At the end of the course, students will be able to:
understand a complex social field through qualitative methods, i.e. read and develop a short ethnographic field;
analyze and interpret the visual digital languages used to describe complex social fields;
navigate critically through visual narrations related to tourism experiences.
General background knowledge of social sciences theory.
Lesson with support of visuals and slides. Digital tools wil be used to develop interactivity.
Oral exam on the contents of the course.
For attending students: il will be possibile to develop an in-class execise on visual digital languages
that might replace partially or totally the oral exam.
The course is organized in two sections.
Section 1 deals with qualitative methodology of social reserach.
Drawing upon historic examples and exemplary case studies, ethnographic
and open interview methodologies are presented and explained in depth.
Section 2 deals with the interplay between visual anthropology and tourism,
with a focus on the producion of digital visual contents in multiple tourism
contexts (Norway, India, Italy). The course discusses the relation between formal
and informally produced digital visual narratives.
The course will take place in the 4th subterm
