B008929 - SOCIOLOGY

In the first part of the course we will cover a number of topics of current relevance to the field, including some categories as: socialization, social role and norms, social inclusion/exclusion, deviance. Then we will discuss some sociological theories as symbolic interactionism, ethnography, ethnomethodology. In the second part of the course, we will concentrate on Goffman sociology and its analysis of social interactions with fringe people. Some Goffman essays will be discussed in classroom.

Attending Students:
Horst Reiman, Introduzione alla sociologia, il Mulino, 2002 (i capitoli IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX)
Vincenzo Romania, Le cornici dell'interazione. La comunicazione interpersonale nei contesti della vita quotidiana, Liguori, 2008.
Ervin Goffman, L’ordine dell’interazione, Armando 2007.
Ervin Goffman, Stigma. L’identità negata, Ombre Corte, 2012.

Non attending Students:
Zygmunt Bauman - Tim May, Pensare sociologicamente, Ipermedium, 2003.
Horst Reiman, Introduzione alla sociologia, il Mulino, 2002 (i capitoli IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX)
Vincenzo Romania, Le cornici dell'interazione. La comunicazione interpersonale nei contesti della vita quotidiana, Liguori, 2008.
Ervin Goffman, L’ordine dell’interazione, Armando 2007
Ervin Goffman, Stigma. L’identità negata, Ombre Corte, 2012

KNOWLEDGE: the sociological concepts in the analysis of the social interactions. The sociology of E. Goffman .
COMPETENCES: analysis of the social interaction, especially referred to social work. Developing the critical reading of sociological essays.

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oral examination