CONFERENCE PROGRAM

MONDAY, 5 MAY | 2:30 – 6:30 pm
Off Campus San Siro, Gigante st. (in front of number 5)

2:00 pm
OFF CAMPUS SAN SIRO: AN URBAN LIVING LAB WITHIN A MULTICULTURAL PUBLIC HOUSING NEIGHBOURHOOD [language: English] 

welcome coffee

• Off Campus initiative: ten years of co-research 
  Francesca Cognetti, Alice Ranzini (DASTU Politecnico di Milano)
• Four universities and an urban living lab. Problematizing community engagement in a public housing neighbourhood in Milan 
  Paolo Grassi (Bicocca University), Alice Alessandri (DASTU Politecnico di Milano) 

4:30 pm
Visit to San Siro neighbourhood reflecting on housing practices and policies (speakers to be confirmed)

• Introduction to the context and its development scenario by Josephine Kitz and the CURAlab research team
• Guided tour A – Melissa Miedico, Lucia Ventura and Ludovica Oliva (Bocconi Legal Clinic) and Amina Oussaid, inhabitant and Community Leader
• Guided tour B – Stefano Pontiggia (CURAlab), Davide Micco (San Siro Neighbourhood Committee), Mustapha Rabbah and Akano Rotimi (inhabitants)

6:30 pm
Meeting with Spazio di Mutuo Soccorso (Mutual Aid Space)  
Discussion with the activists and light refreshments  

A dialogue with: Lucia Capanema Alvares (Universidade Federal Fluminense Rio de Janeiro), Carlo Cellamare (La Sapienza University of Rome), Ana Maria Fernandes (Universidade Federal da Bahia), Rossella Ferro (Columbia University), Kauan Fonseca Lunardon (Universidade Federal Fluminense Rio de Janeiro), Adriana Goni (University of Montevideo), Kenneth Reardon (UMass Boston), Cristiana Rossignolo (Politecnico di Torino), Humberto Tommasino (University of Montevideo) 

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TUESDAY, 6 MAY | 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Politecnico di Milano, aula Magna [auditorium]

9:30 am
Greetings and introduction [Language: Italian]
Welcome by Donatella Sciuto (Rector of Politecnico di Milano), Massimo Bricocoli(Head of DASTU Politecnico di Milano)

Introduction by Francesca Cognetti (DASTU Politecnico di Milano), Adriana Goni (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Panel 1 – POSITIONING. CO-RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION
Chairs: Carlo Cellamare (La Sapienza University of Rome) and Cristiana Rossignolo (Politecnico di Torino)

Lecture by Ana Fernandes, Universidade Federal da Bahia [language: Portuguese with Italian translation]
Ana Maria Fernandes is a full professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Federal University of Bahia, where she was director between 1999 and 2003. She hold a PhD (1985) in Aménagement et Environnement from the Université de Paris XII (Paris-Val-de-Marne) and completed a post-doctorate study at Columbia University (1996-1997) and at the École d’Architecture Paris Malaquais (2004). She is a National Research Council researcher coordinator of the research group “Lugar Comum” (Common Place). Her main areas of teaching and research are: History and Memory of the City and Urbanism; Production of the City, Public Spaces, Common Spaces; Politics and the Right to the City.

10.45-11:15 am
Discussion and questions

11:15 am – 1:00 pm
A dialogue on positioning [Language: Italian]

• Andare oltre il visibile e al di là un’idea di contemporaneo schiacciata nella simultaneità del presente per alimentare campi relazionali e ambienti interattivi. | Going beyond the visible and questioning the idea of the simultaneity of the present to nurture relational fields and interactive environments
  Lidia Decandia (University of Sassari)
• Finding our way: ricerca collaborativa in una prospettiva decoloniale | Finding our way: collaborative research within a decolonial perspective
  Giovanni Attili (La Sapienza University of Rome)
• Coproduzione di conoscenza, public engagement e cambiamento sociale nei quartieri marginalizzati: tre casi italiani a confronto | Knowledge co-production, public engagement and social change in marginalized neighborhoods: three Italian cases.
  Francesca Bragaglia (Politecnico di Torino), Stefano Simoncini (La Sapienza University of Rome), Stefano Pontiggia (DASTU Politecnico di Milano)

Discussants: Lucia Capanema Alvares (Universidade Federal Fluminense Rio de Janeiro), Rossella Ferro (Columbia University)

1.00 – 2:30 pm
Lunch

2:30 – 5:30 pm 
Panel 2 – TRAINING. BUILDING CAPACITIES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
Chairs: Giuseppe Scandurra (University of Ferrara) and Adriano Cancellieri (Bicocca University)

Lecture by Humberto Tommasino, Universidad de la República, Uruguay [language: Spanish with Italian translation]
Humberto Tommasino is mainly involved in the Extension Area, while coordinator of the Department of Social Sciences and coordinator of the Master’s Program in Rural Education and Extension. Tommasino was Pro-Rector of Extension at the University of the Republic (2006-2014) and President of the Latin American Union of University Extension (2007-2009), as well as an invited lecturer at conferences in various Latin American and Caribbean countries. He is an academic as well as an activist in popular education, following Paulo Freire tradition, and social movements agenda. However, he believes in the central role of the institutional building of Third Mission in Latin American universities. Therefore, he is the mentor of the concept of Integrality in higher education as well as in territorial work with participatory approaches.

3:15-3:45
Discussion and questions

3:45 – 5:30 pm
A dialogue on training capacities [Language: Italian]

• Promuovere reti di relazioni attraverso lo sviluppo di capacità research-based: conoscenze in azione per sfidare le visioni urbane escludenti e influenzare le politiche a Freetown | Fostering networks of relations through research-based capacity building: actionable knowledge to challenge exclusionary urban visions and influence policy in Freetown
  Andrea Rigon (DASTU Politecnico di Milano)
• Ricerca utile attraverso azioni collaborative nella Sicilia orientale: speranze e sfide del LabPEAT dell’Università di Catania | Helpful research through collaborative actions in Eastern Sicily: hopes and challenges faced by LabPEAT at the University of Catania
  Laura Sajia (University of Catania)
• Formare competenze supportando le comunità: il caso della Scuola di Architettura di Talca (Chile) | Building competencies while supporting communities: the case of the Talca School of Architecture (Chile)
  Felipe Miño (IUAV Venice)

Discussants: Luca Brignone (La Sapienza University of Rome), Sabina De Luca (Inequalities and Diversities Forum)

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WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY | 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
E.N. Rogers conference room, Building 11

9:30 am
Greetings and introduction 
Welcome by Valeria Fedeli (CRAFT DASTU Politecnico di Milano)

Introduction by Alice Ranzini (DASTU Politecnico di Milano)

10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Panel 3 – ACTING. URBAN LABORATORIES IN MARGINAL CONTEXTS
Chairs: Paolo Grassi (Bicocca University) and Elena Ostanel (IUAV Venice)

Lecture by Kenneth Reardon, UMass Boston [language: English with Italian translation]
Kenneth M. Reardon recently retired from the Department of Urban Planning and Community Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he engaged in research, teaching, and outreach focused on resident-led change, affordable housing policy, and community/university development partnerships. With the help of several of his colleagues, Ken launched The Boston Pipeline for Youth of Color in Urban Planning to address the persistent lack of diversity in the planning profession. He is the co-Director of The Davidoff Tapes Project, he is currently working on a joint biography of Paul and Linda Davidoff. Ken has served as director of the graduate program of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Memphis and as associate professor and chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at AAP (College of Architecture, Art, and Planning).

10:45 – 11:15 am
Discussion and questions

11:15 am – 1:00 pm
A dialogue between urban labs in different contexts [language: English]

• Collaboration between the University and the Grassroots in the Brazilian case
  Kauan Fonseca Lunardon, Lucia Capanema Alvares (Universidade Federal Fluminense Rio de Janeiro)
• Participatory approaches in Urban Planning with University Urban Laboratories in Montevideo
  Adriana Goni (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
• Reckless forays. Some methodological reflections from the Neighbourhood Labs experience in Rome
  Serena Olcuire, Francesco Montillo (LABSU, La Sapienza University of Rome)

Panel’s Discussants [English/Italian] to be confirmed: Sandro Balducci (DASTU, Politecnico di Milano/Fondazione Housing Sociale), Gaia Romani (Milan Municipality – to be confirmed), Alessia Pontoriero (Quarticciolo Ribelle, Rome), Erika Mattarella (Bagni Pubblici di via Agliè Torino)

1:00 pm
Visit to the exhibition by Laboratorio Carcere – Off Campus San Vittore
Dialogue with Andrea Di Franco, Marianna Frangipane and Gianfranco Orsenigo (DASTU Politecnico di Milano)

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MAY 26th, 2025 – Conference’s collateral event 
h. 2:30 pm DASTU Meeting room, second floor, Building 12

Armando Savignano (Università di Trieste) itroduces the book “Missione dell’università” by Josè Ortega y Gasset.
A dialogue with Carolina Pacchi (Politecnico di Milano), Gabriele Pasqui (Politecnico di Milano), Agostino Petrillo (Politecnico di Milano), and Cristiana Rossignolo (Politecnico di Torino).

Coordinator: Stefano Pontiggia (Politecnico di Milano)

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The Conference is organized in the framework of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project Urban co-production and inclusive planning in marginalised contexts. Are Living Labs and the University capable of enhancing the active citizenship of fragile inhabitants? 
Partners: Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, Università La Sapienza Roma (CUP: D53D230201200001)

The conference is supported by CRAFT – Competence Center for Fragile Territories (DASTU Politecnico di Milano) and the Off Campus programme

Conference’s Scientific officers: Francesca Cognetti, Alice Ranzini (DASTU Politecnico di Milano)

Scientific committee: Giovanni Attili (La Sapienza University of Rome), Francesca Bragaglia (Politecnico di Torino), Luca Brignone (La Sapienza University of Rome), Lucia Capanema Alvares (Universidade Federal Fluminense Rio de Janeiro), Carlo Cellamare (La Sapienza University of Rome), Lidia Decandia (University of Sassari), Adriana Goni (University of Montevideo), Rossella Ferro (Columbia University), Elena Pede (Politecnico di Torino), Stefano Pontiggia (Politecnico di Milano), Francesco Puletti (Politecnico di Torino), Antonio Raciti (UMass Boston/La Sapienza University of Rome), Cristiana Rossignolo (Politecnico di Torino), Stefano Simoncini (La Sapienza University of Rome).

CURALab Local organizing committee: Alice Alessandri (Politecnico di Milano), Francesca Cognetti (Politecnico di Milano), Rossella Ferro (Columbia University), Paolo Grassi (Bicocca University), Josephine Kitz (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Pontiggia (Politecnico di Milano),  Maria Elena Ponno (IUAV Venice), Alice Ranzini (Politecnico di Milano).