Barbara Del Mercato

The path connecting the Humanities and Social Change is an intellectual and creative journey, its map gradually unfolding. I am glad to be on board as a project manager.

Barbara Del Mercato, Center Administrator, Venice
Fabiana Zollo

A cross-methodological approach is crucial to properly investigate the spreading of misinformation and its social dynamics.

Fabiana Zollo, Fixed-term Researcher, Venice
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Giovanni Lapis

The study of East Asian religions can broaden our horizons and foster critical self-reflection. I find great challenges and potential in religious and intercultural education.

Giovanni Lapis, Ph.D. Student, Venice
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How do contemporary arts-based practices expand or call into question the geoscientific methods and regimes of visuality that characterize the Anthropocene? Are there multiple articulations of the Anthropocene thesis, or radical challenges to it, coming from the visual arts and arts-based research?

Emiliano Guaraldo, Post-doc Fellow 2020-21, Venice
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How do we relate to coastal regions through the foods we eat and the stories we tell about them? After all, eating is one of the most direct ways we interact with environments – both near and afar – by literally digesting them.

Sasha Gora, Post-doc Fellow 2020-21, Venice
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How do art and literature from France and Italy during the last 150 years help us to engage with feelings about heavy industry’s environmental and medical impacts?

Daniel Finch-Race, Post-doc Fellow 2020-21, Venice
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Sustained interdisciplinary research and practice is necessary to develop the critical tools that can uncover the violence and exploitation concealed within the structures and environments so readily accepted as natural.

Ifor Duncan, Post-doc Fellow 2020-21, Venice
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How can collective media practices from the past and present lay the groundwork for the sustainment of life in the future?

Heather Contant, Post-doc Fellow 2020-21, Venice
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Questioning the nature of money and investigating its social perception are key to addressing crucial issues facing contemporary societies

Luigi Doria, Fixed-term Researcher, Venice
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Massimo Warglien, Board Member

Text analysis offers huge opportunities to improve how we understand and predict conflict.

Massimo Warglien, Board Member, Venice
Sabrina Marchetti, Board Member

As a feminist scholar, I believe in the power of art and of the Humanities in changing our understanding of society, culture and economic life. I am happy to be part of this project.

Sabrina Marchetti, Board Member, Venice
Shaul Bassi

Cultural difference can push people apart; art and the humanities can bring them together in a sustainable world.

Shaul Bassi, Center Director, Venice

As  a scholar of Asian Studies, I am deeply invested in collegial work that has the potential to have an impact across disciplinary, regional and national boundaries within Asia and beyond. At the Center for Humanities and Social Change, I am committed to nourishing projects and collaborations that critically examine the radical interconnectedness of the modern world and illuminate our multiple configurations of place, time, matter and meaning.

Francesca Tarocco, Board Member, Venice