Dimitri D’Andrea, professor of political philosophy in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Florence, will give a talk on October 5 in the Aula Piccola at FBK, focusing on the analysis of a new form of individualism: singularism.

Drawing on Thomas Macho’s concept of "techniques of solitude" (Einsamkeitstechniken), this paper frames solitude as a technically mediated practice of self-relation. It traces this mediation across a historical continuum: from ascetic disciplines, reading, and writing, to digital devices and artificial intelligence.

Can a digital model break social isolation? Contrasting invisible gurdwaras in Italy with monumental ones in Singapore, this seminar explores urban solitude, introducing participatory 3D reconstruction as a listening process to counter marginality, giving a voice to the community as they imagine and redesign their spac

The idea of nature is once again at the heart of contemporary reflection. It is an unstable notion, no longer easily opposable to ‘culture’. The same idea of a return to nature seems obsolete: we are part of nature, which is not an essence to be protected or violated, and is itself imbued with artificiality.

The international conference “The Lonesome Meaning” explores multiple forms of solitude and isolation in contemporary cultures, bringing together religious, ethical, social, and technological perspectives. Through an interdisciplinary approach, it will examine both painful experiences of separation and abandonment and voluntary forms of withdrawal, recollection, and meaning-making, including new scenarios shaped by artificial intelligence and imaginaries of insularity.