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CALL at the 24th Triennale Milano: exploring inequalities through the città-IN project
We are proud to announce that the CALL Research Lab has contributed to the 24th International Exhibition of Triennale Milano, themed “Inequalities,” through our involvement in the installation “The Space of Inequalities: Environment, Mobility, and Citizenship.” The event takes place from 13 May to 9 November 2025 at Triennale Milano. …
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PALIMPSEST in the limelight of Osservatorio Lambro Lucente
The tone was given from the start during Osservatorio Lambro Lucente's meeting last week. As Dario Kian expressed: creativity and art can carry important messages, and this one was clear. Rivers need our dialogues, attentiveness and attention…put simply, they need our care!
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Plural Milan, ecology and sustainable mobility at the heart of the city’s development
A great evening discussing Grande Parco Forlanini in Milan, and how ecology and sustainable mobility are at the heart of the city's development!
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Grazia Concilio at “Climate Neutral and Smart Cities” meeting in Vilnius
From 6 to 8 May was held the fourth edition of the Cities Mission Conference, around the theme "Harnessing City Successes: Advancing Climate Action for 2030". It was held in Vilnius, EU Green Capital of 2025.
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PALIMPSEST talks at Milan Design Week: exploring the synergies between artistic practice and urban studies
From April 7–11, 2025, during Milan Design Week, PALIMPSEST hosted a series of public talks and artistic events at Politecnico di Milano, offering audiences the opportunity to explore the intersections between artistic actions and urban studies.
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Acqua Lambro: the “impossible idea” presented at Politecnico di Milano during Design Week
During Milan Design Week 2025, was officially presented the artistic project Acqua Lambro to the city of Milan. The artwork conceived by the British-Irish duo gethan&myles and piloted by PALIMPSEST was revealed to the public in the open spaces of the Leonardo Campus at Politecnico di Milano.
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“Parliamo di Scuola” manual is now online!
The manual co-designed and co-produced with Mamme a Scuola Association is now available to read and download here!
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Città-IN at ISMU’s 30th Report on migration 2024
Fondazione ISMU ETS recently presented their 30th Report on migrations (30° Rapporto sulle migrazioni) with a largely attended one-day event (and live stream), gathering experts, researchers, institutions and students on the topics of migration, inclusion, labour market, education, and legislation.
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Reflections after a workshop on the Future of EU Migration, in Brussels
On Tuesday, February 11th Grazia Concilio attended the DGResearch and DG HOME workshop “Shaping the Future of EU Migration Research & Innvation" in Brussels.
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CALL at the Climaborough meeting, Turin
During the Climaborough meeting in Turin (10-12 February), thanks to the generous hospitality of the Urban Lab, the CALL team got the opportunity to discuss with prof. Ettore Bompard, and Monica Naso from Politecnico di Torino the structure of the Climate City Contract for Turin.
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Let’s Talk School: Bringing immigrant mums closer to their children’s education
We’re excited to share the success of our public event, where we presented the co-designed and co-produced manual Parliamo di Scuola, Avvicinare le mamme immigrate alla scuola dei figli (Let’s Talk School: Bringing immigrant mums closer to their children’s education), created through the città-IN project in collaboration with the Mamme…
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Right to Education and Learning: Insights from the Seminar
The "Right to Education and Learning" seminar brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss social inclusion and access to fundamental services, particularly in education. Hosted by the città-IN team, the event provided a moment to share project findings and exchange knowledge with two other initiatives addressing social equity.
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Exploring the Digital Divide in Europe
The first Steering Committee meeting of the DIGIREG project took place online today under the guidance of the ESPON officers. One of the topics discussed was the role of proximity to infrastructures, which is widely considered to be strongly related to socio-economic development.
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Diving into the prototyping activities of PALIMPSEST pilots
These past weeks, CALL has been working with artists gethan&miles on the development of their project that aimes to integrate the transformative power of creative action around the river Lambro. This artist residency is lead as part of PALIMPSEST – Creative Drivers for Sustainable Living Heritage Research Project.
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“Exploring Mycelium in Urban Water Management” at the inaugural Nature in the City event, Paris
Francesca Berni was present at the inaugural Nature in the City event hosted by Sciences Po Paris Campus where she presented her research "Exploring Mycelium in Urban Water Management Through Autopoietic Processes and Holistic Perspectives: Insights from the Polish City of Łódź".
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Sai Che Puoi at the Master’s course Urban Design Studio
Luisa Miranda Morel, Alberto Gianera and Francesca Arduini, representing SAI CHE PUOI - a civic platform for bottom-up initiatives, were invited to the Master’s course Urban Design Studio taught by prof. Grazia Concilio, prof. Patrizia Scrugli and Talita Medina.
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WELFARAP: Hip Hop as Anti-Fragile Welfare Practice
On Friday, 22 November 2024, the Politecnico di Milano played host to a groundbreaking event: WELFARAP, the first academic conference on Hip Hop Studies in Italy.
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The Case of the PALIMPSEST Milanese Pilot at the MISERABILIA PRIN Conference “The City of Misery,” October 30-31, 2024
Francesca Berni had the pleasure of presenting her work, “Life’s Irreverent Pulse Thrives: With the River Lambro, a Tribute to the Present Yet to Come.” Drawing from observations of drifting refuse and debris carried by water during one of the three residential workshops of the PALIMPSEST project, she explored the…
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Irene at University Gabriele d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara
We are excited to share that Irene Bianchi recently completed a one-month Visiting Research stay at the University Gabriele d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara.
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Navigating Barriers: città-IN at the 16th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC)
The 16th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) was held at the Business School of Bern, Switzerland, from 2-4 September. Maryam Karimi, DAStU, Ludovica Piergiovanni, and Giorgia Trasciani DIG, Tiresia Group, presented the project città-IN with a contribution on “Navigating Barriers: Immigrants Integration and Social Innovation in Urban Landscapes”.
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1st Review Meeting of the PALIMPSEST project
Last week, the 1st Review Meeting of the PALIMPSEST project took place in Milan, organized and hosted by DAStU - Politecnico di Milano. The three-day event was marked by intense work and a rich exchange of ideas among the multidisciplinary team of PALIMPSEST.
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Kickoff Meeting of European Research Project “ESPON DIGIREG”
The kickoff meeting for the European research project "Territorial Perspectives of Digital Transition in European Regions (DIGIREG)" was held today in Luxembourg at the ESPON Headquarter, bringing together experts and stakeholders from across the continent. Led by Grazia Concilio on behalf of DASTU/Politecnico di Milano, the DIGIREG project aims to…
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Digital Smugglers: Maryam Karimi at the annual International AESOP conference – GAME CHANGER
On 12th July our researcher, Maryam Karimi, represented the CALL LAb at the annual International AESOP conference - GAME CHANGER? Planning for Just and Sustainable Urban Regions - held at SciencePo in Paris. In her presentation, titled “Digital Smugglers: Facilitators of Exploiters?
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Francesca Berni has been selected at the Aperto seminars
Good news Francesca Berni has been selected to attend one of the Aperto seminars, "Relazionarsi al presente”, next week in Turin. Aperto is a project of the Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT.
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First PALIMPSEST Residential Workshop in Milan
The concluding Residential Workshop of the first phase of PALIMPSEST – Creative Drivers for Sustainable Living Heritage Research Project took place in Milan last week.
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Reflecting on the seminar “regenerating difficult heritage”
On June 25th, 2024, the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) at Politecnico di Milano kicked off its seminar series "Transformative Agencies in/for Contested Spaces." Curated by Irene Bianchi, Maryam Karimi, and Alice Buoli, and funded by the CRAFT Competence Centre, the series promises to explore how spatial disciplines…
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Cultural Actions for Urban Sustainability – Lecture at SJTU
On June 26, 2024, Irene Bianchi held a lecture titled “Cultural Actions as Urban Sustainability Drivers” as part of the course "Culture-driven Approach for Sustainability: Global Practices in the Cultural and Creative Industries” at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's SDG July Camp.
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Seminar series “Transformative Agencies in/for Contested Spaces”
The series of seminars "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧/𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬" is curated by Irene Bianchi, Maryam Karimi and Alice Buoli and funded by Craft DAStU Competence Centre and the PhD Programs in Urban Planning, Design, and Policy and Preservation of the Architectural Heritage (DAStU-Polimi). Each seminar explores transformative pathways that aim…
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Approaching the Lambro River environment: Insights from the first day of the Palimpsest Project Residential Workshop
Inaugural events often come with smiles, promises, and light content, serving as a warm-up for the main activities to come. However, the first "Rooting Spritz" of the Palimpsest Project's residential workshop in Milan was able to dive into substantial and challenging discussions right from the start.
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Novel Territorial Ecologies: Cohabiting Changing Worlds – conference in Naples
Irene Bianchi, Giada Casarin, and Maryam Karimi participated in the XXVI SIU (Società Italiana degli Urbanisti) Conference titles "Novel Territorial Ecologies: Cohabiting Changing Worlds", held in Naples from June 12-14.Giada presented in the session “Houses and Services” (Case e Servizi), organized by Massimo Bricoccoli and Cristina Mattiucci, with a paper on…
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