COMMUNICATION AESTHETICS

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2022/2023
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
7
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
56
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (56 hours)
Requirements: 

1. a general culture acquired as part of a five-year high school course;
2. a general interest in culture in its various social manifestations, from the historical and sociological approach to the more general problems of the world of communication.

Final Examination: 
Orale

The learning will be verified by an oral test.
The oral exam consists of a presentation of the topics covered in the course and will aim to ascertain the candidate's preparation on the texts in question and his ability to give a critical interpretation.
They will be evaluated:
- the lexical correctness of the presentation (5 points);
- the correctness of the conceptual analysis carried out on the texts (10 points);
- the acquisition of an effective learning methodology (5 points);
- the critical capacity and autonomy of the student (10 points).

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course of this A.A. 2022-23 has as its objective the analysis, following the geographical, scientific and technological discoveries from the 15th to the 17th century, of the origins of contemporary globalization.

The course is developed according to three reference didactic and formative lines:
- the analysis of the concept of pandemic, through the verification of the impact in societies in various forms throughout history (institutional part, 20 hours);
- the analysis of the concept of apocalypse, in the fields of art, history, economy, politics and social communication (18 hours);
- The exposition of not only negative productivity of catastrophes in the sectors listed above, as the engine of the transformations of taste, power and knowledge (16 hours).

Convenzionale

The activities will take place through frontal lessons, in which the teacher will illustrate the contents of the course by asking students to participate interactively through interventions, questions and reflections, in a tight dialectic confrontation between professor and students.

Hours of reception in every moment by appointment with E-mail (pierre.dallavigna@uninsubria.it) or telephone contact (cell. 347 4254976).