Country: Italy – City: Sassari – Address: University Library, Via Enrico Costa 57, 07100 Sassari, Italy

From story to map: maptelling as an embodied approach to place communication

Description:

Within the DUMAS TALKS series, an initiative designed to bring the academic research of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (University of Sassari) beyond university classrooms as part of its Third Mission, this event features the presentation of the book “Maptelling e smart tourism. Esperimenti di fruizione turistica” by Sonia Malvica, Researcher in Economic and Political Geography.

The manuscript proposes a dialogue between Cognitive Sciences and Geography. In particular, it investigates the communicative potential of Destination Photography (i.e., a key component of Destination Image), storytelling and mapping practices as tools for enhancing tourist experiences.

Main objectives: Participants will be actively involved in a series of examples and practical exercises, designed to experiment with maptelling approaches and to reflect together on their potential applications in smart tourism scenarios.

Event language: Italian

The event will be: mixed, in presence with streaming/remote participation

Link (for online participation): (MS Teams) https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/32011140659416?p=EHymMOOWX5S9fbLRIh

Reference person: Sonia Malvica (smalvica@uniss.it) – Role or function: University Researcher – Reference organization: University of Sassari (Italy)

Those who organize are: Academics

Date: 9 April 2026

Estimated starting time (local time): 6:00:00 PM

Expected duration: around 1 hour

GeoNight code: 2026320