13710 - Geography (1) (A-L)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will possess the geographic expertise to handle historical and geographic atlases, as well as using IT tools and surfing the web to gain information and cartographic material or images. They will be organized and independent in their work, possess a spirit of self-criticism and an ability to spot connections by having dealings with experts from other subjects.

Course contents

The course provides an overview of geographical methods in reference to the Global North during the modern era. 

There are five units: 

• Territoriality
• Cultural heritage
• Intersectionality
• Urban space
• Environmental justice
  

Readings/Bibliography

Attendees

Our key text is:

• Claudio Minca (ed.), Appunti di geografia (Milan: Wolters Kluwer, 2022)
  

Additional materials relating to each part of the programme are signposted during lectures. 

Non-Attendees

Two books have to be studied: 

1. Claudio Minca (ed.), Appunti di geografia (Milan: Wolters Kluwer, 2022)
   
2. Your choice between

• Gabriella Corona e Simone Neri Serneri (eds), Storia e ambiente: Città, risorse e territori nell'Italia contemporanea (Rome: Carocci, 2007)
• Daniela Fargione and Carmen Concilio (eds), Antroposcenari: Storie, paesaggi, ecologie (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2018)
  

Teaching methods

The classroom experience is a collective undertaking that blends chalk-and-talk and flipped pedagogy.

The opening session is dedicated to a rundown of the programme, materials and assessment methods.

For examination as an attendee, the minimum participation is two-thirds of lectures. Given this distinction, no lecture-capture is implemented.

Assessment methods

This set of lectures and exam sessions is reserved for surnames between the stated letters. Assessment has to take place within the appropriate cohort.

The examination comprises an hour-long exercise in a computer lab using EsamiOnLine. There are three open questions, each of which is differentiated for attendees and non-attendees in terms of topics covered in class and the prescribed reading.

You are being assessed on:

• Your depth of learning in key areas 
• Your use of an appropriate nomenclature 
• Your capacity to synthesize 
  

A critical stance, terminological proficiency and lucidity are the cornerstones of top marks. Knowledge gaps, unsound statements or redundant details are grounds for failure.

Outcomes are announced via AlmaEsami, with a window of 24 hours to opt for resitting.

6 exam sessions are on offer:

• The first is scheduled one month post-teaching
• The second and third are scheduled two months post-teaching
• The fourth is scheduled three months post-teaching
• The fifth and sixth are scheduled four months post-teaching

The University's Service for Students with Disabilities and Learning Disorders provides appointments for deciding upon academic adaptations, which have to be conveyed to the course convener with 15 days' advance notice so as to ensure their applicability in relation to the learning objectives.

Teaching tools

• Cloud-sharing
• Literary works
• Maps
• PowerPoint slides
• Social-media texts
• Visual art

Office hours

See the website of Daniel Andrew Finch-Race