Learning objectives
The course aims to outline the epistemological and theoretical assumptions of the discipline in order to provide tools for reading emerging problems of the multicultural transformation of the societies and in order to stimulate students to formulate questions and ideas for research projects and practical interventions.
Prerequisites
Notions about Social Psychology and Group Psychology disciplines
Course unit content
<p> The historical background of cultural psychology <br />
Cultural psychology perspectives: cross-cultural psychology, cultural psychology and psychology of culture <br />
The origins of culture: ontogeny and phylogeny, the nature-nurture relation, the mind-culture relation. <br />
Self, identity and culture <br />
Intergroup relations and inter-cultural contacts <br />
The multicultural societies: multicultural man, multicultural mind, and multicultural identity <br />
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Bibliography
Mancini Tiziana (2006), Psicologia dell’identità etnica. Sé e appartenenze culturali, Carocci, Roma. <br />
Anolli Luigi (2004), Psicologia della cultura, Il Mulino, Bologna <br />
Mantovani Giuseppe (2004), Intercultura. E’ possibile evitare le guerre culturali?, Il Mulino, Bologna. <br />
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In-depth Readings <br />
Smorti Andrea (2003), La psicologia culturale, Carocci, Roma. <br />
Mazzara Bruno, a cura di (2007), Prospettive di psicologia culturale, Carocci, Roma. <br />
Mucchi Faina Angelica (2006), Comunicazione interculturale. Il punto di vista psicologico-sociale, <br />
Laterza, Bari. <br />
Anolli Luigi (2006), La mente multiculturale, Laterza, Bari. <br />
