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Guest lecture
Designing atmospheres: Next skills and qualities for spaces and interiors
October 23, 2025 • Milan, Italy
Elisabetta Canepa
Architecture. Atmosphere. Aura.
Lecture in the “Designing Atmospheres” specializing master in Architecture and Interior Design, organized by Poli.Design – the postgraduate School of Design at the Politecnico di Milano. First edition: academic year 2025–2026. Scientific directors: Anna Barbara and Maria Porro.
Venue: Bovisa campus, Milan
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Conference contribution
Feedback: Urban Romanticism
October 11, 2025 • Genoa, Italy
Elisabetta Canepa
Notes on Aura
Guest speaker in the panel and roundtable discussion of the international festival “Feedback," curated by Eric Goldemberg (Florida International University) with Isabel Leggiero (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli), Xavier Ferrari Tumay (University of Genoa), and Benjamin Alexander Coduti (Spazio Giustiniani).
Venue: piazza dei Giustiniani, Genoa
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Guest lecture
Aesthetics of Dwelling
October 6, 2025 • Ferrara, Italy
Elisabetta Canepa
Aura machines
Lecture in the “Aesthetics” module, curated by Serena Massimo, as part of Architectural Design Studio 3 in the Master’s Degree Program in Architecture, Department of Architecture (DA), University of Ferrara, academic year 2025–2026.
Venue: DA, University of Ferrara
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Conference contribution
Spazi sonori: Ricerche filosofiche tra musica e architettura
September 16/17, 2025 • Milan, Italy
Elisabetta Canepa
Lo spazio indicibile
Invited speaker at the international conference Spazi sonori, organized by Fabrizia Bandi and Amalia Salvestrini (University of Milan). The event is promoted by the University of Milan, under the patronage of Triennale Milano, the Italian Society of Aesthetics, and the Luigi Nono Archive Foundation.
Venue: Auditorium San Fedele, Milan
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Conference contribution
Embodying visual culture: A multidisciplinary inquiry
June 10/13, 2025 • Palermo, Italy
Elisabetta Canepa
Dwelling as Feeling: Embodied Encounters with Spaces
Keynote speaker at the international conference Embodying Visual Culture, organized by Michele Cometa (University of Palermo) and Vittorio Gallese (University of Parma). The event is promoted by the PhD Program in Visual Culture at the University of Palermo and explores the intersections between embodiment theory and disciplines such as aesthetics, architecture, archaeology, anthropology of art, philosophy, media studies, and cognitive neuroscience.
Venue: Chiaramonte Steri, University of Palermo
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Conference contribution
IDEA: Innovation design application 2025
May 23, 2025 • Genoa, Italy
Elisabetta Canepa
Spazio, corpo e percezione: Il disegno come strumento di rappresentazione e analisi dell’immisurabile in architettura
Selected speaker at the 3rd IDEA Symposium, Drawing as a Tool to Investigate, Communicate, and Express Emotions, organized by the Department of Architecture and Design [DAD] and the Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal-Child Sciences [DINOGMI], University of Genoa. Elisabetta Canepa’s talk is part of the Drawing in the Field of Architecture panel, chaired by Angela Zinno.
Venue: Benvenuto Hall, DAD, University of Genoa