20.10.2022—21.10.2022

Intrecci globali e retaggi coloniali in Italia

Geschichte, Workshop, Roma

20.10.2022 H14:15-19:00
21.10.2022 H10:00-18:00

Dates
20.10.2022
21.10.2022
Location
Roma
Category
Geschichte, Workshop
Information

20.10.2022 H14:15-19:00
21.10.2022 H10:00-18:00

The event will be held in Italian at Istituto Svizzero, via Liguria 20, Rome.
Register for 20.10.2022 here.
Register for 21.10.2022 here.

Global entanglements and colonial legacies in Italy: Strategies of ‚public history‘ between universities, museums and movements 

For centuries, the Italian peninsula has been connected through a multiplicity of entanglements (both colonial and non-colonial) to other regions of the world. In part, the global dynamics in which Italian territories have historically participated have sunk into oblivion: only in the last years, they have begun to be rediscovered through scholarly research conducted on sources preserved in archives, libraries and museums. Other histories, by contrast, have come down to us as part of colonial legacies which are still very present in the public space and which, at the same time, are increasingly contested. In recent years, the transformation of the Italian society catalysed by intercontinental migrations, especially from Africa, as well as the emergence of social movements, which are themselves interconnected on an international scale, have fuelled new debates and raised the question of how to address – in academic research and in the public space – these complex pasts. In this regard, this meeting aims to be a moment of debate between scholars, activists and members of institutions charged with disseminating knowledge. 

In collaboration with the University of Zurich and the University of Bologna.

Handout and full biographies here. (ITA)

Programme:

Thursday 20.10.2022

H14:15 – Greetings and introduction: Maria Böhmer (Istituto Svizzero), Roberto Zaugg (Zurich)

H14:45 – Scritture
Una conversazione con Ubah Cristina Ali Farah (remotely)  

Fissare l’eredità materiale: collaborazioni, prospettive e nuove forme di fruizione

H15:30 – Justin Randolph Thompson (Florence), The Recovery Plan: metodologie per uno sguardo oltre l’archivio

H16:15 – Break

H16:30 – Gaia Delpino, Rosa Anna Di Lella, Claudio Mancuso (Rome), Il deposito dell’ex Museo coloniale di Roma. Pratiche e ricerche museografiche su di una collezione sensibile

H17:15 – Davide Domenici (Bologna), Che fare di oggetti e saperi coloniali? Il progetto KNOT (Knowledge of Things) e il patrimonio indigeno americano in Italia

H18:00 – Denise Tonella (Zurich), Svizzera coloniale. La sfida di una trasposizione museale in dialogo con il pubblico


Friday 21.10.2022

Circolazioni contese: topografie urbane, memorie comparate, scambi globali

H10:00 – Olindo De Napoli (Naples), Note introduttive alla seconda giornata

H10:15 – Jadel Andreetto, Mariana Eugenia Califano (Bologna), Guerriglia odonomastica e decolonizzazione dell’immaginario

H11:00 – Break

H11:30 – Daphné Budasz (Florence), Postcolonial Italy: una mappa interattiva dell’eredità coloniale in Italia

H12:30-13:45 – Break

H13:45 – Riccardo E. Rossi (Zurich), Il progetto Atlantic Italies: approcci per prospettive postcoloniali nella storia della penisola italiana

H14:30 – Andreina Lopes Pinto (Naples), Migrantour Napoli: i mille mondi della città

H15:15 – Nicola Camilleri (Padova), Memorie coloniali a confronto: Italia e Germania

H16:00 – Break

H16:15 – Davide Valeri (Rome),  Roma Decoloniale: un intreccio tra storia e memoria

H17:00 – Discussion and conclusion
Lorenzo Teodonio (Rome), Carlo Taviani (Zurich)