Season 01
The archive of the present
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Place
Jovençan (AO) -
Country
Italy -
Period
September 3–7, 2019 -
Coordinates
45°71’N 7°27’E -
Elevation
632 m a.s.l. -
Surface
6 km² -
Population
703 (2022) -
Density
117 ab/km² (2022) -
Maximum elevation
2602 m a.s.l. -
Minimum elevation
593 m a.s.l.
abstract
Jovencan, 2019: the starting point.
Eight explorers, eight new perspectives, for the first foray of the Studi sul Qui project.
A small town in the Aosta Valley, a microcosm in the Aosta plain, chosen as a laboratory for field research. Not a simple visit, but a deep immersion, an attempt to decipher the identity of a place through dialogue between those who live there and those who are observing it for the first time.
The streets of the village, the hidden paths, the encounters with the inhabitants: every detail became a piece of a mosaic in the making. An investigation that intertwined physical geography with collective memory, the signs of the past with the traces of the present.
The maps created from this experience are an archive of impressions, intuitions, and questions. An attempt to convey the complexity of Jovencan, to capture its essence through multiple perspectives.
Not a single narrative, but a polyphony of voices and images. An invitation to walk the paths of Jovencan with the same curiosity that animated our exploration, to discover the stories behind every corner, to question the relationship between man and territory.
Season 1 participants: Tobias Boss (geographer), Alexine Dayné (author and actress), Daniele Ietri (geographer and documentarist), Paolo Martelli (filmmaker), Eleonora Mastropietro (documentarist and geographer), Daniela Salvucci (anthropologist), Paola Zaramella (performer), Alessio Zemoz (photographer), Dorothy Louise Zinn (anthropologist).
Jovencan, 2019: the starting point. Eight explorers, eight new perspectives, for the first foray of the Studi sul Qui project. A small town in the Aosta Valley, a microcosm in the Aosta plain, chosen as a laboratory for field research. Not a simple visit, but a deep immersion, an attempt to decipher the identity of a place through dialogue between those who live there and those who are observing it for the first time. The streets of the village, the hidden paths, the encounters with the inhabitants: every detail became a piece of a mosaic in the making. An investigation that intertwined physical geography with collective memory, the signs of the past with the traces of the present. The maps created from this experience are an archive of impressions, intuitions, and questions. An attempt to convey the complexity of Jovencan, to capture its essence through multiple perspectives. Not a single narrative, but a polyphony of voices and images. An invitation to walk the paths of Jovencan with the same curiosity that animated our exploration, to discover the stories behind every corner, to question the relationship between man and territory. Season 1 participants: Tobias Boss (geographer), Alexine Dayné (author and actress), Daniele Ietri (geographer and documentarist), Paolo Martelli (filmmaker), Eleonora Mastropietro (documentarist and geographer), Daniela Salvucci (anthropologist), Paola Zaramella (performer), Alessio Zemoz (photographer), Dorothy Louise Zinn (anthropologist).
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media
publications
Authors: Daniele Ietri and Eleonora Mastropietro (edited by)
Abstract: This book presents a practice that recounts the authors' personal experiences of work and concrete research. It is not a theoretical contribution, nor is it a bibliographic review, nor does it intend to be. The book stems from the experience of a research residency held in Jovençan, in the Aosta Valley, between September 3 and 7, 2019, during which a group of artists and researchers worked on constructing an in-depth mapping of the place and the community. The participants in the ‘residency’ themselves reworked their experiences into contributions. The volume records the progress of a project that is still ongoing and a process that is open to future activities and experiences. It is the story of ‘Season 1’ of the ‘Studi sul Qui’ project, which the authors intend to continue and develop.
Contributions by: Tobias Boos, Alexine Dayné, Daniele Ietri, Paolo Martelli, Eleonora Mastropietro, Daniela Salvucci, Paola Zaramella, Alessio Zemoz, Dorothy Louise Zinn
Year: 2020
Publisher: Mimesis Edizioni
Series: Eterotopie
