Date and time: June 9th 2021, 11 am – 13.30 pm CEST Geographical Focus: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey. Context: Water scarcity is an increasing problem in our world. WhileContinue reading “United Nations Food System Summit Dialogue: Why We Need Water Ethics”
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Panel Politecnico di Milano | Agricoltura e Allevamenti Sostenibili: Un’Utopia?
Patterns in Art is coming out soon!
The long wait is (almost) over, Patterns in Art is coming out soon! In November, Abbeville Press will publish our book in the US. We have spent over a year observing paintings from four centuries of art history, searching for apparently secondary details – such as tiles, fabrics, tablecloths, and other ornaments. We have extractedContinue reading “Patterns in Art is coming out soon!”
Is it necessary for a science communicator to be a philosophical realist?
This essay, written for my Masters in Science Communication at Imperial College, explores to which extent certain philosophical stances affect the work of a science communicator. https://www.academia.edu/30008960/Is_it_necessary_for_a_science_communicator_to_be_a_philosophical_realist
An essay on the short documentary Ten Meter Tower
In this essay, written for the Documentary Theory module of my Masters in Science Communication, I review the short documentary Ten Meter Tower, asking whether it succeeds in its goal of displaying some universal trait of human behaviour. https://www.academia.edu/31665349/An_essay_on_the_short_documentary_Ten_Meter_Tower
Italian “Fertility Day” brings us back to the fifties and dramatically fails in its purpose: a semiotic analysis
On the 22nd September 2016, Beatrice Lorenzin, Italy’s Health Minister, launched the first Italian “Fertility Day” campaign, to fight the fertility decrease in the country. However, the sexist, offensive and old-fashioned ideologies of the campaign resulted in its failure. In this essay written for my Masters in Science Communication at Imperial College London, I examinedContinue reading “Italian “Fertility Day” brings us back to the fifties and dramatically fails in its purpose: a semiotic analysis”
Iron
Originally published on I, Science Magazine, Summer issue 2017. I’m frightened by iron, and it’s my grandma’s fault. I never enjoyed visiting her until I was grown up. Each time I went to her house, I knew I would leave again full of doubts and angst. I knew that she would question every choice IContinue reading “Iron”
Clouded judgment
Originally published on I, Science Magazine. Photo credits: Kalyani Lodhia On the morning of 6 December, 1952, Mrs Huntington opened her bedroom window, lazily meandered through to the kitchen, and started to prepare her usual bowl of porridge. It was a particularly cold December and she could feel that the damp, freezing air was makingContinue reading “Clouded judgment”
Plausibility
Originally published on I, Science Magazine (Winter issue 2016) I had always thought about misery as something you find under the sea. A small, unattainable pebble. It would take years of swimming in the deepest water to find it. In order to unearth such a misery, you need to look for it – I usedContinue reading “Plausibility”
Silvia Lazzaris 