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 “Digital Innovation of Essential Public Services: a Double-Edged Sword for Immigrants?” (L’innovazione digitale dei servizi pubblici essenziali: una lama a doppio taglio per gli immigrati?). Their presentation highlighted preliminary findings from the città-IN project, detailing the barriers immigrant families face in accessing public services. These barriers are not only due to language accessibility issues with platforms and procedures but also stem from educational and digital poverty affecting local communities, as well as limited human rights literacy in the process of public service design and delivery. The session, chaired by Massimo Bricocoli and Cristina Mattiucci, and discussed by Francesca Cognetti, Carlo Cellamare, Elena Marchigiani, and Barbara Pizzo, who provided valuable insights and stimulating discussions on the topic.

Irene’s presentation, titled “Hybrid Perspectives for Climate and Territorial Resilience: An Experiment Between Research, Art, and Local Action” (Prospettive ibride per la resilienza climatica e territoriale: Un esperimento tra ricerca, arte e azione locale), illustrated some insights into the experimentation process that the PALIMPSEST EU Project has initiated in Jerez de la Frontera. Starting from the assumption the climatecrisis demands new spaces for dialogue between ways of imagining and acting, the contribution reflects how the inclusion of creative perspectives can illuminate new directions in the face of climate-related problems, facilitating unexpected alliances and supporting innovation dynamics. Irene presented in the session “Cantieri”, chaired by Enrico Formato and Anna Attademo.

Many thanks to the discussants Cristina Bianchetti and Annalisa Metta for their feedback!