The Future of Education
Roberta Bonetti
Institution: University of Bologna
Country: Italy
She earned a PhD in Religious Studies, Social Sciences and History and in Anthropologie sociale, ethnographie et ethnologie (29.5.2006) at the University of Bologna together with Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales of Paris. Title of her research was: “Funerary Objects from contemporary Western Africa. Production, uses, circulation in the Ethnographic Museums”; it deals with contemporary artistic production among the Ga of Ghana and the use and circulation of local products in international contexts.
She taught Cultural Anthropology at the University of Verona and Bolzano. She now teaches Design Anthropology, Anthropology of Education, Applied Anthropology and Museum Anthropology at the University of Bologna. She conducts studies and researches in the field of learning processes in school contexts and in social complex organizations. She has, in fact, been doing research in the world of education since the 90ties, and has worked to the implementation of didactic projects and tools, an output of her direct experience on the field, with the aim to spread anthropology in the world of education and working organizations.
Areas of expertise: Anthropology of art, with particular reference to the contemporary productions of Western Africa, to the social contexts of production, use and reception in Africa and in the international contexts; anthropology of cultural heritage and new forms of production of ‘museums’ in the contemporary world; the intertwining relation of design to anthropology;
Applied anthropology and application of ethnographic method to complex organizations; research applied to industrial production and work organizations; situated learning and research action in business contexts;
Anthropology of education, of and in learning contexts, formal and informal alike; ethnographical counselling and anthropology of education; learning process in contexts of social interaction.
For each of these thematic axes she has carried out activities both in academic (publications, organization of scholarly events, seminars and workshops), and didactic contexts (courses, seminars), and in extra-academic projects (national and international projects in collaboration with public and private institutions, exhibitions).
She published articles on these topics in international journals such as Res (Harvard University Press), African Arts (Ucla University), Nka Journal (Cornell University), Cahier d’Etudes Africaines (Ehess Paris) and held seminars in Museums such as MOMA (New York) Musée du quai Branly (Paris) and in various international Universities (New York University, Columbia University, University of California, Legon University and University of Bologna, Milan and Venice).
Since 2003 she has been the curator of a series of experimental projects/exhibits that aim to spread anthropology to the schools and education at large. The exhibits and educational projects, presented as learning itineraries served as areas of ethnographic research and action- research. This research phase made it possible to prepare informative material that may be used for an effective planning of future creative didactic activities. The field research is targeted first of all to schools at various levels, starting from Primary to High School.
She taught Cultural Anthropology at the University of Verona and Bolzano. She now teaches Design Anthropology, Anthropology of Education, Applied Anthropology and Museum Anthropology at the University of Bologna. She conducts studies and researches in the field of learning processes in school contexts and in social complex organizations. She has, in fact, been doing research in the world of education since the 90ties, and has worked to the implementation of didactic projects and tools, an output of her direct experience on the field, with the aim to spread anthropology in the world of education and working organizations.
Areas of expertise: Anthropology of art, with particular reference to the contemporary productions of Western Africa, to the social contexts of production, use and reception in Africa and in the international contexts; anthropology of cultural heritage and new forms of production of ‘museums’ in the contemporary world; the intertwining relation of design to anthropology;
Applied anthropology and application of ethnographic method to complex organizations; research applied to industrial production and work organizations; situated learning and research action in business contexts;
Anthropology of education, of and in learning contexts, formal and informal alike; ethnographical counselling and anthropology of education; learning process in contexts of social interaction.
For each of these thematic axes she has carried out activities both in academic (publications, organization of scholarly events, seminars and workshops), and didactic contexts (courses, seminars), and in extra-academic projects (national and international projects in collaboration with public and private institutions, exhibitions).
She published articles on these topics in international journals such as Res (Harvard University Press), African Arts (Ucla University), Nka Journal (Cornell University), Cahier d’Etudes Africaines (Ehess Paris) and held seminars in Museums such as MOMA (New York) Musée du quai Branly (Paris) and in various international Universities (New York University, Columbia University, University of California, Legon University and University of Bologna, Milan and Venice).
Since 2003 she has been the curator of a series of experimental projects/exhibits that aim to spread anthropology to the schools and education at large. The exhibits and educational projects, presented as learning itineraries served as areas of ethnographic research and action- research. This research phase made it possible to prepare informative material that may be used for an effective planning of future creative didactic activities. The field research is targeted first of all to schools at various levels, starting from Primary to High School.
