Ateneo - UPO

Environmental history: History of the environment (XVI-XXI c.).

-M. Armiero, S. Barca, “La storia dell’ambiente. Un’introduzione”, Carocci, Roma 2004, solo i capitoli 1 (Storia) e 4 (Risorse), pp. 19-56 e 127-165 - è disponibile ed utilizzabile un pre-print del volume a questo indirizzo: https://www.academia.edu/182830/Storia_dellambiente_Una_introduzione
-G. Bonan, "Storia e ambiente: scambio ineguale e mercato storiografico", in «Annali dell’Istituto storico italo-germanico in Trento», Fascicolo 2, Luglio-Dicembre 2020, pp. 15-31: https://www.rivisteweb.it/issn/0392-0011/issue/8094
-V. Tigrino, “La storia dell'ambiente come storia applicata: dinamiche dell'abbandono e della patrimonializzazione”, in «Quaderno di storia contemporanea», 73 (2023), pp. 165-201 (su DIR).
-S. Mosley, “Ambiente e storia. Un’introduzione”, in “Storia globale dell'ambiente”, Il Mulino, Bologna 2013, capitolo 1, pp. 7-22 (su DIR).

In addition to the above article, one books of your choice from the following should be prepared for the exam:
-A. Ghosh, “La maledizione della noce moscata. Parabole per un pianeta in crisi”, Neri Pozza, Vicenza 2022.
-L. Piccioni, “Parchi naturali. Storia delle aree protette in Italia”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2023.
-M. Armiero, R. Biasillo, W. Graf von Hardenberg, “La natura del duce. Una storia ambientale del fascismo”, Einaudi, Torino 2022.
-J.B. Fressoz, F. Locher, “Le rivolte del cielo. Una storia del cambiamento climatico, XV-XX secolo”, Leg edizioni, Gorizia 2020.
-G. Guazzaloca, “Umani e animali. Breve storia di una relazione complicata”, Il Mulino, Bologna 2021.

Not attending students - in addition to the book and to all the articles and chapters mentioned above:
-M. Armiero, S. Barca, La storia dell’ambiente. Un’introduzione, Carocci, Roma 2004, chap. 5 (Ecologia), pp. 167-195.

The course has the following objectives at a basic level: -Knowledge and understanding: to acquire basic knowledge that allows to know the main themes and chronologies in the environmental history in the modern and contemporary periods; -Expression of judgments: knowing how to express at least general judgments on themes and problems related to environmental history; -Communication skills: understanding the language of historiography, and the environmental history in particular; -Study skills: ability to approach the texts and the teaching tools of environmental history.
The course has the following objectives at an advanced level: -Knowledge and understanding: to acquire advanced knowledge that allows to critically know the main themes and chronologies in the environmental history in the modern and contemporary periods; -Expression of judgments: knowing how to express analytical judgments on themes and problems related to environmental history; -Communication skills: complete understanding of the language of historiography, and of the environmental history in particular; -Study skills: ability to fully understand the texts and the teaching tools.

Basic historical knowledge (chronology and main issues of modern and contemporary history).

Frontal lessons; critical reading of the bibliography and discussion of main topics. At the request of course participants, it will be possible for students to do individual text presentation exercises during class.

Part of bibliography and other texts will be provided on DIR – Didattica In Rete. Students are therefore advised to register on DIR, where notices and communications will also be posted.

Oral exam, about 20 minutes.
The questions will assess: the student's ability to contextualize the topics learned in time and space; the acquisition of a complete control of the disciplinary issues; the ability to use them into a coherent and correct exposition, also with a scientific language; the personal critical elaboration of the topics, with an autonomous approach to methodology.
The exam is divided into 3-4 questions and concerns on the indicated bibliography, as well as for students attending, on the topics discussed during the lessons. The questions will concern: Objects and chronologies of the environmental history in the modern and contemporary periods; the definition of the discipline, and the debate on the dynamics of environmental resources in the past and today; the political and environmental history in early modern, modern and contemporary period; the climate history and history of climate change; the Human-Animal bond throughout time; the history of the Anthropocene; the history of environmental protection and of environmentalism.
Vote, expressed in thirtieths, takes place on the basis of the following parameters: 1) knowledge of the fundamental notions of bibliography and, for attending students, of the topics covered during the lessons (20 points out of 30); 2) reasoning skills critic on the topics (5 points out of 30); 3) ability to express and communicate, and to use a scientific language (5 points out of 30).
The exam will be successful if the sum of 18/30 is reached or exceeded. It will be evaluated as excellent: an accurate knowledge of topics, articulated synthesis and criticism skills; excellent expressive mastery and communication. It will be evaluated as fairly good: knowledge of topics that is not entirely punctually, and the use of correct but not completely scientific language, not very suitable for communication. It will be evaluated as adequate: basic knowledge of the program that does not go beyond the brief presentation of the issues, the inability to express a critical approach, and the use of a language not entirely correct and appropriate. It will be evaluated as inadequate: obvious gaps in the study, inability to orient themselves within the issues and use of incorrect and inappropriate language, lacking the ability to communicate and discuss themes.

Themes and chronologies in the environmental history in the modern and contemporary periods. -The definition of the discipline. The environmental history and the debate on the dynamics of environmental resources in the past and today. Topics and objects of environmental history: political and environmental history in early modern, modern and contemporary period; climate history and history of climate change; the Human-Animal bond throughout time; History of the Anthropocene; history of environmental protection and of environmentalism.

The course aims to provide analytical tools to understand the main topics and chronologies of environmental history, also with some references to the historiographic debate, in an interdisciplinary perspective.
To achieve sufficient knowledge and skills, the student has to demonstrate: Knowledge: -to know main topics and chronologies of environmental history; - to know main historiographical and interdisciplinary topics of the debate about environmental history. Competence: -ability to analyze issues in an autonomous way. Transversal skills: -ability to communicate environmental history issues, and to decline them in historical teaching issues.
To achieve an advanced level, the student must also demonstrate that he/she has: -An organic vision of the topics and chronologies of environmental history, with synthetic and analytical skills; -Capacity for personal and critical processing of the topics, with good use of scientific language and with autonomous communication skills; -Ability to independently deepen different topics, also to to use them in teaching applications.