Cultural geography M - Z

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:

1. knowledge and understanding of the main cultural themes of the contemporany and  globalized world, such as, for example, the fundamental role of human work in the creation of different places, landscapes, cultural values and political orders present in the world;

2. the ability to recognize and describe the individual elements and the interrelationships between the elements of a landscape  at various geographical scales;

3. the ability to apply the method of analogies and differences to Italian, European and Extraeuropean landscapes, identifyng the significant phisical elements, historical, artistic, architectural and anvironmental  emergencies;

4. the ability to develop independent judgment on the knowledge acquired and to make a decision in a responsible and conscious way;

5. the ability to use the knowledge acquired to document, report and effectively communicate particular aspects of landscapes related to the issues of decay, conservation and enhancement.

Frontal lectures, in which will be used power point prepared by the lecturer and field investigations concerning the issues addressed.

Module A (4 ECTS) Prof.ssa Arena

Cultural organization of terrestrial spaces – agricoltural landscape – nature, art and architecture in landscape – wine, food and identity – traditions, uses and customs – migrations – the concept of place.

Module B (2 ECTS) Prof.ssa Sorbello

Origins and evolution of cultural geography with its three Schools (German, French, Berkeley) – the crisis of Cultural Geography and its rebirth in the 80s – the New Cultural Geography: the spatial and cultural

turning point of the discipline.

Module A (4 Credits)

Texts:

- S. Cannizzaro (ed. by), Ambiente Cultura Territorio. Saggi di geografia culturale, Firenze, Angelo Pontecorboli Editore, 2021, pp. 7-195.

- D. Massey, P. Jess, Luoghi, culture e globalizzazione, Torino, UTET, 2006, pp. 3-244 (chapters 1-2-3-4).

Module B (2 Credits)

Text:

A. Bonazzi, Manuale di Geografia Culturale, Bari, Laterza 2012, pp. 5-170.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.