Andrea Bagnato, Danae Io & Joyce Joumaa: 'Terra Infecta' [Book launch & talk]

Join us for a special conversation between Andrea Bagnato, Joyce Joumaa, and Danae Io, to celebrate the release of Bagnato's latest book Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape.

Terra Infecta is a counterhistory of the urban and rural landscapes of Italy. It charts the disappearance of the Venetian wetlands, urban renewal and displacement in Naples and Matera, and protocols of containment in Milan. It is at once a critique of modern hygiene, and a collection of revelatory moments of community, healing, and resistance.

Free to attend. 

Thursday 19 March 
18:00-20:00 

Sans Serriffe 
Sint Annenstraat 30
1012 HE Amsterdam
Netherlands

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. Ranging from Italian unification to the aftershocks of Covid-19, and drawing on architectural records, medical history, and the author’s own travels, Terra Infecta reveals the lived realities of grand schemes, traces of vanished communities, and forgotten histories of collective organisation and resistance.

Can't make it? Order a copy here.