Teaching will focus on lectures, seminars on some specific topics, research case studies and possibly the development of individual and / or group projects. Over at the oral exposition of the topics dealt with, during the course the teacher will make use of it and audiovisual supports.
The first module focuses on the concepts, methodology and techniques that contribute to the sociological study of the change of urban societies. The analysis and identification of practices follows of intervention on processes such as governance and participation; housing inequalities; local welfare and socio-territorial innovation practices; urban poverty and contrast policies; models territorial immigration and local development; urban populations and city applications.
- Guidicini P. (2009), Come studiare la città dal di dentro. Metodologie e tecniche per leggere le concentrazioni nel Nord e nel Sud del mondo, Angeli, Milano (Parte III. La Metodologia della ricerca nell'approccio socio-territoriale), pp. 85-137.
- Sassen S. (2008), “La città globale: ritrovare località e pratiche sociali”, in Sassen S., Una sociologia della globalizzazione, Einaudi, Torino, pp. 95-127.
- Petrillo A. (2013), Peripherein: pensare diversamente la periferia, Angeli, Milano.