Study Day “Historical-Social Sciences and Territory. For a New Season of Research in Ferrara and Beyond”
On Thursday, January 23, 2025, the Study Day “Historical-Social Sciences and Territory. For a New Season of Research in Ferrara and Beyond” will take place in Ferrara, initially at the Ariostea Library (9:00 AM – 1:00 PM) and later at the Niccolini Library (2:30 PM – 6:00 PM), on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Ferrara research unit of ISMed at the city’s Historical Municipal Archive (organized by CNR-ISMed and the Municipality of Ferrara).
The Study Day reviews the Ferrara1881 project, the first essential step in the creation of a geohistorical portal for the city of Ferrara. At the same time, it compares empirical studies based on a close relationship with the local territory (urban, rural, and other centers). The event aims to emphasize the importance of spatial dimensions for historical and social studies and the ambition for an interdisciplinary social science, capable of linking different perspectives, quantitative and qualitative approaches, past dynamics and present society, scholars, the population, and other institutional and associative actors active in the territory.
The opening greetings will be given by Grazia Maria De Rubeis (Library and Archives Service of the Municipality of Ferrara). This will be followed by the introductory speech by Michele Nani (CNR-ISMed, Ferrara): Introduzione. Una lunga collaborazione, una nuova presenza.
The presentations in the morning session (“For a Historical-Social Atlas of Ferrara” – Ariostea Library, Agnelli Hall) are as follows:
- Lo sviluppo del progetto Ferrara1881
Corinna Mezzetti (ASCFe) - La digitalizzazione e informatizzazione del catasto storico ottocentesco di Ferrara
Erasmo Di Fonso (Università La Sapienza, Roma) - I materiali informatizzati per future basi di dati
Rachele Bassolino (ASCFe) - Trentamila ferraresi: materiali informatizzati per future basi di dati
Michele Nani (CNR-ISMed, Ferrara)
The presentations in the afternoon session (“Social Sciences in and for the Territory” – Niccolini Library) are as follows:
- Lo spazio economico e sociale in Italia: prospettive sociologiche
Tania Toffanin (CNR-ISMed, Ferrara) - Antropologie deltizie
Giuseppe Scandurra (Università di Ferrara) - Casa pubblica, morosità e politiche: il caso di ACER Ferrara (2011-2021)
Alfredo Alietti (Università di Ferrara) - Eco-ricordi della bonifica: note a partire dal progetto “Memoria viva”
Davide N. Carnevale (Università di Ferrara) - Dati aperti e georiferiti dal basso per far fronte al cambiamento climatico
Piergiorgio Cipriano (Citizen Science Ferrara / progetto USAGE) - Beni pubblici > collettività > nodi. Indagine e mappatura GIS
di fabbricati pubblici inutilizzati a Ferrara e nel Forese
Martina Grillo, Federico Mussano, Daniela Spissu (Università di Ferrara) - Studiare il razzismo quotidiano a Ferrara
Robert Elliot (Occhioaimedia / Cittadini del mondo) - Dati per contare. Genere e politiche pubbliche, l’esperienza di Cento (Ferrara)
Elvira M.R. Oliva (Università di Bologna / Period Think tank)
The conference is open to the public, subject to availability of seats.
The morning session will be streamed on the YouTube channel of the Ariostea Library.
For information and contact:
Michele Nani (nani@ismed.cnr.it)
www.ismed.cnr.it
Download the program:
Inauguration Research Unit Institute Mediterranean Studies at Historical Municipal Archive Ferrara