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78998 - Geography

Academic Year 2018/2019

                
                        Docente:
                        Silvia Grandi
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        M-GGR/02
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            International Development and Cooperation (cod. 8890)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will

- have a knowledege of the main concepts and paradigms of territorial interpretation with specific attention to the social and cultural geography;

- know how to apply geographical concepts and paradigms in understanding of emerging issues in local and global development processes;

- develop a territorial and multiscalar perspective;

- able to distinguish geographic research methodologies for the fieldwork;

- evaluate critically between the various geographic research tools in the analysis of the territorial system for the international cooperation;

- know the characteristics of the main sources of information and data base;

- know how to use the basic concepts of this discipline.

Course contents

Lecture 1

Verification of the level of knowledge of the students. Introduction to contemporary geography and geography. Elements of geostatistics and cartography.

Lecture 2

The determinants of the world.

Lecture 3.

The different conceptions of space: absolute space, relative space, space as a social product. The key concepts of geography: space, territory, place

Lecture 4.

From development as a conquest to human development.

Lecture 5

From sustainable development to post-development. Sustainable development between international vision and the local-territorial dimension.

Lecture 6

The contemporary challenges in the narration of development cooperation projects

Lecture 7

The key concepts of geography: local-global, rural-urban, center-periphery

Lecture 8

The landscape and its readings: visual analysis

Lecture 9

The scalar perspective: region, state and nation, globe. Globalization and transcalarity (rescaling gaze)

Lecture 10

Project Cycle Management and geography: when geographic knowledge makes the difference in international cooperation projects.

Some seminars and case studies complete the program.

Readings/Bibliography

Main texts:

Grayner A.L., Dematteis G., Lanza C., 2012, Geografia Umana. Un approccio Visuale, UTET, Torino.

Vallega A., 2010, Geografia culturale, Luoghi, spazi, simboli. Torino. UTET

Cencini C., Dagradi P., 2003, Compendio di Geografia Umana, Patron Bologna, 2003

Grandi S., 2018, Viaggio tra le concezioni dello Sviluppo. Editrice La mandragola, Imola (NUOVA EDIZIONE)

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Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars, videos and workshops.

Assessment methods

Rules for exams during the course

Midterm

Geography: 29th of October 2018, 9am (30 minutes). Mode: 4 closed questions + 2 short open questions = Total 15 points. It is necessary to get 9 or more points to be sufficient. The note is valid until February 2019.

Sociology of the Territory: 31st of October 2018, 3pm (45 minutes). Mode: 3 open questions = Total 15 points (5 per question). It is necessary to get 9 or more points to be sufficient. The note is valid until February 2019.

Final exam

Geography 3rd of December 2018, 9am (30 minutes) (date and time to be confirmed after the midterm). Method: 4 closed questions + 1 long open question = Total 18 points. It is necessary to get 9 or more points to be sufficient. The note is valid until February 2019.

Sociology 28th of November 2018, 3 pm. Methods: 3 open questions = Total 15 points (5 per question). It is necessary to get 9 or more points to be sufficient. The note is valid until February 2019.

Project works for Sociology of the Territory

During the course of Sociology of the Territory, project works are planned. Works can focus on a text or recommended readings, or another topic relevant to the sociology of the territory, both theoretical and empirical. Groups must be composed of 3-5 students. Anyone wishing to make project works is required to agree on the topic with the teacher by 12th of October 2018. Students will present their work at class, in one of the lessons between November 13 and November 22 (15 minutes for each presentation). The presentation will be evaluated (from 0 to 2 points); these points will be added to the average note obtained in the written exams. The vote is valid both for those who take exams during the course and for those who take exams after the end of the course by February 2019.

Rules for exams after the end of the course

Students who do not intend to make exams during the course, and who do not pass one or more exams, are requested to get their exam after the end of the course and to have both Geography and Sociology of the Territory on the same date. The exam after the endo of the course consists of two parts:

Geography (about 45 minutes): 10 closed and short open questions (20 points) + 1 long open question (13 points) = Total 33 points). It is necessary to get 18 or more points to be sufficient.

Sociology of Territory (about 60 minutes): 4 open questions (7.5 points per question) = Total 30 points). It is necessary to get 18 or more points to be sufficient.

The final note is given by the average between the ones obtained in the two parts. If the average is with a decimal, the final note will be obtained by rounding up (Example: 27.5 becomes 28).

Only for the exams by February 2019 included: students who have passed at least one of the exams during the course, can "save" that note and get just the remaining part in the exams after the course.

Oral integration of the written exam

Students have the right to request the integration of the written exam with an oral part: however, this integration can be either improve or get worse the note.

Assessment criteria

A language appropriate to course contents and the skill to learn and link together the main course concepts will result in excellent grades. A proper language, a mnemonic content knowledge and a good skill to link the concepts will result in good grades. Inappropriate language, some training gaps but a minimum of knowledge on the course topics will result in passing grades. Lack of guidance on the course issues, inappropriate language and training gaps will result in negative grades.

Teaching tools

Filmography

Link to the facebook page

Workshops and thematic debates

Office hours

See the website of Silvia Grandi