Learning objectives
The main aim is the need to give the student a certain type of knowledge in order to be able to help him or her to become operational on the basis of the requirements of the specific sector (and today, the problems of land – town and country – are constantly on the increase: local districts, mountain communities, urban planning, restoration of historic town centres, local health units, local social centres, etc.).
Course unit content
It is planned that four currents will be managed (professors, assistants, expert collaborators of various kinds, other professors involved and the students themselves), as theoretical knowledge and knowledge for discussion (for example, reading of texts, examination of previous work or even degree theses on problems of the sector, etc.), and also as practical research experience (to the extent this will be made possible by concrete situations and by the interest the students show in taking part): development of the territory in its various implications: methodological and research problems: relations in metropolitan areas - rural areas - the environment problem, the problem of extra-urban and urban parkland, etc.; emergence of the citizen's social needs and social services trends (from the home to the guidance centre, from social tourism to urban and rural exclusion, etc.); from public town to private town, the urban development problem, urban ungovernability, the decentralization problem, the participation problem etc.; the problem of research in urban and rural areas as examples of specific cases, etc..
Bibliography
Guidicini, P., Manuale per le ricerche sociali sul territorio, F. Angeli, Milano, 1987. (ed. successive).Stroppa, C., La civiltà contadina tra passato e futuro, Bulzoni, Roma, 1999. Stroppa, C., Comunità e simbolismo, Cedam, Padova, 1997. Stroppa, C., Il bambino e la città, F. Angeli, Milano, 1996. Stroppa, C., Le città del sogno, F. Angeli, Milano, 1998. Stroppa, C., La pianificazione sociale, Bulzoni, Roma, 1986. Stroppa, C., La campagna in città. L'agricoltura urbana a Milano, Liguori, Napoli, 1992.
Teaching methods
Classroom lectures, seminar activities performed with sector professionals Written examination; Students who do not pass the written examination may take an oral examination
