13717 - Communication Geography (M-Z)

Course contents

According to Stuart Elden, territory is "a historical question: produced, mutable, and fluid. It is geographical, not simply because it is one of the ways of ordering the world, but also because it is profoundly uneven in its development.
Further, territory is “a distinctive mode of social/spatial organization, one that is historically and geographically limited and dependent, rather than a biological drive or socialneed. Territory’ needs to be thought of in its specificity”. Daily, we find ourselves urgently asking what sovereignty and territory are, how they function, how they relate, and how they have come to define, literally, the political landscape, and howdo they constitute a European and moral problem, concerning the question of migration and mobility.

Readings/Bibliography

A. Bonazzi, Manuale di geografia culturale, Roma, Laterza, 2011;

M. Tanca, Geografia e filosofia. Materiali di lavoro, Franco Angeli, 2012;

C. Schmitt, Terra e mare, Adelphi

C. Schmitt, Il nomos della Terra, Adelphi

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

The exam is divided in two different parts: the first one is a multiple choice test (20 questions) and the second one is a oral exam.
The multiple choice test is preliminary and preparatory to the oral exam, and students must give 15 correct answer out of 20.
The final grade is determined by the result of the oral exam.

Therefore:

- if students do not answer at least 15 questions in the first part, they won't be able to undergo the second part and their exam finishes

- if students give 15 (or more) correct answer in the first part, they will continue the exam by undergoing the second part. The examining board will assess this second part.

The multiple choice test is preliminary and preparatory to the oral exam, and students must give 15 correct answer out of 20.

The final grade is determined by the result of the open question test.

Teaching tools

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Office hours

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