Programme

The course will reconstruct the historical evolution of cartography, retracing the modes of representation from antiquity to the eighteenth-century geodetic revolution, up to the creation of the Military Geographic Institute. Particular emphasis will be given to the deconstruction of geocartographic materials, to their use in geo-historical research for the study of landscape transformations.

Core Documentation

Attending students:
- The exam will focus on the topics covered in class, on slides in ppt and supplementary learning material provided during the course.
Non-Attending Students:
- E. Boria, Storia della cartografia in Italia dall’Unità a oggi. Tra scienza, società e progetti di potere, Milano, Utet, 2020 (pp.XI-299)

Type of delivery of the course

The lessons in presence, which total 36 hours (6 CFU) for each part, will be held in classrooms and accompanied by image projections.

Attendance

The lessons are structured in such a way as to offer a moment of confrontation and continuous participation.

Type of evaluation

The examination will take place orally or in writing (in this second case: with open answer questions or multiple choice) and will consist on the evaluation of the knowledge of the course content (course notes) and of the texts proposed during the course. For attending students is expected to draw up a paper written on one of the topics carried out during the lectures.