Students acquire knowledge of the theories and methods of the territorial project, in the light of the spatial turn that, emphasizing the strategic role played by the spatial dimension of social phenomena in the contemporary world, invites to rethink territorial projects. The functions of the places in the globalized society and the need of an integrated perspective between areal analysis and spatial reticularity induced by the mobility of the inhabitants will be presented. The objective is to develop the theoretical and applicative skills of the student to project territory, considering contemporary challanges concerining syndemia, that is the geopolitical, economical and environmental crisis.
To ensure that students can achieve the educational objectives of the teaching activity despite their different previous training, it is advisable to participate in the “alignment paths” (“percorsi di allineamento”) - a didactic activity at the beginning of the academic year - that relate to the bases of territorial analysis, mapping and tools of urban planning.
The course is held through lectures, for a total of n. 20 hours, but with a specific attention to the interaction and the dialogue of students, who can formulate proposals for further studies or debates. This method is supported by visual tools (power point presentations) and multimedia connections, in order to facilitate learning.
Furthermore, the remaining hours of teaching are carried out within the project works. The "Project Work: Methods" is an interdisciplinary activity built around territorial application projects involving the active participation of students – which pursues a symbiotic teaching between theoretical training and applied research on the field.
The exam is oral and concerns two interviews on the two parts of the didactic area. It verifies that students acquire concepts presented at lesson. In particular:
‒ the theoretical knowledge of the geographical concepts developed during lessons;
‒ the critical ability to apply to specific case studies.
The exam evaluation is determined by the average of the two interviews. The evaluation will be expressed on thirty points, communicated to students and registered in their online career book.
After considering the meaning of the "project", the module shows the theories that deal with the analysis of the territory from an area and / or network point of view. Starting from the theory of complexity, which shows the process of construction of the territory and its configurations, we proceed to consider the theory of globalization in which the reticularity created by the movement of the inhabitants is analysed on the set of networks, nodes and rhizomes. These analytical approaches, studied in the sign of the spatial turn, allow us to reach the recent neo-localist vision that, by placing the inhabitant’s action – both global and local – at the centre of territorial analysis, involves the immaterial configurations of the territory, like that of the hyper-place.
The course is semestral and it is held in the first semester.
