1.10 Nowtilus: Ri-abitare acqua e terra con Giancarlo Ghigi e Laura Mascino

Residency, urban regeneration and tourism are among the most complex and most discussed issues concerning Venice and its surrounding area. Which territories are considered marginal, and why? What is the relationship between these areas, the environment and its inhabitants? What sort of action and mobilization has taken place on the islands of Venice and its mainland in order to affirm and reconsider residency in this unique landscape? These questions are complex and multifaceted, but we will raise some interesting points while discussing them with Giancarlo Ghigi, a computer scientist and vocal activist who we will be talking to about the Poveglia Per Tutti (Poveglia For All) project and Ocio! (a public housing and residency watchdog), and with Laura Mascino, an architect and professor in urban planning, and co-author of “Re-inhabiting Italy” (Donzelli editore, 2020). The episode will be available from Thursday November 19 on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcasts. Music: Saltland (2020) by Enrico Coniglio. Autofocus (2011) by Giulio Aldinucci. Courtesy of Enrico Coniglio and Giulio Aldinucci. The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.