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Cultural Studies

Learning from local communities and local people embedded in global frames

When:

07 September - 21 September 2019

School:

Bicocca Summer and Winter School

Institution:

University of Milano-Bicocca

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Credits:

3.0 EC

Fee:

900 EUR

Interested?

The 2nd Edition of "Learning from local. Communities and Local People embedded in Global Frames" Summer School aims to promote a deeper understanding of the social changes that local people in India (and similarly all over the world) have to face in order to make globalization a good chance and not just something negative.

Lā€™India, considerata la piĆ¹ grande democrazia al mondo, si ĆØ trasformata negli ultimi decenni in uno dei paesi leader nellā€™Oceano Indiano. Eā€™ stata scelta come destinazione non solo per la crescente importanza geopolitica ma soprattutto per via della straordinaria ricchezza culturale dovuta anche alla vasta presenza di popolazioni ā€œtribaliā€, o ādivāsÄ«, che ammontano a piĆ¹ dellā€™8% della popolazione totale. Nonostante la sua crescente importanza a livello mondiale questa affascinante nazione rimane ancora ampiamente sconosciuta agli studenti italiani.
La Summer School si propone di offrire agli studenti una comprensione approfondita sul campo dei cambiamenti sociali che hanno investito alcune popolazioni e comunitĆ  locali sulla scia della decolonizzazione, per effetto delle politiche economiche dellā€™India indipendente e dei fenomeni legati alla globalizzazione.
La Summer School si svolgerĆ  a Calcutta, nel West Bengala, e a Mumbai.

CONTENTS

The Summer School aims to strength studentā€™s capabilities with regard to the following points:

Different ways to organize social and cultural life;

Managing cultural diversity in complex contexts;

Critical awareness of NGOā€™s activities;

Direct experience of several processes of social, cultural and economics changes;

Ethnographic research projects;

The Summer School includes also visits to several places of main cultural and environmental interest, with regard to:

Anthropological issues;

Arts, local craft and immaterial heritage;

Tribal people rights;

Making of ā€œIndianā€ and local identity;

Sustainable tourism;

Microcredit projects;

Course leader

Prof. Vincenzo Matera

Target group

All students

Course aim

aims to promote a deeper understanding of the social changes that local people in India (and similarly all over the world) have to face in order to make globalization a good chance and not just something negative.

Interested?

When:

07 September - 21 September 2019

School:

Bicocca Summer and Winter School

Institution:

University of Milano-Bicocca

Language:

English

Credits:

3.0 EC

Fee:

900 EUR, fee includes lessons, living and transportation costs during the Stay in India. It doesn't include flights costs.

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