GEOGRAPHY M - Z

The course aims to provide students with insights concerning the epistemology of geography and the process of world globalization and the role of global cities.

Structural and semiological analysis of the contemporary world, particular attention will be given to the historical and political evolution of epistemology of geographical knowledge and to globalization processes.

- Farinelli F., Geografia. Un’introduzione ai modelli del mondo, Einaudi, Torino (third part: «La città, la mappa, lo spazio»);

- Di Blasi A. (a cura di), La geografia delle città globali, Università di Catania, Facoltà di Lettere

- Sassen S., Cities in a World Economy, Pine Forge Press, 2012.