From the very first days of opening, Impronte. Noi e le piante (noielepiante.it) captured the interest of a large audience of young and old, enthusiasts and neophytes, the curious and those in the know, recounting the inextricable relationship between man and nature in an unprecedented, accurate and original way. In the wake of the great interest, the exhibition – realised by the University of Parma in collaboration with the Municipality of Parma and with the support of the Cariparma Foundation, the Chiesi Group and the Davines Group – flanks didactic workshops and guided tours with a further calendar of special collateral and widespread initiatives.
The first events will take place during I Like Parma, on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 March. Preceded by a guided tour with the curator of the exhibition’s scientific project, Renato Bruni (sold-out, but bookable at this linkin case of cancellation of participants already on the list), the extraordinary time extension on Saturday will allow Impronte to be visited after the usual time, until 10 p.m. (with last entry 30 minutes earlier), while on Sunday at 4.30 p.m. it will be possible to attend the fascinating meeting Visiting an exhibition from a seated position. Renato Bruni recounts the genesis of Impronte, dedicated to botanical literature and a precious opportunity to immerse oneself in and explore the themes of the exhibition, between scientific knowledge and humanistic sensitivity.
The same ingredients returning Friday 8 at 6 p.m. with the presentation of the book “Il dubbio e il desiderio” (Electa, 2023) by Silvia Bencivelli, which will retrace the main stages of the lively biography of Eva Mameli Calvino, a botanist who lived between 1886 and 1978 and mother of Italo, destined to become one of the protagonists of 20th century literature. In the Auditorium Mattioli of the Palazzo del Governatore, the author, journalist and populariser of science will talk to Renato Bruni about the figure of a woman capable of distinguishing herself in a field, that of science, which at the time was the prerogative of the male universe.
The children’s perspective will then be added to the conventional one with the event How plants see us, and vice versa. On Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., twenty students from the ‘Tourism’ course at ITC Bodoni in Parma will take on the special role of botanical guides, telling stories and insights related to the materials on show in the rooms of Palazzo del Governatore.
Turning to the big screen, Thursday 21 at Cinema D’Azeglio at 6 p.m. is the screening of the documentary The Seed of the Future, created to bring attention to the changes that the climate crisis is triggering in Alpine forests. One of the most passionate connoisseurs of this fragile and delicate ecosystem is the film’s protagonist, scientist and forest management expert Giorgio Vacchiano, who has returned to the Valle d’Aosta forests of his childhood in search of the keys to understanding the profound changes taking place there. together with Renato Bruni, will be
he will outline considerations and possible solutions needed to safeguard our invaluable forest and woodland heritage.
Closing the overview, on Friday 22, is a second presentation, again in the Auditorium Mattioli. This time, Stefano Mazzotti, director of the Natural History Museum of Ferrara, will be speaking, joined by Renato Bruni and Davide Persico, director of the Natural History Museum of the University of Parma. With him, the public will be able to get to know the Marvelous Creatures (from the title of his book, il Mulino, 2024) that populate our planet, ideally travelling to extraordinary places of unimaginable beauty, from Papua New Guinea to Borneo, from the Himalayas to the Mekong, from Sri Lanka to Madagascar, and on to the mountains of Tanzania, gaining an ever greater awareness of the importance of protecting and preserving such wealth and diversity.
The programm Impronte Off – conceived by Interno Verde and promoted by the association ‘Parma, io ci sto!’, one of the highlights of which will be the proclamation of the winner of competition dedicated to Fantastic Botany, Friday 1 March from 6 p.m. at Palazzo del Governatore – the Impronte programme expands with increasingly engaging and multidisciplinary initiatives. A way to further intensify the already solid dialogue between Parma and its University, also underlined by the launch of the recovery of the Botanical Garden (in which the University is flanked by institutions and private companies in the area such as the Ministry of University and Research, the Ministry of Culture, the Cariparma Foundation, the Chiesi Group and ‘Parma, io ci sto!’), one of the city and national fulcrums on which to focus scientific communication, education and shared research.
All meetings, with the exception of the guided tour, are free admission subject to availability. For information on special events, please contact the following e-mail addresses: sistema.museale@unipr.it | info.cultura@comune.parma
Impronte. Noi e le piante continues until Monday 1 April, and can be visited free of charge from Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., including public holidays. It is realised by the University of Parma in collaboration with the Municipality of Parma, the support of the Cariparma Foundation, the Chiesi Group and the Davines Group, and with the patronage and collaboration of the University of Padua, Le Scienze and National Geographic.
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