Unit ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE LANDSCAPE

Course
Cultural heritage
Study-unit Code
A000116
Curriculum
Antropologia
Teacher
Daniele Parbuono
Teachers
  • Daniele Parbuono
  • Massimiliano Minelli (Codocenza)
  • Alexander Koensler (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 12 ore - Daniele Parbuono
  • 12 ore (Codocenza) - Massimiliano Minelli
  • 12 ore (Codocenza) - Alexander Koensler
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2024/25
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
M-DEA/01
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
An introduction to the main themes and problems of landscape anthropology starting with the definition of landscape in anthropological literature. Issues related to the category of cultural heritage, spatial network and the anthropocene, which identifies the geological era dominated by the human species, will also be addressed. The students will be able to participate in seminar activities and exercises.
Reference texts
Required readings:

- Franco Lai, Antropologia del Paesaggio, Carocci, Roma, 2002.

Recommended readings:
- Lai Franco, Antropocene. Per un'antropologia dei mutamenti socioambientali, Edit, Firenze, 2020.
-Papa Cristina (a cura di), Letture di paesaggi, Guerini, Milano.
-Sereni Emilio, Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Laterza, Bari, 2010.
-Moore Jason W., Antropocene o capitalocene? Ombrecorte, Verona, 2017.
Educational objectives
Expected learning outcomes
- knowledge and ability to understanding: knowledge of the main theoretical orientations in the study of landscape anthropology. Some main anthropological categories and problems related to environmental issues and to the construction, protection and valorisation of landscapes are to be acquired.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: ability to analyse, synthesise and argue; critical and linking abilities, also interdisciplinary.
- Autonomy of judgement: capacity for diachronic organisation of data, personal evaluation and of synchronic utilisation of acquired skills, also with reference to the socio-cultural analysis of contemporaneity.
- Communication skills: ability to communicate knowledge in appropriate anthropological language.
- Expected learning outcomes: knowledge of the main theoretical orientations in the study of landscape anthropology and of the salient stages in the development of the discipline.
- Learning ability: acquisition of a critical learning method.
Prerequisites
No
Teaching methods
Lectures, with discussion and student interventions in seminar activities.
Other information
Class attendance is not compulsory but highly recommended.
Further bibliographical information will be provided during the lectures.
Learning verification modality
There is only one final assessment. The assessment consists of a final oral examination. The final examination mark is measured in thirtieths.
The examination is passed with a minimum mark of 18/30 up to a maximum of 30/30 - an honours mark may be added to the 30/30 mark.
For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA visit https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa.
Extended program
The main themes and problems of landscape anthropology will be highlighted in the teaching. The issues relating to the progressive and rapid mutation of environmental balances due to the intensified exploitation of natural resources by man has led to talk of the Anthropocene as a new geological era. A category that will be problematised during the election. The definition of landscape will also be examined in the anthropological literature will be examined. The main regulations governing landscape protection and enhancement will be discussed with a focus on the landscape representations and practices of local populations, with a comparative approach. Attending students will be able to participate in seminar activities and exercises.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
This teaching contributes to the realisation of the UN goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in particular with regard to the points:
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Reducing inequalities
- Life on Earth
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