Teaching Workshop: Place, Non-Place and Hyper-Place. Practices of Urban Sustainability and Commercial Resilience
A.Y. 2021/2022
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
A part of the lessons will be held in presence (itinerant teaching), a part at a distance (synchronous, through Teams).
Students can find all the information to access the lessons (links etc.), eventual changes in the programme and reference material (bibliography etc.) on the Ariel website of the lab.
Students can find all the information to access the lessons (links etc.), eventual changes in the programme and reference material (bibliography etc.) on the Ariel website of the lab.
Course syllabus
The workshop aims to explore the relationship between city and commerce, starting from the key concepts of place, non-place and hyper-place. In order to investigate this relationship, attention will be paid to the socio-spatial role of both large commercial structures and local shops, often organized in associations aimed at implementing resilience practices.
A further objective will be to provide students with tools and methods of research in social geography, through which they can develop a field investigation on topics addressed during the course.
The 20-hour lab is reserved for students in the SUA Bachelor's degree program. The classes will be held partly at a distance and partly in presence, according to the following schedule:
- Saturday 23October(14.30-16.00. At a distance, through the MTeams Platform)
- Saturday, October 30 (14.30-16.00. Remote, through the MTeams- CLIL platform)
- Saturday, November 6 (14.30-18.00)In presence.
Urban walk at "Il Centro Commerciale Portello" - CLIL)
- Saturday, November 13 (14.30-16.00. Remote, through the MTeams Platform)
- Saturday 20 November (14.30-18.00. In presence.
Urban walk at "Il DUC Isola")
- Saturday, November 27th (14.30-16.00. Distance learning, through MTeams Platform)
- Saturday, December 4 (14:30 to 16:00. Distance learning through the MTeams Platform)
- Saturday, December 11 (14.30-16.00. Remote, through the MTeams Platform)
The planned excursions, lasting 4 hours each (approximate time 14.30-18.00), are scheduled for Saturday, November 6 (CLIL) and Saturday, November 20.
A further objective will be to provide students with tools and methods of research in social geography, through which they can develop a field investigation on topics addressed during the course.
The 20-hour lab is reserved for students in the SUA Bachelor's degree program. The classes will be held partly at a distance and partly in presence, according to the following schedule:
- Saturday 23October(14.30-16.00. At a distance, through the MTeams Platform)
- Saturday, October 30 (14.30-16.00. Remote, through the MTeams- CLIL platform)
- Saturday, November 6 (14.30-18.00)In presence.
Urban walk at "Il Centro Commerciale Portello" - CLIL)
- Saturday, November 13 (14.30-16.00. Remote, through the MTeams Platform)
- Saturday 20 November (14.30-18.00. In presence.
Urban walk at "Il DUC Isola")
- Saturday, November 27th (14.30-16.00. Distance learning, through MTeams Platform)
- Saturday, December 4 (14:30 to 16:00. Distance learning through the MTeams Platform)
- Saturday, December 11 (14.30-16.00. Remote, through the MTeams Platform)
The planned excursions, lasting 4 hours each (approximate time 14.30-18.00), are scheduled for Saturday, November 6 (CLIL) and Saturday, November 20.
Prerequisites for admission
The course is aimed at students with English linguistic-communicative skills comparable to the intermediate level (B1).
Teaching methods
The course includes the use of innovative teaching methodologies, such as participatory lessons, flipped classroom, outdoor education and CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning).
Following the indications coming from the recent European policies, the course proposes to integrate disciplinary contents through practical activities carried out directly in the field. As part of this experimentation, two meetings of the workshop will be held in English with episodes of code-switching and alternation in Italian (CLIL mode): it is the lesson of Saturday, October 30 (2 hours) and the output on the territory scheduled for November 6 (4 hours).
The remaining part of the course (14 hours) will use Italian as a vehicular language.
Following the indications coming from the recent European policies, the course proposes to integrate disciplinary contents through practical activities carried out directly in the field. As part of this experimentation, two meetings of the workshop will be held in English with episodes of code-switching and alternation in Italian (CLIL mode): it is the lesson of Saturday, October 30 (2 hours) and the output on the territory scheduled for November 6 (4 hours).
The remaining part of the course (14 hours) will use Italian as a vehicular language.
Teaching Resources
The material will be provided during the course.
Assessment methods and Criteria
tudents 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)