GEOGRAPHY

Teresa AMODIO GEOGRAPHY

0312100017
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
HERITAGE STUDIES
2014/2015

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE TOOLS RELATED TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE LANDSCAPE AND CULTURAL PROPERTY, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTS.
AS REGARDS LANDSCAPES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL REFERENCES FOR THE RECOGNITION OF TERRITORIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HERITAGE, SEEN AS A HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION OF LOCAL AREAS AND COMMUNITIES.
THESE LOCAL RESOURCES, HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH PROMOTION, UPGRADING AND RECOVERY PROCESSES, NEED TO BE LINKED TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTS TO WHICH THEY BELONG, THOUGHT OF AS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND, THEREFORE, AS PRODUCTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. TO THIS END, IT IS THEN USEFUL TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE MORE TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS OF GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS, RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE LOCAL SYSTEMS AFFECTED.
Prerequisites
IT REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY.
Contents
THE COURSE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
• TOOLS FOR GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS: STATISTICAL DATA AND THEMATIC MAPS;
• DEFINITION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ITS CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION;
• KEY DOCUMENTS AND RULES FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE;
• EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL POLICIES RELATED TO THE PROMOTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE;
• METHODS OF SPATIAL ANALYSIS, AT DIFFERENT SCALES;
• IDENTIFICATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE BELONGING TO LOCAL CONTEXTS SELECTED AS TERRITORIAL REFERENCE FOR THE COURSE;
• ANALYSIS OF THE POLICIES AND ACTIONS OF PROMOTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AT THE LOCAL SCALE;
• CASE STUDIES.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF:
- LECTURES (SUPPORTED BY THE USE OF DOCUMENTARY TOOLS, MAPS, GRAPHICS AND PHOTOGRAPHS) WITH THE GENERAL AIM AND TO THE TOPICS COVERED BY THE COURSE;
- EXERCISES, GROUP WORK AND RESEARCH FOR THE STUDY OF THE TOPICS COVERED;
- SEMINARS INVOLVING TOPICAL CASE RELATED TO THE ISSUES COVERED.

Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM
Texts
AMODIO T., NUOVI PARADIGMI DELLA RURALITÀ IN ITALIA, NAPOLI, LIGUORI, 2012 (INTRODUZIONE, CAP.1, 3, 4,5)

THE TEACHER WILL PROVIDE A HANDOUT CONTAINING THE MAIN TOPICS DEALT WITH, BY THE TEACHER.
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