On May 5 of 2022 the first cross-generational encounter took place at the Centre Cultural La Nau of the Universitat de València. Second year students of the Geography and Environment degree reunited with first year students of the Societat i Territori of Nau Gran, both studies are offered by the Faculty of Geography and History. The encounter was organized by the professor María Pilar Peñarrubia Zaragoza from the Department of Geography of the Universitat de València with the support of the office of the dean of the Faculty of Geography and History of the Universitat de València and UVCultura-Extensió Universitaria.
The objective of the activity was that the students from both degrees could openly share, in a relaxed environment, different generational visions about territorial aspects of common interest based on their analysis, reflection and debate. The participants talked about current geographical aspects like demographic trends, the role of new technologies in the territory and the duality of life, past and present, in rural and urban areas. This subjects were previously introduced to both groups in the Human Geography course given by professor Peñarrubia. The initiative was a great success in terms of participation by both generations, and, at the same time, it far exceeded the expectations and satisfaction of the attendees, who valued this meeting very positively. So much so, that the office of the dean of the Faculty of Geography and History will study in the coming weeks the possibility of extending the initiative to other degrees of the centre for the next academic year 2022-23
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