OVERVIEW

Intercultural geography is a tool for presenting the practice of interculture, for finding it in everyday relationships, where it is necessary to generate the experience of mutual exchange. 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course intends to present the stages of evolution of intercultural geography, understood as significant support in the complex construction of identity.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Specific objectives are:

a) to acquire appropriate knowledge and effective understanding of the cultural diversity of the various populations of the Planet, including through the geo-anthropological approach;

b) to enable students to apply the acquired knowledge and to understand and solve problems in the different application contexts related to case studies on topics such as: current demographic dynamics, international and national migrations, programs and case studies related to the processes of multiculture and interculture.

The learning outcomes will allow the student to develop adequate knowledge and skills to work in intercultural design contexts.

The course aims to present the phases of the evolution of intercultural geography, intended as a significant support in the complex construction of identity and understanding of diversity.

PREREQUISITES

You must have passed the Human Geography exam.

TEACHING METHODS

The Course includes frontal lessons, in which slides and videos will be used.

There will also be group discussions on the main concepts and issues presented.

There will be interventions by privileged witnesses and / or experts during some lessons.

The use of aulaweb is foreseen, where materials presented and discussed in lessons on the tools of intercultural geography will be available.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course aims to provide a framework for topics such as: cultural connotations (languages and religions), cultural diversity, ethnic geography and the invention of races, globalization, European integration, small and large migrations. Particular attention will be paid both to cities as privileged spaces for the promotion of intercultural projects and to the "non-places" of interculture such as food and literature.

For the students attending the course, it will be possible to do a exercise entitled "Images speak... of interculture", the modalities of which will be made known at the beginning of the lessons.
 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For attending students:

Mandatory texts:

-N. Varani, F. De Boni (a cura di), Dalla multicultura all'intercultura.Spazi e strumenti geografici, Mcgraw Hill, Milano, 2017. Cap. 1,2,3,4 all ; dei capitoli  5 ( only 5.2,5.3,5.5), 6 (only 6.1, 6.3,6.6), 7 (only 7.1, 7.4 )

-A. Angeli, S. Salvini, Popolazione mondiale e sviluppo sostenibile. Crescita, stagnazione e declino. Ed. Il Mulino, Bologna 2018.

-A. Portera, L'insegnamento della geografia in ottica interculturale, in «Ambiente-Società-Territorio.Geografia nelle scuole» , 2005 , pp. 13-18

The student must also integrate with the in-depth reading of a text selected among those listed among the following texts:

• M. Aime, A. Ballerini, P. Arvati, Noi e l’altro. Materiali per l’analisi e la comprensione dei fenomeni migratori contemporanei, Discanti, Ravenna, 2011
• G. Amiotti, A. Rosina, Identità e integrazione, Franco Angeli, Milano 2007
• G. Barbujani, L'invenzione delle razze, Bompiani, Milano, 2006.
• M. Marengo, Geografie dell’intercultura, Pacini, Pisa, 2007
• N. Pezzoni, La città sradicata, Geografie dell'abitare contemporaneo. I migranti mappano Milano, O Barra O Edizioni, 2013
• F. Remotti, Contro l’identità, Laterza, Bari, 2009

For Non-Attending Students:

Mandatory texts:

-N. Varani, F. De Boni (a cura di), Dalla multicultura all'intercultura.Spazi e strumenti geografici, Mcgraw Hill, Milano, 2017.

-M.Livi Bacci, Storia minima della popolazione del mondo. Ed. Il Mulino, Bologna 2011.

-A. Portera, L'insegnamento della geografia in ottica interculturale, in «Ambiente-Società-Territorio.Geografia nelle scuole» , 2005 , pp. 13-18

The student must also integrate with the in-depth reading of a text selected among those listed among the following texts:

• M. Marengo, Geografie dell’intercultura, Pacini, Pisa, 2007
• C. Tudge,  Nutrire il mondo é facile, Slow Food Editore, 2010.
• L.R. Brown, 9 miliardi di posti a tavola. La nuova geopolitica della scrsità di cibo, Edizioni ambiente, Isola del Liri (FR), 2012.
• M. Samers (traduzione di Stanganini L.), Migrazioni, Carocci, Roma, 2012.
• M. Aime, A. Ballerini, P. Arvati, Noi e l’altro. Materiali per l’analisi e la comprensione dei fenomeni migratori contemporanei, Discanti, Ravenna, 2011
• N. Pezzoni, La città sradicata, Geografie dell'abitare contemporaneo. I migranti mappano Milano, O Barra O Edizioni, 2013
• F. Remotti, Contro l’identità, Laterza, Bari, 2009
• S. Benhabib, La rivendicazione dell’identità culturale. Eguaglianza e diversità nell’era globale, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2005
• A. Portera, Globalizzazione e pedagogia interculturale, Erickson, Trento, 2006.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ENRICO BERNARDINI (President)

NICOLETTA VARANI (President)

MARINA MARENGO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

 October 1,  2019

Class schedule

INTERCUTURAL GEOGRAPHY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

For attending students :
At the end of the course there will be a written exam reserved for students attending (70-75% of the course). 

For non-attending students : oral exam .

The oral exam includes the discussion , including through the use of graphs, charts and tables , proposals on aulaweb or present on the texts in the program , useful to the understanding of the territory understood as a central point of contact for the study and the various interactions between identity .And critical reading with a short written reworking of one of the recommended texts in the bibliography is also provided.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

For attending students:

At the end of the course there will be a written exam reserved for students attending (70-75% of the course). Students who do NOT take the written exam  will take an oral exam in the same way as those who do not excluded critical reading with a brief written reworking of one of the recommended texts.

For non attending students:

Oral test for non-attendants: The oral test involves discussion, also with the help of graphs, charts and tables, proposed during the course or present on the texts in the program, useful for understanding the territory as a central point for the study of contact and interactions between different identities. A critical reading with a brief written reworking of one of the texts recommended in the bibliography is also envisaged.

The oral examination will be assessed on the basis of the following 

a) Knowledge of the topics dealt with in the course (65%)

b) Quality of oral exposure/ability to present arguments and critical approach to discipline (25%)

c) Mastery of specific vocabulary (10%)

Exam schedule