Global Cultures
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Global Cultures Curriculum is intended as a radically new approach to humanities. Students are invited to positively assume the “shock of the global” that is investing our lives and societies, abandoning the secure shores of traditional Eurocentric and state-centered approaches and methodologies and to navigate in the whirling waters of the most innovative paths of research. Hybridization among methods and research fields, experimentation of new forms of interaction between teachers and students, and a strong emphasis on cross- cultural and transnational connections, are essential element for a new critical perspective in the study of the present and the past.DescriptionIn line with new research fields such as world and global history or post-colonial studies, Global Cultures wants to give a global outlook in the humanities. For us “global” does not mean only a particular geographical scale, nor a synonymous of “world-wide” or the label of the present as opposed to the past. More radically, it is a process of “displacement” and “disorientation” of the Eurocentrism and the “methodological nationalism” still dominant in the study of the pre- sent and the past. Thanks to an uncommon cultural and pedagogic interaction among its teachers, it offers a truly interdisciplinary dialogue among three main research fields: history, anthropology and critical theory. During the first year students will acquire the fundamental methodological tools of the three fields, and the capacity to critically analyze the current dynamics of the global age. After this strong formative year, students will be able to build individual curricula according to their main interests along three main research lines: history studies (from ancient to contemporary), non-Western cultural traditions and political and social thought.The international character of the programme is also assured by the strong emphasis on the necessity to experiment new tools and methods of teaching, where faculty research could be more directly available to students in the form of seminars, labs, guided individual research, etc., with a special attention for the new opportunities offered by the increasing digitalization of humanities. The Master Degree in Global Cultures is designed for students seeking a career with an international dimension. Its interdisciplinary focus is particularly adapted for people seeking for careers in international organizations, ONG, industries and company with a vocation for export, media and communications, museums and cultural institutions. It will also prepare for further studies at PhD level and academic or professional careers in leading universities or other research-oriented organization in public and private sectors.
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Applicants should have a bachelor's degree with a major in a related area of study.
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Bologna
Italy
40126
Italy
- 2 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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