Academy of Margins: An Experiment in Learning-with

Margins (geographical, topographical, as well as social), in opposition to centres, are spaces which are usually perceived as conservative, slow, un-creative and nostalgic. On the contrary, we like to intend them as places of radical openness (bell hooks), spaces particularly fertile with possibilities for change (Catriona Mortimer Sandilands), zones of unpredictability, at the edges of discursive stability (Anna Tsing). Margins, as well as peripheries, borders, edges, interstitial spaces and liminal zones are places of meetings, impacts and crossings, where ideas, life worlds, experiences and cultures collide and intermingle (from the Glossary of the Margins).

Contributions by: Aljaž Škrlep, Antônio Frederico Lasalvia, Antonio Sotgiu, Barbara Stimoli, Céline Mathieu, Edoardo Rizzo, Elena Braida, Elena Rucli, Eleonora Meoni, Emma Kaufmann-LaDuc, Eszter Némethi, Francesca Farris, Gabriele Serrau, Giulia Paradell, Hannah Segerkrantz, Irene Lunghi, Janja Šušnjar, Jean Ni, Jelena Radić, Lara Bongard, Laura Savina, Martina Negroni, Mathilde M. Cahill, Nada Rosa Schroer, Nina Blume, Ola Korbańska, Olga Kozmanidze, Olya Korsun, Pia Gerbec, Roberta Mansueto, Sara Maragotto, Sophie Mak-Schram, Thomas Lehn, Titta C. Raccagni, Tiziana Bertoncini, Vida Rucli, Yoichi Iwamoto.

Graphic design by Franca Lucchitta