As part of the FishArt project agenda, transect walks and educational training initiatives have been combined in a major event, strongly requested by the local community. The synergy between local institutions and international research aims to stimulate civic participation on the problem of marine pollution and the care of the coastal territory. The event "Let's... Continue Reading →

On the occasion of the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference 2024, me and my colleagues are presenting a number of contributions on ongoing researches...

On the 4th of April kids and teachers of the Sailing School organised by the Italian Naval League Anzio operatively kicked off the SeaPaCS spin-off project “L.A.D.I. and the Sea”.On the occasion of the starting of the  “L.A.D.I. and the Sea”, the sport director of the Italian Naval League Anzio, Federico Fornaro, presented to participating schools the EU NEB project “FishArt. Participatory Art for the ocean at Anzio Fishermen’s Harbour” and invited kids to participate in the planned events. During the day the participatory and open education initiative envisaged from the workplan to engage and collect insights from the youngest.

My new book co-edited with Fabio Iapaolo (Oxford Brookes University) and Federico Martellozzo (University of Florence) is now out by Routledge!

On the 5th of April 2024, I'm presenting SeaPaCS project at the 5th European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) conference, Vienna, 3-6 April 2024. The conference is focusing "on the motto 'Change', since we are in a time of rapid change on multiple levels. Change can be seen as positive by one group and negative by... Continue Reading →

[photo: G. Lupinacci] [english below] Durante la Notte Internazionale della Geografia 2024 organizzata dall'Università La Sapienza presso l'Orto Botanico di Roma, largo Cristina di Svezia 23 A, dalle ore 20 alle ore 23 esposta la mostra di fotografia subacquea "Esplorazioni della Plastisfera. Intrecci sottomarini di naturacultura" del fotografo Giuseppe Lupinacci in collaborazione con l'agenzia di... Continue Reading →

[photo Stefania Benetti; graphic Alli] On the 24th of May 2024 at 4.30 pm CET the "SAP&O pills. Feeling the Ocean" program is hosting Stefania Benetti (University of Eastern Piedmont) to present on "Environmental awareness through mural art: iconographic representations of the sea and ocean on Italian walls" a 15-minute online presentation (followed by some 10 mins... Continue Reading →

Very happy that, from an initial intuition some years ago and with the enthusiasm and competence of my co-autors, our paper "Business responsibility and government complicity in environmental conflicts: a quali-quantitative analysis of global patterns" is now out in Local Environment. The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability ! Download immediately your free copy at... Continue Reading →

SeaPaCS project has been accepted for being known worldwide at the United Nations Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona on the 10th of April 2024 at the CCIB Convention Centre, discussing "the science we need for the ocean we want". Endorsed as a U.N. Ocean Decade activity, SeaPaCS has been selected for oral presentation during the... Continue Reading →

[cover photo G.Lupinacci] On March 21, 2024, the first public FishArt collaboratory is held at the Italian Naval League in Anzio (Rome, Italy) with local stakeholders at 6 pm. Promoters Chiara Certomà (University of Turin and Rome Sapienza), Federico Fornaro, director of the international video documentation company Raw-News and Marcello Dato connected from Berlin for... Continue Reading →

Co-creative science+art+activism experimentations for tightening oceanic kinships On the 15th of March 2025 at 4 pm CET I'm happy to host the first SAP&O pill, a 15-minute online presentation (followed by some 10 mins R&A)  open to everybody willing to listen/watch/being moved by experimentation on our scientific and creative engagement with the Ocean.  SAP&O pills on Feeling... Continue Reading →

On the 4th of March 2024, I presented a soon-to-start EU project called "PartArt4OW. Participatory Art for Society Engagement with Ocean and Water" , funded under the call HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-11 (stay tuned!). I am expected to lead the consortium at the University of Rome and I have just given the first presentation of the proposal in... Continue Reading →

The kick-off meeting of the of the EU NEB FishArt project is held on the 26th of February at the Municipality of Anzio, Rome (Italy) with representatives of the administration and the Capitaneria di Porto.FishArt promotes a radically participatory art and education process supporting the requalification of the Fishermen’s Harbour in the coastal city of Anzio, Italy.

We invite abstracts for the Royal Geographical Conference 2024 in London on the following session topic. The sessions is sponsored by the Coastal and Maritime Research Group- The session is co-organised and chaired by Chiara Certoma (University of Rome La Sapienza), Federico Fornaro (Raw-News), Stefania Benetti (University of Eastern Piedmont), Antonella Passani (T6-Ecosystem)

Now out my first insights on "Narratives of Digital Social Innovation. "Reading for difference" space and spatialities of socio-technological networks in the augmented city" in Memorie Geografiche #23. The journal issue contains the conference proceedings of the conference "Oltre la Globalizzazione – Narrazioni/Narratives//Beyond Globalisation:Narratives/ Oltre la Globalizzazione: Narrazioni event" organised by the italian Society of... Continue Reading →

The new article "The New Categories for the Analysis of Global/Local Dynamics. A Contribution to the Global Production Networks" by Gemmiti,Benetti, Certomà, Martellozzo is now out in the Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana.

On 28 December 2023 at the Molo Innocenziano in Anzio (Rome), Italy, at 3.00 pm, the European project “SeaPaCS. Citizen-Scientist against plastic in the sea”, supported by European funds from the IMPETUS4CS project, will deliver to the fishermen of Anzio from the “Concordia” and “Fanciulla d'Anzio” cooperatives the DUWO reusable fish boxes.

The edited book "Blue Kinships. An exploration of Society & the Ocean relationship" (provisional title) I am working together with international scientists, activists and artists, under contract with Palgrave MacMillan - Geography Series (expected to be out in May 2025), has been endorsed as a Decade Activity by the UN Ocean Decade programme.

A new article I co-wrote with Margherita Gori Nocentini is now out in Archivio di Studi Urbani e Regionali (137/2023). Abstract and link for download below: Cambiamenti climatici, giustizia ambientale e partecipazione. piani di adattamento climatico alla luce dell’ecologia politica urbana Margherita Gori Nocentini & Chiara Certomà L’articolo propone un’esplorazione critica dei primi Piani locali... Continue Reading →

The second scientific aperitive that will end the European Project SeaPaCS of November 25, 2023 (https://crowdusg.net/2023/11/10/seapacs-2nd-collaboratorium/) was introduced by the screening of the final video shot during the SeaPaCS activities, thanks to the collaboration of the videomakers Federico Fornaro and Giuseppe Lupinacci of Raw-News media agency, entitled "SeaPaCS_The Video. Participatory Citizen Science Against Marine Pollution".... Continue Reading →