University of Florence, SAGAS Department (History, Archaeology, Geography, Art and Performing Arts)

LabGeo: Applied Geography Laboratory

ESTABLISHED IN 2000, LABGEO CARRIES ON AND FURTHER THE ACTIVITIES OF THE APPLIED GEOGRAPHY LABORATORY FOUNDED IN 1985. THE LABGEO IS DIRECTED BY PROFESSOR MARGHERITA AZZARI.

 

The team LabGeo Projects

 

Our Networks

Here are some important collaborative networks and joint applied geography laboratories that we are a part of
AGJL
ESRI Joint Laboratory
Copernicus
Copernicus Academy Network
LabGeoNet
Italian Geography Laboratories Network

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Our Activities

Surveying, monitoring, safeguarding and promoting the landscape and the historical-cultural heritage
Virtual Landscaping: Reconstruction of past landscapes
Survey, conservation, and utilization of historical cartography

Rural Geography: new forms of rural life and local development processes in rural areas
Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing
Population geography, historical dynamics, geographic mobility and immigration flows to Italy
Teaching Geography

Our recent and ongoing projects

In progress
REMAP – Mosaic tiles, signs in landscape, virtual narratives: REthinking the Madaba MAP in the Third Millennium
REMAP is a project about the reconstruction of the historical landscape on the basis of cartographic, documentary and archeological sources analyzed through a methodological approach that highlights geographical and cultural nodes and paths and the use of innovative technologies to manage and share data.
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In progress
T-Place
T-PLACE project aims at designing and developing an inclusive and participatory model of place-based education, focused on the use of cross-media tools (e.g. immersive technologies and extended reality) to promote a participatory approach to cultural heritage and generate a positive fallout on citizenship and tourism.
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In progress
Aristeo
Il progetto ARISTEO (Memorie dell’Attività italiana di Ricerca e Innovazione agricola in ambiente tropicale. Recupero e valorizzazione delle collezioni fotografiche SToriche dell’AgEnzia italiana per la coOperazione allo sviluppo) intende perseguire azioni di censimento, tutela e valorizzazione delle collezioni fotografiche storiche dell’Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, sede fiorentina.
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The MOOC on Geotechnologies for Cultural Heritage.
MINERVA is an ERASMUS+ KA203 Project which offers students and professional high-level training opportunities with  a wide range of European examples on the use of geotechnologies for the management and the analysis of cultural heritage.
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