2017/2018

2017/2018

DM270

M-GGR/01 (GEOGRAPHY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

Lingue per l'impresa

1°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN TEST

CANDURA ANNA ROSA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Basic knowledge of Regional Geography. Elementary knowledge of approximately 196 States internationally recognized (up to 2017).
Knowledge of the basic tools of Human Geography is necessary (this themes will be recalled at the beginning of the course). Especially, a good use of cartographic tools and the use of Geographic atlas are required, as fundamental completion of the study of the basic manual. In the bibliography, detailed texts are given for those who have gaps to fill.
To integrate the part of the cartography, it's reqested a minimum of knowledge of 'Arc GIS Online'.
A free downloadable software is avaiable at
https://www.arcgis.com/home/signin.html

The course focuses mainly on how acquiring the ability to navigate the Planet using latitude and longitude, knowing how to locate the 196 States internationally recognized (2017) within the hemispheres and the continents. Such ability is the starting point for critically placing the main topics of Human Geography (population, urbanization, migration and international relationships).
Other objectives:
- Knowledge of the main characteristics of cartographic representations (scale, content, projection).
- Reading the region through cartography.
- Understanding the link between human societies and territory.
- Ability to grasp the real meaning of certain expressions that have become clichés (for example environmental sustainability, globalization, migration, borders and boundaries).

The course aims to capture habit to study the Planet through the use of cartography and photography.
The course will be divided into two parts.
Part One
Cartography as a tool to study the planet.
Part Two
Topics of Human Geography.

Front-end lessons through PowerPoint presentations on screen. In the classroom, there will be presented the main materials free available online.
During the 36-hours course, plenty of exercitations will take place (analyzing and commenting on mute maps), so that students may learn how to complete the final exam.

Bibliography
For those students who attend the entire course and for those who do not, the preparation of following books is required:

--- A good Geographic Atlas.
--- Calendario Atlante De Agostini (ed. 2018) (essential for updating data).
---E. H. FOUBERG, A. B. MURPHY and H. J. DE BLIJ, "Geografia umana" it. ed. 2010, Bologna, Zanichelli, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

For those who have gaps in cartography, one of the following manuals may be used as a reference:

--- A. Lodovisi, S. Torresani, “Cartografia e informazione geografica. Storia e tecniche”, Bologna, Pàtron, 2005.
OR
--- R. Mazzanti (1998), "Guida all’interpretazione della carta topografica", Felici Editore, Pisa.
OR
---U. Sauro, M. Meneghel, A. Bondesan e B. Castiglioni, "Dalla carta topografica al paesaggio-Atlante ragionato", Vicenza, Zetabeta, 2005.

For those who have gaps in Human and Regional Geography, one of the following manuals may be used as reference (depending on the type of gap):
--- J. D. Fellmann, M.D. Bjelland, A. Getis, J. Getis, "Geografia Umana", Milano, McGraw Hill Education, 2016.
--- A. L. Greiner, Giuseppe Dematteis, Carla Lanza, "Geografia Umana. Un approccio visuale", Torino, UTET, 2012.
--- A. Vallega, "Introduzione alla geografia umana", Milano, Mursia, 1999.
--- C. Minca, A. Colombino, "Breve Manuale di Geografia Umana", Padova, Cedam, 2012.
--- G. De Vecchis, F. Fatigati, "Geografia generale", Roma, Carocci, 2016.
--- Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, "Corso di geografia generale", Milano, Linx, 2008.
--- B. Nicolini, I. Taddia, "Il Corno d’Africa. Tra medicina, politica e storia", Aprilia, NovaLogos, 2011.
--- A. Casella Paltrinieri, "Incontri transatlantici. Il Brasile negli studi dell’antropologia italiana", Aprilia, NovaLogos, 2012.

The exam will be in a written form; the students will have 45 minutes to comment a map without toponyms, demonstrating the ability to locate the territory with the elements provided by the paper and identify the main toponyms and the most salient features of the territory itself.

Other informations.
Due to the complexity of the topics, the frequence of the course is very reccomended.