Università Roma Tre

Programme of the module 1 (for those who must acquire only 6 CFU/ECTS and for those who must acquire 12 CFU/ECTS)

Basic principles in geographical systemic reading, with particular reference to the concepts of environment, ecosystem, territory, region, landscape, with reference to the cultural organization of space - population, migration, settlement, languages, religions, economic exploitation, development, scale, trans-scalarity etc.
It is essential for all the systematic use of an updated school atlas.


Programme of the module 2 (+ 6 CFU/ECTS: for those who must acquire 12 CFU/ECTS)

Application of the principles of geocultural analysis to the production and reading of literary, film and artistic representations in general, both educated and popular. Identification of geocultural elements in the forms of the anthropic landscape, in the symbolic valorisation of the territory, in the toponomastics etc.

In the absence of a basic knowledge in geography, the study of a school textbook of general geography and geography of the States of the world is strongly recommended.
The systematic use of an updated school atlas is essential for all students.

Texts for the module 1 (6 CFU/ECTS)
1) A.R. CANDURA, Geografia. Un’introduzione critica, Milano, Mondadori, 2018
2) T. BANINI, Geografie culturali, Milano, Angeli, 2019
3) M. d’ERAMO, Il selfie del mondo. Indagine sull’età del turismo, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2017



Texts for the module 2 (+6 CFU/ECTS: for those who must acquire 12 CFU/ECTS)
1) B. CHATWIN, Le vie dei canti, Milano, Adelphi, 1995 (o altra edizione)
2) I. CALVINO, Le città invisibili, Torino, Einaudi, 1972 (o altra edizione)
3) I. CALVINO, Palomar, Torino, Einaudi, 1983 (o altra edizione)