2016/2017

2018/2019

DM270

BIO/05 (ZOOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

PERCORSO COMUNE

3°

2nd semester (04/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)

3

24 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

RAZZETTI EDOARDO - 3 ECTS

No special prerequisites are required, however, it is advisable to have basic notions of systematic zoology

The course aims to train experts able to work in museums and scientific-educational centres with particular reference to the scientific and zoological ones.

The second part of the course will cover aspects of Museology and Museography, describing the activities and organization of modern scientific museums (research, conservation, communication), with particular reference to Zoological ones. The program include topics such as the definition of a museum, the mission of these structures, their identity, the current legislative framework, structure and function of permanent and temporary exhibitions, methodology and terminology of type specimens. Part of the course will be devoted to more practical aspects: acquisition and preparation of zoological specimens, cataloguing, and especially housing and maintenance of collections including restoration of damaged specimens. Finally there will be a short excursus on the peculiarities of some Italian scientific museums.

Lectures and visits to the museums of the Sistema Museale di Ateneo and in particular to the laboratories and collections of the Museum of Natural History of the University. An historical approach will be adopted to show how the exhibitions and the concept of museum have changed over the centuries. During the lessons some specimens will be shown which could be the subject of questions during the exam.

Handouts, papers and lecture slides are available from the teacher.

Oral examination. The oral test consists of an interview on the topics of the program, aimed at ascertaining the basic knowledge of museology, the techniques of preparation and exposition of the specimens and the activities of conservation, restoration and cataloging as well as on the history of the discipline.