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

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