Ateneo - UPO

The course includes 2 parts:
Cultural anthropology;
Bioetics.
For details of the contents see the sheets of the individual modules of the integrated course.

For the Bioethics module the examination materials will be made available to the student at the beginning of the course in the form of handouts.
For the Anthropology module:
1) “Il tempo e la complessità. Teorie e metodi dell'antropologia culturale”, a cura di Fiorella Giacalone, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2017.
2) One book of your choice:
a) Margaret Mead, L’adolescenza in Samoa, Firenze, Giunti, 2017 (or other edition).
b) Jean Itard, Il ragazzo selvaggio, Milano, Se, 2003 (or other equivalent edition).
3) The slides projected during the course and available in the DIR area.

The course will provide basic information on the three disciplines: Cultural anthropology; Bioetics.
Specific subjects will be covered more in depth for each discipline.

Background knowledge are not required. The course provides basic and advanced knowledge. However, critical and judgmental skills are necessary.

Interactive face-to-face lectures. Discussion of bioethical and anthropological case studies.
Lectures with the help of slides and videos.
For the Anthropology module, the organization, in agreement with the attending students, of a seminar with the students will be organized.

The slides used during the course, and other teaching materials will be provided on the DIR website.
Students are required to register on the DIR website (www.dir.uniupo.it).
Any variation will be reported.
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

The exam is aimed at verifying the achievement of the learning objectives. It consists of a written test (for details see the sheets of the individual modules of the integrated course).
The final grade is the result of a collegial evaluation by the teachers of the integrated course.

BIOETICS. Basic concepts: morality, ethics, law. The methods of ethics: deontology and consequentialism. The methods of ethics: utilitarianism and principilism. Application of the concepts discussed above to bioethical case-studies.
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Basic concepts of cultural anthropology. Family and kinship, with particular attention to the gender dimension. Rites of passage and the cycle of life in the contemporary world. Disability: an anthropological approach. Race and racism.

Knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of cultural anthropology and bioethics. Applying knowledge and understanding to the general concepts of cultural anthropology and bioethics.