Teacher
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ALBINI Mariavittoria
(syllabus)
The first module will deal with the theories of the geographer Jean Gottmann, and in particular his analysis of the concept of territory understood both as a system of political compartments and as a space of networks, bringing the student closer to understanding the genesis processes of the geographical regions, of the State-nation and other forms of historical sovereignty.
In the second module, theories and geographical schools will be analyzed, divided into three historical periods: 1) between 1875 and 1945 there is a strong relationship between power and knowledge which sees political geographers at the service of their respective nation States; 2) during the Cold War, scholars place themselves in increasingly critical perspectives towards their own State; 3) after the break-up of the USSR, attention is focused on some of the main challenges for the modern nation-State, both on the demographic and migration level, and on the level of economic globalization.
(reference books)
- J. Gottmann, Il significato del territorio, Roma, Nexta Books, 2005. - J. Agnew, L. Muscarà, Making political geography, Lanham, MD, Rowman e Littlefield, 2012.
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