Sociology Of Territory & Culture – Bologna

• The following texts provide the theoretical foundation for the course and should be considered essential reading throughout the semester. They will be integrated with weekly readings and teaching materials (book chapters, journal articles,…
• These readings will be discussed and applied throughout the course. Additional weekly materials will be uploaded on Virtuale and are to be read in advance of each session.

Argomenti del programma: Where does a territory end and a platform begin? This course introduces students to sociology through the spatial and cultural dimensions of contemporary life, at a moment when the two are harder than ever to tell apart. It begins with the historical development of the discipline and its intersections with the other social sciences, then moves toward a focused examination of how territory and culture interact within…