STORIA DELLA CITTA' CONTEMPORANEA, DEL TERRITORIO E DEL PAESAGGIO

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: MARGHERITA BONOMO

Expected Learning Outcomes



1) Conoscenza e comprensione

Al termine del corso lo studente - è in grado di comprendere il fenomeno dello sviluppo urbano europeo nel XIX secolo -

2) Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione

sa individuare le principali fasi della trasformazione urbanistica, economica e sociale avvenuta in tale periodo ed è in grado di leggere la geografia urbana e territoriale del continente.

3) Autonomia di giudizio

capacità di raccogliere e interpretare i dati e le informazioni ritenuti utili a determinare giudizi autonomo

4) Abilità comunicative

Acquisizione del lessico scientifico e capacità di comunicare in modo chiaro ed efficace anche dinanzi ad un pubblico

5) Capacità di apprendimento

Capacità di individuare i fondamenti della disciplina e di applicazione metodologica






[Breve descrizione degli obiettivi specificando quali conoscenze verranno acquisite e cosa saranno capaci di fare gli studenti e le studentesse alla fine del corso (in linea coi Descrittori di Dublino)]

1) Knowledge and understanding

At the end of the course the student - is able to understand the phenomenon of European urban development in the nineteenth century -

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

he knows how to identify the main phases of the urban, economic and social transformation that took place in this period and is able to read the urban and territorial geography of the continent.

3) Making judgements

ability to collect and interpret data and information deemed useful to determine autonomous judgments

4) Communication skills

Acquisition of the scientific lexicon and ability to communicate clearly and effectively even in front of an audience

5) Learning skills

Ability to identify the fundamentals of the discipline and methodological application


Course Structure

Lectures and seminars, active learning: interactive brianstorming, flipped classroom, working groups

Required Prerequisites

basic knowledge notions of contemporary history

Detailed Course Content

The course aims to offer the main tools to understand the evolution of space and urban society in the contemporary age, we will study specific phenomena, such as road infrastructure and services, keeping in mind both the urban element, both the social element, and the environmental element, understood as interaction between man and the territory that hosts its activities.understood as an interaction between man and the territory that hosts his activities. The first part of the course will be aimed at addressing the main problematic and interpretative nodes of the history of the city, on a European and Italian scale in the nineteenth centuryIn the second part through the Case studies of the urban transformations of the city of Rome under the fascist regime we will analyze how an ideology can influence urban planning and vice versa how the anasili of the architecture of a given historical context can contribute to understanding and specifying the underlying ideology.

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures


The exam is oral, and includes a verification of basic knowledge with attention to the ability to understand the problems faced during the lessons; the  




The exam is oral, and includes a verification of basic knowledge with attention to the ability to understand the problems faced during the lessons; the knowledge of the discipline in its historical development will be verified, the ability to frame the objects studied in their context, and to discuss them critically. The quality of oral expression and the ability to construct a logical-argumentative discourse will also be taken into account. 

The final evaluation will follow the following indications:

- insufficient grade: lack of basic knowledge and inability to produce a correct interpretation of texts and/or problems -

- sufficient grade (18-22): possession of basic knowledge; interpretation mostly correct, but conducted with imprecision and poor autonomy.

.- good grade (23-27): possession of intermediate level knowledge; fully correct interpretation, but not always precise and autonomous.

- excellent grade (28-30 laude): possession of high level knowledge; interpretation of problems not only correct but conducted with autonomy and precision. Excellent oral expression skills.

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