SYLLABUS

EXPLORING THE : LANDSCAPE, HISTORY, ECOLOGY, and LITERATURE IN NORTHERN SUMMER 2019 Instructor: Massimo Lollini Language of Instruction: English UO Credits: 6 Contact Hours: 60

NORTHERN ITALY COURSE DESCRIPTION

This unique travel/study- field seminar features a wide-ranging exploration of the Dolomites, recently designated as World Heritage Site by the UNESCO for the distinctive variety of their morphology, geology and landscape. These spectacular and monumental mountains retain traces of extraordinary interest for disciplines such as Geology, Paleogeography, Geomorphology and Paleontology. As the theater of some of the most extreme battles of WWI, they preserve a vivid and painful memory of the Great War that changed forever world history and altered the borders of many countries including Italy and Austria. The seminar will start in Eugene with a pre-departure introduction to the field seminar: 4 classes of 2 hours each during May 2019.

During the 2-week journey, we will experience the best of the Dolomites, practice conscious excursions, and an experiential environmental and historical education. We will explore the astonishing natural history and geological wonders of the Dolomites, and the traces of human history in these sublime mountains. Hiking in geological and botanical trails and through tunnels created during WWI, we will become aware of the magnificent natural landscape, becoming appreciative of the contrast the gentle curves of flowery meadows with the extraordinarily varied sculptural shapes of bare, pale-colored towering peaks. The last two days of the seminar will take place at the University of where historians and scholars will offer lectures explicitly targeted for our seminar. Students can choose to focus on one of the following 2 areas of study utilizing different critical and disciplinary approaches: 1) Landscape, History and Literature; 2) Geology, Ecology and Photography.

GEO Website: https://geo.uoregon.edu/programs/italy/exploring-the-dolomites-landscape- history-ecology-and-literature-in-northern-italy

Requirements for all students- Homework Policy

Mandatory pre-departure Introduction to the Field seminar in May 2019 (4 classes 2 hours each)

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Conscious and respectful participation to the various activities: 30%

1 Reading Report to be decided with the teacher (4 pages): 20%

Daily reflective Journal: 25%

Final Project: 25% Students may choose two of the following: 1) an extension of the journal; 2) a commented photo blog; 3) a Story Map Digital Project; 4) one 8 pages paper to be discussed with the instructor.

The assignments are due two weeks after the end of the seminar on September 27. This will allow students to organize and complete the notes and the drafts developed during the itinerant seminar.

Extra-requirements for students of RL 407

1 extra-reading-report of 4 pages 1 extra final project

Required texts for all students

Most of the didactic experiences, except for the days in Bolzano, will be based on the open air museums that we will visit daily. Moreover, I require for all the students the following readings:

- Romain Rolland, Liluli (1919).

- Emilio Lussu, A Soldier on the Southern Front: The Classic Italian Memoir of World War 1 (1938).

- Hermann Hesse, Wandering (1920).

- Rudyard Kipling, The War in the Mountains (1917).

- Luis Trenker, Berge in Flammen () a classic 1931 movie on WWI in the Dolomites.

- Nomination of the Dolomites for inscription on the World Natural Heritage List Unesco. Annexes 2-8.

- Erika Pignatti and Sandro Pignatti, Plant life of the Dolomites: Vegetation Structure and Ecology (2014).

- Doglioni, Carlo. "Tectonics of the Dolomites (southern , )." Journal of Structural Geology 9.2 (1987): 181-93. Web.

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- Bosellini, A., P. Gianolla, and M. Stefani. "Geology of the Dolomites." Episodes 26.3 (2003): 181- 85. Web.

Required Extra-readings for students of RL 407

-Christopher Clark. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 (2012). Selections.

-Root Irving, Battles in the Alps: a history of the Italian Front of the first World War. Selections.

- Paul Grohmann, La Scoperta Delle Dolomiti (1862). Belluno, 1982. Selections. This is the Italian translation of Wanderungen in Den Dolomiten.

- Marchetti M., Ghinoi A., Soldati M. (2017) “The Dolomite Landscape of the Alta Badia (Northeastern Alps): A Remarkable Record of Geological and Geomorphological History.” In: Soldati M., Marchetti M. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of Italy. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham

Credits

6 credits of RL electives for students doing their readings and papers in English

6 credits of Italian, French or Spanish for students doing their readings and papers in the target language.

Course Materials

All the texts will be available in digital format.

Students needs to have a laptop (or tablet) and a camera (or smartphone with a good camera resolution) to do the assignments during the program.

Instructor

Massimo Lollini

Phone: 541-346-0957 - 541-525-6255

Email: [email protected]

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Office Location: Friendly 325 Office Hours: By appointment

Website: https://maxiloll.blog/

EXPLORING THE DOLOMITES - SUMMER 2019 SCHEDULE

Date and location Activities Assignments Lodging Eating Transportation

Friday May 3 Pre-departure Introduction to the Field N/A N/A N/A seminar Seminar Overview of the travel and logistics

Friday May 10 Pre-departure Introduction to the Field N/A N/A N/A seminar Seminar Overview of the readings and assignments of the course

Friday May 17 Pre-departure General Introduction to the N/A N/A N/A seminar Paleonatology and Geology of the Dolomites

Friday May 24 Pre-departure General Introduction to N/A N/A N/A seminar

Sept 1 Bolzano: South Museum of Reflective Journal Youth Hostel Bolzano Trattoria in Walking meet at the train Archaeology Via Renon, 23, 39100 Bolzano station at 10:00 http://www.iceman.it/en/ 0471 300865 Pizzeria Bolzano https://bit.ly/2KkHJZA

Sept 2 Bolzano -Messner Mountain Reflective Journal Youth Hostel Bolzano Museum Walking and Biking Museum Firmian Cafeteria -BZ '18-'45: A permanent Trattoria in exhibition within the Bolzano Monument to Victory

Sept 3 Predazzo -Geological Trail Dos Capel -Reflective Journal Hotel Predazzo* Rifugio Passo Bus from Bolzano -Botanic Trail Latemar -Read: Pignatti, Plant life of the Feudo to Predazzo Dolomites: Vegetation Structure and Hotel 1h and 50m Ecology.

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Date and location Activities Assignments Lodging Eating Transportation

Sept 4 Malga Museum WWI -Reflective Journal Hotel Malga Ciapela* Museum Bus from Predazzo Ciapela Punta Rocca e -Read: Clark, The Sleepwalkers: How Cafeteria to Malga Ciapela Serauta// Europe Went to War in 1914(part.1) Hotel Malga 2h and 20m Ciapela

Sept 5 Malga Val Ombretta Rifugio Falier Reflective Journal Hotel Maga Ciapela* Rifugio Falier Ciapela -Read: Romain Rolland, Liluli. Hotel Malga Ciapela

Sept 6 Cortina -Paleontological Museum -Reflective Journal Hotel Montana Bus Station Bus from Malga Rinaldo Zardini; Read: Nomination of the Dolomites for Cortina Ciapela -Ethnographic Museum inscription on the World Natural to Cortina Heritage List Unesco. Regole d’Ampezzo

Sept 7 Cortina Rifugio Dibona Tofana di Reflective Journal Rifugio Dibona Rifugio Dibona Bus from Cortina -Read: Clark, The Sleepwalkers. How D’Ampezzo Rozes Europe Went to War in 1914 to Rifugio Dibona

Sept 8 Rifugio 5 Open air Museum WWI Reflective Journal Rifugio 5 Torri Rifugio 5 Torri Bus from Rifugio Torri Read: E. Lussu, A Soldier on the Dibona Southern Front: The Classic Italian to Rifugio 5 Torri Memoir of World War 1 (part 1).

Sept 9 Passo -Museo Forte Tre Sassi al Read: Root Irving, Battles in the Rifugio Valparola Rifugio Bus from Rifugio 5 Valparola passo Valparola Alps: a history of the Italian Front of the Valparola Torri first World War (part. 2). -Col di Lana to Rifugio Valparola

Sept 10 Passo Passo Falzarego Gallerie del Reflective Journal Rifugio Rifugio Walking Falzarego Lagazuoi Lagazuoi Cableway

Sept 11 Bressanone Seminar University of Seminar UBolzano Youth Hostel Bressanone Bus from Passo Bolzano Falzarego to Bressanone

Sept 12 Bressanone Seminar University of Seminar UBolzano Youth Hostel Bressanone Bressanone Bolzano

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