Study-unit CONTEMPORARY HISTORY II

Course name	Philosophy and ethics of relationships
Study-unit Code	A001191
Curriculum	Filosofia e storia
Lecturer	Paolo Raspadori
Lecturers	Paolo Raspadori
Hours	36 ore - Paolo Raspadori
CFU	6
Course Regulation	Coorte 2023
Supplied	2024/25
Supplied other course regulation	Coorte 2022 - Will supplied in year 2023
Learning activities	Affine/integrativa
Area	Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector	M-STO/04
Type of study-unit	Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities	Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	The course aims to retrace the economic and social history of Italy in the last 160 years through the evolution of work. A country that has grown in a troubled way at different speeds between countryside and factories, construction sites and offices, trade and transportation, public and private employment. In this context, specific attention will be paid to the issue of occupational health and safety in industry, especially since the 1960s.
Reference texts	Stefano Gallo, Fabrizio Loreto, Storia del lavoro nell'Italia contemporanea, Bologna, il Mulino, 2023; Lavoro, sicurezza e salute nell'Italia delle fabbriche, a cura di Giorgio Bigatti, Milan-Udine, Mimesis, 2024. Foreign students, if they wish, may request substitute English-language textbooks, arranging them with the teacher. Students with disabilities and/or SLD, in consultation with the teacher, may request any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, lecture notes, workbooks), provided, if necessary in advance of the lessons, as well as the use of other technological tools to facilitate study. For general information, please refer to the University Services at https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa.
Educational objectives	Students are expected, on the one hand, to fully understand the three major periodizing turning points in the contemporary history of Italian labor: the reduction of the agricultural sector, the processes of industrialization and deindustrialization, and the establishment of a tertiarized society. On the other hand, it is expected that students to reflect on how the issue of factory health in Italy has, over the past 60 years, been taken away from the management of individual companies and placed within a regulatory framework of universalism and a collective claim to the right to health.
Prerequisites	In order to be able to sufficiently understand the topics of the course, students must have acquired, during their schooling, a basic knowledge of the main historical events and processes that occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries in the West and must be familiar with the essential features of 19th and 20th centuries economic history.
Teaching methods	The course consists of two parts. The former consists of lectures regarding issues about contents described above. They will be enriched by audiovisual and film screenings and by the illustration of graphs and photos, presented in Power Point format. The later will be held in form of seminar, inviting students to choose a reading about a topic concerned with the lectures and expose it through a classroom discussion (with the aid of a short-written text).
Other information	To prepare the exam the attendance of lessons is strongly recommended. Students with disabilities and/or SLD: for any information on university services, consult the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it)
Learning verification modality	To pass the exam, attending students must undergo an oral examination, of variable duration depending on the course of the examination itself. The interview aims to verify the levels of knowledge and understanding reached by students with regard to the themes addressed during the course and, at the same time, their capability to communicate with an appropriate language what they have learnt by the lessons and the reading of a recommended text. Attending students must also participate in a seminar work, that will be held in the last phase of the course, where their capabilities of critical analysis and reworking of a written text (with regard to one topic analyzed) will be tested. Furthermore, students must be able to present the subject of that text to their colleagues and the teacher. With the accomplishment of this activity, the attendees will be required to discuss only one reference textbook in the oral examination. Students not able to attend lessons must prove to have got the knowledge provided by the course in an oral exam, preparing themselves on both of the recommended textbooks. Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for compensatory tools, dispensatory measures and inclusive technologies ensured by law, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of tests and exams. For general information, consult the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or SLD Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it).
Extended program	The course aims to retrace the economic and social history of Italy in the last 160 years through the evolution of work. A country that has grown in a troubled way at different speeds between countryside and factories, construction sites and offices, trade and transportation, public and private employment. Agents of change have been union associationism and industrial conflicts, the development of labor law and the welfare state, and the peculiarities of women's employment. In this context, specific attention will be paid to the issue of occupational health and safety in industry, especially since the 1960s.An attempt will be made to explain historically why our country is marked by a shocking number of work-related fatalities and a substantial inadequacy of regulations and controls by institutions.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile	Quality Education.