Teaching Workshop: Place, Non-Place and Hyper-Place. Practices of Urban Sustainability and Commercial Resilience
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
This workshop aims to develop knowledge about urban sustainability and commercial resilience practices based on the key concepts of place, non-place and hyper-place. Students will be provided with the quantitative, qualitative and graphic tools for the study of commercial centralities: GDO structures and the traditional retail network.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the workshop the student will have to know the main phases of the evolution of the relationship between territorial and commercial systems in a historical and geographical perspective. They will also learn how these changes can evolve in the future at different scales.
Moreover, students should be able to use social geography tools to analyze these changes.
Moreover, students should be able to use social geography tools to analyze these changes.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
All lessons will take place in a remote mode (synchronous, through Teams). Each lesson will be recorded. Students will be able to find all the information to access the lessons (links etc.), any changes in the program and any changes in the reference material (bibliography etc.) on the Ariel website of the laboratory.
Course syllabus
How are commercial spaces organized in relation to the changes in the consolidated city?
The workshop aims to explore the practices of urban sustainability and commercial resilience using the key concepts of place, non-place and hyper-place. The focus will be on the development and centrality of these spaces, with a review of their development and centrality. On the one hand, the attention will be focused on large retail structures and, on the other, on associations between traditional stores, aimed at implementing resilience practices. The second part of the course will be dedicated to providing students with tools and methods of research in social geography, through which they can develop an initial survey on the ground.
The 20 hour workshop is only for SUA students.
The course will be divided into five four-hour meetings, with the following calendar:
I meeting: Friday, October 30th
II meeting Friday, November 6th
III meeting: Friday, November 13th
IV meeting: Friday, November 20th
V meeting: Friday, November 27th
Registrations must be submitted by sending an email to giuseppe.gambazza@unimi.it within Tuesday, October 27th, 2020. Students must specify their serial number, e-mail address and academic year. Applications will be accepted up to a maximum of 20, with priority to second- and third-year students. The admission will be communicated by email on Wednesday, October 28th.
In case of admittance, SIFA registration for 3 CFU is mandatory and must be completed between 15 and 30 November.
The workshop aims to explore the practices of urban sustainability and commercial resilience using the key concepts of place, non-place and hyper-place. The focus will be on the development and centrality of these spaces, with a review of their development and centrality. On the one hand, the attention will be focused on large retail structures and, on the other, on associations between traditional stores, aimed at implementing resilience practices. The second part of the course will be dedicated to providing students with tools and methods of research in social geography, through which they can develop an initial survey on the ground.
The 20 hour workshop is only for SUA students.
The course will be divided into five four-hour meetings, with the following calendar:
I meeting: Friday, October 30th
II meeting Friday, November 6th
III meeting: Friday, November 13th
IV meeting: Friday, November 20th
V meeting: Friday, November 27th
Registrations must be submitted by sending an email to giuseppe.gambazza@unimi.it within Tuesday, October 27th, 2020. Students must specify their serial number, e-mail address and academic year. Applications will be accepted up to a maximum of 20, with priority to second- and third-year students. The admission will be communicated by email on Wednesday, October 28th.
In case of admittance, SIFA registration for 3 CFU is mandatory and must be completed between 15 and 30 November.
Prerequisites for admission
No requirement needed
Teaching methods
The course makes use of interactive-participatory techniques, non-formal education tools and possible field trips, in order to provide students with the necessary skills for the analysis of socio-spatial relations observable within commercial networks.
The results of this survey, individual or in group, will be presented in the classroom and will encourage students to reflect together on the strengths and weaknesses of the case studies.
The results of this survey, individual or in group, will be presented in the classroom and will encourage students to reflect together on the strengths and weaknesses of the case studies.
Teaching Resources
The material will be provided during the course.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Students will be asked to present in the classroom the methods and results of a fieldwork, which will be evaluated taking into account the following factors:
- the knowledge acquired regarding the examined topic
- abilities to perform analyses and synthesis.
- the use of the specific languages of the discipline.
- the knowledge acquired regarding the examined topic
- abilities to perform analyses and synthesis.
- the use of the specific languages of the discipline.
Professor(s)
Reception:
The lecturer is available for office hours on Wednesdays from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., by appointment via email.
Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage (BAC), Geography Section Via Festa del Perdono 7 (Cortile Legnaia)