You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.You switched accounts on another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.Dismiss alert
Copy file name to clipboardExpand all lines: docs/2025-26/year-1/research-trip/index.md
+49-18Lines changed: 49 additions & 18 deletions
Display the source diff
Display the rich diff
Original file line number
Diff line number
Diff line change
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This year, we will travel to Senegal, engaging with diverse territories—from c
22
22
23
23
Through encounters with artisans, collectives, and local initiatives, the trip will focus on material cultures, community infrastructures, and regenerative practices grounded in everyday resilience.
@@ -42,36 +42,67 @@ Through field visits, hands-on workshops, and collective reflection sessions, pa
42
42
43
43
We will follow materials and practices across territories—from metal and plastic to textile, clay, and wood—understanding how they are transformed through local knowledge systems and community infrastructures.
44
44
45
-
### Some insights from Valle Camonica
45
+
### Some insights from Senegal
46
46
47
-
*Prehistory: Arte Rupestre and Italy’s First UNESCO Site*
47
+
*Saint-Louis: Repair, reuse, and collective making*
48
48
49
-
Valle Camonica is Italy’s first UNESCO site and hosts the world’s most extensive collection of rock art. Over 350,000 engravings have been discovered within a 30 km2 area, narrating stories of life, rituals, and ancient symbols. New engravings are uncovered each year, a sign of a past that remains vibrant.
49
+
In Saint-Louis, we will encounter practices that transform everyday materials into shared infrastructures:
**Maisa**: sculptural work using recycled bicycle parts, exploring repair as an aesthetic and political act.
52
52
53
-
*Hydroelectric Energy: The Power of Water from the Glacier to the Lake*
53
+
**Hahatay** (@hahataygandiol): collective construction using earth and straw, rooted in community participation.
54
54
55
-
Between the late 19th century and the 1980s, Valle Camonica developed one of Europe’s most significant hydroelectric networks. The energy generated by its streams and glaciers fueled the industrialization of the Po Valley. However, climate change now threatens this delicate balance.
55
+
**Fishermen communities**: reuse of painted wood from fishing boats to create furniture for children in the neighborhood.
In Monno, women keep alive the ancient art of weaving with manual looms, crafting traditional “pezzotti,” colorful rugs that embody the collective memory of the community. Agricultural tools like the flail, used for threshing rye, also form part of this cultural heritage.
61
+
Proplast (@recuplast_officiel): visit to a plastic recycling plant, examining how waste becomes a resource and how local systems respond to global material flows.
*Edioungou (Casamance): Craft, care, and embodied knowledge*
66
66
67
-
Valle Camonica is not only a cultural hub but also a natural space of immense beauty. Its mountains, glaciers, and forests offer an endless source of inspiration.
67
+
In Casamance, we will work closely with women-led associations and artisan communities:
*Dakar: Memory, history, and social infrastructures*
82
+
83
+
Gorée Island: a site of memory and reflection on the history of the transatlantic slave trade.
84
+
85
+
Sam Sam 3: visit to community schools (cooking, carpentry, agriculture) developed over 20 years by Sister Regina, engaging with education as a long-term social infrastructure in one of Dakar’s most vulnerable neighborhoods.
0 commit comments