CODE 94684 ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 2 STORIA 8459 (L-42) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-GGR/01 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course aims at reconstructing the link between geographical theory and political practice, highlighting the changes in the meaning of geographical space, induced by the historical relations between power and knowledge in the western cultural system. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims at reconstructing the link between geographical disciplines and reflections on the phenomenon of power. In particular, we will highlight the methods by which the description of physical and anthropic space relates to the transmission of concepts and images that constitute the Western geopolitical consciousness. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The main objective of the course isthe acquisition of the interpretative tools of the connection between geographical theory and the forms of intervention on the environment as a geographical territory and an "architectural" space functional to the exercise of control. TEACHING METHODS The lessons will be held face to face,with the possibility of students to follow even on Teams platform (access code: q5itbta). SYLLABUS/CONTENT Historical reconstruction of the relationship between geographical practice and the exercise of power. Critical interpretation of the cartographic image and analysis of the concepts in which the coincidence between space and power is manifested RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY C. Cerreti- M.Marconi-P.Sellari, Spazi e poteri. Geografia politica, geografia economica, geopolitica, Laterza, 2019. M.G. Losano, Geopolitica del Novecento. Dai grandi spazi delle dittature alla decolonizzazione, Bruno Mondadori, 2011 (cap. 1,2,3) E. Boria, Carte come armi. Geopolitica, cartografia, comunicazione, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2012. The bibliography may undergo changes and therefore it is advisable, first purchase or loan, to wait for the start of the lessons and the presentation of the program by the teacher. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD CARLA PAMPALONI Ricevimento: Thursday 9-11 (Dafist, via Balbi 2-III floor). Exam Board CARLA PAMPALONI (President) LORENZO BROCADA REBEKKA ANNIE PAUL DOSSCHE (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START February 14, 2022 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam consists of an oral test; students have to master through disciplinary vocabulary the skill to frame the topics from the point of view of geographical thought history and the theories related to its expression in the geopolitical and cartography fields. ASSESSMENT METHODS The examination will verify the mastery of the decoding tools of the historical relationship between geography and power. The critical thinking skills on the effects derived from the historical role of geography in the formation of collective identity and cultural system and on its function as a social product will also be assessed. The assessment of the learning level reached by the student during the oral final exam takes into account the following value scale: - the exam will be evaluated with marks from very good (28-29) to excellent (30 and 30 with honors) if the student, through conceptual knowledge and clarity, has a full command of the topics covered in the course and can identify the relationships between political practice and geographical knowledge configured by the geopolitical theory; - the exam will be evaluated with marks from good (25-27) to satisfactory (23-24) if the student with correct but not always appropriate language shows an in-depth understanding of the topics covered; - the exam will be considered sufficient (18-22) whether the student with inappropriate and not very clear expressive methods shows an approximate overall preparation; .- the exam will be evaluated negatively whether the student shows important training gaps. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 17/01/2022 10:00 GENOVA Orale 01/02/2022 10:00 GENOVA Orale 09/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 26/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 09/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 30/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale