CODE 104941 ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI 11162 (LM-52) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 2 AMMINISTRAZIONE E POLITICHE PUBBLICHE 8772 (LM-63) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-GGR/02 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: CULTURES, MIGRATIONS AND DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to introduce students to the themes of the geography of population and migration, which are essential for understanding and critically addressing crucial aspects of current migration phenomena, the international relations connected to them and their effects on cooperation policies for the development. At the end of the course the student will know: nature and possibilities of use of the main demographic indices and indicators; the fundamental features of the history of the world population; the main factors and the forms assumed over time by international migratory movements. Consequently, the student will be able to use the basic tools of demography to understand and interpret the main lines of the history of the distribution of the world population and its evolution in time and space, of migratory movements and their connections with factors. of an environmental, economic, social and cultural nature. For this purpose, the student must first memorize a set of notions and definitions essential to identify, describe and analyze demographic and migratory phenomena. Secondly, he will have to know how to apply some elementary statistical models and use the analytical tools made available by the historical-geo-cartographic sciences. Finally, he will have to be able to apply these tools to the analysis of migratory phenomena that characterize the second half of the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st century. In this way, at the end of the course the student will have to be able to evaluate and contextualize different types and methods of migration, in order to develop the ability to formulate critical interpretations of the same and of the interventions that are proposed in different political and institutional settings. TEACHING METHODS The lessons will be mainly frontal and held in Italian. The presentation of testimonies and interventions by experts or operators in the sector is foreseen. SYLLABUS/CONTENT The course is divided into two parts. PART ONE - The first part of the course will address the study of the main components of the demographic evolution of a human population. In particular, we will focus on: strategies for demographic growth (mortality, marriage, fertility, mobility and migration); demographic development between choice and compulsion; relationships between demographic dynamics and resources. SECOND PART - The second part of the course will deal with the study of the most historically relevant international migrations and contemporary ones divided by large geographical regions. We will then move on to an analysis of the relationships between demographic dynamics and development. Finally, the issues of the acceleration of migratory phenomena in the course of the nineteenth century, of the inversion of the migratory cycle starting from the second half of the twentieth century, of the relations between processes of globalization and migratory movements will be addressed, and finally the economic effects and social aspects of contemporary migratory movements in the countries of origin and destination. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY M. Livi Bacci (2011), On the way. Brief history of migration. Il Mulino, Bologna A text to be chosen from: M. Sammers (2012), Migrations. Carocci publisher, Rome D. Di Cesare (2017), Foreign residents. A philosophy of migration. Bollati Boringhieri, Turin G. Ceccatelli (2020), Atlas of migration. from the origins of man to the new pandemics. Clichy Editions, Florence The study of the texts indicated above must be integrated with that of the material that will be inserted by the teacher on Aulaweb. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MAURO SPOTORNO Ricevimento: Reception: the reception of students and undergraduates takes place on Wednesdays from 3 to 5 pm at the teacher's office at the DISPO - Hotel of the poor, Piazzale Brignole, 2 canc., Central Tower, 4th floor, room 4/38. However, until further notice, the reception is held on the same day and at the same time on the TEAMS channel 3b1ef784. In order to avoid overlapping and waiting, please notify us in advance by email to the address: spot@unige.it in order to arrange a punctual time. However, it is possible to arrange an appointment even outside the day and time indicated upon request via email. LESSONS LESSONS START The course will take place in the second semester on the days provided for in the teaching calendar. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 20/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 10/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 09/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 14/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 12/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION If necessary, aulaweb will indicate the Teams channel through which the courses will be delivered and on which the exams will be held.
