- Docente: Annaclaudia Martini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-GGR/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Modern, Post-Colonial and Comparative Literatures (cod. 0981)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Geography and Territorial Processes (cod. 0971)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Language, Society and Communication (cod. 8874)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)
Course contents
The course aims at examining the relationship between space/place and language from different perspectives. At the beginning of the course, the students will familiarize with the field of cultural geography and its main themes, concepts, and keywords. After having explored the differences between linguistic geography and geographies of languages, we focus on the second and using both theories and empirical cases, we look at the interconnections between culture, cultural geography and language geography; language as cultural phenomenon; toponyms and culture; and semiotics of space.
Moreover, we observe how the relationship between geography and language expresses itself in different configurations of bodies and spaces: digital and media spaces, literary spaces, migratory fluxes, terrorism discourses and place-bound semiotics, tourism performance, cultural and intercultural spaces.
The course has two different programmes: a 45 hours one, worth 9 CFU, and a 30 hours one, worth 6 CFU.
THE COURSE WILL BE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH
Readings/Bibliography
IN THE PAGE OF THE COURSE ON https://virtuale.unibo.it BOTH ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS CAN FIND A FOLDER WITH ALL THE TEXTS TO PREPARE.
ATTENDING STUDENTS:
The exam for attending students will revolve mostly around the topics taught during the lectures, plus a set of other textual material that deepens the knowledge of the lectures' themes. The material is listed below:
MATERIALS for 6CFU ATTENDING STUDENTS (In addition to lecture notes):
Auer, P., & Schmidt, J. E. (Eds.). (2010). Language and space: An international handbook of linguistic variation. Walter de Gruyter. Read Section I- Introduction: Language and space, Chapters: 1,2,3,4 (pages 1 to 69).
Rose-Redwood, R., Alderman, D., & Azaryahu, M. (2010). Geographies of toponymic inscription: new directions in critical place-name studies. Progress in Human Geography, 34(4), 453-470.
MATERIALS for 9CFU ATTENDING STUDENTS (In addition to lecture notes):
Auer, P., & Schmidt, J. E. (Eds.). (2010). Language and space: An international handbook of linguistic variation. Walter de Gruyter. Read Section I- Introduction: Language and space, Chapters: 1,2,3,4 (pages 1 to 69).
Brasher, J. P., Alderman, D. H., & Inwood, J. F. (2017). Applying critical race and memory studies to university place naming controversies: Toward a responsible landscape policy. Papers in Applied Geography, 3(3-4), 292-307.
Rose-Redwood, R., Alderman, D., & Azaryahu, M. (2010). Geographies of toponymic inscription: new directions in critical place-name studies. Progress in Human Geography, 34(4), 453-470.
Tamisari, F. (2002). Names and naming: speaking forms into place. The land is a map: Placenames of Indigenous origin in Australia, 87-102.
Tamisari, F., & Bradley, J. J. (2003). To have and to give the law: Animal names, place and event.
MATERIALS for 6CFU NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
Auer, P., & Schmidt, J. E. (Eds.). (2010). Language and space: An international handbook of linguistic variation. Walter de Gruyter. Da preparare i capitoli della sezione I: 1,2,3,4 (pages 1 to 69), and chapter 40 (pp.724-740). Language as a process: A study on transnational spaces.
Jagessar, P. (2020). Geography and linguistics: Histories, entanglements and departures. Geography Compass.
Desforges, L., & Jones, R. (2001). Geographies of languages/Languages of geography. Social & Cultural Geography. (read just the first two pages of this article (pp.261-2), as it is an introduction to a special issue. It is not needed to read the summary of the chapters in the special issue)
Segrott, J. (2001). Language, geography and identity: The case of the Welsh in London. Social & Cultural Geography, 2(3), 281-296.
Desforges, L., & Jones, R. (2001). Bilingualism and geographical knowledge: a case study of students at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Social & Cultural Geography, 2(3), 333-346.
Garcia-Ramon, M. D. (2003). Globalization and international geography: the questions of languages and scholarly traditions. Progress in human geography, 27(1), 1-5.
Nettle, D., & Romaine, S. (2000). Vanishing voices: The extinction of the world's languages. Oxford University Press on Demand.
MATERIALS for 9CFU NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
Auer, P., & Schmidt, J. E. (Eds.). (2010). Language and space: An international handbook of linguistic variation. Walter de Gruyter. Da preparare i capitoli della sezione I: 1,2,3,4 (pages 1 to 69), and chapter 40 (pp.724-740). Language as a process: A study on transnational spaces.
Jagessar, P. (2020). Geography and linguistics: Histories, entanglements and departures. Geography Compass.
Desforges, L., & Jones, R. (2001). Geographies of languages/Languages of geography. Social & Cultural Geography. (read just the first two pages of this article (pp.261-2), as it is an introduction to a special issue. It is not needed to read the summary of the chapters in the special issue)
Iannàccaro, G., & Dell'Aquila, V. (2001). Mapping languages from inside: notes on perceptual dialectology. Social & Cultural Geography
Segrott, J. (2001). Language, geography and identity: The case of the Welsh in London. Social & Cultural Geography, 2(3), 281-296.
Desforges, L., & Jones, R. (2001). Bilingualism and geographical knowledge: a case study of students at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Social & Cultural Geography, 2(3), 333-346.
Garcia-Ramon, M. D. (2003). Globalization and international geography: the questions of languages and scholarly traditions. Progress in human geography, 27(1), 1-5.
Brasher, J. P., Alderman, D. H., & Inwood, J. F. (2017). Applying critical race and memory studies to university place naming controversies: Toward a responsible landscape policy. Papers in Applied Geography, 3(3-4), 292-307.
Rose-Redwood, R., Alderman, D., & Azaryahu, M. (2010). Geographies of toponymic inscription: new directions in critical place-name studies. Progress in Human Geography, 34(4), 453-470.
Nettle, D., & Romaine, S. (2000). Vanishing voices: The extinction of the world's languages. Oxford University Press on Demand.
Beavers, H. (2018). Geography and the political imaginary in the novels of Toni Morrison. Springer.
Teaching methods
Most likely (and covid permitting), the course will be blended: those who can attend in person will follow from the classroom, and those who cannot will follow online. The course will use powerpoint presentations, which will be available in the course page on virtuale.unibo.it.
Lectures, especially in the second part of the course, will involve students more actively, using dialogue and seminar-style lectures, practical assignments, and other teaching methods inspired by cooperative learning and project-based learning. For attending students, both 6 and 9 CFU, part of the final grade comes from an assignment that will be developed individually or in small groups (up to 4 people). The assignment aims at have students utilize the concepts tackled in the lectures, and apply them to case studies and contexts chosen by the student/group of students, highlighting the relationship between space/place and language. These assignments can have different formats, to be decided by each student/group of students: written essay (around 2000 words), in class presentation of around 15 minutes, video, photo-reportage, interviews, or any other format developed and presented in a way that is coherent with the general aim of the assignment.
More details and instructions will be given during the first lecture.
Assessment methods
For 6 and 9 CFU attending students, the final grade is determined by a written exam (70% of the final grade), and an assignment on a topic related to space and language (30% of the final grade). Information on the assignment can be found in the previous section, Teaching Methods. Moreover, instructions on how to develop the project, deadlines, and assessment, will be explained in detail during the first lecture. On virtuale.unibo.it students will also find an "Assessment rubric", which details the assessment criteria for the assignment.
For 6 CFU and 9 CFU non-attending students, the final grade is determined by a written exam (online on the EOL platform)
The programme of the course establishes a distinction between attending and non-attending students.
EXAM ASSESSMENT FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS
Attending students will prepare for the exam the lectures materials (powerpoint slides will be made available on virtuale.unibo.it after each lecture) and the articles listed in the Bibliography.
Rationale of attending students’ assessment methods:
For students attending the classes the exam will aim at testing their comprehension of the geographical, social, linguistic and cultural phenomena described during the lessons both by the lecturer and the other students' presentations and discussed together. Participation to the discussion is a key element to evaluate the students, and with it personal reflection on the issues studied. Moreover, students will be evaluated on their communication skills and on the use of a correct terminology.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Non-attending students will find a list of the materials to prepare for the written exam under the ‘Readings/Bibliography’ section, and in the course page. Non-attending students are NOT required to prepare the lectures' slides.
Rationale of non- attending students’ assessment methods:
For students not attending the classes, the exam will aim at testing their comprehension of the geographical, social, linguistic and cultural phenomena studied, and during the exam they will be invited to propose a personal reflection on the issues studied. Moreover, they will be evaluated on their communication skills and on the use of correct terminology.
Teaching tools
PowerPoint presentations and other course material used by the lecturer will be published on the website virtuale.unibo.it. This includes some of the articles mentioned in the Readings/Bibliography for non-attending students.
Office hours
See the website of Annaclaudia Martini