General Sociology
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: AUGUSTO GIUSEPPE GAMUZZAExpected Learning Outcomes
Childcare educator curriculum
The main objective of the General Sociology course is to provide students with the essential knowledge and reference concepts of sociology as a discipline that studies society in its relational and institutional dimensions. The course is divided into three basic modules which are added a module on classroom activity in group work (this module can also be taken individually for students who cannot attend). The first is dedicated to the fundamentals of the discipline; the second module is anthological in nature. In fact, a specific area of attention has been devoted to the history of sociology in Italy, which with the work on Luigi Sturzo aims to update the interpretative categories of one of the classics of the Italian sociological panorama; the third module aims to represent the current debate in the social sciences through the possibility for the student to choose from a list of OER (open educational resources) articles from class A scientific journals for the scientific field General Sociology through a selection of four or more articles organised in two papers (a multimedia presentation and a written report of 10. 000 characters including spaces) of theoretical and/or research contributions from the indicated journals. Students who use materials in English will have an additional mark determined by the committee on the basis of their performance. Specific space will be given during the lectures to module 3 to enable students to carry out their work to the best of their ability.
All modules are aimed at enabling students to acquire discipline-specific language, fundamental concepts and theories. In addition, but not least, students can explore social reality from a purely scientific perspective through numerous activities, seminars and working groups that provide the opportunity to co-construct the discipline's learning path.
Course Structure
The course is divided into three modules. The first is dedicated to the sociological fundamentals
The second module is a monographic exploring a classic of the Italian sociological panorama: Luigi Sturzo
The third module aims at representing the current debate in the social sciences through the possibility for the student to choose from a list of OER (open educational resources) articles from class A scientific journals for the ERC sector 14 / C1 "Sociolgia Generale". The selection of the resources of the third module was carried out in compliance with the educational objectives of the social educator and community curriculum. The class mission is: giving to the students the specific language of the discipline, the fundamental concepts and theories.
For ERASMUS students, it will be possible to integrate (in accordance with the Lecturer) the list with items in English, French, Spanish.
If the teaching is given in a blended or full-online mode, the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated may be introduced, in order to respect the program indicated in the Syllabus
Detailed Course Content
Basic topics: - Introduction to sociology: object, method, research and typology of sociological theories; - Social elements and processes: culture, structure, socialization, social interaction, groups and organizations, deviance and social control, stratification and social classes, social and ethnic inequality; - Inequalities;
Main social institutions: family, education, religion,
Society and change: collective behaviour and social movements.
Monographic topics: - Social change and research methodology in the classics of sociology, authors and issues.
Textbook Information
MODULE 1:
- N. J. Smelser, Manuale di sociologia, il Mulino, Bologna 2011 ; Capitoli: I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; IX, X; XIII; XIV; XV; XIX
MODULE 2:
- Luigi Sturzo, Sulle questioni sociali, Bonanno, Acireale-Roma 2011 pp, 7-95
MODULE 3:
- (QUADERNI DI SOCIOLOGIA - ITA) https://journals.openedition.org/qds/
Davide Sparti, « Il disordine dell’interazione », Quaderni di Sociologia [Online], 81- LXIII | 2019, online dal 01 juin 2020, consultato il 29 septembre 2020. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/qds/3493; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/qds.3493
Enrica Amaturo e Biagio Aragona, « Per un’epistemologia del digitale: note sull’uso di big data e computazione nella ricerca sociale », Quaderni di Sociologia [Online], 81- LXIII | 2019, online dal 01 juin 2020, consultato il 29 septembre 2020. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/qds/3508; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/qds.3508
Maurizio Bonolis e Lorenzo Sabetta, « Verso una congiunzione funzionale delle due “etiche” weberiane », Quaderni di Sociologia [Online], 81- LXIII | 2019, online dal 01 juin 2020, consultato il 29 septembre 2020. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/qds/3483; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/qds.3483
Debora Mantovani e Giancarlo Gasperoni, « Il divario di genere nell’interazione fra genitori e docenti nelle scuole italiane », Quaderni di Sociologia, 74 | 2017, 53-76. URL: https://journals.openedition.org/qds/1703 ;
Carlo Barone, Giovanni Abbiati e Davide Azzolini, « Quanto conviene studiare? », Quaderni di Sociologia, 64 | 2014, 11-40. URL: https://journals.openedition.org/qds/391 ;
Giovanni Abbiati, Gianluca Argentin, Giulia Assirelli, Carlo Barone e Antonio Schizzerotto, « Orientamento educativo e disuguaglianze di fronte all’istruzione universitaria in Italia: risultati da un esperimento randomizzato », Quaderni di Sociologia, 74 | 2017, 7-31. URL: https://journals.openedition.org/qds/1698 ;
Luca Bianchi e Serena Liani, « Fidarsi della fiducia? », Quaderni di Sociologia, 74 | 2017, 127-140. URL: https://journals.openedition.org/qds/1709 ;
Michelangelo Pascali, « Estetica ed etica del “cibo-senza cibo” », Quaderni di Sociologia [Online], 74 | 2017; DOI : 10.4000/qds.1705 URL: https://journals.openedition.org/qds/1705 ;
Davide Azzolini e Anna Ress, « Quanto incide il background migratorio sulle transizioni scolastiche? », Quaderni di Sociologia, 67 | 2015, 9-27. URL: https://journals.openedition.org/qds/338
- (SOCIOLOGIA ITALIANA - ITA) https://sociologiaitaliana.egeaonline.it/it/21/archivio-rivista/rivista/3448053
Scienza, coscienza e democratizzazione della conoscenza. La presenza pervasiva della scienza nella società (Science, awareness and knowledge democratisation: The pervasiveness of science in society), di Massimo Pendenza -
The time of emergency. On the governmental logic of preparedness, di Luigi Pellizzoni
- (SOCIOLOGICA - ENG) https://sociologica.unibo.it/
Systemic Integration and the Need for De-Integration in Pandemic Times - Elena Esposito
Interactional Anomie? Imaging Social Distance after COVID-19: A Goffmanian Perspective - Vincenzo Romania
Testing and Being Tested in Pandemic Times - David Stark
Complex Social Networks are Missing in the Dominant COVID-19 Epidemic Models - Gianluca Manzo
Making Bonds of Solidarity from Economic Exchange. A Review Essay - Federico Bianchi
Pandemic Practices, Part One. How to Turn “Living Through the COVID-19 Pandemic” into a Heuristic Tool for Sociological Theorizing - Tobias Werron, Leopold Ringel
On #BlackLivesMatter and Journalism - Sarah J. Jackson
- (ITALIAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW - ENG) http://www.italiansociologicalreview.com/ojs/index.php?journal=ISR&page=issue&op=view&path%5B%5D=34
1. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America. Some Remarks after One Hundred Years - Giuseppina Cersosimo
2. Understanding, Explaining and Interpreting the Process of Shaping a Woman’s Subjectivity on the Example of Bell Hooks Autobiography. A Study of Women’s Autobiographies in the Context of Thomas and Znaniecki’s Research -Aneta Ostaszewska
3. Female Citizenship in Poland in the Light of Florian Znaniecki’s Ideas - Justyna Tomczyk
4. William Thomas and the Growth of American Sociology Between the 19th and 20th Century - Raffaele Rauty
5. Definition of the Situation – a Misunderstood and Undervalued Concept. The Contribution of Literature - Rosalba Perrotta
6. The Chicago School of Sociology and Youth Research: The Legacy of W. I. Thomas. From the Polish Peasant in Europe and America to the Child in America - Maurizio Merico
7. Maintaining Close and Intimate Relationships by Migrant Peasant Families at the Beginning of the 20th Century - Anna Dolińska
8. The Concept of Values in Florian Znaniecki’s Early Work - Michal Kaczmarczyk
9. Narrating the Self between Heterodoxy and Tradition. The Use of Personal Documents in Late Modernity - Giuseppe Toscano
10. When I Hear the Word Migrant... Research on Images and Stereotypes with Sentence Completion Technique - Maria Fobert Veutro
11. Inspired by ‘The Polish Peasant’. Autobiographies of Successful Students with an Immigrant Background - Mariagrazia Santagati
12. What is the Relationship between Theory and Research? Current Points from The Polish Peasant - Silvia Cataldi, Gennaro Iorio
13. Scientistic Prejudice and Methodological Pluralism - Angela Maria Zocchi
14. An Ethnic Relations between Immigrant-based Groups in the Light of Florian Znaniecki’s Theory. (Ethnic Relations as a Type of Social Relations: Case Study on Polish-Ukrainian Relations in Diaspora Situation) - Anna Fiń
15. The Polish Peasant after One Hundred Years: An Approach from the History of Sociology - Martin Bulmer
For Students coming from other Countries: Other options can be considered if the student presents a sociological scientific article discussed and approved by the lecturer in different EU languages such as (but not limited to) English, French or Spanish.
Course Planning
Subjects | Text References | |
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1 | LA SOCIOLOGIA COME SCIENZA | Testo 1: cap I |
2 | OGGETTO DI STUDIO DELLA SOCIOLOGIA | Testo 1: cap. I |
3 | PARADIGMI E CONCETTI | Testo 1: cap. I |
4 | LA CULTURA | Testo 1: cap. II |
5 | LUIGI STURZO: SULLE QUESTIONI SOCIALI | Testo 2 |
6 | LA FAMIGLIA | Testo 1: cap. XIII |
7 | L’ISTRUZIONE | Testo 1: cap. XIV |
8 | LA STRUTTURA SOCIALE | Testo 1: cap. III |
9 | LA SOCIALIZZAZIONE | Testo 1: cap. IV |
10 | L’INTERAZIONE SOCIALE | Testo 1: cap. V |
11 | DEVIANZA E CONTROLLO SOCIALE | Testo 1: cap. VII |
12 | LE ORGANIZZAZIONI | Testo 1: cap. VI |
13 | DISUGUAGLIANZA STRATIFICAZIONE E CLASSI SOCIALI | Testo 1: cap IX |
14 | COMPORTAMENTO COLLETTIVO | Testo 1: XIX |
15 | MOVIMENTI SOCIALI | Testo 1: XIX |
16 | LA RELIGIONE | Testo 1: cap.XV |
17 | INTERVENTO, COMUNITA', SOCIETA' | Testo 3: 4 o più articoli (se in gruppo) a scelta fra la rosa inserita nel programma |