Discussing Post-Unification Sicily at Berkeley!

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I am deeply honored and grateful to Professor Mia Fuller for inviting me to discuss my work on post-unification Sicily at Berkeley’s Philosophy Hall with an exceptional cohort of PhD and post-PhD students and scholars from Italian Studies. In a one-day seminar we examined new approaches to the Southern Question, the narrative construction of Arab-Norman Sicily in the context of the new nation state, and the role of Palermo’s Botanical Garden in shaping both Italy’s colonial ambitions and ideas about the South. Being a guest at the Women’s Faculty Club was a real treat!

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About paesaggisensibili

Architect and senior fellow of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology of Toronto University, I'm a member of the board of directors of the Italian National Institute of Architecture (IN/ARCH) in Rome, where since 2003 I am in charge of the Institute Master Programs. My studies are rooted in the fields of architecture and philosophy of science with a special interest in biology and anthropology. Key words for my research are: Man, Space, Nature, Technique, Webness, Ecology, Relations, Interactions, Resources, Energy, Landscape, Footprint, Past and Future. My goal is to build critical understanding of the present to suggest useful strategies to build the future.

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