Geography 2021/2022

ATTENZIONE: PER NESSUNO DEI CORSI DEL PROF. BETTONI E' NECESSARIO SEGUIRE I CORSI "ZERO" DI GEORGAFIA

Human Geography: what does it mean?  Man and society in the environment Populations and migratory flows Culture, languages, ethnic groups Globalization Development Urban Geography Political Geography and Geopolitics   1) A. L. Greiner, G. Dematteis, C. Lanza: Geografia Umana. Un approccio visuale, Terza edizione, UTET, 2019 2) B. Loyer, Geopolitica. Metodi e Concetti, UTET, 2020

ATTENZIONE: PER NESSUNO DEI CORSI DEL PROF. BETTONI E' NECESSARIO SEGUIRE I CORSI "ZERO" DI GEORGAFIA

The course will offer a first part where the concepts of human georgaphy politics and Geopolitics will be introduced. Synthetic elements of a geography of the inequalities of the planet will be introduced and then we will focus on a particular continent: Africa. The goal is to understand the African continent as a whole, in its diversity and complexity, in the world scenario. After carrying out a first study on the themes of political geography and geopolitics, elements of socio-political analysis, debunking some " myths " and thus having a clearer overview. Subsequently the course will focus on some areas of the African continent, most of which revolve around the Sahara and more precisely we will analyze the territorial dimension of the western sub-Saharan area that goes from Senegal / Mauritania, crossing Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. This area will be divided into desert, Sahelian and green areas, where the populations are divided into Nomadic, semi-Nomadic and Sedentary. Another particular attention will be devoted to the Nile basin.   For attendent students: 1)B. Loyer, Geopolitica. Metodi e Concetti, UTET, 2020 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7) 2) .Dispensa sull'Africa diffusa durante il corso   For non attendent students: 1) A. L. Greiner, G. Dematteis, C. Lanza: Geografia Umana. Un approccio visuale, seconda edizione, UTET, Terza edizione, 2019 2) B. Loyer, Geopolitica. Metodi e Concetti, UTET, 2020. 3) Dispensa sull'Africa diffusa dal docente 4) A. Turco, Geografie politiche d'Africa. Trame, spazi, narrazioni, Unicopli, 2015