32034 - Laboratory (2) (2nd cycle) (G.B)

Learning outcomes

Space semiotics Lab: environment - landscape - city. 

At the end of the laboratory, the student will be able to conduct a semiotic analysis of space in a collaborative and dialoguing environment.

 

Course contents

The topic of this edition of the Space Semiotics Lab (SSL) will be on the notion of landscape, and especially on the semiotic conceptualisations of this notion. More precisely, the focus will be on the semiotic re-negotiations of the border between city and countryside (urban space vs. rural space; built/inhabited environment vs. natural environment, etc.)

The participants will work, under the guidance of the teacher, on a collective research on this topic (case studies will be identified during the first week of lessons).

Readings/Bibliography

Readings and other teaching materials will be indicated in the class.

Teaching methods

Lessons by the teacher and other experts.

Class discussions with the students, guided by the teacher.

Classwork with the students, guided by the teacher.

Presentations of students' works and short talks.

Given the workshop nature of this Lab, students' participation to the class is highly recommended.

Assessment methods

There are two ways to pass the exam:

• participating to the collective research that will be conducted in the lab (minimum attendance: 12 of 15 lessons, about 70% of the class);
• after an oral exam about the Lab's topic on a bibliography agreed with the teacher.

Teaching tools

Slides and connected video-projector.

Other audio-visual materials.

All the materials will be made available on 'Virtuale'.

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Mazzucchelli