COURSE SCHEDULE
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FIRST PART. IN CLASS COURSE PRESENTATION
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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1\24 IN-CLASS. 1870-1940THE 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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1\31 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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2\7 ON-SITE. FORUM BOARIUM AND THE EX-JEWISH GHETTO OR THE PARADOXES OF PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE
Appointment: 9:15 at Tiber Island by the statue of Saint Bartholomew.
Handouts for this walk will be distributed at the beginning of class
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2\14 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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2\16 FRIDAY. MAKE UP FOR APRIL 25. ON-SITE: MULTICULTURAL ROME CHALLENGED: ESQUILINO NEIGHBORHOOD
Appointment: 9:15 at Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore by the entry of the Basilica
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2\21 OPEN
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2\28 IN CLASS. RECAP
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3\7 IN-CLASS: 9:00-11:00. MIDTERM AND TURN IN TERM PAPER.
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3\14 ON-SITE. THE AVENTINE HILL
Appointment: in Class at 9:15
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3\21 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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3\28 ON-SITE. TESTACCIO NEIGHBORHOOD: THE STRUGGLE TO DEFINE AN IDENTITY
Meeting Point: Bus 23 stop Marmorata-Galvani near PIRAMIDE at 9:15.
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4\11 ON-SITE.GREEN ROME: THE EVOLUTION OF ROME'S PUBLIC PARKS. THE CASE OF VILLA PAMPHILI
Appointment at 9:15 in class
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4\18 IN CLASS FINAL RECAP
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4\25 HOLYDAY
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FINAL TBA
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