Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo / Portale Web di Ateneo


SOCIOLOGY OF TOURISM
SOCIOLOGIA DEL TURISMO

A.Y. Credits
2021/2022 8
Lecturer Email Office hours for students
Tiziana Maria Migliore Monday and Tuesday, at the end of the lessons, by appointment via e-mail
Teaching in foreign languages
Course with optional materials in a foreign language English French Spanish
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language.

Assigned to the Degree Course

Modern Languages and Cultures (L-11)
Curriculum: TURISTICO
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Learning Objectives

This course explores the tourism industry in a semiotic and ethnosemiotic perspective, considering the ways in which places, territories and events are promoted, received and experienced in the West: the imagery behind them, their meanings and uses. We will focus on the euphoria of tourism, together with some practices that prolong it, from souvenirs to postcards to the social network sharing of the leisure travel.

The theoretical approach on the time of the tour, on the value of the tourist destination and on the tourist figure will always be explained through the empirical analysis of texts, objects and social practices that show how meanings circulate in this regard and how inveterate habits on the quality of the visit can change.

We will discuss in particular the case of Venice, with proposals for improving the state of the art through forms of experiential tourism not necessarily in the luxury sector. In fact quality tourism can act as an alternative political model to travel practices and forms of life inspired by globalization.

Program

CLASS CONTENTS LESSON BY LESSON:

  • The social practice of tourism and the ethnosemiotic perspective. PRESENTATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE 
  • Sustainable tourism as an alternative model to globalization
  • The concept of "vacation"
  • The stereotype of authenticity
  • Figures of the tourist
  • Touristic passions
  • Aesthetic: visions, physical contact, sounds, smells, tastes
  • Texts as testimonials
  • Analysis of visual texts: the figurative and the plastic
  • Frame, dimensions and scale jumping. The metric categories
  • Space and support. The topological categories
  • Lines, contours and geometries. The eidetic categories
  • Color. The chromatic categories
  • Light. The luministic categories
  • Materials and substances. The textural categories
  • The semisymbolic
  • Souvenirs. Part I. Historical and sociological evolution
  • Souvenirs. Part II. Semantic functions
  • The Venice case. Between mass tourism and niche tourism
  • Best practice hypotheses. What’s left of the journey?
  • CONCLUSIVE LESSON
  • Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)

    Knowledge and understanding - Students will have to demonstrate that they have understood the semiotic and ethnosemiotic approach to the study of tourism and  mastered the semiotic method for the analysis of visual texts that document the tourist experience.

    Applying knowledge and understanding - Students will be able to analyze, by the semiotic method, texts, objects and practices of the tourist experience and to discover some constant semantic traits that belong to the  cultural memory of travelers.

    Making judgements - Students will reflect critically on the communication strategies of tourism, identifying inconsistencies, traps and gaps. On the reception front they will be able to inquire phenomena of collective habituation and desires to be filled.

    Communication - Students will learn to describe in an exhaustive way texts, objects and practices of tourism communication. They will use the technical language involved with semiotic analysis to unravel issues that appear confusing to the untrained eye.

    Learning skills - At the end of the course, students will be able to correctly use concepts and tools of the semiotic and ethnosemiotic method to describe texts, objects and practices of the tourist experience. They will also grasp the intentionality that guides the touristic communication, evaluating the effectiveness of the results they obtain and formulating self-assessment questions.

    Teaching Material

    The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

    Supporting Activities

    In addition to the classes of the personal course, students will be required to follow a seminar (2 hours) organised by the CiSS, International Center of Semiotic Sciences Umberto Eco of the University of Urbino.


    Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment

    Teaching

    Lectures. Oral and written exercises.

    Attendance

    Classes according to the schedule for the attending students and a seminar (2 hours) organised by the CiSS, International Center of Semiotic Sciences Umberto Eco of the University of Urbino.

    Course books

    Articles in English.

    Handouts and slides provided during the course for each lesson.

    Assessment

    Semi-structured written exercise in itinere (analysis of a text submitted by the professor) aimed at ascertaining the procedural knowledge acquired by the students during the first part of the course. This on going test will not be evaluated by the professor. 

    Final written exam structured (multiple choice questions) and semi-structured (analysis of a text submitted by the professor) aimed at ascertaining the mastery of knowledge relating to the authors and the theories of the discipline, the understanding of concepts and tools of the semiotics method and the procedural knowledge acquired by the students during the course. The examination provides an assessment of thirty.

    Grading:

    Excellent grades will be given in presence of: a good critical perspective and in depth knowledge; the ability to link the main subjects addressed during the course; the expert use of appropriate language and terminology.

    Good grades will be given in presence of: good mnemonic knowledge of the course content; a relatively good critical perspective and the ability to connect its themes; the use of an appropriate language.

    Sufficient grades will be given in presence of: minimal knowledge of the course's themes and the presence of some gaps in understanding; the use of an inappropriate language.

    Low grades will be given in presence of: difficulty in understanding the course's topics; notable gaps in knowledge; the use of a clearly inappropriate language.

    Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

    Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

    To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

    Additional Information for Non-Attending Students

    Teaching

    Non-attending students are invited to write to the professor and to consult the teaching material (handouts, slides, examples of textual analysis, Dictionary of Semiotics) that will be uploaded on Moodle Platform during the course.

    Course books

    Articles in English.

    Handouts and slides provided during the course for each lesson.

    Assessment

    Final written exam structured (multiple choice questions) and semi-structured (analysis of a text submitted by the professor) aimed at ascertaining the mastery of knowledge relating to the authors and the theories of the discipline, the understanding of concepts and tools of the semiotics method and the procedural knowledge acquired by the students. The examination provides an assessment of thirty.

    Grading:

    Excellent grades will be given in presence of: a good critical perspective and in depth knowledge; the ability to link the main subjects addressed during the course; the expert use of appropriate language and terminology.

    Good grades will be given in presence of: good mnemonic knowledge of the course content; a relatively good critical perspective and the ability to connect its themes; the use of an appropriate language.

    Sufficient grades will be given in presence of: minimal knowledge of the course's themes and the presence of some gaps in understanding; the use of an inappropriate language.

    Low grades will be given in presence of: difficulty in understanding the course's topics; notable gaps in knowledge; the use of a clearly inappropriate language.

    Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

    Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

    To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

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