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). 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. A second part of the course intends to offer an overview of contemporary studies. This part of the course will be based on the analysis and discussion of some significant examples of studies and research on: Cultural Heritage, historical reenactments, cultural tourism and the influence of climate change on traditional cultural practices.

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. Develop a critical look at the processes of heritageization, festivals and historical re-enactments and their influence on tourist flows;
5. Ability to examine authenticity and transformations of cultural facts in the face of globalized society and climate change.

The basic courses of Cultural Anthropology ("Cultural Anthropology - Introduction - module 1" and "Cultural Anthropology - History - module 2") are preparatory and must be taken before or in contemporary with the course of "History of popular traditions - Introduction.

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;
How a tradition is born, invented traditions and innovated traditions;
Forms of heritage, political processes, historical re-enactments and their influence on tourist flows;
The relationship between tradition and mass culture, globalized society, climate change.

Mandatory text:

1. Dei F. (2018) Cultura popolare in Italia. Da Gramsci all’Unesco, Bologna, il Mulino (testo consigliato per coloro che non hanno frequentato il corso introduttivo di storia delle tradizioni popolari).

2. Lecture notes: La cultura popolare tra tradizione e innovazione (obbligatoria, scaricabile da Moodle).

3. Monographs.
A book to be chosen from:
• Bonato L. (2016) Antropologia della festa. Vecchie logiche per nuove performance, Franco Angeli, Torino.
• Breda N. (2002) Palù. Inquieti paesaggi tra natura e cultura, Cierre Edizioni.
• Bruner C. Edward (2005) Culture on Tour, University Chicago Press.
• Cole J., Wolf E. (1994) La frontiera nascosta, Roma, Carocci.
• De Luca B. (2018) L'arte del fuoco nascosto. I carbonai del Cansiglio, Cierre Edizioni.
• Dei F., Di Pasquale C. (2017) Rievocare il passato: memoria culturale e identità territoriali, Pisa University Press.
• De Martino E. (2015) Sud e magia, Donzelli (edizione a cura di F. Dei e A. Fanelli). In caso di difficoltà nel reperimento del presente testo, qualsiasi altra edizione è accettata.
• Ginzburg C. (2020) I benandanti. Stregoneria e culti agrari tra Cinquecento e Seicento, Editore Adelphi.
• Hobsbawm E.J., Ranger T. (2002) L’invenzione della tradizione, Torino, Giulio Einaudi.
• Sanga G. (2020) La fiaba. Morfologia, antropologia e storia, CLEUP, Padova.
• Vianello R. (2004) Pescatori di Pellestrina, la cultura della pesca nell’isola veneziana, Cierre Edizioni/Canova-Regione del Veneto.
• Vianello R. (2011) Il Gondoliere, Verona, Cierre Edizioni.
• Vianello R. (2018) L'oro nero della Laguna di Venezia: la mitilicoltura tra eredità culturali e nuove tradizioni, Roma, Aracne Edizioni.

Non-attending students must bring an additional text chosen from the monographs.

Oral examination.
Verification of learning and skills achieved will take place through an analytical oral exam with questions on the texts in the program and on the topics of the lessons; in particular, the understanding of the themes and problems posed during the course and the ability to establish transversal links will be verified.
Erasmus students are required to speak in Italian.

Lectures with analytical discussion of the texts in the program. Use of PowerPoint presentations and audiovisual materials such as ethnographic documentaries. Use of the Moodle platform.
Teaching language: Italian.

Italian

Students must bring the current Academic Year program. Programs from previous Academic Years cannot be brought.
The course is not valid for obtaining CFUs in M-DEA / 01 for the FIT path.
Erasmus students are required to speak in Italian.
The teacher is always available at: rita.vianello@unive.it
The student reception, in person and / or online, is on Monday from 16.30.
Teaching language: Italian.

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