the first European festival on creativity

2018 Programme

Event #35

Gabriele Lolli, Marco Licalzi

Tales from the Tower of Babel

The Lord mixed up their languages and scattered the people of Babel across the planet, yet their tower has never been deserted. It is inhabited by a community that speaks a variety of dialects, but whose members are capable of understanding all of them. To the eyes of others, these people possess a universal language and make stock of knowledge that remains true forever. It is an open community that anyone can join, but there is no preferred path of access. Its components live throughout the globe, they are fluent in the same symbolism and tackle the same issues. They meet every four years in a different city. In ancient Greece, they were called “those who are inclined to learn”. We know them as “mathematicians”.

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Gabriele Lolli

Gabriele Lolli has taught Mathematical Logic in various institutions, including the University of Turin, and was professor of Philosophy of Mathematics at the Normale University in Pisa. His most recent studies have regarded the birth of set theory in the 19th century and of mathematical logic in the early 20th century. He curated the Italian edition of Gödel and Turing’s works. His latest book is Matematica come narrazione (il Mulino, 2018).

Licalzi

Marco LiCalzi has a PhD in Decision Sciences from Stanford University. He is a full professor of Mathematical Methods in Economics at the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and has been visiting professor in France, Great Britain, Switzerland and the US. Since 2000 he has been contributing to the public understanding of science, and he is the author of La matematica dell’incertezza, published by Il Mulino (2016).


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Event #1

Andrea Riccardi

Community or the eclipse of Us

Event #2

Jan Brokken, Massimo Cirri

Jungle Rudy – the loner and the community

Event #4

Olivia Sellerio

Olivia Sellerio sings Montalbano

Event #6

Serena Dandini, Michela Murgia

The community of valiant women

Event #8

Ian Goldin

Our new Renaissance

Event #9

Federico Condello

School, community, justice

Event #10

Cristiano Galbiati

The Argonauts in pursuit of dark matter

Event #12

Giuseppe Festa

On a journey with wolves

Event #14

Franco Farinelli

Space, modernity, community 

Event #15

Massimiliano Valerii

What are today’s myths?

Event #16

Stefano Allievi

Immigration: changing everything

Event #17

Mario Cucinella

Architecture as a political action and an instrument for territories’ revitalization 

 

Event #18

Esther Perel

Betraying a relationship: reasons for unfaithfulness 

Event #19

Antonio Forcellino

The Renaissance emporium – the heart of the artistic community. 

 

Event #20

Kamila Shamsie

In the name of love 

Event #22

Hervé Barmasse

My life between zero and 8000

Event #23

Alessandro Barbero

World War I
May 24th: Italy enters the War

Event #25

Angélique Del Rey

Against competition

Event #26

Alessandro Barbero

World War I: Caporetto 

Event #28

Roberto Esposito

Back to community? 

Event #29

Daniele Zovi

The wood as a community: cooperation and interdependence among plants

Event #32

Dino Pedreschi

Virtual communities: how Big Data reflects society 

Event #33

Anna Foa

From community to citizenship: European Jews facing modernity 

Event #34

Matteo Nucci, Davide Livornese

The community of theatre

Event #35

Gabriele Lolli, Marco Licalzi

Tales from the Tower of Babel

Event #36

Mimmo Cuticchio

Duelling marionettes 

Event #38

Maddalena Crippa

The Widow Merry. Café chantant

Event #39

Alessandro Barbero

World War One. From the battles of the Piave River to Vittorio Veneto.

Event #43Children / Kids

Luca Boscardin

Profession… toy designer!

Event #49Children / Kids

Fausto Gilberti

This family is a circus!

Event #50Children / Kids

Dino Ticli

Horrible plants and animals

Event #52Children / Kids

Claudia Corrent, Luca Quinzani

On a piece of paper the sun turns… blue!

Event #55Children / Kids

Giuseppe Festa

Opening our senses to Nature

Event #56Children / Kids

Sara Donati

Illuminating portraits

Event #58Children / Kids

Edu-clap

Magic sandbox. Playing with augmented reality

Event #59Children / Kids

Caterina Giannotti, Maria Pia Montagna

Writing is a game if you know the rules!

Event #60didatticaMente

Elena Corniglia

Accessible books for an inclusive community

Event #63didatticaMente

Claudia Corrent

Nature's footprints: experiments in blue 

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