GEOGRAPHY

M-GGR/01 - 9 CFU - 2° semestre

Docente titolare dell'insegnamento

SALVATORE TORRE


Obiettivi formativi

Knowledge and understanding:

Basic knowledge of the cultural, economic, and geopolitical frameworks.

Basic knowledge of the great lines of diffusion of the economic crisis.
Basic knowledge of the main methods of investigation and theories on the human settlement and the socio-environmental conflicts.

 

Applying knowledge and understanding:

Basic knowledge of global geopolitical frameworks

Using basic tools of the geographical analysis, applying to studies on the great cultural areas.

Connecting theoretical knowledge and the practical study of the territories.

Connecting theoretical framework and the study of migrations processes.

Making judgement:

Identifying the main social phenomena with cartographic and iconografic tools.

Applying theories to practical problems and issues in the regional territory.

 

Communication skills:

Describing processes and phenomena.

Giving examples and reasoning on theories and cases of study.

 

Learning skills:

In-depth understanding of the main issues trought searching for scientific sources and databases (e.g., JStor, Eric, WoS, ect. …)


Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento

The course will be planned on nine weeks. During the class, frontal lessons, didactic games and forum debates will be held.


Prerequisiti richiesti

Basic knowledges in the human sciences.



Frequenza lezioni

Regular participation in classroom activities, such as didactic games and forums, is recommended.



Contenuti del corso

The course is aimed to present the main issues related to large global transformations of the last decades. A brief overview of the global ecological crisis and several geopolitical and environmental problems facing Human Communities will be presented. It also will contribute to the formation of skills related to the analysis of geographical processes.

Then, the course will address the analysis of the current socio-ecological debate, focusing the environmental transformations of economic globalization and the social conflicts related to the human living conditions. It will pay particular attention to the problems posed by the new social conflicts.



Testi di riferimento

  1. Hubbard P., Kitchin R. Bartley B. and Fuller D., 2005. Thinking Geographically: Space, Theory and Contemporary Human Geography. London-New York: Continuum (pp.250).

  2. Shaw, W.S., Herman, R.D.K. & Dobbs, G J., 2006. Encountering indigeneity: re-imagining and decolonizing geography. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography. 88 (3):267–276. (Disponibile all'indirizzo: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/16797/nmai_Geografiska2006.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

  3. De Leeuw, S. & Hunt, S., 2018. Unsettling decolonizing geographies. Geography Compass, 12:e12376. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12376

  4. Patel, R. & Moore, J. W., 2017. A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Students should be able to use the Atlas:

  1. Environmental Justice Atlas: www.ejatlas.org

Altro materiale didattico

http://studium.unict.it/



Programmazione del corso

 ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1The Great Socio-Ecological Transition. A Geography of Global CrisisHubbard P., Kitchin R. Bartley B. and Fuller D., 2005. Thinking Geographically: Space, Theory and Contemporary Human Geography. London-New York: Continuum 
2New Debates and New GeographiesHubbard P., Kitchin R. Bartley B. and Fuller D., 2005. Thinking Geographically: Space, Theory and Contemporary Human Geography. London-New York: Continuum 
3Geographies of Body, Geographies of GovernanceHubbard P., Kitchin R. Bartley B. and Fuller D., 2005. Thinking Geographically: Space, Theory and Contemporary Human Geography. London-New York: Continuum 
4What has been Globalisation?Hubbard P., Kitchin R. Bartley B. and Fuller D., 2005. Thinking Geographically: Space, Theory and Contemporary Human Geography. London-New York: Continuum 
5Cultural Freedom and Epistemic DecolonizationShaw, W.S., Herman, R.D.K. & Dobbs, G J., 2006. Encountering indigeneity: re-imagining and decolonizing geography. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography. 88 (3):267–276.  
6Decolonizing GeographiesDe Leeuw, S. & Hunt, S., 2018. Unsettling decolonizing geographies. Geography Compass, 12:e12376. 
7Environmental Conflicts Enivronmental Justice Atlas: www.ejatlas.org 
8Movements for Environmental Justicewww.ejatlas.org 
9Decolonizing Geographic ToughtDe Leeuw, S. & Hunt, S., 2018. Unsettling decolonizing geographies. Geography Compass, 
10Defining a new Age: Anthropocene, CapitalocenePatel, R. & Moore, J. W., 2017. A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Berkeley: University of California Press. 
11Capitalism and Ecological CrisisPatel, R. & Moore, J. W., 2017. A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Berkeley: University of California Press. 
12Cheap Nature and AccumulationPatel, R. & Moore, J. W., 2017. A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Berkeley: University of California Press. 


Verifica dell'apprendimento


MODALITÀ DI VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO

The exam will consists of an oral examination. The interview will cover the entire syllabus.


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