Cultural geography M - Z
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Maria SORBELLOExpected Learning Outcomes
Consistent with the Dublin descriptors, the objectives of the course are to develop: · 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; · the ability to recognize and describe the individual elements and the interrelationships between the elements of a landscape at various geographical scales; · 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; · the ability to develop independent judgment on the knowledge acquired and to make a decisions in a responsible and conscious way; · 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. |
Course Structure
Frontal lectures, in which will be used power point prepared by the lecturer.and field investigations concerning the issues addressed.
Required Prerequisites
The student must be able to locate places and phenomena on an atlas and must be able to read and interpret basic thematic and historical maps, relating in particular to the anthropic-cultural context.
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
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Textbook Information
MODULO A – 4 CFU
• CANNIZZARO S. (a cura di), Ambiente Cultura Territorio. Saggi di geografia culturale, Firenze, Angelo Pontecorboli Editore, 2021, pp. 7-195).
• DOREEN MASSEY PAT JESS, Luoghi, culture e globalizzazione, UTET, 2006, pp. 3-244.
MODULO B – 2 CFU
• BONAZZI A., Manuale di Geografia Culturale, Laterza 2012 (2 CFU), 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.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -brief exursus of migration in history - the concepts of space and place - the global and the local - what is the interdependence of places - what is the sense of place - a case study: what it is englishness - the contested places - the importance of returning to the roots. | DOREEN MASSEY PAT JESS, Luoghi, culture e globalizzazione, UTET, 2006, pp. 3-244 |
| 2 | Cultural Geography – The three schools of Cultural Geography, The School of Berkeley: Carl Ortwin Sauer- Multiculturalism. Intercultural dialogue and democratic coexistence- The concept of landscape - the most important conventions dedicated to the theme of the landscape - the agricultural landscape - the gardens and architecture within the landscape - the relationship between globalization and identity heritage - the relationship between globalization and food - the themes of hunger in the world - how the food relocation process takes place - the importance of food and wine events - what is the nature-culture dualism- | CANNIZZARO S. (a cura di), Ambiente Cultura Territorio. Saggi di geografia culturale, Firenze, Angelo Pontecorboli Editore, 2021, pp. 7-195. |
| 3 | The New Cultural Geography and the fields of study of post-modernist geographers. The differences between the New Cultural Geography and the traditional one of Sauer. The postmodern geographers.The space of power. Directions, Culture and Points of View. Jackson, Duncan and Cosgrove. Carl Ortwin Sauer. Raymond Williams: the cultural and political origins. Derek Gregory, Gunnar Olsson, Edward Soja. The reasons for the space. Surface landscapes: the geography of the Sacred Heart | BONAZZI A., Manuale di Geografia Culturale, Laterza 2012 (2 CFU), pp. 5-170. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Verification of learning will take place through an ongoing test and a final oral test. In both cases, the evaluation will be expressed out of thirty. The grade obtained in the ongoing test will be averaged with the grade obtained in the final oral exam.
TEST IN ITINERE - MODULE A
The ongoing test will consist in the creation of an individual power point that focuses mainly on topics dealt with during the course by the teacher (identified in agreement with the students during the first scheduled lesson). For the evaluation of the ongoing test, the mastery of the topic presented and the originality of the power point will be taken into account.
The topics covered during the ongoing test will not be subject to further verification during the final oral exam.
TEST IN ITINERE - MODULE B
During the lessons, some intermediate oral tests are foreseen for the attending students according to the braistorming method, in order to have an exhaustive picture of the learning processes of the group and of each individual pupil.
FINAL ORAL EXAM - MODULE A and B
For the evaluation of the final oral exam, the mastery of the theoretical contents, the skills acquired (especially the ability to read graphs and maps), the linguistic accuracy and the acquisition of the technical-geographical language related to the phenomena treated will be taken into account, as well as the argumentative and critical skills demonstrated by the student.
N.B .: A good geographical atlas is an indispensable tool for the study of the discipline. For this purpose, at the time of the oral exam, we recommend the use of the latest edition of the New De Agostini Methodical Atlas.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
S. Cannizzaro (a cura di), 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 (capp. 1-2-3-4).
BONAZZI A., Manuale di Geografia Culturale, Laterza 2012 (2 CFU), pp. 5-170.
What is the new cultural geography?- What are the most addressed issues in this discipline?-What has Sauer been challenged by postmodern geographers about? - How does the new cultural geography differ from that of Berkeley?- Can you talk about the space of power and one of the authors who have been interested in this topic?-Could you talk about the "space trial" of Soja?