Questioning Food, Mobilities & Development | 6 Feb 2026

Curated by Chiara Rabbiosi and Ginevra Montefusco, the Questioning Food, Mobilities, and Development exhibition will open on February 6 at 09.30 am and will be open to the public until February 8, 2026 at the Museum of Geography, Palazzo Wollemborg, Via del Santo 26, Padova.

Representing the culmination of the Space, Place, and Mobility course unit, this exhibition showcases a rich and creative learning journey developed in collaboration with students from the Local Development and Mobility Studies Master’s programmes. It is also connected to the activities of the Food Communities Empowerment research group and forms part of the activities conducted within the Post-development Geographies of Local Food Systems: Community-Based Networks Addressing Food Insecurity PRIN 2022 PNRR project, which is funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

Starting from the core geographical concepts of space, place and scale, the exhibition progressively explores the multiple meanings of food ‘on the move’, including the material, symbolic, political and relational aspects. Designed as a pedagogical experiment, the exhibition is a result of an educational training integrating theoretical frameworks, empirical case studies, and creative experimentation.

The exhibition format translates this research and teaching endeavour into an open, participatory experience, demonstrating how creative methodologies can foster learning by doing while engaging wider audiences beyond the classroom and boosting the university’s societal impact.