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==Monday May 19, 2014== | ==Monday May 19, 2014== | ||
:*Introductions and essential questions of inquiry | :*Introductions and essential questions of inquiry | ||
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| + | =Unification and Divisions: the Risorgimento= | ||
==Tuesday May 20, 2014== | ==Tuesday May 20, 2014== | ||
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:*Wood and Farell, Other Voices (131- beginning of 133; the mafia 134-137) | :*Wood and Farell, Other Voices (131- beginning of 133; the mafia 134-137) | ||
:*D'Epiro and Pinchowish, Giuseppe Garibaldi: A united Italy Emerges. | :*D'Epiro and Pinchowish, Giuseppe Garibaldi: A united Italy Emerges. | ||
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==Thursday May 22, 2014== | ==Thursday May 22, 2014== | ||
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:* Mazzini: Introduction, Duties towards Humanity, Liberty and Conclusion in The Duties of Man (81-84; 88-92; 96-99; 105-107) | :* Mazzini: Introduction, Duties towards Humanity, Liberty and Conclusion in The Duties of Man (81-84; 88-92; 96-99; 105-107) | ||
| − | + | =Unit: Resistance, popular culture and Cultural critique = | |
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==Monday May 26, 2014== | ==Monday May 26, 2014== | ||
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:* Gentile, "The Fascist Anthropological Revolution" | :* Gentile, "The Fascist Anthropological Revolution" | ||
:* Croce A Reply to the Manifesto of Fascist Intellectuals (p. 154-156) | :* Croce A Reply to the Manifesto of Fascist Intellectuals (p. 154-156) | ||
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==Tuesday May 27, 2014== | ==Tuesday May 27, 2014== | ||
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:* Geertz, "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture" (1973) | :* Geertz, "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture" (1973) | ||
:* Pia di Bella Honour Sicily | :* Pia di Bella Honour Sicily | ||
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==Thursday, May 29, 2014== | ==Thursday, May 29, 2014== | ||
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:* Wood and Farrell, "Other Voices" (137-139) | :* Wood and Farrell, "Other Voices" (137-139) | ||
:* Commentary(xxxii-xxxix) in Fo, Dario. Accidental Death of an Anarchist. London: Methuen, 1970. | :* Commentary(xxxii-xxxix) in Fo, Dario. Accidental Death of an Anarchist. London: Methuen, 1970. | ||
| − | :* | + | :* Diamond, "Why do Cultures make such Disastrous Mistakes?" |
| + | :* Watch over the weekend: Piazza Fontana | ||
| − | + | =Unit: State Sponsored Terrorism= | |
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==Monday June 2, 2014== | ==Monday June 2, 2014== | ||
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:* Holiday | :* Holiday | ||
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| − | + | :*Fo, Accidental Death, Commentary, xxxix-xliv | |
| + | :*Giordana, Piazza Fontana | ||
| − | + | ==Wednesday June 4, 2014== | |
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| − | * Accidental Death, counter information | + | :* Accidental Death, counter information |
:* Giordana, Marco Tullio. Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (Romanzo di una strage) 2012 (answer questions for in-class discussion) | :* Giordana, Marco Tullio. Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (Romanzo di una strage) 2012 (answer questions for in-class discussion) | ||
:* Pasolini, "I know" | :* Pasolini, "I know" | ||
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| + | ==Thursday June 5, 2014== | ||
:* Accidental Death, counter information | :* Accidental Death, counter information | ||
:* Commentary Dario Fo (xliv-li) Act1, Scene One of Morte Accidentale | :* Commentary Dario Fo (xliv-li) Act1, Scene One of Morte Accidentale | ||
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:* Accidental Death, counter information | :* Accidental Death, counter information | ||
:* Commentary (li-lix) Act 1, Scene Two and Act 2 of Morte Accidentale | :* Commentary (li-lix) Act 1, Scene Two and Act 2 of Morte Accidentale | ||
| + | ==Tuesday June 10, 2014== | ||
| − | + | =Unit: Berlusconismo, media and resistance= | |
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:* The Rise of Berlusconi's Empire | :* The Rise of Berlusconi's Empire | ||
:* Stille, Alexander, The Sack of Rome, Chapter 3 | :* Stille, Alexander, The Sack of Rome, Chapter 3 | ||
| − | :* Capernich, The Changing Face of the Media (in Resisting the tide). | + | :* Capernich, The Changing Face of the Media (in Resisting the tide). |
| − | + | ==Wednesday June 11, 2014== | |
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:* Satire as Protest | :* Satire as Protest | ||
:* Sabina Guzzanti: Draquila, italia che trema (2010) | :* Sabina Guzzanti: Draquila, italia che trema (2010) | ||
:* Monica Boria, Sabina Guzzanti from TV satire to political documentary | :* Monica Boria, Sabina Guzzanti from TV satire to political documentary | ||
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==Thursday June 12, 2014== | ==Thursday June 12, 2014== | ||
:* Servitude and Liberty | :* Servitude and Liberty | ||
| − | :* Viroli, Maurizio. The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy, 2010. Ch. | + | :* Viroli, Maurizio. The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy, 2010. Ch. 1 & 2 Including footnotes. |
=Week 5= | =Week 5= | ||
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:* Servitude and Liberty | :* Servitude and Liberty | ||
| − | :* Viroli, Maurizio. The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy, 2010. Ch. 4. Including footnotes. | + | :* Viroli, Maurizio. The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy, 2010. Ch. 3 & 4. Including footnotes. |
==Tuesday June 17, 2014== | ==Tuesday June 17, 2014== | ||
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:* Feminist thought and activism | :* Feminist thought and activism | ||
:* Muraro _"Towards an Ethics_ of Sexual Difference" (211-226) | :* Muraro _"Towards an Ethics_ of Sexual Difference" (211-226) | ||
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=Week Six= | =Week Six= | ||
==Monday June 23, 2014== | ==Monday June 23, 2014== | ||
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:* Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of honor_ in the Italian Penal Code" (230-244) | :* Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of honor_ in the Italian Penal Code" (230-244) | ||
:* Gilmore, David, _Introduction: The Shame of Dishonour | :* Gilmore, David, _Introduction: The Shame of Dishonour | ||
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==Tuesday June 24, 2014== | ==Tuesday June 24, 2014== | ||
| − | Holiday | + | :*Holiday |
==Wednesday June 25, 2014== | ==Wednesday June 25, 2014== | ||
| − | * Femminicidio - a state of emergency | + | :* Femminicidio - a state of emergency |
:* Fronteddu, Carla. "Wounded to Death. Femicide in Italy" http://timeforequality.org/news/wounded-to-death-femicide-in-italy/._ | :* Fronteddu, Carla. "Wounded to Death. Femicide in Italy" http://timeforequality.org/news/wounded-to-death-femicide-in-italy/._ | ||
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==Thursday June 26, 2014== | ==Thursday June 26, 2014== | ||
:* Here and now | :* Here and now | ||
:* Review | :* Review | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 18 May 2014
Contents
Monday May 19, 2014
- Introductions and essential questions of inquiry
Unification and Divisions: the Risorgimento
Tuesday May 20, 2014
- Discussion/contextualization of GIC 1814 Vienna Congress - Italy's 7 states;
- Watch Girlfriend in a Coma (GIC) at home (answer questions for in-class discussion)
- Read “Six Things Wrong With Italy” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/20/six-things-wrong-with-italy
Wednesday May 21, 2014
- Mazzini's Giovine italia (1831); Garibaldi in Sicily;” questions of liberty
- Wood and Farell, Other Voices (131- beginning of 133; the mafia 134-137)
- D'Epiro and Pinchowish, Giuseppe Garibaldi: A united Italy Emerges.
Thursday May 22, 2014
- A failed revolutions: “the southern question
- Gramsci, "_The Southern Question,_" A Gramsci Reader(171-185).
- Mazzini: Introduction, Duties towards Humanity, Liberty and Conclusion in The Duties of Man (81-84; 88-92; 96-99; 105-107)
Unit: Resistance, popular culture and Cultural critique
Monday May 26, 2014
- WWI and political contestation; Fascism; the Resistance
- Gentile, "The Fascist Anthropological Revolution"
- Croce A Reply to the Manifesto of Fascist Intellectuals (p. 154-156)
Tuesday May 27, 2014
- Resistance and the call for engaged intellectuals
- Gramsci: Popular culture, in A Gramsci Reader (363-374)
- Wilson Chapter 23-24 (pp 236-254)
Wednesday May 28, 2014
- anthropological Seeing (Ethnography)
- Geertz, "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture" (1973)
- Pia di Bella Honour Sicily
Thursday, May 29, 2014
- Terrorismo, the strategy of tension
- Wood and Farrell, "Other Voices" (137-139)
- Commentary(xxxii-xxxix) in Fo, Dario. Accidental Death of an Anarchist. London: Methuen, 1970.
- Diamond, "Why do Cultures make such Disastrous Mistakes?"
- Watch over the weekend: Piazza Fontana
Unit: State Sponsored Terrorism
Monday June 2, 2014
- Holiday
Tuesday June 3, 2014
- Fo, Accidental Death, Commentary, xxxix-xliv
- Giordana, Piazza Fontana
Wednesday June 4, 2014
- Accidental Death, counter information
- Giordana, Marco Tullio. Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (Romanzo di una strage) 2012 (answer questions for in-class discussion)
- Pasolini, "I know"
Thursday June 5, 2014
- Accidental Death, counter information
- Commentary Dario Fo (xliv-li) Act1, Scene One of Morte Accidentale
Monday June 9, 2014
- Accidental Death, counter information
- Commentary (li-lix) Act 1, Scene Two and Act 2 of Morte Accidentale
Tuesday June 10, 2014
Unit: Berlusconismo, media and resistance
- The Rise of Berlusconi's Empire
- Stille, Alexander, The Sack of Rome, Chapter 3
- Capernich, The Changing Face of the Media (in Resisting the tide).
Wednesday June 11, 2014
- Satire as Protest
- Sabina Guzzanti: Draquila, italia che trema (2010)
- Monica Boria, Sabina Guzzanti from TV satire to political documentary
Thursday June 12, 2014
- Servitude and Liberty
- Viroli, Maurizio. The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy, 2010. Ch. 1 & 2 Including footnotes.
Week 5
Monday June 16, 2014
- Servitude and Liberty
- Viroli, Maurizio. The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy, 2010. Ch. 3 & 4. Including footnotes.
Tuesday June 17, 2014
- Servitude and Liberty
- Viroli, Maurizio. The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy, 2010. Ch. 5 Including footnotes.
Wendnesday June 18, 2014
- Media images, and women's movements
- Zanardo, Lorella, and Marco Malfi Chinderini. "Il corpo delle donne (Womens' Bodies)." 2009. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JtyvOeMSHY)
- Wood and Farell, _Other Voices_ (141-49);
Thursday June 19, 2014
- Feminist thought and activism
- Muraro _"Towards an Ethics_ of Sexual Difference" (211-226)
Week Six
Monday June 23, 2014
- Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of honor_ in the Italian Penal Code" (230-244)
- Gilmore, David, _Introduction: The Shame of Dishonour
Tuesday June 24, 2014
- Holiday
Wednesday June 25, 2014
- Femminicidio - a state of emergency
- Fronteddu, Carla. "Wounded to Death. Femicide in Italy" http://timeforequality.org/news/wounded-to-death-femicide-in-italy/._
Thursday June 26, 2014
- Here and now
- Review
