Andrea Bagnato, Chiara Davino & Wu Ming 1: 'Terra Infecta' [Talk]

Join us for the Bologna book launch of Andrea Bagnato’s Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape. Bagnato will be joined in conversation by Chiara Davino and Wu Ming 1. 

Free to attend. 

Monday 27 April
18:30 

MODO Infoshop
Via Mascarella, 24/b
40126 Bologna
Italy

More about Terra Infecta 

In Terra Infecta, Andrea Bagnato tells an unfamiliar story about a well-known place. Since the early days of tourism, the cities and landscapes of Italy have been bywords for beauty and grandeur. But, at home and abroad, the same places have also been haunted by associations with disease and uncleanliness, often more to do with politics than conditions on the ground.

In this gripping narrative study, Bagnato shows how the modern quest for sanitation shaped Italy’s urban and rural landscapes, propelling major transformations from the draining of the wetlands around Venice, to demolitions and replanning in Naples, to the expulsion of the inhabitants of ancient Matera. He argues that current north–south inequalities are founded on spurious medical narratives, and focuses on the real impact on the people caught in their ministrations.

Can't make it? Order a copy here.