90623 - Environmental Emergencies and Recovery of Cultural Heritage (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the students will acquire a full awareness of the complexity of the cultural heritage and what are the responses formulated by the institutions to the production of disasters. Through a historical approach to the natural emergency we will then focus on what policies have been adopted by governments and administrations to tackle the complex problem of the vulnerability of cultural heritage. Taking advantage of the analysis of specific case studies, declined in terms of political history and history of the environment, students will be provided with the skills necessary to understand in what terms the public interest has changed in the conservation and enhancement of past assets in the territory .

Course contents

The first part of the course will be devoted to the analysis, from a historical-political point of view, of the intervention of the State on the defense of cultural and environmental heritage (conceptualizations, regulatory tools and the role of institutions from the post-unitary period to the republican era). In the second part of the course the students will instead be involved in the study of some cases of public intervention for the restoration and conservation of the cultural heritage involved in environmental emergencies.

Readings/Bibliography

Framing:

- C. Tosco, I beni culturali. Storia, tutela e valorizzazione, il Mulino, 2014

- C. Tosco, Il paesaggio come storia, il Mulino, 2007

- G.P. Nimis, Terre mobili. Dal Belice al Friuli dall'Umbria all'Abruzzo, Donzelli, 2009

Insights:

- C. Azzolini, G. Carbonara, Ricostruire la memoria. Il patrimonio culturale del Friuli a quarant’anni dal terremoto, Forum, 2016

- M.T. Binaghi Olivari [et al.], Le pietre dello scandalo. La politica dei beni culturali nel Friuli del terremoto, Torino, Einaudi, 1980

- G.L. Bulsei, A. Mastropaolo, Oltre il terremoto. L’Aquila tra miracolo e scandali, Viella, 2011

- A. Emiliani, Una politica dei beni culturali, Bononia University Press, 2014

- A. Ragusa, Alle origini dello Stato contemporaneo. Politiche di gestione dei beni culturali e ambientali tra Otto e Nocevento, FrancoAngeli, 2011 (da pag. 101 a pag. 257)

- A. Ragusa, I giardini delle muse. Il patrimonio culturale ed ambientale in Italia dalla Costituente all’istituzione del Ministero (1946-1975), FrancoAngeli, 2014 (fino a pag. 201)

- A. Ragusa La nazione allo specchio, Piero Lacaita Editore, 2012 (fino a pag. 192)

- S. Settis, Italia S.p.A. L'assalto del patrimonio culturale, Einaudi, 2002

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons integrated with discussions on documents delivered during the course.

Due to the restrictions imposed by the current health emergency, this teaching activity will be carried out in the following manner:

Traditional method: the teacher will always be present personally in the indicated classroom during this teaching activity. The students will alternate their presence, according to a schedule of shifts being defined (more detailed information regarding the shifts and about the modalities to get access to the classroom lessons will be provided soon). It will always be possible to connect remotely and to follow live lessons via the online platform TEAMS.

 

Assessment methods

Attending students must study the contents of the lessons and choose one book in the "Insights" section (checks in progress).

Non-attending students must study the books of the "Framing" section and choose two volumes in the "Insights" section (oral exam).

Office hours

See the website of Salvatore Botta