Unit GEOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION
- Course
- Communication sciences
- Study-unit Code
- 35496509
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Donata Castagnoli
- Teachers
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- Donata Castagnoli
- Hours
- 63 ore - Donata Castagnoli
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- M-GGR/01
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian.
- Contents
- The course deals first of all with the theme of mobility in its multiple forms. The approach to the geography of communication wants to be guided first of all by the directions taken by this: the exploratory and conquest movement, the nature of borders, identity and otherness, tourism and means of transport, communication routes, travel in literature, globalization and sustainability. "The last point, above all, will address issues related to urban greenery and the city of the future.
- Reference texts
- G. De Vecchis, Geografia delle mobilità. Muoversi e viaggiare in un mondo globale, Roma, Carocci, 2016.
D. Castagnoli, Green belt e altre espressioni di verde urbano. La tutela naturalistica nelle città europee, Bologna Pàtron, 2019. - Educational objectives
- To achieve a knowledge of general geography with particular regard to mobility and communication. In particular, an attempt will be made to develop a comparative approach on the basis of case studies. The ecosystem component of knowledge will be taken into account
- Prerequisites
- knowledge of general geography is sufficient, possibly to be recovered with the study of the text: G. De Vecchis-F. Fatigati, General Geography. An introduction, Rome, Carocci, l2016
- Teaching methods
- face to face lessons, projections
- Other information
- A
- Learning verification modality
- written and oral exam
- Extended program
- Introduction to mobility. Geographical discoveries. The borders. The concept of identity. Communications and transport. Migrations. Travel literature. Globalization and sustainability. Urban and peri-urban greenery. Green belts and ecological networks. Ueban horticulture