PUBLIC EVENT - La città camminata - 20 March 2024

The open seminar LA CITTÀ CAMMINATA: PRATICHE DI ATTIVISMO URBANO was organised by MoHu and the Museum of Geography to involve the students of our MA in Landscape Studies as well as the general public interested in practices of care for the city. The public seminar was co-organised with the PRIN PNRR project WALC – Walking Landscapes of Urban Cultures as part of the NaMUC – Narrative Mobilities of Urban Cultures seminar series.

The event was held to present Beatrice Barzaghi and Maria Fiano’s “Guida alla Venezia ribelle” (Voland, 2015). During the meeting, the authors shared thought-provoking reflections and narratives, drawing on Venice’s memories of rebellion and introducing the contemporary awareness-raising activities of OCIO –  the civic observatory for housing issues and residentiality.

In their words, walking the city emerges as a practice of care that local activists perform to subvert the stereotypes portraying Venice only as a tourist destination while consolidating the reciprocal connections between resident communities and their urban space.

We enjoyed having Beatrice Barzaghi and Maria Fiano and deeply appreciated the ways in which they walked us through memories of rebellion to inspire our contemporary claim for an aware right to the city.