GEOGRAPHY (UNIT A)
cod. 13053

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Geografia (M-GGR/01)
Field
Discipline storiche, storico-artistiche, geografiche, sociologiche e filologiche
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

<p>Provide the students with the key concepts of geographical studies</p>

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<p>A Geography for contemporary times: understanding and teaching the world today</p>
<p>The course offers a synthetic review of the richness and variety of the scientific approaches provided by geographical sciences. In the first part of the course, we will study the definitions and meanings of the most important geographical key terms, such as territory, landscape, culture, environment. Moreover, we will offer notions about methodologies of research adopted by geographical studies, with the presentation of case studies that range from the geography of population to the geography of religion, from urban geography to rural geography. The course is divided into two units: Unit A and Unit B<br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

<p>textbooks for Unit A <br />
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Handbook <br />
H. J. DE BLIJ, A. B. MURPHY, <em>Geografia umana. Cultura società spazio</em>. Seconda edizione italiana condotta sulla sesta edizione americana, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2002 <br />
One text choisen among the following:<br />
1) G. CORNA PELLEGRINI, <em>Geografia diversa e preziosa. Il pensiero geografico in altri saperi umani</em>, Rome, Carocci, 2007 <br />
2) C. CERRETI, N. FUSCO, <em>Geografia e minoranze</em>, Rome, Carocci, 2007 <br />
3) C. GIORDA, <em>La geografia nella scuola primaria</em>, Rome, Carocci, 2006 <br />
4) D. PASQUINELLI D’ALLEGRA, <em>La forma di Roma. Un paesaggio urbano tra storia, immagini e letteratura</em>, Rome, Carocci, 2006 <br />
5) A. SPADA, <em>Che cos’è una carta geografica</em>, Rome, Carocci, 2007 <br />
6) G. DE VECCHIS, editor, <em>Verso l’altro e l’altrove. La geografia di Marco Polo oggi</em>, Rome, Carocci, 2006 <br />
7) G. CORNA PELLEGRINI, <em>Geografia dei valori culturali</em>, Rome, Carocci, 2004 <br />
8) F. CANIGIANI, <em>Ambiente e paesaggio. Idee per i corsi di geografia e discipline ambientali</em>, Florence, Nicomp, 2007 <br />
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Textbooks for Unit B<br />
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<p>1) B. CASTIGLIONI, <em>Percorsi nel paesaggio</em>, Turin, Giappichelli, 2002 <br />
2) P. DE PONTI, <em>Geografie e letteratura. Letture complementari del territorio e della vita sociale</em>, Milan, Unicopli, 2007 <br />
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Teaching methods

An optional written exam will be offered to the students who attended classes

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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