Anthropology of the contemporary world

According to the Dublin descriptors, the aims of theaching are oriented to:

1)      knowledges and understanding capacities which extend those of first university cycle, and apply original ideas in research contexts;

2)      communicate their conclusions and knowledges to specialist and non specialist people

Core course

The contemporary anthropological debate about the global perspective of Sustainability

Deepening course

Core course

Bollig, M. Krause, F., 2023, Environmental Anthropology, Haup Verlag, Bern

Brightman, M., Lewis, J., 2017, (eds), The Anthropology of Sustainability. Beyond Development and Progress, Palgrave Macmillan (solo cap. 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15 -volume disponibile in pdf su Studium)

A book at choiche

1)    Marta Gentilucci, 2022, La montagna e il capitale. Il cammino kanak del nichel, Prospero editore, Novate Milanese

2)    Jaume Franquesa, 2018, Power Struggles. Dignity, Value and the Renewable Energy in Spain, Indiana University Press, Bloomington  (volume disponibile in pdf su Studium)

3)    David McDermott Hughes, 2017, Energy Without Conscience. Oil, Climate Change and Complicity, Duke University Press, Durham (volume disponibile in pdf su Studium)

4)    Lorenzo D’Angelo, 2020, Diamanti. Pratiche e stereotipi dell’estrazione mineraria in Sierra Leone, Meltemi, Milano

5)    Iselin Asedotter Stronen, 2017, Grassroots politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela. The Revolutuionary Petro-State, Palgrave Macmillan, (volume disponibile in pdf su Studium)

6)    Astrid Stensrud, 2021, Watershed Politics and Climate Change in Peru, Pluto Press, London (volume disponibile in pdf su Studium)

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.