STORIA E CULTURA DEL COMMERCIO INTERNAZIONALE
(objectives)
The course aims to offer students a broad panorama of the history of commerce and of both the socio-economic and socio-cultural relationships that characterize its long-term development. The aim of the course is to provide students with the historical-cultural skills to interpret the genealogy and evolution of the current complex phenomena linked to globalization and international trade, with particular regard to two relevant phenomena: the impact of universal exhibitions in encouraging socio-commercial relations and the maritime history of globalization processes, with regard to the role played by port systems in the Euro-Mediterranean area. The expected learning outcomes for the teaching of "HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE" concern: 1) Knowledge and understanding: The candidate will have to acquire knowledge and understanding of the recent evolutionary stages of international trade and of the socio-cultural characteristics that accompany the affirmation of economic systems. 2) Applied knowledge and understanding: The candidate must demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the analysis of historical-economic and socio-cultural techniques and language. 3) Making judgments: The candidate will have to demonstrate the ability to critically elaborate the contents introduced and discussed in class, critically and autonomously developing the topics of the course also in relation to the analysis of current events. 4) Communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate orally on the topics covered during the lectures. 5) Ability to learn (learning skills): Ability to re-elaborate, catalogue, schematize, summarize and re-elaborate the contents acquired during the course in a personal path of research of empirical data. To this end, attending students are invited to choose a theme to personalize their preparation for the exam. They will be able to illustrate the topic of their choice (agreed with the teacher and selected from the topics covered during the course) through slides/video presentations with the support of Powerpoint, Prezi or other. Attending students are then required to write a short written paper, i.e. an original work of about 3,000 words on the topic covered in the presentation.
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