Skip to main content
CODE 61089
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-GGR/01
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • SAVONA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The course aims to provide theoretical and empirical knowledge to understand the role of communication in the dynamics of change, planning and development of the territory.The course presents the main theoretical and methodological references for the study of the geographic mobility of goods, people and information, on the assumption that the land is the unit formed by the objects and the subjects located on the Earth's surface and the vertical and horizontal relationships connecting them to the ground and between them.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at bringing to the fore the strategic role played by communication in territories' and local communities' development.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance and active participation in the proposed training activities and individual study will enable the student to acquire adequate knowledge regarding the main tools of the geography of communication. These skills will allow the student to develop critical skills in this regard of the main conceptual categories of the geography of communication.

PREREQUISITES

Basics of geography

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching consists of lectures for a total of 54 hours. The use of multimedia supports is foreseen.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course aims to stimulate the acquisition of skills in the field of communication as well as cultural and territorial marketing; favor the acquisition of critical skills on the use of cartography in the media (imaginary cartography) and in civil society (participatory and collaborative cartography); train students to identify and critically analyze the relationships between literature, cinema and territory.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For cartography: Slides in pdf on the history of the representations of the world, the imaginary cartography and the participatory / collaborative cartography present on aul @ web.

Marengo M., Geography and literature. Small user manual, Bologna, Patron, 2016.

Nicosia E., Cineturismo and territory. A journey through the cinema locations, Bologna, Patron, 2012.

Materials present on the web classroom focused on geography and literature, cinema and territory, cultural and territorial marketing (multimedia tools are expected).

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARINA MARENGO (President)

ENRICO BERNARDINI (President Substitute)

MICHELA BADII (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

17 March 2020

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written quiz exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Details on how to prepare for the exam and the degree of depth of each topic will be given during the lessons. The written test for attending students and the oral interview for non-attending students have the task of verifying that the student has learned to use the main conceptual categories of the geography of communication, as well as acquired the specific scientific vocabulary.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
13/01/2021 12:00 SAVONA Scritto
29/01/2021 12:00 SAVONA Scritto
12/02/2021 12:00 SAVONA Scritto
21/05/2021 12:00 SAVONA Scritto
11/06/2021 12:00 SAVONA Scritto
25/06/2021 12:00 SAVONA Scritto
16/07/2021 12:00 SAVONA Scritto
10/09/2021 12:00 SAVONA Scritto

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students are invited to consult the teaching page (http://www.aulaweb.unige.it/) where all the information and teaching materials will be published