COURSE SCHEDULE
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1\24 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\31 ON-SITE. THE MASS TOURISM CITY: WALK IN TRASTEVERE
Appointment in class at 9:15
Handouts will be distributed at the beginning of class
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2\7 ON-SITE. THE MASS TOURISM CITY II: A WALK BETWEEN CAMPO DI FIORI AND THE PANTHEON
Appointment: 9:15 at Campo di Fiori nearby the statue of Giordano Bruno
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2\14 IN-CLASS. 1870-1940: THE MODERN INVENTION OF ANCIENT ROME
Readings:
D. 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).
F. Trabalzi,.: “Primavalle: Urban Reservation in Rome". In Journal of Architectural Education, 42\3 September 1989: 38-46
F.Trabalzi. The Roman Forum Reinvented (Working paper)
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2\21 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.
Readings: F.Trabalzi. The Roman Forum Reinvented (Working paper)
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2\22 NOTE: FRIDAY. MAKE UP FOR APRIL 25
ON-SITE. FORUM BOARIUM AND THE EX-JEWISH GHETTO
Appointment: 9:15 at Tiber Island by the statue of Saint Bartholomew.
Readings: F. Trabalzi. Jewish Ghetto and Forum Boarium: The paradox of protecting cultural landscape in Rome (working paper).
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2\28 IN CLASS. MIDTERM REVIEW INCLUDING STREET EXERCISE
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3\7 IN CLASS MIDTERM
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3\21 IN-CLASS. SOCIAL MARGINALITY IN CONTEMPORARY ROME
Readings:
bell hooks: “Choosing the Margin as a site of Radical Openness,” in Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics”, Boston: South End Press,1990
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3\28 PARK OF THE AQUEDUCTS: A History of social Marginality
Appointment: 9:15 at Metro A station Giulio Agricola. Expected return time to campus around 12:15.
Readings: F. Trabalzi. The Park of the Aqueducts: A history of social marginality (Working paper)
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4\4 ON-SITE. Testaccio: A neighborhood radically open
Appointment: Bus 23 stop Marmorata-Galvani near PIRAMIDE at 9:15.
Readings: F. Trabalzi. Testaccio: A neighborhood radically open (Working paper)
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4\11 ON-SITE. RELIGION AND MULTICULTURALISM IN ROME YESTERDAY AND TODAY: BASILICA SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE AND THE ESQUILINO NEIGHBORHOOD
Appointment 9:15 at Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore.
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4\18 ON-SITE. GREEN ROME: THE EVOLUTION OF ROME’S PARK. THE CASE OF VILLA PAMPHILI
Appointment: 9:15 in class
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5\2 IN-CLASS. FINAL RECAP
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FINAL TBA