- Docente: Emanuele Frixa
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Communication Sciences (cod. 6620)
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from Feb 09, 2026 to Mar 18, 2026
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has acquired the ability to understand and problematize the functioning of the contemporary world in a spatial key through the concepts, narratives and models with which geography constructs and organizes knowledge on a local and global scale of the Earth.
Course contents
Starting from main geographical models, such as map, globe, space and place, the course introduces a geography of communication.
From such perspectives the contents of the lessons will be strictly correlated to the the way of communicating, representing and producing modern and contemporary geographies.
Readings/Bibliography
Students have to study 2 books:
- Minca C., (2022) Appunti di Geografia (a cura di), Milano, Wolters Kluwer. Only chapeters specified on Virtuale
- Vegetti M., (2017) L'invenzione del globo. Spazio, potere, comunicazione nell'epoca dell'aria, Torino, Einaudi.
Teaching methods
Course will be taught through a mixture of formal lectures and discussion classes. Its aim will be to facilitate interaction between the lecturer and students and to stimulate debate among students.
Assessment methods
The exam consists of a written examination on the texts indicated in the bibliography.
The final evaluation will be based on analytical and critical knowledge of syllabus and communicative ability. In these respect students will be evaluated on the ability to think critically about the topics developed during the lessons and the use of a correct terminology.
Throughout the year, the following rounds of examinations are offered: january, march, may, june, september, november.
Teaching tools
Slides, geographical representations, videos, websites, Virtuale platform.
Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.
Office hours
See the website of Emanuele Frixa