CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY M - Z

The course aims to develop knowledge of the main cultural themes of the contemporary globalized world and of the importance of human work in the creation of different places, landscapes, values and political orders present in the world.

Frontal lectures through power point prepared by the lecturer and field investigations concerning the issues addressed.

A (4 ECTS)

Cultural organization of terrestrial spaces – Agricoltural landscape – Nature, art and architecture in landscape – Wine, food and identity – traditions, uses and customs – A look at Sicily in the 60s.

B (2 ECTS)

Origins and evolution of cultural geography with its three Schools (German, French, Berkeley) – The crisis of Cultural Geography and its rebirth in the 80s –Tthe New Cultural Geography: the spatial and cultural

turning point of the discipline.

A (4 ECTS)

Texts:

• S. Cannizzaro (ed.), Ambiente Cultura Territorio. Saggi di geografia culturale, Firenze, Angelo Pontecorboli Editore, 2021, pp. 7-195.
• P. J. Doreen Massey, Luoghi, culture e globalizzazione, Torino, UTET, 2006, pp. 3-244.
• C. Fiorello, Picciridda. Con i piedi nella sabbia, Firenze, Giunti, 2017, pp. 7-253.

B (2 ECTS)

Texts:

• A. Bonazzi, Manuale di Geografia Culturale, Laterza 2012, pp. 5-170.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.