Against the Sofa: Why Sport Belongs in Company
In 1944, writing in exile in California, Theodor W. Adorno put down one of the most quoted lines of Minima Moralia: “it is part of morality not to be at home in one’s home.” He was thinking about houses, property and the impossibility of living comfortably in a damaged world. He was certainly not thinking…
Screams beyond the bars: mental health in Italian prisons
On Thursday 23 April at 20:00, Altotasso hosts Urla Oltre le Sbarre, a public conversation about one of the least visible crises in Italian society: mental…
Why Going Out Still Matters – The Frankfurt School on Screens, Bars, and Real Life
Something has changed in the way people spend their evenings. Not dramatically, not all at once, but steadily and in one direction: more time alone with screens, less…
The Independent Producer: Who They Are and Why Choosing Them Matters
Every bottle of wine, every can of beer, every wheel of cheese carries within it a set of decisions that were made long before it reached the shelf…
Piazza San Francesco, Bologna – A Space That Resists
Piazza San Francesco is not one of Bologna’s famous squares. It does not appear on most tourist itineraries. It has no fountain, no medieval tower, no café terrace…
The Frankfurt School and Everyday Life – What Critical Theory Looks Like in Practice
The Frankfurt School is usually encountered in universities — in philosophy seminars, in sociology courses, in the footnotes of academic papers about culture and power. It is treated…
Walter Benjamin on the City – Why His Writing Still Matters for Bologna
Walter Benjamin never wrote about Bologna. He wrote about Paris, about Berlin, about Naples — cities he walked through slowly, with the particular attention of someone who understood…