13715 - Communication Geography (1) (O-Z)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has acquired a historical - critical knowledge of concepts and spatial models with which the modern geography has built and arranged the production and the communication of knowledge about the Earth.

Course contents

The course is divided in two parts.

The first part consists in an introduction to narrative geographies. What's the role of Geography in narrative analysis and which are the geographical aspects of narration?

The second part is dedicated to narrative turn, at first, as a key point for Geography and territorial identities. Then, I will focus on digital turn and the role that both the turns have in the narrative geographies and their understanding through the media.

Readings/Bibliography

ATTENDING STUDENTS

1) Elisa Bignante, "Geografia e ricerca visuale", Laterza, 2011.

2) Estratti da: Marcello Tanca, "Simulazioni di territorialità. Opera, cinema, canzoni, fumetto".

3)Marcello Tanca, "Uno strano geografo: Wes Anderson"

https://cinergie.unibo.it/article/view/6820/6603

NON ATTENDING STUDENTS

1) Elisa Bignante, "Geografia e ricerca visuale", Laterza, 2011.

A book of your choice between:

2) Marina Marengo, "Geografia e letteratura. Piccolo manuale d'uso", Patron, 2016.

oppure

3)Marcello Tanca, "Simulazioni di territorialità. Opera, cinema, canzoni, fumetto",Franco Angeli, ISBN: 9788891778437

 

Teaching methods

In presence lessons, supported by the use of power point presentations, social media, papers and movies.

Students will thus be strongly invited to share a participative attitude during the lessons.

 

Assessment methods

The exam consists of a oral examination on the entire syllabus  

The aim of the examination is to assess the methodological and critical skills acquired by the student. Given the importance of class attendance for an appropriate training process it will be two grading scales and two separate programs: for attending and non-attending students.

Attending students

In particular, it will be assessed the ability of the student to participate actively in class, also using multimedia and collaborative tools provided within the course; such capacity, if combined with the achievement of a coherent framework of the topics developed during the lessons , the application of critical sense and suitable means of expression will be considered and evaluated with the maximum grading = A (27-30 con lode).

Attendance, if joint to a predominantly mnemonic acquisition of course's contents and discontinuous language and logical skills will be assessed in a grading range from good (B = 24-26) to satisfactory (C = 21-23).

Attendance, with a minimum level of knowledge of the course contents, combined with training gaps or inadequate language and logical skills, it will get as grade ‘barely passing' (D = 18-20).

The absence of a minimum level of knowledge of the course contents, combined with inadequate language and logical skills and training gaps, it will produce a fail (E) grading, even in spite of an assiduous attendance.

Non-attending students

Non-attending students will be assessed primarily on the ability to use literature and multimedia tools made available, in order to properly expose the contents of the course. This ability, when combined with the achievement of a coherent framework of the course's themes, the application of critical sense, and suitable means of expression will be considered and evaluated with the maximum grading = A (27-30 con lode).

A predominantly mnemonic acquisition of course's contents along with discontinuous language and logical skills will be assessed in a grading range from good (B = 24-26) to satisfactory (C = 21-23).

A minimum level of knowledge of the course contents, combined with training gaps or inadequate language and logical skills, it will get as grade ‘barely passing' (D = 18-20).

The absence of a minimum level of knowledge of the course contents, combined with inadequate language and logical skills and training gaps, it will produce a fail (E) grading.

Teaching tools

Final evaluation is communicated per e-mail. To accept the evaluation please send an e-mail to valentina.albanese@unibo.it, specifying the assessment grade.

Teaching tools

Power point presentations

Cloud sharing platform

Social Media

Office hours

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