• 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
Mayor of Reggio Emilia and President of ANCI
Intro
Curator of TedXReggioEmilia
Explanations
from 11.30a.m to 1.30p.m
What do we mean when we talk about the crisis Story of a philosophical concept
Marx 2.0 Things the philosopher from Treviri can still teach us today, from right and wrong predictions
Anatomy of a crisis How finance has gained the upper hand on economics
Why class struggle never ends (V) Rich richer, poor poorer: the persistence of class struggle
Reactions
from 2.30p.m to 4.00p.m
Fighting and winning in the “Kingdom of OP” A mother, a child and a paediatric oncology ward
"The factory is closing? We’ll take it over!”The bottom-up success of Ceramica GresLab
A lesson of resilience How to recover following a trauma
After Dachau, you’re not freighted of anything Lessons in life from someone who was there
When an earthquake gives you stability Our company shook, but didn’t break
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
Honest advertising is possible How to bleach the soul of commerce
Athens, Capannori and the direct democracy The virtuous town where the citizens have their say. About everything.
Eating very little to live very long (V) When (caloric) poverty becomes an advantage
Revolutionaries from the garden Green areas in the city: instructions of use
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
Our brain in love The chemistry of love and that of separation
If death teaches us how to live (V) Being aware of the end fills our days with light
Money, sex and democracy. Satirical solutions for exiting the crisis
“Love is no good” Love songs with no sweeteners

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