06/11/2022
We are very happy that the book The City of Care, edited by Anna Anzani and Francesco Antonio Scullica, is now available
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14608-4
It is a project related to a course at the School of Design Politecnico di Milano we hold together, which has involved a group of researchers that we would like to gratefully acknowledge: G. Andreoni, M. Barbarossa, A. Bicchi, G. Bosoni, A. Brambilla, P. Briata, E. Brusamolin, M. Capano, Giulio Capitani, S. Capolongo, D. Caporale, M. Carbone, M.G. Catalano, M. Cuomo, Elena Elgani, A. Ettore, M. Ferrari, V. Ferrari, M.R. Fossati, M. Gesi, M. Gola, G. Grioli, Paolo Inghilleri, C. Laurenzi, Chiara Lecce, G. Lentini, Emilio Lonardo, M. Maimeri, U. Monchiero, C. Petrocelli, Ada Piselli, M. Poggiani, Massimo Schinco Beinetter, F. Scullica, C. Tajani, R.M. Viglialoro.
The book explores care as a transition strategy to a healthier and more sustainable world. After the lesson learned from the pandemic, health as a fundamental human right is increasingly related to a care component: caring for sick people, persons with disabilities, elders, migrants and refugees, women and children, caring for bodies, minds, cities and nature. Endorsing the care system as a female knowledge based on complexity, flexibility, management of the unexpected, sense of responsibility, the project culture can extract this paradigm from the domestic perimeter, bring outside and make it accessible to all in work, politics, relationships, places and communities. The systemic connection between planet and people wellbeing will be grasped through a multidisciplinary perspective that allows to deal with the city of care at a mental, physical, social and global level. The first section addresses care and interior space, dealing with dwelling, working, proximity and cities on a human scale, with a particular attention to the post Covid conditions. The second section deals with healthcare design, the evolution and trend of healing spaces, the influence of technology and robotics on inclusive design processes. The third section considers care as a fundamental social attitude and deals with the multiethnic urban dimension, care at an individial and community level, the right to wellbeing of immigrant people.
Cristina Tajani, Emilio Lonardo, Elena Elgani, Chiara Lecce, Ada Piselli, Hubout, Associazione Naga - Milano
