Università Roma Tre

Objectives

Module 1
Introducing the analysis of the social construction of space. Provide tools and concepts useful to the interpretation of collaborative and competitive dynamics in the use of space.


Programme Module 1 (6 CFU)

Basic definitions, especially with special reference to the concepts of space and territory, the processes of territorialization and its effects, the basis of the concept of limit/boundary and its applications. Main disciplinary and transdisciplinary methods of investigation used in geographical research.

Texts for the module 1 (6 CFU)

1) - C. CERRETI, I. DUMONT, M. TABUSI (a cura di), Geografia sociale e democrazia. La sfida della comunicazione, Roma, Aracne, 2012 (alternatively either all the texts in Italian or all the texts in French - communicating it to the teacher before the exam)

2) I. DUMONT (a cura di), Per una geografia sociale. Proposte da un confronto italo-francese, fascicolo monografico del «Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana», 2009, 1