Fiche personnelle: Giuseppe Tomasella

The course aims to provide tools for interpreting urban landscapes through the lens of day-night transitions, with a strong emphasis on laboratory practice and creative research.

Students will acquire knowledge of nocturnal ethnography, develop skills in creative research methodologies, and gain competence in analysing urban spaces across different times of day.

The course will foster critical awareness of how urban landscapes transform from sunset to dawn, considering cultural, social, political, and economic dynamics.

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Understand and apply qualitative and creative research methodologies to the study of cities.

• Analyse urban transitions and nocturnal phenomena from multiple perspectives – social, sensory, cultural, and visual.

• Develop your own field-based research practice, using observation, mapping, sketching, photography,or walking methodologies.

• Reflect critically on your research process and creative experimentation.

• Work collaboratively to produce a collective creative outcome that brings together your individual experiences and findings.

The final exam consists of an individual essay (70%) and a contribution to a collective artist’s book (30%). Students are required to write a paper of 1,500–2,000 words that analyzes the day-night transition in a chosen urban space, applying the methods and frameworks covered in the course. Subsequently, each student will individually rework elements from their essay into a single book page; these pages will then be assembled to create a collective research output.

Catégorie A.A. 2025 - 2026 / Corsi di laurea magistrale / SCIENZE STORICHE

By the end of the course, students will have:

- Comprehensive understanding of the diverse forms and practices of urban mobility, including migration, tourism, micro-mobility, inclusive mobilities, walking, protests and marchs, performative mapping.

- Ability to critically analyze the cultural, social, political, and spatial dimensions of mobility in contemporary urban contexts, especially in the context of neoliberal cities.

- Capacity to synthesize theoretical knowledge with hands-on practice to develop innovative perspectives on urban mobilities.

- Competence in applying walking-based and participatory methodologies for urban exploration and mapping.

- Skills in creating alternative, sensory, and critical representations of urban spaces through creative mapping projects.

The course is divided into two modules, each with its own assessment. The final grade will be the average of the two evaluations.

To complete Module 1, students will respond to a written questionnaire.

Module 2 involves the development of a creative urban mapping exercise. This may culminate in the creation of an alternative critical guide, a multi-sensory map, or a participatory mapping project of the city.

Catégorie A.A. 2025 - 2026 / Corsi di laurea magistrale / SCIENZE STORICHE