WALKING (THE) TRAJECTORIES: VENICE AS A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE? is a series of free itinerant conversations, taking intimate groups of “talking walkers” through the Venetian lagoon. Organized by the Ocean Fellowship Program of TBA21–Academy, these nomadic tours are scheduled to take place throughout September 2020. They are inspired by the trajectories charted by Territorial Agency from their exhibition Oceans in Transformation (27 Aug–29 Nov 2020) at Ocean Space in Venice.

WALKING (THE) TRAJECTORIES: VENICE AS A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE? brings together a diverse array of local guests and experts, and operate as a physical, mobile extension of the interdisciplinary conversations held in digital space by the Ocean Fellows around a series of Tavolas (tables). All walking talks (1 hour 30 ca.) depart from the steps of Ocean Space, housed in the former church of San Lorenzo. The walking talks invite all participants to engage in free-flowing conversations along the waterways, concluding at unexpected points along the water’s edge, chosen by each invited guest, as they coincide with a critical point of observation.

18.30: "WALKING (THE) TRAJECTORIES: VENICE AS A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE?

In case of rain the event will take place inside Ocean Space

By staying on solid ground our minds will be ‘tossing on the Ocean’, visiting selected sites where prominent writers, from William Shakespeare to Amitav Ghosh, connect Venice to the Mediterranean. Their words and the participants’ questions will be our guide.

Shaul Bassi is an associate professor of English literature at Ca’Foscari University. Graduated in Venice and a PhD in English in Pisa and Florence, he also studied in the universities of Berkeley and Liverpool. He was an English researcher at Ca' Foscari University from 2000 to 2007. His research interests and publications are divided between Shakespeare, literature and postcolonial theory, with a focus on Indian, African and Jewish studies. He also taught at Wake Forest University in Venice, Venice International University, Harvard-Ca' Foscari Summer school and was Visiting Professor at the University of California in Santa Cruz. He is the founder of the literature festival Incroci di Civiltà and he is currently director of The International Center for the Humanities and Social Change, Ca' Foscari University, Venice.