Unit name | Institutions and Anti-Institutions in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s (TB2) |
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Unit code | ITAL30055 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. John Foot |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Italian |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit looks at the history of Italian institutions in the post-war period, and at the struggle to reform and abolish those institutions that developed in the 1960s and 1970s. The unit will examine four kinds of institution (the asylum, the family, the school/university, the prison) and then try and understand why they became discredited in the eyes of many by the end of the 1960s, and how reform and more radical activists tried to change them, or get rid of them altogether. The unit will cover theoretical material but will also use historical and sociological studies, film, photography, art and fiction.
Aims:
Students will, at the end of the unit will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous sessions and asynchronous activities, including seminars, lectures, and collaborative as self-directed learning opportunities supported by tutor consultation
1 x 20-minute collaborative oral presentation (30%), ILO's 2, 3 &5
1 x 3000 word written assignment (70%), ILOs 1-4.
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How much time the unit requires
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Assessment
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