In this visual essay, the collective Cave Aqua/m presents some issues related to the travertine quarries in the province of Rome and seeks to narrate the rebirth of these places, first exploited and then abandoned. Which ecosystems have reinhabited the abandoned quarries? What are the sonic geographies of this landscape? How can exhaustion be resisted? When do living or nonliving things become waste? How can wounds be repaired? What is the future of this territory?
Aqua/m, C., De Lillis, D. (2025). Tales of Emerging Waters: Tracing Extractivism in Tivoli (Rome, Italy) through Environmental Humanities. RESISTANCE, 11(2-3), 204-231 [10.1353/res.2024.a953853].
Tales of Emerging Waters: Tracing Extractivism in Tivoli (Rome, Italy) through Environmental Humanities
De Lillis, Davide
2025-01-01
Abstract
In this visual essay, the collective Cave Aqua/m presents some issues related to the travertine quarries in the province of Rome and seeks to narrate the rebirth of these places, first exploited and then abandoned. Which ecosystems have reinhabited the abandoned quarries? What are the sonic geographies of this landscape? How can exhaustion be resisted? When do living or nonliving things become waste? How can wounds be repaired? What is the future of this territory?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
