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Non-Conforming Bodies and the ‘Right to Exist’: Contemporary Visual Culture and Algorithmic Futures

This paper investigates the cultural, aesthetic, and political construction of non-conforming bodies in contemporary visual culture. Its authors examined Italian visual culture on non-conforming bodies, its roots, and its relationship to the history of the Italian feminist and queer performance scene of the late 1960s. These recent pasts raised socio-political challenges that continue to resonate today, in a time increasingly shaped by the digital manipulation of bodies through software and g...

Patrimoni contesi e terre di confine: il confine come lente per leggere la storia urbana

Historically, cities have been shaped by various forms of boundary lines: some physical and impenetrable, such as defensive city walls; others non-physical yet equally powerful, such as those that separated the city from the countryside. The concept of the border has evolved over time, expanding beyond its initial geographical conception to encompass social, political, cultural, and psychological dimensions of territory – a condition most evident in borderlands marked by conflict. These trans...

Transport Planning and the 15-Minute City: Opportunities and Challenges

Transport is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas, primarily due to the widespread reliance on private cars. The 15-minute city concept offers a transformative approach to urban planning by prioritizing proximity, reducing the need for car use, and encouraging active mobility such as walking and cycling. This chapter explores both the opportunities and challenges of implementing the 15-minute city concept, specifically in the context of the transport planning sector....