• The word “crisis” has now become the key word of our lives. Financial, emotional, political, existential and various other genres. But crises are also opportunities for change. As our speakers will demonstrate widely.

  • The word “crisis” has now become the key word of our lives. Financial, emotional, political, existential and various other genres. But crises are also opportunities for change. As our speakers will demonstrate widely.

A big thank-you to the speakers, the public, the sponsors and the team.

Program 2012

Welcome
GRAZIANO DELRIO
Mayor of Reggio Emilia and President of ANCI
Intro
Riccardo Staglianò
Curator of TedXReggioEmilia
Explanations
from 11.30a.m to 1.30p.m
Carlo Colloca
What do we mean when we talk about the crisis Story of a philosophical concept
Diego Fusaro
Marx 2.0 Things the philosopher from Treviri can still teach us today, from right and wrong predictions
Andrea Baranes
Anatomy of a crisis How finance has gained the upper hand on economics
Luciano Gallino
Why class struggle never ends (V) Rich richer, poor poorer: the persistence of class struggle
Reactions
from 2.30p.m to 4.00p.m
Paola Natalicchio
Fighting and winning in the “Kingdom of OP” A mother, a child and a paediatric oncology ward
Luca Bellei
"The factory is closing? We’ll take it over!”The bottom-up success of Ceramica GresLab
Elena Malaguti
A lesson of resilience How to recover following a trauma
Riccardo Goruppi
After Dachau, you’re not freighted of anything Lessons in life from someone who was there
Marco Casumaro
When an earthquake gives you stability Our company shook, but didn’t break
Wainer Molteni
Discovering you have nothing. How everyone can become a drop-out and how some pick themselves up
Changes
from 4.45p.m to 6.15p.m
Giuseppe Mazza
Honest advertising is possible How to bleach the soul of commerce
Luca Menesini
Athens, Capannori and the direct democracy The virtuous town where the citizens have their say. About everything.
Valter Longo
Eating very little to live very long (V) When (caloric) poverty becomes an advantage
Laura Gioia
Revolutionaries from the garden Green areas in the city: instructions of use
Giorgio Gaber
Giotto da Bondone (V) The end of Byzantine art and the beginning of the blue skies
Emotions
from 6.30p.m to 8.00p.m
Grazia Attili
Our brain in love The chemistry of love and that of separation
Zygmunt Bauman
If death teaches us how to live (V) Being aware of the end fills our days with light
Saverio Raimondo
Money, sex and democracy. Satirical solutions for exiting the crisis
Dente
“Love is no good” Love songs with no sweeteners

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