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22/05/2024

Liminal welcomes Alessandro Caruso, one of our new members and geography student. He graduated from the University of Milan in human geography and is currently pursuing a master's degree in geography and territorial processes at the University of Bologna. Throughout his studies, he has focused on marginalization processes that have shaped the past and present of rural and small insular areas.

Alessandro has been studying the case of Stromboli, exploring the concept of insularity and its connections to remoteness, distance, public perception, government policies, media, and tourism. He has analyzed the state of infrastructures within the territorial system of the island and added some considerations regarding the concept of "sustainability outposts" applied to small insular territories. This can be seen as a theoretical approach oriented towards the pursuit of de-marginalization and self-sufficiency.

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20/05/2024

Visiting new places can bring excitement but at the same time can also be overwhelming: not knowing where basic necessities are, how to move from one place to another, etc... Luckily, Liminal’s past participants created an interactive map (see www.discovermontiprenestini.com) that summarizes a lot of amenities found in Monti Prenestini, where our first Liminal Assembly will be held. Accomodations, ATM’s, restaurants, natural monuments, etc... Everything that you need to plan your stay for our Assembly 2024 and more can be found here.

15/05/2024

Matteo Ferracci opened the enoteca (wine repository) “Il Primo Passo” in the heart of Castel San Pietro Romano in 2021 after years of living and working in Mexico, South America, and Asia to unite the two things he loves: traveling and wine.��Il Primo Passo, or “The First Step,” reflects his philosophy of always taking that first, brave step towards realizing one's dreams. He is proud of sourcing exclusively biodynamic and organic wines from small producers with fewer than 20 hectares of land.

“I can promise you’ll try things you’ve never tasted before!”�

During our stay at Monti Prenestini, participants had the chance to get to know Matteo's small enoteca, sample some of his wines and enjoy plates prepared by him that went along smoothly with his recommendations for each type of wine.

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13/05/2024

The Akropolis challenge is first and foremost a signal. A testament to the potential of collective action when channelled towards a positive, edifying purpose. A reminder that all great human endeavours are born out of a common vision that is accompanied by clear goals and a specific techne.

The challenge is set in a landscape dotted with the remains of monumental works that have led to myths about cyclopes and is limited to the work that a coordinated group of people can achieve between sunrise and sunset. It is an ephemeral intervention which reminds us that solid, memorable futures are built through innumerable actions that happen in the present and are soon forgotten.

The Akropolis Challenge invites participants, local and foreign, to a day of familiarization with Monte Ginestro to collectively perform simple, tactical actions upon ancient traces on the landscape. To make these traces vivid, even if just for a while, with the hope that this creative act of care can catalyse longer term social rituals in between those that live the valley, and those that live the mountain.

This initiative is supported by the Comune di Castel San Pietro Romano, Museo Diffuso Castel San Pietro Romano and Landscape First.

Members will be collaborating to produce outputs such as:
1.An ephemeral intervention along the Sentiero Della Costa that operates at the intersection of tactical urbanism and land art.

Participate on June 29 on this challenge. For full details, visit www.liminalweb.com/akropolis .

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08/05/2024

Hannah Leung, a new Liminal Member, is currently a dual degree MCP x MSRED student at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Equipped with a background in economics and landscape architecture, she is eager to learn about climate finance and adaptation, with an interest in containment policies and nature-based solutions post-graduation.

She aspires to lead cross-disciplinary collaborations and elevate nature-based infrastructures to hold a similar value as anthropogenic development. For this reason, Hannah is currently working on her practicum project: Resilient Cities of Japan - Disseminating Risk Resilience from a Real Estate / Development Standpoint in Nagasaki. Faced with a shrinking population, cities in rural Japan have been challenged with brain drain while balancing an urgency for economic growth. Despite regulations, such as the National Location Optimization Plan (LOP), cities including Nagasaki have been struggling to implement effective policies to attract young professionals and shift communities out of high-risk regions (such as parcels with high susceptibility to landslides and steep slopes.)

Her research challenges top-down containment policies and intends to translate chronic risk into planning frameworks and the real estate market. Hannah is curious about how real estate and context-informed incentives could attract foreign investors and young professionals to revitalize urban centers. The research will culminate in a guidebook that would assist in long-term homeownership, and encourage public-private partnerships in Japan’s development sector.

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29/04/2024

The Narrating a Territory challenge is a service design and story-telling initiative oriented towards stimulating economic activities in Monti Prenestini with potential for long-term impact. The project follows the research done through Discover Monti Prenestini, and aims to further understand how the way we describe a territory can create new ways of engaging it. This is based on the premise that story-telling can create virtuous trajectories in line with stakeholder aspirations, particularly in places that suffer from depopulation and disinvestment. The challenge invites members to engage these issues in relation to concrete initiatives beginning to take place in the area.

This will be one of four challenges that deal with the creation of a slow mobility network in Monti Prenestini and Castelli Romani. Building off the documentary work performed during Reviving Trails, members will meet with local partners that are trying to facilitate new ways for people in the larger metropolitan area of Rome to engage existing agricultural and enogastronomic activities, environmental features and underappreciated heritage sites. It will employ service design methodologies to analyze the slow mobility project, imagine the user experience, test its viability at the scale of Monti Prenestini and draw out the service delivery process. The Challenge will conclude with a low-fi prototype of a key service feature that visualizes possibilities for the project partners from narrative and functional perspective.

This initiative is supported by GAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini, Legambiente Appia Sud il Riccio, Bikesquare and Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale.

Members will be collaborating to produce outputs such as:
1.Report containing the identified service strategy, project maps and narrative strategy for the slow mobility network
2.Low-fi prototype of a key service feature of the slow mobility network

Participate from November 4 until December 14 on this challenge. For full details, visit www.liminalweb.com/narrating-a-territory

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24/04/2024

Anna and Angelo Simeoni, alongside Anna’s mother Giuseppina, are three local stakeholders of Monti Prenestini that began their journey as the owners of Agriturismo La Manderà in 1998. Lured by the charm of Rocca di Cave and united by a mutual passion for horse breeding, they decided to leave the bustle of Rome behind for the tranquility of the countryside. By 2008, they had transformed the farm into the thriving agriturismo that stands today. They’ve chosen a life characterized by independence and a deep connection to nature. Whether it's a serendipitous encounter with wildlife or a peaceful afternoon gathering chestnuts, their farm provides an intimate experience with nature that stands apart from conventional jobs. They find joy in the smallest victories here: like a bountiful harvest, or the birth of a foal. They try to infuse their work with a healthy sense of humor, and hope their guests enjoy the rewarding aspects of farm life here at La Manderà. �

During our stay at Monti Prenestini, participants had the chance to take part of Giuseppina's activities in the field, like planting green beans, harvesting chestnuts, sowing eggplants and foraging mushrooms in the forest below Rocca di Cave.

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22/04/2024

The Finding consensus challenge, led by Liminal founding member Chiara Romano Bosch and Liminal champion Daniel Driscoll, is a participatory survey that involves local youth and Liminal members in community engagement and surveying practices through a learn-by-doing approach that seeks to understand community perceptions about changing climate dynamics and future-forward policymaking across communities in peri-urban, rural and hyper-peripheral contexts.

This initiative is supported by GAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini, Comune di Castel San Pietro Romano, Comune di Capranica Prenestina and Comune di Rocca di Cave.

Through a series of surveys, participants will uncover areas of consensus between the different parties involved and will be collaborating to produce outputs such as:

1.A detailed report outlining survey findings and impact evaluation (see Digital Paths sample report).
2.A participatory research initiative involving local volunteers and Liminal members in an international research context.

Participate from September 9 until September 27 on this challenge and spend 5 days on the ground! For full details, visit www.liminalweb.com/finding-consensus

Join our membership program and lets shape rural futures.

22/04/2024

The Finding consensus challenge, led by Liminal founding member Chiara Romano Bosch and Liminal champion Daniel Driscoll, is a participatory survey that involves local youth and Liminal members in community engagement and surveying practices through a learn-by-doing approach that seeks to understand community perceptions about changing climate dynamics and future-forward policymaking across communities in peri-urban, rural and hyper-peripheral contexts.

This initiative is supported by GAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini, Comune di Castel San Pietro Romano, Comune di Capranica Prenestina and Comune di Rocca di Cave.
�Through a series of surveys, participants will uncover areas of consensus between the different parties involved and will be collaborating to produce outputs such as:�1.A detailed report outlining survey findings and impact evaluation (see Digital Paths sample report).
2.A participatory research initiative involving local volunteers and Liminal members in an international research context.

Participate from September 9 until September 27 on this challenge and spend 5 days on the ground! For full details, visit www.liminalweb.com/finding-consensus

Join our membership program and lets shape rural futures. 🌿

17/04/2024

Our new Liminal member Gauri Bahuguna is a computational designer and researcher based in New York. Over the past four years, she has worked at the intersection of technology, human rights, and design. In her current position at SITU Research, Gauri renders complex human rights cases into coherent and cohesive evidence that is more accessible to broader audiences.
In an increasingly synthetic world, she takes pride in her capacity to harness large and disparate datasets, and crafting them into visually compelling research.

Recent projects she has contributed to include investigations into enforced disappearances in Mexico, the US-Mexico border industrial complex, and ISIL’s crimes against humanity in Iraq. Furthermore, Gauri has taught studios and computational electives in the architecture school at the Cooper Union School of Art, and has delivered lectures for seminars at esteemed institutions such as Carnegie Mellon, NYU, and The New School.

She is currently engaged in several personal projects aimed at expanding the scope and definition of architectural and spatial technologies. These projects take the form of written essays, video collages and mapping projects.A crucial aspect of this new conception involves appropriating new tools, often developed by the military (such as remote sensing and photogrammetry), to expose or seek accountability for state-sanctioned violence within the urban fabric. This violence encompasses a wide range of issues, from the most explicit manifestations of modern warfare and ‘domicide’ to slower, less visible forms of violence against the environment and longstanding inhabitants of a place.Her initial focus is on the contested territory of Kashmir, India, which serves as a unique case study where each aspect of violence is distinctly visible and mappable. She is employing testimony, poetry, and governmental archives to develop an interactive platform in Unity that consolidates all this information.

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