Unit URBAN AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY
- Course
- Politics, administration, territory
- Study-unit Code
- A001416
- Curriculum
- Politiche del territorio
- Teacher
- Paola De Salvo
- Teachers
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- Paola De Salvo
- Hours
- 63 ore - Paola De Salvo
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Sociologico
- Academic discipline
- SPS/07
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian language
International and Erasmus students are invited to take the course. Readings and other course
material are also available in English; written and/or oral exams, as detailed in the course program, may be taken in English. Please contact the instructor for further details and to schedule an appointment during the first week of the lessons. - Contents
- The course is divided into two modules.
First module
Origin and development of the city
Classical and contemporary sociological studies on the city and urban societies
social and spatial structure of the contemporary city; current aspects that interested the city and their most recent transformations
Second module
analysis of the contribution of some authors to the study of urban themes and in particular: Weber, Simmel, Park and Jacobs.
The use of rhetoric in the study of the development of the city - Reference texts
- Mela A. (2015) Sociologia delle città Carocci
Amendola G. (2016) Le retoriche della città. Tra politica, marketing e diritti Dedalo
Nuvolati G.(2011) Lezioni di sociologia urbana limitatamente ai capitoli 2-3-4-5 Il Mulino
Attending students must contact the teacher - Educational objectives
- The course aims to provide students with the interpretative and methodological tools necessary for the analysis of the most recent transformations of urban systems in their socio-economic, political and symbolic-cultural dimensions
- Prerequisites
- Knowledge of basic sociological concepts
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:
- Classroom lectures on the topics of the course
- testimonials
- Research in depth individual and/or in group - Other information
- Attendance is not mandatory but it is recommended
- Learning verification modality
- oral exam
- Extended program
- The first part of the course proposes a sociological analysis of cities, defining the object and its boundaries and the different traditions of urban sociology. The course presents the evolution and modernityof the urban phenomenon. The peculiar aspects of the course concern: the relationship between economy and city, city policies, the city as a cultural phenomenon, the city and settlement processes.
The course also illustrates the thinking of some classic authors of urban sociology.
Finally, the many facets that characterize the current city will be presented: the sustainable, smart, welcoming city, etc. including some examples of participatory practices for the development of urban policies