Students are taught through lectures, seminars, class discussions, case study analysis (also based on multimedia material), fieldworks. Students are exposed to various modes of inter-personal communications and collaborative teamwork. All students are expected to engage in class discussion.
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Normally mandatory
The course offers a geographical perspective on globalization and provides an exploration of its spatial impacts. Particular emphasis will be given to the impacts of globalization on urban areas being the city the principal site through which globalization occurs. This is reflected in the various social, economic, and political changes that have not only added emphasis to the dynamics of cities, but have also multiplied the contradictions and tensions underlying urban development.
Specifically, the course aims at pursuing the following learning objectives:
Text n. 1 Rossi U., Vanolo A., Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage.
A selection of scientific and newspaper articles will be provided through Studium platform.
Studium
Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
1 | Introduction: Key Issues and Themes What is a City? Globalization and the Urban Experience | Text 1, pp. 1- 21 |
2 | Urban Development and the Politics of Representation. From Fordism to post-Fordism reinventing cities in a context of economic transition | Text 1 pp. 25-50 |
3 | Making Culture Work: The Rise of The Creative City | Text n. 1 pp. 51-68 |
4 | The rise of neoliberalism | Text 1, pp. 71-86 |
5 | The practice of urban neoliberalism | Text n. 1, pp. 86-102 |
6 | Gentrification, global processes and local impacts | Learning material provided through Studium |
7 | Urban geopolitics: violence, fear, urbicide | Text n. 1, pp. 103-131 |
8 | Politics as contestation | Text 1, pp. 131-178 |
9 | Cities and new technologies in (post)pandemic times | Learning material provided through Studium |
Oral exam