HISTORY OF LABOUR AND LABOUR MOVEMENT

The course is among the Core Educational Activities of the Bachelor's degree course in History from the Middle Age to Contemporary Age.
The aim of the course is the knowledge of the major transformations of labour in the contemporary age, with particular regard to the processes of change from the 1970s to the present time.

Knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge of the major transformations concerning the organization of labour in the Italian society
- knowledge of the historical debate about labour changes
- comprehension of the interdisciplinary nature of labour issues (history, economics, sociology, anthropology)
- comprehension of the link between labour as activity and as workers’ organization

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- ability to understand the current debate about labour
- ability to comment a source concerning the cultures of labour
- ability to plan an interdisciplinary research about labour issues

Communication skills:
- know how to intervene in a collective discussion
- know how to communicate the problems and outcomes of a research

Knowledge of general outlines of contemporay history.
Basic knowledge of English.

Deindustrialization on stage

As well as a structural economic change, deindustrialization triggers deep social, political cultural and urban transformations. In the areas that have been affected, it entailed many initiatives of representation and “mise-en-scène” of the industrial past and its vanishing. The course will explore how literature, poetry, music, theatre, cinema and visual arts are valuable sources for a perspective “from below” on industrial decline and the transition to a postindustrial society. Much attention will be paid to the case of Porto Marghera (Venezia).

ATTENDING STUDENTS

- Sherry Lee Linkon, The Half-Life of Deindustrialization. Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2018
- Roberta Garruccio, Chiedi alla ruggine. Studi e storiografia della deindustrializzazione, in “Meridiana”, 2016, n. 85, pp. 35-60 (v. moodle)

- A critical review (8000 character min.) at choice among:
Ermanno Rea, La dismissione, Rizzoli, Milano 2002
Gianfranco Bettin, Cracking, Mondadori, Milano 2019
Antonio Pennacchi, Mammut, Donzelli, Roma 1994
Edoardo Nesi, Storia della mia gente. La rabbia e l'amore della mia vita da industriale di provincia, Bompiani, Milano 2010

NON ATTENDING STUDENTS

- Luciano Gallino, La scomparsa dell'Italia industriale, Einaudi, Torino 2003
- Roberta Garruccio, Chiedi alla ruggine. Studi e storiografia della deindustrializzazione, in “Meridiana”, 2016, n. 85, pp. 35-60 (v. moodle)
- Angelo Pichierri, Valentina Pacetti, Le ristrutturazioni industriali e il territorio: crisi, declino, metamorfosi?, in Emiliana Armano, Carlo Alberto Dondona, Fiorenzo Ferlaino (a cura di), Postfordismo e trasformazione urbana. Casi di recupero dei vuoti industriali e indicazioni per le politiche nel territorio torinese, Ires Piemonte-Regione Piemonte, Torino 2016, pp. 27-43 (v. moodle)
- Sherry Lee Linkon, The Half-Life of Deindustrialization. Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2018
- Ermanno Rea, La dismissione, Rizzoli, Milano 2002

To students attending the course, the assessment will consist in an oral exam and a critical review of a novel (8000 character min.), to be delivered 10 days before the exam. Students non-attending are required to prepare for the oral examination on the reference list.

The course has the structure of a seminar with 50% of lectures and 50% of discussion.

Italian

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development