GEOGRAPHY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2018/2019
- Teacher
- EMANUELE POLI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- M-GGR/01
Training objectives
- The student acquires awareness and skills related to the fundamental spatial and geographical concepts and to the essential contents of the human and cultural geographic discipline; includes new perspectives of the concepts of place and culture; moreover it will come to know the complex relationships that distinguish the different territorial structures; know how to read the main spatial, socio-demographic and cultural dynamics characterized by a multiplicity of manifestations at different geographical scales; have developed awareness and sense of responsibility towards the territorial dynamics, for the purposes of a correct management of the territory and the landscape.
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of human geography.
Course programme
- The course aims to emphasize the conceptual and methodological foundations of historical geography and the relationship between geography itself and history in order to develop a globalized vision of the facts, phenomena and problems of the world; propose models of interpretation and conceptual tools for geographical analysis, becoming aware of the main interpretations that such interactions have been given by determinism, possibilityism and neo-determinism. In addition, topics such as: cultural landscapes and intercultural processes, the sense of place and territorial identity in their evolution over time and education to the territory (to the values ¿¿and resources of the places, to their knowledge and understanding) will be dealt with, educating the territory (interpreting it, representing it, teaching it, managing it, protecting it, planning its future), human mobility in history and space, migratory phenomena in the current world and the impact of policies on migratory flows.
Didactic methods
- Lectures and dialogues carried out with the aid of special teaching aids.
Discussion with the learners of the topics discussed during the lessons.
Group work. Personal assistance to students. Learning assessment procedures
- The verification of learning will take place through an oral test aimed at verifying a) the level of mastery of the topics covered during the course; b) the degree of critical capacity developed by the candidate; c) the ability to create links between the various themes proposed.
Reference texts
- ATTENDING students will prepare the exam using the lecture notes, with the help of the volumes:
-Poli E., Bernardi R., The globality of the Mondo system. Towards an operational ecogeography, Milan, Unicopli Editions, 2015.
-Massey D., Jess P. (edited by), Places, cultures and globalization, UTET, Turin, 2001.
-Giorda C., Puttilli M. (edited by), Educate to the territory, educate the territory. Geography for training, Carocci publisher, Rome, 2015.
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NON-ATTENDING Students will prepare the exam using the following volumes:
-Poli E., Bernardi R., The globality of the Mondo system. Towards an operational ecogeography, Milan, Unicopli Editions, 2015.
-Massey D., Jess P. (edited by), Places, cultures and globalization, UTET, Turin, 2001.
-Giorda C., Puttilli M. (edited by), Educate to the territory, educate the territory. Geography for training, Carocci publisher, Rome, 2015.
