Geography Museums: geo-cartographic heritage and knowledge management

Course objectives

Starting from a description of the geographic heritage both at a local (Gabinetto di geografia della Sapienza, 1877) and national scale, research practices, cataloging, conservation of geo-cartographic assets will be discussed and experimented in order to enhance geographical knowledge's organization and education

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The main initiatives for the recognition and enhancement of the geographical heritage, already existing or to be launched, in the oldest Italian academic sites, will be reviewed, favoring the exchange of experiences and the construction of common projects around the academic geographical heritage. https://www.ageiweb.it/gruppi-di-lavoro/geomuse/ - https://web.uniroma1.it/museodellageografia/home - https://m.musei.unipd.it/it/geografia
Prerequisites
Background knowledge of general geography, human geography, general cartography
Books
Leonardi Sandra (2024), Osserva, rappresenta, immagina. La lettura del paesaggio attraverso le lastre fotografiche conservate presso il Museo della Geografia di Roma, Roma, Sapienza Università Editrice (open access) Riccardo Morri (a cura di)(2018), Il Progetto MAGISTER. Ricerca e innovazione al servizio del territorio, Milano, Angeli (open access) Monica De Filpo (2020), I beni geocartografici dell’istituendo Museo di geografia della Sapienza: da strumenti d’uso a beni culturali, in Semestrale di Studi e Ricerche di Geografia, 1, 2020, pp. 55-71 (open access) Mauro Varotto, Riccardo Morri (a cura di, 2020), I patrimoni della geografia italiana tra ricerca, didattica e terza missione, in Geotema 64, Anno XXIV (open access)
Exam mode
In-depth reports and essays in relation to laboratory, seminar and third mission activities carried out during the course, with reference also to the participation in the events organized in Sapienza for the International Geography Night (April 2024). Final exam interview.
Lesson mode
Lessons will take place in presence
  • Lesson code10592762
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseTerritory's management and enhancement
  • CurriculumTeorico-didattico
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDM-GGR/01
  • CFU6
  • Subject areaDiscipline geografiche, geologiche e dell'ambiente