RE-EDUCATION TO HOPE. COLLECTIVE FUTURES FOR TRAUMATIZED TERRITORIES

The event “Re-education to hope. Collective futures for traumatized territories” brings together scholars and researchers to reflect on strategies for the regeneration of territories marked by collective, environmental, and social traumas.
Inspired by the principles of the New European Bauhaus, the panel explores a relational and participatory approach to urban planning, where culture, sustainability, and spatial justice converge. Through case studies such as Borgo Sabotino, the former nuclear power plant in Latina, and the Nazzano hydroelectric plant near Rome, the project investigates how heritage and memory can become tools for reconciliation and renewal.
Central to the discussion are the role of bodies and subjectivities in territorial processes, Bruno Latour’s concept of a “return to the Earth,” and the idea of re-education to hope as a response to economic, social, and climate crises.
The event presents outcomes from two research paths developed within the European project CHANGES – Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society.

Programme:
3:00 p.m. | Welcome and opening remarks
3:10 p.m. | Introduction with Federica Fava and Giovanni Caudo
3:50 p.m. | Keynote speakers: Alexandre Monnin, Federica Gatta, Filippo De Pieri
4:50 p.m. | Discussants: Ilaria Manzini, Angela Barbanente, Erminia Sciacchitano, Egle Rindzeviciute
5:30 p.m. | Closing remarks
6:00 p.m. | Aperitif