DAFF Design, Art, Food and Fashiion

A TEACHING EXPERIENCE THROUGH ITALY’S EXCELLENCES AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES

DAFF Design, Art, Food and Fashion

A TEACHING EXPERIENCE THROUGH ITALY’S EXCELLENCES AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Description

DAFF is an interdisciplinary program about innovative approaches which integrate creativity with the principles of sustainability, with the aim to combine the preservation of the cultural and natural capital of communities with the economic competitiveness of territories in the global market.

The program consists of lectures, hands-on experiences and field trips. It is mainly based in Milan metropolitan area but specific activities - designed also in collaboration with other entities located in other urban/rural areas in Italy – will take place also out of Milan and in other regions of Italy. Milan is known as the capital of Fashion and Design, a place where creativity and industrial development met and made the city famous worldwide but interestingly enough the city, located in middle of the fertile Pianura Padana, is also the second agricultural municipality in Italy and a leader in the agri-food industry.

The Milan Charter, which was signed during EXPO2015, set out the principles and objectives for World challenges in terms of healthy lifestyles and safe food production, environmental sustainability and social justice. Milan is certainly a complex and dynamic city, since decades cradle of avant-garde movements and considered the industrial, economic and financial engine of the country. Nowadays, it is strongly committed to developing pathways of sustainable urban and rural development in collaboration with research institutions, local organizations and citizens.

Indeed, in the last decades, the city has gone through dramatic changes which have been driven also by relevant regeneration processes encompassing entire areas and production activities.

The program is articulated into two main module (each of two weeks) that will provide an extraordinary opportunity for students to have a direct experience of the complexity of the actors at play and the implications and challenges for territories and communities of contemporary societies.

Contents Covered

1st Module 15 Jul - 26 Jul 2019

• Made In Italy business model and the future of production (focus on: design, art, food, fashion)
• Cities competitiveness in a global world
• Strategies of urban regeneration: smart and attractive territories
• Industrial heritage as a catalyst of urban regeneration
• Creative districts: opportunities and drawbacks
• Governing urban transformations: capacity building and participatory approaches

The program includes also visits to:

• Milan large-scale regeneration projects
• Como Lake & Como silk district (1 Day)
• Piedmont Region: Turin, Cittadellarte Pistoletto Foundation http://www.cittadellarte.it/en/ (3 days)
• Wine and food degustation in slow food presidia

2nd Module 29 Jul - 9 Aug 2019

• Governing local development in peri-urban and rural areas
• Rural tourism and multifunctionality in agriculture
• Rural design and bio-based economy potential for innovative and sustainable Value Chains
• Towards a critical rurality: landscape as archive
• Natural capital and cultural heritage as catalysts of territorial regeneration
• Art and community-led regeneration processes

The program will provide Visits to:

• Milan Agricultural Park, historical villas and farmhouses
• Land art, environmental art and art-led regeneration experiences
• Campania region: Caserta Royal Palace and San Leucio Royal Colony (UNESCO world heritage sites), Matese National Park, Sannio Falanghina european wine city (5 Days)
• Wine and food degustation in Slow Food Presidia

Program Coordinators

• Anzoise Valentina

Location

Milan and other locations in north Italy; Campania region

Accomodation info

Accommodation along with most of travel and living expences are not included in the tuition fee.

If you have been selected to the summer school program to request a quote on accommodation in one of the facilities you can send an email to [email protected] For groups of students (more than 10) please contact directly [email protected]

Application Deadline

7 May 2019

Prerequisites:

BA Degree

Requested documents to be uploaded in the application form

CV, ID card or passport.

Target Audience

We welcome students from different disciplines: sociology, anthropology, geography, urban planning, urban design, and architecture, as well as practitioners and policy-makers. We shall be glad to consider any other background deemed for the program as reflected from the CV of the students.

For further information, Contact:

[email protected]