PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
WHEN SCHEDULED ON CAMPUS (in-class) THE CLASS STARTS AT 8:30 AND ENDS AT 11:15.
WHEN ON-SITE, THE CLASS STARTS AT 9:15 (or as otherwise specified) AND ENDS AT 12:00.
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8\31 FIRST
PART. COURSE PRESENTATION AND INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY OF ROME
SECOND
PART. ROME THE BEAUTIFUL. A WALKM IN TRASTEVERE AND THE JANICULUM HILL
Appointment:
8:30 in class.
Readings:
Clough
Marinaro, I. and B. Thomassen, 2014:” Into the City: The Changing Faces of
Rome,” in Clough Marinaro, I. and B. Thomassen, eds. Global Rome (Indianapolis:
Indiana University Press)
Thomassen, B.,
and P. Vereni, 2014: “Diversely Global Rome.” In Clough Marinaro, I. and B.
Thomassen, eds. Global Rome (Indianapolis: Indiana University Press)
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9\7 IN-CLASS. TAKING THE
STEREOTYPE OF ROME AS “ETERNAL CITY APART”: THE MODERN INVENTION OF ANCIENT
ROME
Readings:
David
Watkin, “Archaeologists under the kings of United Italy” pp. 196-200 and
“From Mussolini To Hitler to Holes on the Ground,” pp. 201-222, In The Roman
Forum (London: Profile Books, 2011).
Trabalzi, F.: “Primavalle: Urban
Reservation in Rome
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9\14 ON-SITE. LEARNING FROM THE FORUM: THE
MODERN LANDSCAPE OF ANCIENT ROME
Appointment:
9:15 in Piazza del Campidoglio under the equestrian statue of Emperor Marco
AURELIO
Handouts
for this walk will be distributed at the beginning of class.
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9\21 ON-SITE. FORUM BOARIUM AND
THE EX-JEWISH GHETTO OR THE PARADOXES OF PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE
Appointment: 9:15 at Tiber Island
under the statue of Saint Bartholomew.
Handouts
for this walk will be distributed at the beginning of class
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9\28 ON-SITE. PARK OF THE AQUEDUCTS: THE SOCIAL
HISTORY OF A MODERN-ANCIENT MONUMENT
Appointment:
9:15 at Metro A station Giulio Agricola. Expected return time to campus
around 12:15.
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10\5 IN CLASS. RECAP
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10\12 IN-CLASS:
9:00-11:00. MIDTERM AND TURN IN
TERM PAPER.
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10\19 ON-SITE.
THE AVENTINE HILL
Appointment: in Class at 9:15
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10\26 IN-CLASS. THE SOCIAL MARGIN
AS A SITE OF RESISTANCE TO THE POWER
Readings:
bell
hooks: “Choosing the Margin as a site of Radical Openness,” in Yearning:
Race, Gender and Cultural Politics”, Boston: South End Press,1990
bell hooks: “Marginality as Site of
Resistance”
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10\27 ON-SITE. TESTACCIO: THE STRUGGLE TO DEFINE AN IDENTITY
Meeting Point: Bus 23 stop Marmorata-Galvani near PIRAMIDE at 9:15.
Handouts for this walk is on the class website