About
Michela Bassanelli is Ph.D. Candidate in Interior Architecture and Exhibition Design at DPA-Departement of Architectural Design, Politecnico di Milano. Graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano (2010) with a Thesis “Geografie dell’abbandono. Il caso della valle di Zeri”, dealing with the phenomena of rural villages abandonement in Tuscany and the study of possible strategies for revival and rehabilitation. The work was Awarded with Valle di Zeri First Prize as the best study on its territory for 2010.
She collaborates with the professor Gennaro Postiglione on the research project about “Italian Borghi dismission” (to develop an understanding useful to elaborate strategies for possible re-active-actions) and “War archaeologies”, a research on war remains both in urban contexts and cultural landscapes developed within the framework of PRIN 2008 – ‘The intervention in archaeological areas for activities related to museums and cultural communication’ (National Coordinator prof. Marco Vaudetti) performed by the MIB Group at Politecnico di Milano (coordinated by prof. Luca Basso Peressut).
Selected publications:
Bassanelli, Michela, and Gennaro Postiglione. 2011. The Atlantikwall as Military Arcaeological Landscape. Siracusa: Letteraventidue
Bassanelli, Michela, and Gennaro Postiglione. 2011. “Conflict Archaeological Landscape. ‘Carso 2014+’ as a case study.” Paper presented at the international conference “Museum and Difficult Heritage”, Helsinki, 16-18 June 2011.
Bassanelli, Michela. 2010. “Geografie dell’abbandono. Il caso della Valle di Zeri.” Thesis, Politecnico di Milano. http:// http://www.lablog.org.uk/2010/05/25/borgi-sostenibili-la-valle-di-zeri/#more-2882 (mentioned on Abitare web , http://www.abitare.it/featured/italie-da-abitare)
Bassanelli, Michela. 2010. “Geografie dell’abbandono. Il caso della valle di Zeri.” Abitare web. http://www.abitare.it/it/paesaggio/geografie-dell’abbandono/
contact: michela.bassanelli@gmail.com