HUMAN GEOGRAPHY – MOD. 1
Common part:
Human geographers are concerned with the “who”, “what”, “where”, “why”, “when”, and “how” of humans
their interrelationships and their relationship to the environment.
The central concern of the course is the analysis of the relationship between society, place and space. It focuses on social, economic, political, cultural and human-environment processes and patterns and how they change over space and time. This critical viewpoint is of crucial importance in the generation of a broad and informed understanding of the world.
Module A:
At the end of the course, students will be able to know and interpret the study of the modification of
the territorial systems of linguistic communities, language as an ethnic characteristic of people, regional
distribution of languages and dialects, changes in the distribution of dialects over time and space, the
processes of acculturation and deculturation, the action of linguistic policy with particular attention to the
problem of minority languages in Europe.
Module B:
Tourism as social, economic and cultural phenomenon of global scale, it is not possible without a multidisciplinary approaching scale by creating an international competitive touristic offer. On the other hand touristic activities must be reinforced by the specific design and management policies. The aims of this course will underline: the tourism supply chain and the actors could may be involved in the tourism system; the fundamentals of business, economics science in a systemic, multidisciplinary perspective with special emphasis on the management tools; the strategic aspects and tourism policies for the development, promotion and preservation of cultural heritage, underlining the design and management of local tourist systems.
Parte Comune:The human geography as an interdisciplinary science allows for observation of issues from economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental viewpoints.
Specifically:
a. The nature and perspective of geography
b. Population and cultural patterns and processes.
c. Contemporary globalization,
d. The interaction between people and their environment,
e. The political organization of space,
f. Economic development and uneven development,
g. Urbanization.
h. Teach the use of spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine the human organization of space.
i. Teach the use and interpretation of maps, spatial data sets and geographic models when analyzing
human diversity.
l. Teach spatial relationships across different scales ranging from the global to the local.
Modulo A: Geography and linguistic studies.
Modulo B: Methodological and analytical approaches on tourism and geography.
Common part:
Fellmann Jerome D., Bjelland Mark. D., Getis Arthur, Getis Judith (a cura di E. Squarcina), Geografia umana, McGraw-Hill Education, 2016.
Module A:
Dionisia Russo Krauss , Lingue e spazi. Elementi per l'analisi geografica dell'espressione linguistica, Roma, Aracne editrice, 2012.
Roland Breton, Atlante mondiale delle lingue, Milano, Vallardi, 2010.
Module B:
Jean Pierre Lozato-Giotart, Michel Balfet, Progettazione e gestione di sistemi turistici. Territorio, sistemi di produzione e strategie (a cura di A. Capocchi), Milano, Franco Angeli, 2009.
‐Notes given out at lectures.
The course includes the active participation of students with in field analysis, reports or research carried out with the guidance of the lecturer.