Conversation with Barbara Piatti

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

Rethinking Spatial Humanities Cluster in Conversation with Barbara Piatti (Switzerland)  Wednesday, 12 May, 9 am Please write to Barbara Siller for the link to the meeting. We are happy to announce the upcoming event with the literary and cultural scholar Barbara Piatti who is best known for her work on literary mapping. Barbara Piatti’s work on spatial concepts includes her …

CITIES AND FLOODING: CORK AND VENICE

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

Rethinking Spatial Humanities, CASiLaC at University College Cork and the Center for the Humanities and Social Change at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Joint Online ‘Cities and Water’ Event Series   ‘CITIES AND FLOODING: CORK AND VENICE’ Monday, 26 April 2021, 4.00 pm (Irish Time)/5.00 pm (Italian Time) Speakers in dialogue: Jane Da Mosto, We Are Here Venice John Hegarty, …

Topophrenia and Social Distancing; or, Spatiality in the Time of Lockdown – Robert T. Tally Jr. – March, 22nd, 4pm

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

  ‘Rethinking Spatial Humanities’ Research Cluster – ‘Space and Affect’ Lecture Series   Topophrenia and Social Distancing; or, Spatiality in the Time of Lockdown Prof. Robert T. Tally Jr. Texas State University   Monday, 22 March, 2021 at 4.00 pm (Irish time) Online seminar on MSTeams Please write to s.ross@ucc.ie for the link to the lecture.   Abstract: The emergence …

Critical Care. Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet – Elke Krasny – January, 18th, 10am.

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

In medical terms critical care, also known as intensive care, is a specialized branch of medicine dedicated to diagnosing and treating life-threatening conditions. For this lecture, this term is borrowed to address the planet’s life-threatening condition. Throughout the twenty-first century the condition of the planet has made headlines. The news is not good. The diagnosis is bleak. We have come …

Cities in Conflict: Urban Space and Violence, 17 June 2019

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

An international, interdisciplinary conference on the theme of conflict in urban space. Speakers approach the theme from a number of fields, including urban planning, literature, film, music, sociology, among other areas. What happens to the urban fabric when conflict occurs? How does the built environment reflect, work against, or attempt to contain conflict? How are war and conflict in urban …