Italian research autumn has been really hot, with public lecture in many squares all along the country, universities occupations and other events. In my city, Bologna, on the 29th of november a large group of researchers protested against the goverment in a peculiar way. As they feel the national reserch system has been trampled, they wanted to show how they feel: they cover the main city square with over 1800 giant size pictures of researchers. It was a emotional experience. Most of the people that were just passing by stopped amazed.
Here is the first part of a video shooted on the 29th of november in which you can see the preparation of the event.
And here is the second part of the video with the interviews. Unfotrunately they are in italian:
On the website of the Ricerca calpestata you can also see all the pictures.
Marco, thanks for bringing this up here, too.
Ciao!
Hope our friend from NN enjoyed it!
Wow – is there any sign of anyone in government taking any notice?
Dear Clare, Massimo and I are living in Italy, so I have to say that they hardly noticed the event…
Of course there has been a good media coverage of the initiative, and I hope that this kind of thing could help.
I’ll try to keep you up to date if something happens.
Uh: I forgot a thing!
At the moment seems like the italian minister of public instruction, unviersity and research has shifted the school reform to next year. But I have no fresh news on research funding.