Discussion & dissemination

The Antigone workshops and seminars

Ist “ANTIGONE Project – Workshop”,25 March 2021, University of Genoa, Via Balbi 5, Genoa.Archaeology of Sharing Practices. The material evidence of mountain marginalisation in Europe (18^th-21^st c.)

II “ANTIGONE Project – Workshop”, 7 – 8 April 2022, Lago and Foresta delle Lame (Borzonasca, GE)Archaeology of Sharing Practices, South-Western Europe case studies (18^th-21^st c.)

III “ANTIGONE Project – Workshop”, 16-17 March 2023 Oratorio Ns. di Montallegro, Canepa Inferiore (Sori-GE) and Case Becco (Recroso, Lumarzo GE).Comparing periodisations.From environmental resources management practices to local social configurations

October 2022-May 2023 Meeting series “Gli spazi dell’Archeologia Rurale”, Museo Diffuso della Cultura Contadina, Velva (GE)

IV ANTIGONE project – Workshop, 17-18 April 2024, Genova Via Balbi 2 – Aula Magna, “Archaeology of Sharing Practice. Matters of Ownership and the Social Construction of Space

Scientific dissemination

Invited papers and invited participation to round tables

2025

28th-30th april 2025 Jose Maria Martín Civantos – Olivier Deroche – lahcen Kabiri – Jimmy Meersman – Anna Maria Stagno. Adapter la gestion au contexte actuel et local : limites et perspectives. Symposium Traditional irrigation heritage and the challenges of water and irrigation systems in the Mediterranean area.

31st March 2025 – Paciotti Y. Poster: “Hydraulic and rural archaeology in a Southern Europe mountain landscape. Resource management between the 18th and 21st centuries”. SRV Poster Session, Genoa, 31 March 2025

2024

8 january 2024 – Brenu N. Title:”La memoria delle mucche di Llo : le traccie materiali di una distanza antropologica”. XXX ciclo del Seminario Permanente di Storia Locale (2023-2024). “Trasmissione e circolazione di saperi: la costruzione storica delle pratiche locali” (University of Genoa, 8 january 2024

22nd March 2024 – Paciotti Y.  Poster: “Hydraulic and rural archaeology in a Southern Europe mountain landscape. Resource management between the 18th and 21st centuries”. SRV Poster Session, University of Genoa, Albergo dei Poveri, 22nd March 2024.

18th April 2024 – Paciotti Y. Title: “Sierra Nevada: between abandonment and continuity”. Session: 4 Abandonment as a process. Conference: 4th Antigone Workshop “The archaeology of sharing practices. Matters of ownership and the social construction of space.” (University of Genoa, Genoa, 17th – 19th April 2024)

22nd May 2024 – Menéndez-Blanco A., Santeramo R., Ghislandi S., Molinari C., Menozzi B. I., Stagno A. M., Paciotti Y., Title: “Aproximaciones interdisciplinares en la arqueología de los recursos ambientales: experiencias investigadoras en las montañas del suroeste europeo” Session: Seminario 5 – Aportes transdisciplinares al conocimiento histórico ambiental desde la arqueología. Conference: IV Congreso de la Red Universitaria Española de Historia Ambiental – RUED(H)A. (Granada, Spain, 22nd 24th May 2024)

11st June 2024 – Paciotti Y., Stagno A. M., Martín Civantos J. M. Title: “Mountain routes. A landscape study of the Sierra Nevada”. Session 7: Computational Approaches in Landscape Archaeology: Exploring Human-Environment Dynamics and Settlement Patterns from Prehistory to Recent Times. Conference: LAC 2024 – Landscape Archaeology Conference Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain) 10-14th June 2024 “Human challenges in a context of changing landscapes”

6th June 2024 – Paciotti Y. Poster: “Hydraulic and rural archaeology in a Southern Europe mountain landscape. Resource management between the 18th and 21st centuries”. (In)Vulnerabilia Festival, Genoa, 06 June 2024

31st August 2024 – Paciotti Y., Stagno A. M. Title: “Abandonment of a rural landscape. The case of Sierra Nevada (Granada, Spain)”. Session 1184 Archaeology against rural abandonment: rethinking medieval and post-medieval rural settlement in the light of the challenges of the 21st century. Theme: 7. Archaeology of Sustainability through World Crises, Climate Change and War. Conference: 30th EAA Annual Meeting (Rome, Italy 28 – 31 August 2024)

2023

12th october 2023 – Stagno, Anna Maria; Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés; Santeramo, Riccardo: “Zalduondo mendiak: Arkeologia eta historia / Los montes de Zalduondo: Arqueología e historia”. Zalduondo (Álava).

2022

13th -14th October 2022 – Stagno A. M. Title Paper: “Mountain landscape and settlements between seasonality and local practices: an archaeological perspective to the social occupation of the space. Case studies from Southern Europe”. Conference: « Les paysans de montagne aux époques médiévale et moderne ». Pau (France).

27th May 2022 – Stagno A. M. Title Paper: “La dimensione sociale del paesaggio: risorse ambientali e usi collettivi tra passato, presente e futuro”. Round Table: “Su quali strategie/elementi/risorse è necessario puntare per valorizzare i territori rurali e le comunità che li custodiscono?”. 

2021

23rd August 2021 – Stagno A. M. Round Table: “Heritage and decoloniality: global exchanges and conversations”. Event: GenEx Fund 2020/21 Geneva/Exeter Collaborative Research Seed Grants

“Pathways towards collaborative approaches to indigenous and minority cultural heritage and landscape sustainability”.

26th May 2021 – Stagno A. M. Title Presentation: “Terre collettive, pratiche e saperi locali: una prospettiva archeologica alla dimensione sociale del paesaggio”. Workshop: “Montagne e Archeologie. Corso di alta formazione in Scienze archeologiche” Trento (Italy)

19th April 2021 – Stagno A. M. Title Paper: “Carbonaie e altri oggetti ‘puntiformi’ del paesaggio: tra attività produttive, diritti di accesso e patrimonio fragile”. Conference: “Montanari di ieri e di oggi”. (San Potito Sannitico, Italy. 19th-21st April 2021).

13th April 2021 – Stagno A. M. Title Paper: “Studying the past to contribute to the future: local naturalistic knowledge, practices and landscapes”. Conference: “European Robotics Forum 2021, euRobotics”. Session virtual Room 5 “Robotics and AI for rural development”. 13^th-15^th April 2021, Virtual event.

26th February 2021 – Stagno A. M. Round Table: “Sfide e opportunità delle politiche europee per la neutralità climatica”. Event: “Giornata di studi dedicata alla Presentazione del corso Jean Monnet ‘EVA Environmental Valuation and Accounting’”. Università di Genova, Genoa (Italy).

2020

12th November 2020 – Stagno A. M. Title Paper: “From sharing practices to marginalisation: the (almost forgotten) social dimension of European mountains (XVIII-XXI sec.)” Conference: II Workshop “Arqueología de los comunales. Gestión, derecho de propiedad y gobernanza”, organized by Llabor, University of Oviedo. (Oviedo, Spain, 12th-13th November 2020).

Invited talks in educational summer schools, courses, seminars

2022

18^th and 31^stMay 2022 – Course: “Scuola della Terra E. Sereni” Villa Duchessa di Galliera, Voltri, Genoa (Italy) Title lessons: Stagno A. M., “Storia e archeologia dei paesaggi agrari e rurali della Liguria”;  Stagno A. M., Panetta A., “Paesaggi rurali storici, demani collettivi, patrimonializzazione: prospettive e possibilità”. (https://www.associazioneterra.it/scuola-diffusa-della-terra-emilio-sereni/)

10^th May 2022 – Stagno A. M. Seminar “Causeries GEODE – CNRS Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès”. Title Presentation: “The social dimension of the landscape and the mountain modernisation. Case studies from southern Europe (18^th-21^st c.)”.

10^th March 2022 – Stagno A. M. Activity:European Landscapes Fieldcourse to the Val di Vara, University of Nottingham on line. Title: “Fragmented heritage: an archaeological perspective to the inner social dimension of the landscape”.

2021

28^th August 2021 – Stagno A. M. Title Presentation: “Local naturalistic knowledge and scientific knowledge. What about archaeology”. Session: 7 “Savoirs savants et savoirs partagés : la question des ressources naturelles”. School:  “9^e école d’été d’histoire économique. Circulation des savoirs et dynamiques économiques aux époques médiévale et moderne. Mobilité des hommes, transferts techniques et enjeux territoriaux” (Susa, Italy. 26^th-28^th August 2021).

13^th May 2021 – Stagno A. M. Title Presentation: “Archeologia delle terre collettive: pratiche, saperi naturalistici, locali e conflitti”. Seminar (online): “Seminari del Mappa Lab”. Università di Pisa, Pisa (Italy).

Organised conferences, workshops and sessions, included project workshops

2025

23-24 January 2025 -Molinari C., Menozzi B.I., Stagno A.M. Dinamiche storiche del paesaggio boschivo nell’Appennino Ligure orientale: un approccio multidisciplinare“. Conference: Culture e politiche del bosco in Italia dal Medioevo all’Età Contemporanea Dipartimento di Studi Storici dell’Università di Torino (Italia)

2024

18th may 2024 – Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés: “Changes and continuities in the post-medieval rural landscapes of the northern Iberian Peninsula. A summary of three years of archaeological research”. 4th Antigone Workshop. The archaeology of sharing practices. Matters of ownership and the social construction of space. Genova (Italia). Institución organizadora: Università di Genova

17 april 2024 – Brenu N. Title:”From milk to electricity: a history of community ownership in a Pyrenean village”. Session 1: To argue perchance to share: spaces and resources as contested objects. Conference: 4th Antigone Workshop “The archaeology of sharing practices. Matters of ownership and the social construction of space.” (University of Genoa, Genoa, 17th – 19th April 2024)

2022

23^rdSeptember 2022 – Cristina G. (Organiser). Panel: “Tra rurale e industriale. Forme d’uso e gestione delle risorse ambientali per la produzione (secoli XVIII-XX)”. Conference: “La Storia ambientale in Italia: metodi e percorsi di ricerca” (Catania, Italy, 22^nd-24^th September 2022)

2^ndSeptember 2022 – Stagno A. M., Quirós Castillo J. A. (Organisers), Session 323 “Microhistory and Social Archaeology in Western Europe”. Conference: “28th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)” (Budapest, Hungary, 31^st August-3^rdSeptember 2022); A. Panetta, T. Casimiro (organisers),Session 223 “Winds of Change? Post‐medieval and Historical Archaeology in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean”

7-8^thApril 2022 – Event: “2^nd  Antigone Project Workshop. Archaeology pf Sharing Practices: South-Western Europe Case Studies (18th-21st C.)”, Locanda Lago delle Lame (Rezzoaglio, Genoa, Italy): 7^th April 2022 – Fieldwork in case study area (in collaboration with IRIS project); 8^th April 2022 Sessions and round table Session 1 “Hidden dialogues and practices” (Chair: M. Fernández Mier):  Cristina G. Presentation: “Institution and commons: the case of the Parzonería de Entzia”; Bizzarri G. Presentation: “Access rights and shared resources at Monte Fasce (Genoa, Italy)”; Attolini D. Title: “Deciphering local practices: multiple uses and the statistical enquiry ‘Consegne dei boschi e selve’ (1822)”; Session 2 “Oral memory, history and archaeology” (Chair: L. Queirolo Palmas); Tejerizo García C. Title: “Tackling modernity through oral history: common lands, wolfram mining and guerrilla warfare in Casaio (Galicia, Spain)”; Beltrametti G. Title: “Interdisciplinary explorations of environmental history. The Karst between anthropology and history (19^th-20^th c.)”; Francesco Orlandi Barbano (University of Exeter), “Unpacking “indigenous” heritage through archaeological ethnography and counter-mapping in the south-central Andes (Tiwanaku, Bolivia and Calchaquí Valleys, Argentina)”; Session 3 “Present landscape, past clues: fieldworks” (Chair: M. Fernández Mier): Menéndez Blanco A. Title: “Sharing resources in the mountain of northern Spain. First results from archaeological surveys in Alava and Asturias”; Sánchez García A., Panetta A. Title: “Sharing water resources and spaces: first fieldworks in Sierra Nevada”; Menozzi B. I., Rellini I., Santeramo R. Title: “Archaeology sites and practices: methodological questions from sites of Eastern Ligurian Appennines”.; Round table: “Archaeology of sharing practices: methods and approaches” (Chair: E. Svensson, Contribution A. M. Stagno, M.-C. Bal, C. Rendu, M. Fernández Mier)

2021

8^th-9^th September 2021 – Conference: “27^th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)”, Kiel (Germany), virtual”. Sessions 277-279 “Living in the mountains: settlement strategies from the beginning of the Holocene to Modern Times in Southern Europe. Parts 1 & 2”. Theme 5 “Assembling archaeological theory and the archaeological sciences”. Organisers: Alliot P., Stagno A. M., Olesti O., Gassiot Ballbè E., Portillo M.

25^th March 2021 – Event: “I Antigone Project Research meeting”,  Aula Cabella, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa (Italy): Stagno A. M. Presentation: “Archaeology of sharing practices:  the material evidence of mountain marginalisation in Europe (18^th– 21^st c. AD). Investigations in S-W Europe: Research framework and methods”; WP1 – Hidden dialogues and practices: Bizzarri G. Presentation: “Settlements, building materials and social relationships: historical-archaeological investigation at Monte Fasce (18^th-21^st c.)”; Sánchez García A. Presentation: “Cartographic and photographic sources for the investigation of the changes in environmental resources management and abandonment processes. Case study (Sierra Nevada, Spain)”.  WP2 – Present landscape, past clues: Attolini D. Presentation: “Limits and potentialities of high resolution analyses for the reconstruction of environmental resources management practices: Archaeobotany at Perlezzi (Ligurian Apennines)”; Menéndez Blanco A. Presentation: “From landscape archaeology to environmental archaeology: proposals for the investigation of the common-lands in Cantabric mountains (Spain)”. WP5 – Comparisons: Beltrametti G. Presentation: “Approcci interdisciplinary alla gestione collettiva delle risorse ambientali: il progetto MSCA-CAR ‘OCHER’ – Owners of a Common Heritage. Commons, Environment and Rights in European Mountains (18^th-20^th century)”; Tigrino V. Presentation: “Il comune senso dei commons. Comunità e comunaglie in Liguria tra Sette e Ottocento / The common sense of commons. Communities and common-lands (18^th-19^th c.)”.

Presented papers to international conference

2025

28-30 April 2025  Anna Maria Stagno, José Abellán Santisteban:  “La dimension sociale de l’eau: entre droits d’acces aux ressources et pratiques historiques de gestion environnementale. Cas d’études du sud de l’Europe.” Symposium Traditional irrigation heritage and the challenges of water and irrigation systems in the Mediterranean area.

10 april 2025 – Brenu N. Title: “Par-delà environnement et architecture : les ouvrages hydrauliques de Cerdagne (XIXe-XXe siècle)”. Conference:  “Faire l’histoire de l’architecture au prisme des questions environnementales et décoloniales” (Institut d’études avancées, Paris, 9-11 april 2025)

24 february 2025 – Brenu N. Title: “Commons e possesso: l’ambiguità giurisdizionale delle risorse idriche in Cerdagna (XIX-XX sec.)”. XXXI Seminario permanente di storia locale (2024-2025). “Giurisdizione, possesso e proprietà nella prospettiva della storia ambientale” (University of Genoa)

In program: 

 12nd April 2025 – Paciotti Y. Title:“Changes in landscape management in the Sierra Nevada”. Conference: Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress 2025 (Lisbon, Portugal, 10 – 12 April 2025)

September 2025: Paciotti Y. Title: “The Memory of the Landscape: Recostructing the past through fieldwork and documents in Sierra Nevada.” Conference: Seventh Biennial Conference of the European Rural History Organisation. (Coimbra, Portugal, 9 – 12 September 2025).

September 2025: (Paciotti Y., Abellan Santisteban J., Ghislandi S., Molinari C., Stagno A. M.,  Martín Civantos J. M. Title: “Traces of land use in a Changing Landscape: The case of the Sierra Nevada”. Theme: 7 Climate Change in the Past and Present. Session 10: Archaeology & Sustainability: past lessons for future adaptations to climate and environmental change. Conference:  31st EAA Annual Meeting
(Belgrade, Serbia, 3 – 6 September 2025) virtual.

2024

10th-11th october 2024 Anna Maria Stagno, Ylenia Paciotti, Giulia Bizzarri,  José María Martín Civantos and José Abellán Santisteban “Jurisdictional Conflicts as a Form of Sharing-Practice: Water and Conduits between Cerdanya and Sierra Nevada (XVIII-XXI c.).” Ripam 10.5 & EMUNI Conference 2024: Ancient Hydrologic Systems and Water Management in the Mediterranean Region

10th-11th october 2024  Anna Maria Stagno, Alessandro Panetta, Caterina Piu, Laura Moro, and Sara Piras, “Water, Mills, and Channels: Between Rural Archaeology and History. Case Studies from the Western Ligurian Apennines (17th-21st c.).”Ripam 10.5 & EMUNI Conference 2024: Ancient Hydrologic Systems and Water Management in the Mediterranean Region

03th-04th october 2024 -Molinari C., Menozzi B.I., Stagno A.M. Historical dynamics of past local land-use practices in two case studies from the Ligurian Apennines, north-western Italy: a multidisciplinary approach“. Workshop :DiverseK PAGES (Data-Driven Decisions – enhancing mountain ecosystem management through the integration of long-term data)  l’Alpine Research Centre (Obergurgl, Austria).

12th june 2024 – Stagno, Anna Maria; Piu, Caterina; Bizzarri, Giulia; Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés; Frangioni, Giorgia; García Casas, David; Narbarte, Josu; Rendu, Christine; Repetto, Adele: “Mountain landscapes and settlements between seasonality, homing practices and animal farming: an archaeological perspective to the social construction of the space. Case studies from Southern Europe (16th-21st c.)”. Landscape Archaeology Conference – LAC 2024. Alcalá de Henares (España), . Institución organizadora: Universidad de Alcalá

27th-31th may 2024 – Molinari C., Menozzi B.I., Stagno A.M. Multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing past local land-use practices: Case studies from Ligurian Apennines, northwestern”. Conference: XI IOPC (International Organisation of Paleobotany Conference) Praga (Repubblica Ceca).

22th may 2024 – Paciotti, Ylenia; Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés; Santeramo, Riccardo; Ghislandi, Sabina; Molinari, Chiara; Menozzi, Bruna; Maria Stagno, Anna (2024): “Aproximaciones interdisciplinares en la arqueología de los recursos ambientales: experiencias investigadoras en las montañas del suroeste europeo”. IV Congreso de la Red Universitaria Española de Historia Ambiental. Transiciones socio-ambientales. Pensando pasados y accionando futuros posibles. Granada (España),. Institución organizadora: Red Universitaria Española de Historia Ambiental.

22 february 2024 – Brenu N., Gadenne-Rosfelder C., Mandard L. Title:”Paysannerie défunte et histoire orale : un problème d’anachronisme ? Séminaire d’histoire environnementale du RUCHE, Réseau Universitaire de Chercheurs et Chercheuses en Histoire Environnementale. (Virtual event, 22 february 2024)

30 january 2024– Brenu N. Title: “Paysages de l’abandon : présentation de recherches en cours menées au LASA”. Seminar: Temps scientifiques du CRENAU (ENSA Nantes, 30 january 2024)

2023

22 novembre 2023 – Brenu N. Title: “Croisement des sources, pluridisciplinarité et longue durée dans l’appréhension et la critique de paysage”. Conference: États généraux de la critique de projets d’espaces publics, Réseau Critique et projet de paysage. (Ecole de la nature et du paysage de Blois, 21-22 novembre 2023).

8th september 2023 – Stagno, Anna Maria; Bizzarri, Giulia; Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés; Molinari, Chiara; Panetta, Alessandro; Pescini, Valentina; Piu, Caterina; Santeramo, Riccardo: “Charcoal roads: environmental resources in south European mountains between 19th and 20th centuries”. The Ruralia XV Conference. Farmers’ trade and markets. Social and economic interaction in the medieval and early modern European countryside. Fredrikstad (Noruega). . Institución organizadora: European Association of Medieval and Post-Medieval Rural.

30th august 2023 – Ghislandi, Sabina; Rellini, Ivano; Panetta, Alessandro; Piu, Caterina; Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés; Stagno, Anna Maria: “Field evidence and geoarchaeological investigations of terraces in Vernazza catchment, Cinque Terre (Liguria, North Italy): from multiple uses to abandonment”. 29th EAA Annual Meeting. Belfast (Reino Unido). Institución organizadora: European Association of Archaeologists.

14th-20th july 2023 – Molinari C., Menozzi B.I., Stagno A.M. Title paper “Pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) as a tool to reconstruct local land uses practices during the Medieval and post-Medieval periods: case studies from the Ligurian Appenines, North-Western Italy“. Conference:  XXI INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research),  l’Università La Sapienza di Roma (Italia).

17th march 2023 – Bizzarri, Giulia; Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés: “Case studies: Cerdagne”. III ANTIGONE Project Workshop: Detecting changes & comparing periodisations. From environmental resources management practices to local social configurations. Canepa Inferiore (Liguria, Italia). . Institución organizadora: Università di Genova.

2022

28th September-2ndOctober 2022 – Stagno A. M., “La materialità del possesso. Dall’archeologia delle terre collettive all’archeologia delle pratiche di condivisione delle risorse ambientali”. Conference: “9^th National Congress of Medieval Archaeology” (Alghero, Italy).

23rd September 2022 – Panel: “Tra rurale e industriale. Forme d’uso e gestione delle risorse ambientali per la produzione (secoli XVIII-XX)”, Cristina G. (Organiser). Conference: “La Storia ambientale in Italia: metodi e percorsi di ricerca” (Catania, Italy, 22^nd-24^th September 2022): Cristina G. Title: “Il bosco e il ferro. Risorse boschive e conflitti socio-istituzionali nella montagna di Álava (Paesi Baschi, secoli XVIII-XX)”; Panetta A. Title: “Gli spazi della manifatturiera e dell’industria locale nell’Appenino ligure tra Ottocento e Novecento. Una prospettiva archeologica”.

22nd September 2022 – A. M. Stagno Title: “La dimensione sociale del paesaggio e la ‘modernizzazione’ della montagna (Appennino Ligure, XVIII-XXI secolo)”. Panel: “Per una storia ambientale della montagna”. Conference: “La Storia ambientale in Italia: metodi e percorsi di ricerca” (Catania, Italy, 22^nd-24^th September 2022).

13th-17th September 2022 – Conference: “Das 19. und 20. Jahrhundert im Fokus der Historischen Archäologie – The Historical Archaeology of the 19^th and 20th centuries, International Conference of the Austrian Society for Medieval Archaeology 2022” (Linz, Austria, 13^th-17^th September 2022): M. Milanese, A. M. Stagno Title: “The Archaeology of the contemporary past and rural archaeology: debates around 19th and 21st c. and current state of Italian post-medieval archaeology”; Panetta A. Title: “The other side of industrialization. Mountain production in the last two centuries”; G. Bizzarri Title: “Between material traces and documentary sources: studies on the redefinition of rural spaces in late 19th century Eastern Liguria”.

31st August – 3rd September 2022, Conference: “28th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)” (Budapest, Hungary). 2nd September 2022Session 323 “Microhistory and Social Archaeology in Western Europe” (J.A. Castillo, A. M. Stagno org.) Cristina G., Tejerizo García C., Menéndez-Blanco A. Title: “Unveiling local power through microhistory: a multidisciplinary and comparative analysis of the common lands in Northern Iberia (18th-19th centuries)”; Panetta A., Casimiro T. Title: “Microhistory and Historical Archaeology. Toward a Micro-historical archaeology?”;Session 134 “In the Margins of the Fabric: Towards a Social Archaeology of Industrial Impact in the Modern and Contemporary Eras” (C. Tejerizo García, A. M. Stagno, E. Svensson org.): Panetta A., Cristina G. Title: “Historical archaeology of industrialisation in the mountains. The spaces of production in the Ligurian Apennines (Italy, 19th-20th centuries)”; Bizzarri G. Title: “A question of choice: observing shifts in building materials at the Monte Fasce upland settlements between 19th and 20th centuries”. 1st September 2022 – Session 223 “Winds of Change? Post‐medieval and Historical Archaeology in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean” (A. Panetta, T. Casimiro org.), Stagno A. M., Panetta A., Attolini D., Bizzarri G., Cristina G., Menéndez Blanco A., Menozzi B. I., Piu C., Santeramo R., Molinari C. Title: “Common-lands, practices and local knowledge: an archaeological perspective to the inner social dimension of landscape. Case studies from Southern Europe”; Panetta A., Cristina G., Stagno A. M. Title: “Post-medieval archaeology, Historical archaeology, Mediterranean, Modernity, Industrialization, Archaeology of modern age”; Bizzarri G. Title: “To share or to divide? Defining spaces at the upland settlement of Colanesi (Genova, Italy) between 19th and 20th centuries”.  2nd September 2022 – Santeramo R., Menozzi B. I., Rendu C., Moneta V., Molinari C., Stagno A. M., Bizzarri G. Title: “Environmental resources management and commons: critical considerations on the first results of archaeobotanical investigations at Port de Rouet (Llo, France)”. Session 358: “Can You See Me? Putting the ‘Human’ back into ‘Human‐Plant Interactions’ [ARCHWILD]”. Conference: “28th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)” (Budapest, Hungary, 31st August – 3rd September 2022).

17th June 2022 – Stagno A. M., Menozzi B. I., Santeramo R., Montanari C., Bizzarri G., Attolini D., Molinari C., Panetta A., Rellini I., Title: “From on-site to off-site and viceversa: Land use, landscape change and common-lands at the ‘Montagna di Fascia’ (Genova, Ligurian Apennines)”. Session “Combining onsite- and offsite data for a better understanding of the history of land use and landscape change 2”. Conference: “19th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP 2022)” (České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 13th-17th June 2022).

13th-17th June 2022 – Attolini D., Montanari C., Stagno A. M., Title: “Looking for historical rural practices through pollen and archaeological data: the case of Perlezzi, Ligurian Apennines (N-Italy)”. Poster. Conference: “19th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP 2022)” (České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 13th-17th June 2022)

8th April 2022 – Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés: Sharing resources in the mountains of northern Spain. First results from archaeological surveys in Álava and Asturias. II ANTIGONE Project – Workshop. Lago delle Lame (Italia), . Institución organizadora: Università degli Studi di Genova.

2021

19th November 2021 – Beltrametti G., Tigrino V., Stagno A. M. Title: “Andamento carsico: gestione ambientale, trasformazioni economiche e discontinuità delle istituzioni collettive locali (Slovenia-Liguria, XVIII-XXI s.)” Session III. Conference: “27° Riunione Scientifica Patrimonio e Identità negli assetti fondiari collettivi alla luce dei cambiamenti climatici e alla vulnerabilità degli insediamenti rurali”. (University of Trento, Trento, Italy, 18th-19th November 2021).

14th September 2021 – Stagno A. M., Bizzarri G. Title: “Landscape, building materials and urban spaces: first results from the study of Monte Fasce settlements, Liguria, Italy 17th-21st centuries”. Panel 2 “Temporary Households”. Conference: “The Ruralia XIV Conference ‘Household goods in the European Medieval and Early modern countryside’ (Viseu, Portugal, 13th-19th September 2021).

6th-11th September 2021 – Conference: “27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)”, Kiel (Germany), virtual: 7th September 2021 – Session 179 “The Geoarchaeology and Sustainability of Cultivation terraces and lynchets in Europe”. Theme 1 “Widening horizons through human-environment interconnections”: Stagno A. M., Panetta A. Title: “Investigating rural changes: terraces as archaeological evidences and heritage monuments. Case studies for Ligurian Apennines”;  9th September 2021 – Session 509 “Preserving the ‘Living Heritage’ of abandoned lands. Archaeology and sustainable practices to protect and conserve upland landscapes”. Theme 1 “Widening horizons through human-environment interconnections”: Sánchez García A., Stagno A. M., Martín Civantos J. A. Title: “Rural heritage and landscapes of Sierra Nevada: Historical irrigation systems and pastoral landscapes from an archaeological perspective (18th-21st c.)”; 9th September 2021 – Session 279 “Living in the mountains: settlement strategies from the beginning of the Holocene to Modern Times in Southern Europe. Part 2”. Theme 5 “Assembling archaeological theory and the archaeological sciences”: Attolini D., Montanari C., Stagno A. M. Title: “Biostratigraphic analysis for the history and chronology of environmental resources management. New results from Ligurian Apennines (Borzonasca, Genova, N-Italy)”; Stagno A. M., Narbarte J., Portillo M., Santeramo R., Tejerizo García C., Title: “Jurisdiction, local societies and practices. A methodological perspective on the archaeology of commons in the Basque Country”; 9th September 2021 – Session 373 “Social interaction in heritage environments”. Theme 6 “Material culture studies and societies”: Bizzarri G. Title: “The archaeology of the post-medieval rural house: challenges and applications for for a cultural heritage in the making”; 11th September 2021 – Session 375 “Archaeology, Language and Landscape”. Theme 1 Widening horizons through human-environment interconnections”: Menéndez Blanco A., Fernández Fernández J. Title: “The material and symbolic construction of village territoriality in Northwestern Iberia”.

28th August 2021 – Bizzarri G.  Title: Investigating environmental resources management and seasonality: a historical-archaeological study of abandoned settlements on Monte Fasce, Genova (Italy)”. Session: 7 “Savoirs savants et savoirs partagés : la question des ressources naturelles”. Summer School:  “9e école d’été d’histoire économique. Circulation des savoirs et dynamiques économiques aux époques médiévale et moderne. Mobilité des hommes, transferts techniques et enjeux territoriaux” (Susa, Italy. 26th-28th August 2021).

28th May 2021 – Cevasco R., Menozzi B. I., Molinari C., Montanari C., Moreno D., Panetta A., Pescini V., Stagno A. M. Title: “Exploring historical ecology through environmental archaeology sources: summer pastures in NE Ligurian Apennines (Italy)”. Session 4 “Methods and tools in historical ecology”. Conference: “Historical Ecology for the future. International Conference in Historical Ecology (IEF 2021)”. On-line, 25th-28th May 2021.

Papers and Publications

Peer review papers in collective volumes

• Molinari Chiara, together with Bruna Ilde Menozzi, Carlo Montanari, Nick Branch and Anna Maria Stagno, published the article “Multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing past local land-use practices: Two case studies from the Ligurian Apennines, north-western Italy” in the scientific journal “The Holocene”. The article was published online the 25^th of February 2025.
• M. Stagno (in prep), “La materialità del possesso. Dall’archeologia delle terre collettive all’archeologia delle pratiche di condivisione delle risorse ambientali”, in M. Milanese (ed.), IX Congresso Nazionale di Archeologia Medievale, Firenze, in press.
• Nathan Brenu. Paysannerie défunte et histoire orale : un problème d’anachronisme ?. Séminaire permanent d’histoire environnementale, RUCHE (Réseau Universitaire de Chercheurs et Chercheuses en Histoire Environnementale), Feb 2024.
• Nathan Brenu, Présentation du projet ERC ANTIGONE, Café CRENAU, ENSA Nantes, 30 janvier 2024
• Maria Stagno, Anna; Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés (2024): “Montes de Utilidad Pública de Álava: prospección y sondeos para toma de muestras en la Parzonería de Entzia y montes de Zalduondo”. Arkeoikuska 2023. Bilbao: Gobierno Vasco / Eusko Jaurlaritza.
• Stagno, Anna Maria; Bizzarri, Giulia; Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés; Tacca, Matteo (en revisión, 2024): “Paysages et établissements de montagne entre saisonnalité et pratiques locales : une perspective locale de la construction sociale de l’espace. Études de cas en Europe du Sud”. Flaran, 42?. Presses universitaires du Midi.
• Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés (2023): “Montes de Utilidad Pública de Álava: sondeos y toma de muestras en la Parzonería de Entzia, Zalduondo y Alkoitza”. Arkeoikuska 2022. Bilbao: Gobierno Vasco / Eusko Jaurlaritza.
• Menéndez-Blanco, Andrés (2023): “Montes de Utilidad Pública de Álava: prospecciones en la Parzonería de Entzia, Zalduondo y Alkoitza”. Arkeoikuska 2021. Bilbao: Gobierno Vasco / Eusko Jaurlaritza. 195-202.
• M. Stagno, Cristina G., Panetta A. (in prep), “From sharing practices to marginalisation: the (almost forgetten) social dimension of European mountains (XVIII-XXI c.)”, in M. Fernández Mier, A. M. Stagno, P. López Gómez (eds.), Archaeology of commons. Management, property right and governance, Oxford, forthcoming.
• M. Stagno (forthcoming), “Terre collettive, pratiche e saperi locali: una prospettiva archeologica alla dimensione sociale del paesaggio”, in D. Angelucci, E. Croce, M. Migliavacca, F. Saggioro (eds.), Montagne e Archeologie, Trento, forthcoming.
• Stagno A. M., Menéndez-Blanco A. (in press), “Montes de Utilidad Pública de Álava: prospecciones en la Parzonería de Entzia, Zalduondo y Alkoitza”, in Arkeoikuska 2021. Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpen Zerbitzu Nagusia, Vitoria-Gasteiz, forthcoming.
• Vaccarezza C., Piu C., Stagno A. M. (in press), “Castagneti e noccioleti terrazzati della Valle Sturla: modelli storici di gestione locale”, in R. Cevasco and R. Hearn (eds.), Localising foodways, in press.
• Stagno A. M., “A multidisciplinary approach to the relationship between seasonal settlements and multiple uses: case studies from southern Europe (15th-21st centuries)”, in P. Dixon, C. Theune (eds.), Seasonal settlement in the Medieval and early Modern countryside, Sidestone Press, 2021, pp. 57-68.
• Stagno A. M., “Tra archeologia e storia: parole, approcci e metodi di studio del paesaggio e degli spazi rurali”, in F. Fabiani, G. Gattiglia (eds.), Paesaggi rurali in trasformazione. Contesti e dinamiche dell’insediamento letti alla luce della fonte archeologica, 2021, Oxford, pp. 69-84.
• In prep:
• Jurisdictional conflicts as a form of sharing practices: water and canals between Cerdagne and Sierra Nevada (18^th – 21^st c.)Anna Maria Stagno, José Abellán Santisteban, Giulia Bizzarri, Nathan Brenu, Alessandro Panetta, Ylenia Paciotti, Matteo Tacca

Papers in scientific journals

• Stagno, A. M., Menéndez Blanco A., Panetta A. (in press), “Prácticas, jurisdicción y posesión. De la arquelogía de los comunales a las prácticas de gestión compartida de los recursos”, «Treballs d’arqueologia», in press.
• Molinari C., Menozzi B. I., Montanari C., Branch N., & Stagno A. M. (2025). Multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing past local land-use practices: Two case studies from the Ligurian Apennines, north-western Italy. The Holocene, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836251320326.
• Beltrametti G., Cevasco R., Stagno A. M., Tigrino V., 2022. “The ambiguous nature of the commons shifting meanings between archives and field evidences (upper Trebbia valley, Liguria, 19th-21st centuries)”, «Quaderni Storici» 168 / a. LVI, n. 3, 2021, pp. 724-770.
• Stagno A. M., Tejerizo García C., “La materialidad de lo común: apuntes para una aproximación arqueológica a los comunales en el sur de Europa”, in I. Martín Viso (dir.), Espaces communaux, identités et domination sociale dans l’Europe du sud, «Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez». Nouvelle série, 51 (2), 2021, pp. 147-178.
• Stagno A. M., Narbarte J., Tejerizo García C., “The social dimension of commons between practices and jurisdiction. Case studies from southern Europe (17th-21st c.)”, «Postclassical Archaeologies» 11 (2021), pp. 81-110.
• Cristina G., “Villaggi rurali e montani in Calabria tra fascismo e dopoguerra (anni ’20-anni ’60 del XX secolo)”, «Città e Storia», 1-2/2020 (2021), pp. 7-36.

Proceedings

• Bizzarri G., Stagno A. M. (forthcoming), “Exploring the ‘extended’ household? Historical landscapes, material culture and building materials at the Monte Fasce settlements, Liguria, Italy (17th-21st c.)”, in C. Tente and C. Theune (eds.), Household goods in the European Medieval and Early Modern countryside, forthcoming.
• Stagno A. M., Piu C., Bizzarri G. (forthcoming), “Carbonaie e altri oggetti ‘puntiformi’ del paesaggio: tra attività produttive, diritti di accesso e patrimonio fragile. Casi di studio dall’Appennino ligure orientale”, in A. Frisetti (a cura di), Montanari di ieri e di oggi, in press.

Monographs and edited volumes

• Fernández Mier M., Stagno A. M. and López Gómez P. (eds.) (forthcoming), Archaeology of commons. Management, property right and governance, Oxford, forthcoming.

Public dissemination

27th may 2022  Anna M. Stagno Event: “Transumare Festival – Design Comunità e Aree Rurali. Sinergie e Prospettive”. Aula San Salvatore, Genoa (Italy).

Invited participation to workshops, conferences and roundtables

2022

9th July 2022 – Stagno A. M. Round Table: “Ruoli e strategie delle aree rurali interne per un futuro sostenibile”. Event “Tera Sora. Risorse e buone pratiche delle aree interne: un modello di mappatura delle potenzialità e criticità per la valorizzazione sostenibile del patrimonio territoriale”. Palazzo Spinola, Rocchetta Ligure (Italy).
2021

13th November 2021 – Stagno A. M. Title: “La dimensione sociale del paesaggio: risorse ambientali e usi collettivi tra passato, presente e futuro”. Conference: “Montagna e città”. Organised by Association “Un altro Appennino è possibile” (Teatro Testoni, Porretta Terme, Italy).

29th-30th May 2021 – Event: “Rural Commons Festival. Beni Comuni fra ieri, oggi e domani. Tappa Vallagarina” organised by Cristina Dalla Torre, Bianca Elzenbaumer, Sara Favargiotti and Maddalena Ferretti in collaboration with University of Trento (Ex Cava Manica, Rovereto, Italy).

5th February 2021 – Stagno A. M. Round Table (invited): “Recovery plan: La Liguria che si rinnova e si riscopre. Dalla città dei 15 minuti al rilancio della strategia delle aree interne. Capitolo terzo. Viaggio intorno al piano nazionale di ripresa e resilienza”. Association “Controvento Liguria”.

https://www.facebook.com/ControVentoLiguria/photos/a.1050450238458011/1694414097394952/

2020

5th June 2020 – Stagno A. M. Round Table: “Riabitare i borghi”, organised by “Piazza Levante”, Chiavari, Italy.

20th February 2020 – Stagno A. M. Presentation: “ANTIGONE Archaeology of sharing practices:  the material evidence of mountain marginalisation in Europe  (18th- 21st c. AD)”. Event: “Dialogo sulla ricerca europea a Genova e in Liguria”, organised by “Centro InEuropa. Centro di iniziativa europea” (Genoa, Italy).

Public fieldworks and conferences on research results

10th-11st September 2021 – Conference and Field visit with the local community of Zalduondo in the investigated sites of the Antigone project, in collaboration with Municipality of Zalduondo (Basque Country, Spain). Title: “Commons of  Zalduondo between historical and archaeological heritage”.

4th July 2021 –  Event: Ecological Day “Ecologia sulla Montagna di Fascia”, scenic walk, “Gestione Risorse ambientali” stage, organised by Genoa Municipality, Proloco Apparizione, Amiu. (Monte Fasce, Genoa, Italy).

28th February 2021 – Event: Excursion day “Le ville storiche di Apparizione” organised by “Pro loco Apparizione” and “AppaTrekking” (Monte Fasce, Genoa, Italy).

October 2022-May 2023Meeting series “Gli spazi dell’Archeologia Rurale”, Museo Diffuso della Cultura Contadina, Velva (GE)

Press releases, television, internet and other media coverage

Online and printed newspapers articles and interviews

– 29th August 2021 – “El peregrino al que tentó la moura de Armenande”, interview with Andrés Menéndez-Blanco by P. A. Marín Estrada on the local history of the study area in Asturias, in «El Comercio». (https://www.elcomercio.es/sociedad/peregrino-tento-moura-armenande-20220107123430-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F).

– 1th August 2021 – “Santo Miyao, un pueblo que se engancha al corazón”, article by A. Paz Paredes about a village in the Antigone’s study area of Asturia, in «La Nueva España». (https://www.lne.es/verano/2021/08/01/pueblo-engancha-corazon-55746064.html).

– 12th July 2021  – “Allande, referencia europea de despoblación. Una campaña de excavaciones arqueológicas pone de manifiesto la similitud del abandono agrario en la montaña en varios países”, article by D. Álvarez about Antigone’s results of the first campaign in Asturias, in «La Nueva España» (https://www.lne.es/occidente/2021/07/12/allande-referencia-europea-despoblacion-54918517.html)

– 28th June 2021 – “El monte de Allande, en clave arqueológica. Una campaña dirigida por la Universidad de Génova estudiará los cambios sociales en los campesinos de la montaña en el siglo XVIII”, article  about Antigone’s activities in Asturias by D. Álvarez, in «La Nueva España» (https://www.lne.es/occidente/2021/06/28/monte-allande-clave-arqueologica-54392089.html)

– 21st November 2020 – “Abbandono della Montagna in Europa, un declino che parte da molto lontano”, interview to A. M. Stagno by P. Pastorelli, in «Il Secolo XIX».

– 11th October 2020 – “Borzonasca: studio universitario su Perlezzi”, article by M. Massa about Antigone’s activities on Ligurian Apennines, in «Levante News. La voce del Tigullio». (https://www.levantenews.it/2019/10/11/borzonasca-studio-universitario-su-perlezzi/)

– 25th September 2019 – “A UniGe l’unico ERC italiano in storia e archeologia: ad aggiudicarselo Anna Maria Stagno”, post about Antigone project being awarded an ERC Starting Grant, in «UniGe.Life». (https://life.unige.it/unige-lunico-erc-italiano-storia-e-archeologia-ad-aggiudicarselo-anna-maria-stagno)

– 3rd September 2019 – “Erc starting grant: c’è un’archeologa dell’Unige tra i 37 italiani a ottenere l’ambito contributo per iniziare la ricerca”, article about Antigone project being awarded an ERC Starting Grant, in «Genova24». (https://www.genova24.it/2019/09/erc-starting-grant-ce-unarcheologa-dellunige-tra-i-37-italiani-a-ottenere-lambito-contributo-per-iniziare-la-ricerca-222178/).

Radio and Television coverage

– 23th January 2022 – News item on Asturian public television with an interview with Andrés Menéndez Blanco on the use of remote sensing techniques in archaeology (https://www.rtpa.es/noticias-asturias:Las-investigaciones-arqueologicas-mediante-teledeteccion-dan-cada-vez-mas-resultados_111642941877.html?fbclid=IwAR2M9JGIIl4axAOMg2zYvVTD8kh0BDsmy1gJ0eZmXhYgwGIEI1Gpy8x23YY).

– 28th September 2021 – Interview with Andrés Menéndez-Blanco on National Spanish radio «Onda Cero Cangas» about the objectives and work of Antigone in Asturias.

(https://www.ondacero.es/emisoras/asturias/cangasnarcea/mas-uno-cangas-narcea-28092021_202109286152ff976cca8700017fc80f.html).

– 30th June 2021 – News on the public television of Asturias («Televisión del Principado de Asturias») interview with Anna Maria Stagno and Andrés Menéndez-Blanco about Antigone’s activities.

– 18th November 2019 – Report by Valentina Gregori about Antigone project aired on the programme «TG Leonardo» (from minute 12.00. Rai3, Italian public television).

(https://www.rainews.it/tgr/rubriche/leonardo/index.html?/tgr/video/2019/11/ContentItem-a5306296-f911-46c7-8f30-d1bc4432a2f5.html).

– 11th October 2019 – Report by Valentina Gregori about Antigone project aired on the programme «Buongiorno Regione» (from minute 12.40. Rai3, Italian public television).

(https://www.rainews.it/tgr/liguria/notiziari/index.html?/tgr/video/2019/10/ContentItem-cfa16994-f469-4c1c-9646-75cd7841e282.html).

Internet and Social Media

– 21st February 2020 – Video-interview to Anna Maria Stagno, PI of Antigone project, made by the Representative Office of the European Commission in Milan and published on Youtube’s University of Genova channel.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2IfgzpgTZ8&ab_channel=Universit%C3%A0diGenova)

– Webpage of the Antigone Project in the Cordis Portal. (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/853539?fbclid=IwAR1g6FrBcvJYyPlpdHrNoISu1lOpsvKm5TNTiTY1esDkyKRixD4E7mnlHsA)

– Facebook page of the Antigone Project

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Non-scientific publications

2020

– Stagno A. M., “Ricerca europea e archeologia alleate contro l’abbandono delle montagne europee”, in «Orizzonte Europa. Ricerca, Nuovi modelli di Sviluppo», In Europa, XIX-1-2020, pp. 27-31.

– Stagno A. M., “Il dibattito sul verde di ‘Piazza Levante’. La dimensione sociale del paesaggio tra passato e futuro”, in «Piazza Levante», 24th September 2020. (https://www.piazzalevante.it/2020/09/24/il-dibattito-sul-verde-di-piazza-levante-la-dimensione-sociale-del-paesaggio-tra-passato-presente-e-futuro/).