Fuori Programma In brief Title - Fuori Programma - Performing the 70s: memories of the Italian 'Years of Lead' Venue - Pleasance Theatre Organisers - Irene Ros and the Italian Society Book your free ticket on Eventbrite About the event Fuori Programma ('unscheduled' or 'off plan') is the first creative outcome of the PhD project “Performing Stragismo and Counter-spectacularisation: Italian right-wing Terrorism and Its Legacies”. Fuori Programma is a 10-minute moving image work that broadcasts the memories of a group of Italian women. The project encompasses the under-represented narratives of women who were young adults in the 1970s and who belong to the majority of the population, i.e. people who were not involved in Italian political violence. Separately interviewed, the women’s contributions are edited in a conversation that gives a visually entertaining and moving insight into an important chapter of Italian history from an often unheard perspective. Fuori Programma opens a conversation about the multi-faceted nature of history as an ensemble of ordinary people’s personal narratives. Furthermore, it challenges the idea of knowledge as an expert’s product, while recognising that memory is unreliable and easily influenced. About the project 'Performing Stragismo and Counter-spectacularisation: Italian right-wing Terrorism and Its Legacies' is a practice-based PhD project that explores the collective memory of Italian right-wing political violence (1969-1980) and its inter-generational transmission through online interviews with Italian women who were young adults at the time. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH). In the 1970s, Italy suffered the largest number of terrorist attacks in Europe. Due to the judicially-ascertained collisions with the secret services and with political personalities, the right-wing bombing attacks are known as ‘stragi di stato’ (state massacres) by a large slice of the population, but Italian collective memory is still ‘divided’ (Foot 2009). Drawing from interdisciplinary research between Italian studies and Theatre and Performance studies, it explores the models through which collective memory is elaborated, and the media and cultural products that helped the participants to make sense of that period of time. Encompassing under-represented narratives, the project interrogates the process of knowledge-making; at the same time, it asks how practice can ethically address memory gaps. How to attend This event is free and open to all, with tickets bookable through Eventbrite. Book now on Eventbrite Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures? Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality. Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about studying with us Related links Read more about Irene's research on her blog View Irene's staff profile May 24 2023 18.45 - 21.30 Fuori Programma Join us for a vintage multimedia documentary performance based on the memories of Italian women who lived through the 1970s in Italy. Pleasance Theatre 60 Pleasance Edinburgh EH8 9TJ Find the venue Book your free ticket on Eventbrite
Fuori Programma In brief Title - Fuori Programma - Performing the 70s: memories of the Italian 'Years of Lead' Venue - Pleasance Theatre Organisers - Irene Ros and the Italian Society Book your free ticket on Eventbrite About the event Fuori Programma ('unscheduled' or 'off plan') is the first creative outcome of the PhD project “Performing Stragismo and Counter-spectacularisation: Italian right-wing Terrorism and Its Legacies”. Fuori Programma is a 10-minute moving image work that broadcasts the memories of a group of Italian women. The project encompasses the under-represented narratives of women who were young adults in the 1970s and who belong to the majority of the population, i.e. people who were not involved in Italian political violence. Separately interviewed, the women’s contributions are edited in a conversation that gives a visually entertaining and moving insight into an important chapter of Italian history from an often unheard perspective. Fuori Programma opens a conversation about the multi-faceted nature of history as an ensemble of ordinary people’s personal narratives. Furthermore, it challenges the idea of knowledge as an expert’s product, while recognising that memory is unreliable and easily influenced. About the project 'Performing Stragismo and Counter-spectacularisation: Italian right-wing Terrorism and Its Legacies' is a practice-based PhD project that explores the collective memory of Italian right-wing political violence (1969-1980) and its inter-generational transmission through online interviews with Italian women who were young adults at the time. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH). In the 1970s, Italy suffered the largest number of terrorist attacks in Europe. Due to the judicially-ascertained collisions with the secret services and with political personalities, the right-wing bombing attacks are known as ‘stragi di stato’ (state massacres) by a large slice of the population, but Italian collective memory is still ‘divided’ (Foot 2009). Drawing from interdisciplinary research between Italian studies and Theatre and Performance studies, it explores the models through which collective memory is elaborated, and the media and cultural products that helped the participants to make sense of that period of time. Encompassing under-represented narratives, the project interrogates the process of knowledge-making; at the same time, it asks how practice can ethically address memory gaps. How to attend This event is free and open to all, with tickets bookable through Eventbrite. Book now on Eventbrite Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures? Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality. Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about studying with us Related links Read more about Irene's research on her blog View Irene's staff profile May 24 2023 18.45 - 21.30 Fuori Programma Join us for a vintage multimedia documentary performance based on the memories of Italian women who lived through the 1970s in Italy. Pleasance Theatre 60 Pleasance Edinburgh EH8 9TJ Find the venue Book your free ticket on Eventbrite
May 24 2023 18.45 - 21.30 Fuori Programma Join us for a vintage multimedia documentary performance based on the memories of Italian women who lived through the 1970s in Italy.
