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    The world laboratory. Border Device(s). (Israeli-Palestinian relations)

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    The tragedies continue: the conflicts, the prevarications, the difficult attempts at peace; all that is happening in the Palestinian territories and in the state of Israel can be linked to an inescapable geopolitical and historical root belonging to the people who inhabit the land. But it can be noted, too, that this conflict is also connected to the major events of this "brief century" in Europe and the world: the wars, the persecution of the Jews, the eclipse of the bipolar nature of the balance of world power, the new international relations that are redefining the geopolitical world map

    Nutrition, Agriculture and the Urban Condition The Concept Plan of Milan Expo 2015

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    The Milan Expo 2015,inaugurated on May 1st,is a global event of great importance and success.It hosts 145 countries(more than any previous Expo) and is welcoming visitors from around the world.But the success of the Expo does not lie in the event site.In addition to the site and its architectural excellence,the Expo calls on everyone to visit the extraordinary heritage of monuments,works and landscapes in which the entire Italy is rich.As expected,the Expo brings prestige and visibility to the Italian food tradition and furnishes lifeblood to our exporting firms as well.For six months,the Expo will put Milan to the center of attention for geopolitics and global media.Along these lines,we will narrate how the idea was born and the Conceptual Plan of Expo 2015 was drafted

    Superluoghi, una riflessione a proposito di due potenti metafore della globalizzazione

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    Superluoghi indaga due potenti metafore della globalizzazione. Da un lato i simulacri di spazio proposti da Google earth, navigabili e percorribili a colpi di mouse, pezzi lisci di territorio, che ci illudono di afferrare e conoscere tutto del mondo. Dall'altro, i "Giganti", un piccolo gruppo di spazi, fortemente simbolici, capaci di attrarre e assorbire quasi tutta la cronache (politica, economica , culturale, ludica, sportiva...) del mondo. Un mondo che tramite i nuovi mezzi di navigazione, sembra diventato più grande, ruota in realtà attorno ad un piccolo gruppo di spazi/icona della contemporaneità
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