COMMUNICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
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No prerequisite is required. However, the first classes will be devoted to teaching the basics of geoenvironmental hazards.
A written exam (40 minutes) consisting of 4 open-ended questions (each evaluated from 0 to a maximum of 6 points), focused on the contents of the slides shown during class. The students who have obtained a minimum of 14 points will access the oral section of the exam, during which they will be asked two questions on the texts, for a maximum of 6 points.
The main purpose of this course is to provide a conceptual overview of the methods, tools, and strategies of science communication. A further goal is to offer the critical abilities aimed at the critical understanding of how the media cover scientific topics related to environmental and climate hazards.
- The tools of scientific communication (10 hours).
- Hazard, risk, vulnerability, environmental crises, examples of natural and technological-industrial disasters that occurred in Italy and in the world from the 1950s onward (duration 10 hours).
- Science and environmental risks: examples of actual prediction of extreme natural events (Southeast Asian earthquake and tsunami, 2004; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Haiti earthquake, 2010). (Duration 6 hours)
- Climate risk between science and media (duration 10 hours).
- Cinematic representation of scientific and environmental themes (10 hours)
- Scientific documentaries and their role in disseminating science (10 hours).
1. PowerPoint slides uploaded on the e-learning website each week.
2. F. Pasquaré Mariotto, A. Tibaldi. "Terra senza tregua", MIMESIS Edizioni, Milano, 2019.
3. S. Bencivelli, F.P. De Ceglia. "Comunicare la scienza", Carocci, Roma, 2013.
Frontal classes, integrated by the screening of movie clips and documentaries towards the end of the course.
Appointment, upon email request, during class intermissions and at the end of each class.
E-mail address: pas.mariotto@uninsubria.it