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INTERCUTURAL GEOGRAPHY

CODE 63625
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 6 cfu during the 3nd year of 10841 SCIENZE DELL'EDUCAZIONE E DELLA FORMAZIONE (L-19) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-GGR/01
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    PREREQUISITES
    Prerequisites
    You can take the exam for this unit if you passed the following exam(s):
    • PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION 8750 (coorte 2020/2021)
    • HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 66887
    • EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES 10841 (coorte 2020/2021)
    • HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 66887
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    Intercultural geography is focused on developing skills to foster participatory inclusion between different societies through reflection and awareness of territorial identity. It is a kind of intercultural reading of the organisation of space. 
    

    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

    The course aims to present the stages in the evolution of intercultural geography, understood as a significant support in the complex construction of identity and understanding of alterity.Specific objectives are:

    a)to enable students to acquire adequate knowledge and an effective comprehension capacity referring to the cultural diversity of the various populations of the Planet, also through the geo-anthropological approach;

    b) to enable students to apply the knowledge acquired and to understand and solve problems in the various applied contexts referring to case studies on topics such as: current demographic dynamics, international and national migrations, and intercultural approaches for sustainable tourism studies relating to multicultural and intercultural processes.

    The learning outcomes will enable the student to develop knowledge and skills suitable for working in intercultural design contexts.

     

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    PREREQUISITES

    prerequisites: you must have taken the human geography examination 
    

    TEACHING METHODS

    Frontal lectures with slide projection and docu-film, with analysis and discussion of case studies, graphs, charts, tables, thematic maps. 

    Materials uploaded on AULAWEB. Materials presented and discussed in class on intercultural geography tools will also be available.

    For students with DSA certifications, compensatory or dispensatory measures are guaranteed, while taking care of the acquisition of the skills required for teaching (L.170/2010).

    Please kindly contact the teachers in advance.

     

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    The Course aims to provide a framework on topics such as: cultural connotators (languages and religions), cultural diversity, globalisation, European integration, small and large migrations. and intercultural approaches for sustainable tourism. 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, literature and sport.

     

     

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    For attending students:

    Obligatory study text: N. Varani, F. De Boni , Intercultural geography. Spaces, places and non-places. Mcgraw Hill, Milan, 2020. (New updated edition) and SLIDEs presented and discussed during the lessons.

    The student must also integrate with the in-depth reading of a text/article of their choice from those listed below:

    G. Barbujani, L'invenzione delle razze, Bompiani, Milano, 2006
    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
    Banini T., (a cura di), (2013), Identità territoriali. Questioni, metodi, esperienze a confronto, Franco Angeli, Milano

     

    For students not attending:

    -Mandatory study text: : N. Varani, F. De Boni , Geografia interculturale. Spazi, luoghi e non luoghi. Mcgraw Hill, Milano, 2020. (New updated edition)
    -SLIDE presented during the lessons

    The student must also integrate with a critical reading and report/processed written on a text of his/her choice from among the following: 

    • D.Pasquinelli D'Allegra, D. Pavia , C. Pesaresi ( a cura di) Geografia per l'inclusione.Partecipazione attiva contro le disuguaglianze, F.Angeli Milano, 2017.
    • M. Marengo, Geografie dell’intercultura, pacini, Pisa, 2007
    • G. Barbujani, L'invenzione delle razze, Bompiani, Milano, 2006
    • 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

      For non-attending students:

      Required study texts:

    • N. Varani, F. De Boni, Dalla multicultura all'intercultura.Spazi e strumenti geografici, Mcgraw Hill, Milano, 2020. (Nuova Edizione)

    • F. DE BONI, K. MAMAYUSUPOVA  ( a cura di) LO SPAZIO DI RICERCA E L’ESPERIENZA INTERCULTURALE.Ambienti, territori e luoghi, Libreriauniveritaria.it (Limena- Padova), 2022.

    • The student must also integrate with a critical reading and report/written work on a text to be chosen from among the following 

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    NICOLETTA VARANI (President)

    GIACOMO ZANOLIN

    GIAMPIETRO MAZZA (President Substitute)

    SARA BONATI (Substitute)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    I Semester

    START Wednesday 21September 2022 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated)

     

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    For attending students (70-75% of the hours attended) there will be a written test at the end of the course (specific information on this will be given at the beginning of the course)

    Oral

    The oral test includes discussion, also with the help of graphs, maps and tables, proposed on aulaweb or present on the texts in the program, useful for understanding the territory intended as a central node for the study of contact and interactions between different identities. 

    
    
    
    Oral
    (if the provisions on social distancing are not so restrictive, a written test reserved for students attending synchronous streaming lessons can be agreed upon)
    The oral test includes discussion, also with the help of graphs, maps and tables, proposed on aulaweb or present on the texts in the program, useful for understanding the territory intended as a central node for the study of contact and interactions between different identities. 
    
    

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    For attending students (70-75% of the hours attended) there will be a written test at the end of the course (specific information on this will be given at the beginning of the course)

    Oral

    The oral test includes discussion, also with the help of graphs, maps and tables, proposed on aulaweb or present on the texts in the program, useful for understanding the territory intended as a central node for the study of contact and interactions between different identities. 

    The oral examination will be assessed on the basis: 
    a) Knowledge of the topics covered in the course (65%)
    (b) Quality of oral exposure/ability to present arguments and critical approach to the discipline (25%)
    c) Mastery of specific vocabulary (10%)

     

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    12/01/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    26/01/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    16/02/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    08/06/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    22/06/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    11/07/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    14/09/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale

    FURTHER INFORMATION

    All students are invited to periodically consult the page for this teaching on the AulaWeb e-learning portal (accessible from the University website or at: www.aulaweb.unige.it). All information and materials relating to this teaching are published exclusively on that site.