The course aims to provide the students with the theoretical and methodological skills necessary to analyze and interpret the several ways contemporary societies work and their changing dynamics.
URBAN LANDSCAPES AND SOCIAL-TERRITORIAL MUTATION
The module explores the following themes: a) urban regeneration models: social innovation practices and integrated development of the territory in European cities; b) Strategic planning: towards a procedural and communicative rationality, towards a return to the rules, towards greater social inclusion;
SOCIOLOGY AND POLICIES FOR TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
The module explores the following themes: a) governance processes and policies for cities; b) participation: the social and spatial dimensions, the tools, the design of participatory practices.
The module is structured as a methodological introduction to empirical research in social geography. To facilitate the learning a limited number of case studies will be proposed. The learning process will end with a critical and illustrative reflection of the Geographic Information System.
It aims to provide a general overview of the theoretical aspects. During the course you will deal with topics that govern the study of social geography, such as the concept of space as a social product. Some of the most connoted social theories more fully characterized by geographical aspects will be discussed. It will be offered an historical analysis of the discipline, tracing its developments from the beginning to the present.
Empirical research in social geography. Quantitative and qualitative methods. Social geography and Geographic Information System.
Different conceptions of space. The theoretical references of social geography. The French social geography. The German social geography. The English social geography. The difficult path of social geography in Italy.
S. SETTIS, Architettura e democrazia. Paesaggio, città, diritti civili, Einaudi, Torino, 2017.
E. FINOCCHIARO, Visioni della città fra radicamento territoriale e globalizzazione, Bonanno Editore, Acireale-Roma 2014, capp. I; II; V.
D. CIAFFI, A. MELA, La partecipazione. Dimensioni, spazi, strumenti, Carocci editore, Roma, 2006, pp. 81-124.
Textbooks for attendants:
Loda M. (2015), Geografia sociale: storia, teoria e metodi di ricerca, Carocci Editore, Roma ISBN: 978-88-430-4498-6
Settis S. (2013), Il paesaggio come bene comune, La scuola di Pitagora editrice, Napoli ISBN: 978-88-6542-231-1
Additional informations and textbooks for non-attendants:
To the aforementioned text (Loda M.) for the attendants, non-attendants will have to add the following text to complete their training: Lombardi D. (2006), Percorsi di Geografia sociale, Pàtron Editore, Bologna ISBN: 88-555-2870 -X (pp. 213-366); non-attendants will also have to contact the professor before booking the exam to concur a short empirical research. The final exam will be partially written and partly oral.
Loda M. (2015), Geografia sociale: storia, teoria e metodi di ricerca, Carocci Editore, Roma ISBN: 978-88-430-4498-6
Settis S. (2013), Il paesaggio come bene comune, La scuola di Pitagora editrice, Napoli ISBN: 978-88-6542-231-1
Additional informations and textbooks for non-attendants:
To the aforementioned text (Loda M.) for the attendants, non-attendants will have to add the following text to complete their training: Lombardi D. (2006), Percorsi di Geografia sociale, Pàtron Editore, Bologna ISBN: 88-555-2870 -X (pp. 213-366); non-attendants will also have to contact the professor before booking the exam to concur a short empirical research. The final exam will be partially written and partly oral.