in class at the end of the course. For non-attending students, the study program does not change, but students must contact the instructor at least one month before the exam to agree on the procedure.

The assessment will be based on participation and the results of the proposed tests. There will be a final written test with open questions on the topics covered in the course: participation in the proposed activities may replace, in whole or in part, the answers to the test questions. In the case of not passing the test, students can repeat it in subsequent appeals. To pass the exam you need to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30. The student must demonstrate that he has acquired sufficient knowledge of the concepts of intercultural mediation, a basic knowledge of the main texts and authors presented in the course, and be able to situate authors and texts in their correct temporal development. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to link them in a logical and consistent way. For non-attending students the study program does not change, but students must contact the teacher at least one month before the exam to agree the way of examination.

The Fundamentals of Interculturalism course is divided into ten modules, each dedicated to the course's core topics, in the following order: MODULE 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AN INTERCULTURAL CONTEXT MODULE 2 IDENTITY AND ITS CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS MODULE 3 INTERCULTURAL SKILLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MODULE 4 STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES MODULE 5 IMAGOLOGY AND DEHUMANIZATION MODULE 6 TOWARDS A HISTORY OF COLONIALISM 1 MODULE 7 TOWARDS A HISTORY OF COLONIALISM 2 MODULE 8 TOWARDS A HISTORY OF COLONIALISM 3 TOWARDS A HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY RACISM MODULE 9 TOWARDS A HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY RACISM MODULE 10 TOWARDS A HISTORY OF MIGRATION The course will be developed through three types of activities: -Basic theoretical lessons: recorded on video; the videos will be uploaded to the course's e-learning page on the Moodle platform -Classroom activities on the topics of the teaching units -Distance learning activities on books of your choice The performance of the activities, both in class and at a distance, will be taken into account in the final grade.