B026360 - SOCIOLOGY INSTITUTIONS

Italian

- Knowledge of the sociological categories of socialization, roles and social norms, social groups, social institutions.
- Analysis of the social and interactional dynamics in the contexts of everyday life and social marginalization through some of the main concepts of the sociology of Erving Goffman.

Attending Students of Bachelor's of Social Work Degree (9 cfu) Exam Readings

1) H. Schwartz e J. Jacobs, "G.H. Mead" in Sociologia qualitativa, il Mulino, 1987.

2) Peter Berger, Sociologia, il Mulino, 1995 i capitoli: "La socializzazione", "Linguaggio come istituzione"

3) Reiman, Introduzione alla sociologia, il Mulino, 2002, i capitoli: "Socializzazione" "Ruolo sociale"

4) M. Bontempi, Appunti su Mead.

5) Goffman, "Distanza dal ruolo" in Espressione e identità, il Mulino

6) Slides M. Bontempi, I ruoli sociali, 2020

7) M. Barisione, Breve introduzione sul concetto di frame.

8) Slides M. Bontempi, Introduzione al concetto di frame, 2019.

9) M. Bontempi, Appunti sui concetti di situazione, interazione e frame in Goffman, 2019.

10) Slides M. Bontempi, Goffman: la categoria di situazione e i concetti di analisi dell’interazione, 2019

11) A. Kendon L'approccio di Goffman all'interazione faccia a faccia, 1988.

12) E. Goffman, L'ordine dell'interazione, Armando.

13) E. Goffman, "La carriera morale del malato mentale" in Asylums, Einaudi.

14) E. Goffman, Stigma. Note sulla gestione dell'identità degradata, Ombre Corte, 2018 (tutto. Le edizioni precedenti non vanno bene)

15) Slides M. Bontempi Introduzione a Stigma, 2019

16) M. Bontempi, Appunti su Stigma, 2019

Suggested readings:
Goffman, "I territori del sé" in Relazioni in pubblico, Raffaello Cortina editore.

Goffman, "Giochi di faccia" in Il rituale dell'interazione, il Mulino.


Non Attending Students of Bachelor's of Social Work Degree (9 cfu) need to read also:

17) E. Goffman, Il rituale dell'interazione, il Mulino (tutto).


Non Attending Students of Bachelor's of Philosphy Degree (6 cfu) Exam Readings

1) Horst Reiman, Introduzione alla sociologia, il Mulino, 2002, i capitoli: "Socializzazione" "Ruolo sociale" (can be downloaded from moodle course page)
2) Peter Berger, Sociologia, il Mulino, 1995 i capitoli: "La socializzazione", "Linguaggio come istituzione" (can be downloaded from moodle course page)
3) M. Bontempi, Appunti sui concetti di situazione, interazione e frame in Goffman, 2019. (can be downloaded from moodle course page)
4) A. Kendon L'approccio di Goffman all'interazione faccia a faccia, 1988. (can be downloaded from moodle course page)
5) E. Goffman, L'ordine dell'interazione, Armando.
6) E. Goffman, "Distanza dal ruolo" in Espressione e identità, il Mulino.
7) E. Goffman, "La carriera morale del malato mentale" in Asylums, Einaudi.
8) E. Goffman, Stigma. Note sulla gestione dell'identità degradata, Ombre Corte, 2018
9) Slides M. Bontempi Introduzione a Stigma, 2019 (can be downloaded from moodle course page)
10) M. Bontempi, Appunti su Stigma, 2019 (can be downloaded from moodle course page).

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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Frontal Teaching and Cooperative Learning.

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The mid-term test is dedicated to the concepts and topics covered in class in the first part of the course, in particular the concepts of socialization, social roles, social groups, and social institutions.
It consists of 4 groups of questions, each group related to one of the 4 concepts indicated above. There is a separate evaluation for each group of questions. The goal of the test is to identify which and how well the concepts covered in class were understood and mastered by the students, and consequently if the lessons given by the teacher were more or less effective. In the case of concepts or particularly common aspects having been misunderstood, the teacher will review the subject in subsequent lessons and discuss problems areas with students the. A positive evaluation of each group of questions will entail the exclusion of that topic from the final examination. A negative evaluation of each group of questions will entail study that topic again the final examination.
In the mid-term exam, students can choose to focus on just one, two or three of the four topics, but the ones not addressed will be taken straight to the final test.
The final examination will consists of an oral examination during which students will be asked to demonstrate:
a) a mastery of the texts listed in the program and of the explanations given in class.
b)knowledge and use in oral expression of specific terms related to the topics covered.
c) having made an effort to connect the different texts and, especially, the different concepts so that they can move between the different aspects of the program. In other words, memorizing the conceptual definitions is not required however, understanding the issues that the concepts deal with and the nature of the processes will be. Consequently, examples which the students have personally developed will receive greater recognition instead of those taken directly from the texts and handouts.

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 groups, social institutions. In the second part of the course we will discuss some sociological concepts of Goffman interaction's analysis, as Primary Frameworks, Keys and Keying, Designs and Fabrications, and so on.
In the third part of the course, we will concentrate on Goffman analysis of social interactions with fringe people. Some Goffman essays will be discussed in classroom.