- Docente: Carla Giovannini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-GGR/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in History (cod. 0962)
Learning outcomes
Students will understand to analyse the relation between human groups, landscape, territory and urbanism.
Course contents
1) Geography: an introduction
2) Historical landscape
3) Urban geography and cities
The course is organised in three units. 1)geography as field of study and method.
2) The historical development of Italian landscape and the relation between landscape and geography.
3) Urban geography studies: historical evolution of cities and towns, city and iconography, centre and periphery, gender and segregation, gentrification, global cities.
Readings/Bibliography
four readings:
1) Giovannini C. e Torresani S. Geografie Bruno Mondadori 2004
2-3-4-) A choice of three books including
Amin A. Thrift N. Città. Ripensare la dimensione urbana Il Mulino 2005
Benevolo L. La città nella storia d'Europa Laterza 2008
Calabi, D. Storia dell'urbanistica moderna. Questioni strumenti, casi esemplari Bruno Mondadori 2004
Conforti C. La città del tardo Rinascimento Laterza 2005 Curcio G., La città del Settecento Laterza 2008
Frascani P., Il mare, Il Mulino 2008
Giovannini C. , La geografia urbana, Bruno Mondadori 2013
Jakob M. , Il paesaggio, Il Mulino 2009
Maggi S. Le ferrovie, Il Mulino 2013
Matvejevic P.; Breviario mediterraneo, Garzanti 2006
Sereni E. Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano Laterza 2008
Turri E. Antropologia del paesaggio Marsilio 2008
Veron J. L'urbanizzazione del mondo Il Mulino 2008
Teaching methods
Lectures, submission of documents, analysis of historical maps, web sites, statistics useful to introduce contemporary geographical discourse
Assessment methods
Attending students
Oral examination focused on the contents of the course and the texts, that will take place in the dates established
Not attending students
Office hours
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