ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

This course is one of the related and supplementary subjects of the Economics and Business course. It aims to provide students with the main conceptual tools of geography. The aim of the teaching is to provide knowledge of the geographical organisation of the contemporary economy with a particular emphasis on the geographies of globalisation, consumption and branding.

1. Knowledge and understanding
Acquire the basic concepts of economic geography and related terminology.

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
To use the basic concepts of economic geography and its language to critically interpret the socio-cultural and environmental impact of economic practices (from production to consumption).

3) Judgement skills
To be able to analyse with the approach of the new critical economic geography production, circulation, branding and consumption of commodities and services.

4) Communication skills: The student learns to synthesise acquired knowledge effectively and coherently and apply it to the economic dimensions of everyday life.

Mandatory priority exam:
see
http://www.unive.it/pag/203/
having passed the exam and recorded the grade of political economy

For attending and non-attending students is as follows:

Introduction to Economic and Commodity Geography
The main topics covered in class are:
Globalisation
The notion of power
Capitalism and its geographies
Supply chains and industrial spaces
The geography of production and consumption
the follow-the-things approach
the different economies
Ports, port cities and coastal industry

For all students, attending and not-attending:
G. Dematteis, C. Lanza, F. Nano, A. Vanolo, Geografia dell'economia mondiale, UTET, ultima edizione (chapter on globalisation)
Anderson, J. (2021). Understanding cultural geography: Places and traces. Routledge. (chapters on capitalism, place, power)
Daniels, P., Bradshaw, M., Shaw, D., Sisaway, J., & Hall, T. (2016). An introduction to human geography, Pearson (chapter on consumption and its geographies).

For all students (attending and non-attending), the examination consists of a written test with 5 open questions on the course topics. The test lasts 60 minutes and is designed to check the students' acquisition of the basic concepts of economic geography. Each question/answer is worth 6 points.

Frontal-lectures. Students are warmly encouraged to participate actively to the class by intervening with questions and comments

Italian

NB: Registration for the exam is managed by the electronic system of the University and not by the teacher. ONLY the students indicated in the list provided by the electronic system can take the exam.

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development