GEOGRAPHY I

The course is a basic activity for the Bachelor’s Degree in Lettere and Storia. As such, it aims to offer a reference frame on some approaches and topics of human geography.
Teaching objectives: presenting themes and problems of contemporary geography and provide some tools to know the spatial dynamics at the various geographical scales.

At the end of the lecture, in addition to the basic elements of physical geography related to anthropic activities, students will be able to manage the main concepts of human geography, corresponding to key issues of international politics and the life of societies on the planet. Particular emphasis will be given to the link, in its history, between man and the territory where he lives, to the spatial location of anthropic activities, with special attention to two rather relevant aspects for the purposes of the degree courses: the reading of the landscape, a place shaped by human history and the analysis of the geopolitical fact, a tool for the long-term understanding of the history of the territory.
Familiarization with cartography will be required, essential tool for interpreting, reading and representing the territory.

General knowledge of geography. Ability to read basic cartography

The course for attending students will deal with three points:
a) Basic conceptual elements of geography.
b) Cartographic reading exercises (materials provided by the teacher), carried out in the classroom, with the teacher's guidance and then evaluated, scheduled for the 20th September 2023 class.
c) Greater emphasis will be given to the geopolitics of maritime transport and world trade, considered a particularly attractive topic for the degree courses to which teaching is directed, with a special focus on ​​the South East Asia, also in a historical key, starting from the colonial era. This sector of the course will be carried out using materials provided by the teacher, representing the monographic part of in-depth study and application of general theoretical concepts.

Non-attending students will have a bibliography.

Attending students:
1) DE VECCHIS G. - BORIA E., Manuale di geografia, Carocci, Roma 2022. It will be discussed in class where to pay more attention.
2) Materials provided by the teacher on Moodle platform.
3) Cartographic reading exercise in class.

Program for non-attending students:
1) DE VECCHIS G. - BORIA E., Manuale di geografia, Carocci, Roma 2022 (all).
2) One of the following texts of your choice:
For those interested in landscape perception and construction:
- E. TURRI, Il paesaggio come teatro. Dal territorio vissuto al territorio rappresentato, pp. 237, Marsilio, Venezia 2003 or any other edition.
For those wishing to know a case of land and State construction, important for the geopolitics of the whole South East Asia:
- HO E.L.-E.- WOON C.Y.- KAMALINI R. (ed.), Changing landscapes of Singapore: old tensions, new discoveries, pp. 295, NUS Press, Singapore 2013 (in English).
For those interested in the geopolitics of the Far East area, with a historical/diplomatic trait, to understand the beginning of US domination in the Pacific, after the Spanish empire disappearance in Asia:
- CARGNELLO G., La diplomazia della Santa Sede e i governi nelle Filippine e a Guam. Dalla crisi dell’impero spagnolo alla nascita della superpotenza statunitense nel Pacifico dopo la guerra ispano- americana del 1898,, Aracne, Rome 2021, pages 19-27; 41-43; 57-70; 109-137; 236-241; 346-352; 599-605.
3) Cartographic reading exercise: by participating only at the class on 20th September, open to non-attending students, you will pass the test. Non- attending students will notify the teacher via e-mail of their presence on the 20th, before the scheduled date. If it is not even possible to come to the single lesson on 20th September, please write to the teacher by e-mail well before registering for the chosen exam session. In any case, cartography to be practiced and instructions are published on Moodle platform.

This program is also suitable for those who belong to protected categories. The reproductions of the lessons on Panopto will be available (reserved for these categories) but you are encoraged to choose the program for non-attending students. The lessons have an interactive nature with the classroom, therefore the user of the recordings will obviously not be able to do so. Nonetheless, the reproductions are certainly useful as a guide. The teacher will always be available for dedicated tutorials. Do not hesitate to write to the teacher.

Attending students: written test with a maximum of six open questions (3 hours), redacted in an appropriate academic language. Cartographic reading will be considered accomplished through the classroom exercise. In general, active participation in the classroom will be favorably evaluated. The theme concerning the landscape can be acquitted for the purposes of the exam during the course through a small written paper.

Non-attending students: written test with a maximum of six open questions (3 hours), on the texts indicated, redacted in an appropriate academic language. Cartographic reading must have already been completed in the classroom on 20th of September or at another time previously agreed with the teacher.

Attending students are considered anyone who has attended at least 24 hours of lessons out of 30. Attendance at the cartography exercises, the part concerning the landscape and the final one on the geopolitics of South East Asia is in any case considered compulsory. During the first lesson, the will or not to attend will be declared. Those who suffer unforeseen events during the course that prevent the attendance, please contact the teacher, always available to agree on a solution.

Since the teaching is problematic and interactive in nature, participatory discussion in the classroom will be preferred. The lessons will be accompanied by video and photographic material.

Office hours are held on-line on Fridays from 3 to 6 pm, after class, or by appointment, by prior arrangement with the teacher (please write to giulio.cargnello@unive.it).

THE 19TH SEPTEMBER 2023 CLASS WILL NOT BE HELD. IT WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 17TH.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion - Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments: 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 "Cities, infrastructure and social capital" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development