Ai margini delle mappe: appunti preliminari per uno studio sulla pluralità dell’isola di Alicudi. – L’articolo analizza l’insularità contemporanea di Alicudi, l’isola più occidentale dell’arcipelago eoliano, integrando prospettive geografiche, storiche e culturali. Viene evidenziato come le rappresentazioni esterne – in particolare quelle presenti nei resoconti di viaggio del XVIII e XIX secolo – abbiano contribuito a plasmarne l’immagine, spesso sovrastando le voci locali. Oggi l’identità di Alicudi si configura in un equilibrio tra tradizione e cambiamento, influenzata da trasformazioni demografi-che, dal turismo e da nuove narrazioni culturali, soprattutto quelle promosse da autrici contemporanee. Nel tentativo di descrivere l’“insularità reticolare” di Alicudi, lo studio ne definisce il ruolo di spazio al tempo stesso periferico e connesso, non solo all’interno dell’arcipelago, ma anche in un repertorio di immaginari si estende ben oltre i suoi confini geografici.

The Drift of Antonio Snider Pellegrini. Travels, Enterprises, Inventions

Covid-19, from Venice to Wuhan: a historical recognition and potential mutations of globalization. – The consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic follow an east-west direction (from Asia via Europe to the Americas) which matches the flow of Modernity. This work aims to assess how these events are resulting in a comeback of what we might envisage as modern measurable space in Geography, through a historical comparison with containment measures put in place in the 18th century by Venice, during the plague. Indeed, Venice may be considered an archetype of global powers dealing with risk management issues and struggling to harmonize public health policies with the „needs‟ of trade. After offering an overview of the most common containment measures put in place by the countries affected by Covid-19, we will see how some of the measures implemented by the Venetians are showing their effectiveness today, and we will assess the extent to which the space recovered in this process is likely to transform the idea of globalization as it was known up until very recently.

Abandonment, doubling, musealization: A Geography of the Grecanic Area from the 18^th century to today. – The Grecanic Area occupies the most remote strip of the Ionian coast in Calabria. Since the beginning of the contemporary age, it has undergone a deep and steady process of depopulation which has led the original villages to different destinies. In this article, we investigate the case of Pentedattilo, a small village which after a permanent abandonment is now moving along a path of musealization, and two cases of “doubling”: Bova-Bova Marina and Africo-Africo Nuovo. While the first case concerns two villages still extant and playing a significant role for the entire area, the latter is a case in which the ancient village has disappeared. These three cases give us a spectrum of types within which we can include most other villages in the area. Specific focuses are then dedicated to the development of communication routes; to the main aspect of the Area’s identity, the Greko language; and to its most prestigious economic production, the bergamot.