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Touristification in Florence and protests against it in Southern Europe

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Two events on one of the issues that are increasingly capturing the attention of citizens and giving rise to protests and local movements.

We will start on Thursday, April 9 (17:15–19:15) with a public meeting (in Italian), conceived as a moment of collective reflection on touristification and its social and urban impacts, focusing on the case of Florence.

On Friday, April 10 (9:30–18:00), we will continue with an academic workshop (in English) on protests and resistance to touristification and more broadly, to tourism-driven socio-spatial and political transformations. The discussion will bring together a range of cases from across Southern Europe and explore different forms of mobilization, from struggles against the spreading of platform-based short-term rentals to specific forms of tourism reserved for Israeli soldiers.

 

FInd all the informations and link for the event in English in the links above.

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