Country: Italy – City: Bologna – Address: Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Via Guerrazzi 20, Bologna, BO 40125

Geografie e contro-narrazioni: colonialismo, migrazioni e turismo

Description:

This researcher-led discussion about transcultural spaces of memory shall foreground top-down versus bottom-up practices of memorialization in diverse locations. Attention shall be devoted to a range of methods for understanding the polyvalence of processes of identity-making, with a focus on fieldwork sites of intercultural encounter and resistance. There shall be consideration of geopolitics, heritage, in-groups/out-groups, mobility, and vulnerability at a variety of scales.

Objective: knowledge exchange

Language: Italian

Format: online

Link for Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/371063703864247?p=iAizwfkpsKYp1ztIH9

Coordinator: Daniel A. Finch-Race – Role: Assistant Professor of Geography – Institution: University of Bologna

Organizers: academics/students

Start (local time): 5 PM

Duration: 1 hour

Presentations: 

• Geografia, colonialismo e Questione Meridionale: chi ha il diritto di narrare e di ricordare?
  > Michael Tortorella (PhD candidate, University of Bologna)
• Triana Flamenca: processi di costruzione del ‘patrimonio culturale gitano’ tra presenza e assenza
  > Anna Khorlachenkov (PhD candidate, University of Bologna)

GeoNight code: 2026144