FOLKLORE, INTRODUCTION

The teaching is part of the related and supplementary Activities of the Degree in History, Anthropological curriculum. The aim of the course is to offer an introduction to the study of the traditional culture of the popular classes of stratified societies (peasants, shepherds, mountaineers, fishermen, artisans, workers, fair workers). The course includes a first part dedicated to the in-depth analysis of the forms and functions of folklore, and to the birth and development of studies on popular traditions, folklore and demology. This introduction will be followed by a thematic section on the ideology of death and the relations between the dead and the living in southern Italian peasant societies.

Attendance and active participation in the course (lectures, viewing of video material) and individual study of the exam material will allow students to:
1. Know the birth and development of studies on the traditional culture of the popular classes (Italian and non-Italian);
2. Know and appreciate the cultural and social complexity of the popular classes;
3. Deepen and analyze particularly significant studies;
4. Learning and experimenting the methodologies for the study of popular traditions;
5. Learning to relate the ethnographic experience to the pertinent scientific literature.

The basic courses in Cultural Anthropology ('Cultural Anthropology - Introduction - Module 1' and 'Cultural Anthropology - History - Module 2') are preparatory and must be taken prior to or in parallel with the course 'History of Popular Traditions - Introduction.
The course program will be completed as soon as a lecturer will be nominated in a public call procedure.

Birth and development of folklore studies;
Introduction to the study of popular culture in Modern Europe and Italy: romanticism, positivism, fascism, Antonio Gramsci, Ernesto de Martino, Alberto M. Cirese;
Forms and functions of folklore;
Definition of the concept of tradition;
Definition of the concept of people;
Definition of the concept of tradition;
Internal debate within the discipline and new horizons;
Forms of patrimonialisation;
Ideology of death among peasant societies in Southern Italy.

REferences

Dei F., Cultura popolare in Italia. Da Gramsci all'UNESCO, BO, Mulino, 2018
The bibliography will be indicated as soon as a lecturer will be nominated in a public call procedure.

To be noted: Students must always bring the current academic year's programme for the four scheduled appeals. Under no circumstances may they bring old programs from previous academic years.

Oral and written examination.

The assessment of learning and skills attained will take place by means of a written examination (optional) and an oral examination with questions on the texts in the syllabus and on the topics of the lectures; in particular, understanding the themes and problems posed during the course and the ability to make cross-curricular connections will be ascertained.

Written report and oral exam on themes considered during the lectures.

Participatory lessons with the use of slides, guided readings and use of audiovisual material.

The course program will be completed as soon as a lecturer will be nominated in a public call procedure.

Italian

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development