Audio tour Uncovering Italian Colonial Pasts: Florence
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Audio tour Summary
This self-guided tour will lead you to hidden traces of Italian colonialism in Florence. You might wonder which colonial traces one can observe here, in the city of Dante and Botticelli? This is precisely what you are going to discover! This tour is an invitation to look differently at the city. For a moment, we want you to dismiss the glossy medieval and Renaissance scenery of Florence. Instead, we will follow a less known narrative: the history of Italian colonialism and the way it has been remembered, or forgotten, in the public space.
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Texts: Daphné Budasz & Markus Wurzer
Revision and translation: Devorah Block & Serena Calaresu
Sound editor and designer: Massimo Del Gaudio
Voice: Chris Parson (EN) & Daniel Banks (IT)
With the help and support of BHMF (Black History Month Florence)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. - 1 Introduction: Italian colonial history and its traces
- 2 Piazza Adua
- 3 Obelisk in Piazza dell’Unita
- 4 Statue of Hercules in Piazza Ognissanti
- 5 Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology
- 6 Geographical Military Institute (via Cesare Battisti)
- 7 Antonio Baldissera’s Plaque
- 8 Conclusion: facing Italy’s silenced colonial past
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Audio tour Summary
This self-guided tour will lead you to hidden traces of Italian colonialism in Florence. You might wonder which colonial traces one can observe here, in the city of Dante and Botticelli? This is precisely what you are going to discover! This tour is an invitation to look differently at the city. For a moment, we want you to dismiss the glossy medieval and Renaissance scenery of Florence. Instead, we will follow a less known narrative: the history of Italian colonialism and the way it has been remembered, or forgotten, in the public space.
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Texts: Daphné Budasz & Markus Wurzer
Revision and translation: Devorah Block & Serena Calaresu
Sound editor and designer: Massimo Del Gaudio
Voice: Chris Parson (EN) & Daniel Banks (IT)
With the help and support of BHMF (Black History Month Florence)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Reviews
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11-05-2023
An important and interestingly presented narrative challenging the so often overlooked colonial past of Italy. Even as someone working in the field i was astonished to learn about the traces in the city itself. The audio and music were also quite well. If you're interested in history, especially of the 19th and 20th century, i can highly recommend this short but thoughtful audio tour.
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11-05-2023
Thanks for creating this informative tour! I enjoyed learning about Italy's past and present.
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