To take the exam, registration via the electronic
board is required, in compliance with the deadlines set (the lists will
automatically close at the indicated deadline and will no longer be accessible).
If, once registered, you decide not to participate in the exam, you will
need to cancel your registration before the closing date.
The final exam will be an oral interview with 5 questions whose
answer is evaluated between 0 and 6 points. The minimum threshold to pass the exam is
18/30.
The questions evaluate the students' knowledge and preparation on the
reference texts, both from a mnemonic point of view and, above all, from a critical and logical point of view,
assessing the ability to connect theoretical elements, contemporary facts,
empirical cases and diachronic analysis to the analysis of the tourism phenomenon.
Specifically:
4 questions focus on the reference texts of your choice, two for each
volume;
1 question will be on project work (for students who cannot Texts in English Teaching language Italian Learning outcomes Students will learn about the fundamental geographical aspects of tourism as a geographical phenomenon par excellence, with particular reference to its historical evolution, typologies, socio-economic and environmental impact that the tourism phenomenon has in different geographical areas and at different scales. Finally, tools will be offered to identify the unexpressed or consumed tourism potential of cultural and natural landscapes. The course has four main training objectives - to offer a critical point of view on the geography of tourism by tackling with a critical/analytical approach some of the main topics relating to the dominant narrative of the tourism phenomenon (distinction between tourist and traveler; mass tourism etc.) - impart the fundamental geographical aspects of world tourism as a total geo-social fact - contextualise in time and space the methodologies and themes relating to the geography of tourism, with reference to the contemporary world and the different scales, from local to global and vice versa
to participate in the project work, alternative readings are planned
on which the exam interview will focus).
For students who will participate in one or both project work, a
question in the final exam will focus on the research experience and the
final papers (formal restitution).
Students who cannot participate in one or both projects
will have to study one or two additional monographs according to the
indications listed in the ‘reference texts’.
Reference texts
There are two texts to prepare for the exam:
Mandatory
1. Dell’Agnese E. (2018), Bon Voyage, UTET (study the entire book)
Plus one of your choice from these:
2. Albanese V. (2017), Il Territorio Mediato. Sentiment Analysis
Methodology e sua applicazione al Salento, Bologna, BUP (study the entire
book, excluding chapter 9)
3. Gavinelli D., Zanolin G. (2019), Geografia del Turismo Contemporaneo.
Pratiche, narrazioni, luoghi, Carocci editore (study the entire book)
Monographs replacing project works (a text of your choice replaces a
project work; both texts replace both projects):
1. Bayard P. (2015), Come parlare di luoghi senza esserci mai stati,
Excelsior 1881, Milan.
2. Aime M., Papotti D. (2012), L'Altro e l'altrove, Einaudi, Turin.
3. Urry J. (1995), Lo sguardo del turista, SEAM, Roma.
4. Leed E. (2007), La mente del viaggiatore. Il Mulino, Bologna.