Sociologia | SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE

cod. 0312300058

SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE

	0312300058
	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2019/2020

CURRICULUM ECONOMICO Cohort 2017/2018

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/10	6	40	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO GIVE INFORMATION AND KNWOWLEDGE USEFUL TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPATIALITY AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE SHARED KNWOWLEDGE SHARED TO ANALYSE POLICIES AND POLITICS OF SPACE, HUMAN MOBILITY, AND ENVIRONMENT, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO SOME CRITICAL THEORIES ON URBAN, SOCIO-ECOLOGIAL AND MIGRATION TRANSFORMATION. AT ITS END, STUDENTS: - WILL HAVE ACQUIRED AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT AFFECT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION OF SPACE AND SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON THE LINK BETWEEN HUMAN MOBILITY, SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL CHANGES, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION AND PUBLIC POLICIES OF SPACE AND MIGRATION; - CAN APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO ELABORATE ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH REPORTS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPATIAL AND AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION AND POLICIES OF SPACE AND HUMAN MOBILITY, USING ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES AND DATA WAREHOUSES PRESENTED IN THE COURSE; - HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE AUTONOMOUS INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE DATA AND INFORMATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE SOCIETAL LIFE. - CAN COMMUNICATE THEIR CONCLUSIONS IN BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN FORM, BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; - HAVE THE LEARNING SKILLS TO ALLOW THEM TO DO AUTONOMOUS RESEARCH ACTIVITES OR TO CONTINUE TO MORE ADVANCED STUDIES.

THE COURSE AIMS TO GIVE INFORMATION AND KNWOWLEDGE USEFUL TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPATIALITY AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE SHARED KNWOWLEDGE SHARED TO ANALYSE POLICIES AND POLITICS OF SPACE, HUMAN MOBILITY, AND ENVIRONMENT, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO SOME CRITICAL THEORIES ON URBAN, SOCIO-ECOLOGIAL AND MIGRATION TRANSFORMATION.

AT ITS END, STUDENTS:

- WILL HAVE ACQUIRED AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT AFFECT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION OF SPACE AND SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON THE LINK BETWEEN HUMAN MOBILITY, SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL CHANGES, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION AND PUBLIC POLICIES OF SPACE AND MIGRATION;

- CAN APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO ELABORATE ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH REPORTS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPATIAL AND AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION AND POLICIES OF SPACE AND HUMAN MOBILITY, USING ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES AND DATA WAREHOUSES PRESENTED IN THE COURSE;

- HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE AUTONOMOUS INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE DATA AND INFORMATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE SOCIETAL LIFE.

- CAN COMMUNICATE THEIR CONCLUSIONS IN BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN FORM, BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

- HAVE THE LEARNING SKILLS TO ALLOW THEM TO DO AUTONOMOUS RESEARCH ACTIVITES OR TO CONTINUE TO MORE ADVANCED STUDIES.

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	THE COURSE WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH THREE PARTS. THE FIRST PART WILL BE FOCUSED ON HUMAN MOBILITY AND MIGRATION PROCESSES. THEY WILL BE STUDIED MOVING FROM ABDELMALEK SAYAD'S SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (14 HOURS LESSONS) THE SECOND PART WILL SHOW HOW FRONTIERS HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY CENTRAL FOR MAKING AND REPRODUCING CAPITALIST SOCIAL AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RELATIONS. THIS PART WILL BE DEVELOPED ESPECIALLY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF WORLD-ECOLOGY APPROACH ESPECIALLY DEVELOPED BY JASON W. MOORE (12 HOURS LESSONS) THE THIRD PART WILL FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OR RIGHT TO THE CITY, STUDIED FROM BOTH STRUCTURAL POINT OF VIEW, ESPECIALLY THROUGH DAVID HARVEY' ANALYSIS BUT ALSO WITH REFERENCE TO HENRY LEFEBVRE AND SASKIA SASSEN' STUDIES) AND DAILY LIFE POINT OF VIEW, FOCUSING ON THE REALIZED, POTENTIAL, OR DENIED USES OF URBAN SPACES, THROUGH DIRECT OBSERVATION OF SOME PLACES OF THE CITY (PUBLIC PARKS, BEACHES, PLAZAS, STREETS) (14 HOURS LESSONS) ALL PARTS WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH BOTH ARTICLES AND STATISTICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA FOCUSED ON THE OBSERVED PHENOMENA.

Contents

THE COURSE WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH THREE PARTS.

THE FIRST PART WILL BE FOCUSED ON HUMAN MOBILITY AND MIGRATION PROCESSES. THEY WILL BE STUDIED MOVING FROM ABDELMALEK SAYAD'S SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (14 HOURS LESSONS)

THE SECOND PART WILL SHOW HOW FRONTIERS HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY CENTRAL FOR MAKING AND REPRODUCING CAPITALIST SOCIAL AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RELATIONS. THIS PART WILL BE DEVELOPED ESPECIALLY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF WORLD-ECOLOGY APPROACH ESPECIALLY DEVELOPED BY JASON W. MOORE (12 HOURS LESSONS)

THE THIRD PART WILL FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OR RIGHT TO THE CITY, STUDIED FROM BOTH STRUCTURAL POINT OF VIEW, ESPECIALLY THROUGH DAVID HARVEY' ANALYSIS BUT ALSO WITH REFERENCE TO HENRY LEFEBVRE AND SASKIA SASSEN' STUDIES) AND DAILY LIFE POINT OF VIEW, FOCUSING ON THE REALIZED, POTENTIAL, OR DENIED USES OF URBAN SPACES, THROUGH DIRECT OBSERVATION OF SOME PLACES OF THE CITY (PUBLIC PARKS, BEACHES, PLAZAS, STREETS) (14 HOURS LESSONS)

ALL PARTS WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH BOTH ARTICLES AND STATISTICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA FOCUSED ON THE OBSERVED PHENOMENA.

	Teaching Methods
	FRONT-LESSONS WITH THE HELP OF SLIDES AND VIDEO; SOME SEMINARS TO DEEPEN SOME TOPICS; PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS DURING THE LESSONS, ALSO WRITING INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP PAPERS. CASE STUDIES

	Verification of learning
	THE TEST WILL BE ARTICULATED IN TWO PARTS: - A WRITTEN TEST, THAT WILL CONSIST OF AN INDIVIDUAL EXAMINATION PAPER AGREED WITH TEACHER ON SINGLE TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE COURSE. IN THIS PART WILL BE TESTED: - THE ABILITY TO BUILD AN ARGUMENT IN THE FORM OF AN ESSAY; - THE ABILITY TO USE DATA AND ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY. - AN ORAL TEST, THAT WILL CONSIST OF AN ORAL EXAM, ORGANIZED IN SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS. IN THIS PART WILL BE TESTED: - KNOWLEDGE LEARNED IN THE COURSE; - THE ABILITY TO LINK DIFFERENT ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES THE TWO TESTS HAVE THE SAME IRELEVANCE FOR THE FINAL EVALUATION.

Verification of learning

THE TEST WILL BE ARTICULATED IN TWO PARTS:
- A WRITTEN TEST, THAT WILL CONSIST OF AN INDIVIDUAL EXAMINATION PAPER AGREED WITH TEACHER ON SINGLE TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE COURSE. IN THIS PART WILL BE TESTED:
- THE ABILITY TO BUILD AN ARGUMENT IN THE FORM OF AN ESSAY;
- THE ABILITY TO USE DATA AND ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY.

- AN ORAL TEST, THAT WILL CONSIST OF AN ORAL EXAM, ORGANIZED IN SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS. IN THIS PART WILL BE TESTED:
- KNOWLEDGE LEARNED IN THE COURSE;
- THE ABILITY TO LINK DIFFERENT ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES

THE TWO TESTS HAVE THE SAME IRELEVANCE FOR THE FINAL EVALUATION.

	Texts
	* GENNARO AVALLONE, LIBERARE LE MIGRAZIONI, LO SGUARDO ERETICO DI ABDELMALEK SAYAD, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA, 2018 (PARTIALLY AVAILABLE IN SPANISH) * JASON W. MOORE, ECOLOGIA-MONDO E CRISI DEL CAPITALISMO. LA FINE DELLA NATURA A BUON MERCATO, A CURA DI GENNARO AVALLONE, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA, 2015 (AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND PARTIALLY IN SPANISH) * DAVID HARVEY, GEOGRAFIA DEL DOMINIO. CAPITALISMO E PRODUZIONE DELLO SPAZIO, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA, 2019

Texts

* GENNARO AVALLONE, LIBERARE LE MIGRAZIONI, LO SGUARDO ERETICO DI ABDELMALEK SAYAD, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA, 2018 (PARTIALLY AVAILABLE IN SPANISH)

* JASON W. MOORE, ECOLOGIA-MONDO E CRISI DEL CAPITALISMO. LA FINE DELLA NATURA A BUON MERCATO, A CURA DI GENNARO AVALLONE, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA, 2015 (AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND PARTIALLY IN SPANISH)

* DAVID HARVEY, GEOGRAFIA DEL DOMINIO. CAPITALISMO E PRODUZIONE DELLO SPAZIO, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA, 2019

	More Information
	AT OR BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE, THE FOLLOWING TEXTS MAY BE USEFUL: DAVID HARVEY, RIGHT TO THE CITY, AVAILABLE IN HTTPS://DAVIDHARVEY.ORG/MEDIA/RIGHTTOTHECITY.PDF DAVID HARVEY, SPACE AS A KEY WORD, AVAILABLE IN HTTP://FRONTDESKAPPARATUS.COM/FILES/HARVEY2004.PDF

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