{"id":62,"date":"2026-07-30T16:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.univda.it\/green\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:19:11","slug":"writing-natures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.univda.it\/green\/writing-natures\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Nature(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/img-in-evidenza-green-sito.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univda.it\/ricerca\/centri-di-ricerca\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Writing Nature(s)<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>This is a network of scholars united by a common interest in exploring and studying the depiction of Nature (encompassing human nature, non-human nature, and the environment) in European literatures and languages. Rather than a single project, it represents a collective endeavor spanning various research lines. Principal strands include<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Mountain and Travel Writing<\/strong>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Walser Cultural Islands<\/strong>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Ecocriticism and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Ecopo\u00e9tique<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>across Classic, Modern, and Children\u2019s Literature, and Representations of Nature in Picturebooks and Comics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Since Romanticism, authors have lauded the Alps for their real and symbolic influence, however, their experiences often remained confined to Mont Blanc\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>sea of ice<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and to travel accounts depicting landscapes and experiences. The emergence of mountaineering brought about a revolution in the representation of the mountains. The study of the factual and fictional works written by men and women who climbed the highest peaks is at the centre of the<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Mountain and Travel Writing<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>research line.<\/p>\n<p>The project<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>WaLys Isole di cultura: lo scrigno walser dell\u2019Alta valle del Lys<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>focusses on the study of Germanophone minority languages such as Titsch e T\u00f6itschu with the aim of deepening the knowledge as well as strengthening the preservation of their cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The third research line delves into literary depictions of the relationships between vegetal creatures and human, as well as non-human animals. An<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>ecocritical\/ecopoetical examination of European works<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>from the Seventeenth century to the present, including<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>classic, children\u2019s novels, picturebooks, and comics,<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>is crucial for raising awareness of environmental issues in fiction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Bertolino F., M. Guerra, (2025)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bertolino F., M. Guerra, (2025), Biografie Naturali. Storie di noi, altri animali, vegetali, minerali \u2026 e dintorni. Edizioni Junior, pp. 72-88. ISBN: 9791256351145<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bertolino F., Perazzone A. (2021)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bertolino F., Perazzone A. (2021), \u201cPaper farms. A content analysis of sixty children\u2019s picturebooks on the theme of the rural environment\u201d, in N. Goga, S. Hoem Iversen and A.S. Teigland, Verbal and visual strategies in nonfiction picturebooks: Theoretical and analytical approaches, Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, pp. 140\u2013155. ISBN: 9788215042442<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bertolino F., Parile E., Perazzone A. (2023)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bertolino F., Parile E., Perazzone A. (2023), \u201cAmici o nemici. Riflessioni sulla biodiversit\u00e0 animale negli albi illustrati sul tema \u2018orto\u2019\u201d, in D. Morselli e G. Gola (a cura di), Verso una educazione sostenibile. Ecosistemi di ricerca e di apprendimento, ZeroSeiUp, Bergamo, pp. 125-134. ISBN 9791280549372<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bordignon I., (2025)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bordignon I., (2025), \u201cTra celebrazione e problematizzazione. Ecocritica e letteratura contemporanea per l\u2019infanzia e l\u2019adolescenza come veicolo di consapevolezza ambientale\u201d, Quaderni di Symbolon 6, Milella.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bordignon I., (2025) \u201cEmbodiment\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bordignon I., (2025) \u201cEmbodiment\u201d, in Acque Contese. Un glossario per le Grave di Ciano, Senigallia: Ventura Edizioni, pp. 135-142.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bordignon I., (2024) \u201cThe Colors of Vanishing Ice\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bordignon I., (2024), \u201cThe Colors of Vanishing Ice: Mapping the Arctic in Contemporary Young Adult Literature\u201d, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, isae078, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/isle\/isae078\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/isle\/isae078<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bordignon I., (2024) \u201cBotanical Awareness\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bordignon I., (2024), \u201cBotanical Awareness and Adolescent Maturation in Siri Pettersen\u2019s Odin\u2019s Child\u201d. Plant Perspectives 1 (1):145-64. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3197\/whppp.63845494909710\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3197\/whppp.63845494909710<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Castelletti L. (2019) (trad.)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Castelletti L. (2019) (trad.), Una tempesta di vento nella foresta, John Muir, La Vita Felice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Castelletti L. (2021) (trad.) \u2014 Tutto ci\u00f2 che \u00e8 libero e selvaggio<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Castelletti L. (2021) (trad.), Tutto ci\u00f2 che \u00e8 libero e selvaggio, Aldo Leopold, Piano B.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Castelletti (2021) (trad.) \u2014 L&#8217;arte di vedere le cose<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Castelletti (2021) (trad.), L\u2019arte di vedere le cose. Leggere il libro della natura, John Burroughs, Piano B.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Castelletti L. (2023) (trad.)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Castelletti L. (2023) (trad.), L\u2019albero. Testo inglese a fronte, Grey Owl, La Vita Felice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Giacoma L. (2023)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Giacoma L. (2023), \u201cWanderung: nur ein deutscher Begriff?\u201d In Giacoma L., Odicino R., Pioletti A.M (a cura di), In viaggio. Esperienze e racconti da e per l\u2019Europa. Milano: Franco Angeli, pp. 73-89.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., (2021) \u2014 Watership Down \/ Interspecies Relationships<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., (2021) \u201c\u2018Animals don\u2019t behave like men\u2026 They have dignity and animality\u2019. Richard Adams\u2019s Watership Down and Interspecies Relationships in the Anthropocene\u201d, Textus. English Studies in Italy, 34(3), 2021, pp. 159-186.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., (2021) \u2014 A.E.W. Mason&#8217;s Running Water and The Guide<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., (2021) A.E.W. Mason\u2019s Running Water and The Guide. With Introduction and Notes, London Academic Publishing, London, ISBN: 978-1-9996138-9-1, 2021, pp. 350.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., (2021) \u2014 Androcentrism in Watership Down<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., (2021) \u201c\u2018Anyway, What\u2019s a Doe More or Less?\u2019 Androcentrism in Watership Down (1972) and Tales from Watership Down (1996) by Richard Adams\u201d, Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies (BELLS), vol XIII, 2021, pp. 187-205.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., (2023) \u201cPremessa\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., (2023) \u201cPremessa\u201d, con F. Locatelli, in L. Giacoma, R. Odicino, A.M. Pioletti eds., In viaggio. Esperienze e racconti da e per l\u2019Europa, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2023, pp. 7-9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi, (2023) \u201cClimbing to the Heart of Stone\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi, (2023) \u201cClimbing to the Heart of Stone. Reading Moffat through Plumwood.\u201d Sinestesieonline, a. XII, n. 39, 2023, pp. 1-12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., (2024) \u201cParatextuality in Watership Down\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., (2024) \u201cParatextuality in Watership Down: Anthropocentric and Ecocentric Readings\u201d, La Torre di Babele, n. 19, pp. 187-208. <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.casalini.it\/5953726\">http:\/\/digital.casalini.it\/5953726<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., (2025) \u201cYou Two Are the Bad Guys!\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., (2025) \u201cYou Two Are the Bad Guys!\u201d Intergenerational Equity, Ecophobia, and Ecocentric Card Games in Diney\u2019s Strange World (2022). Humanities, 14(4):76. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/h14040076\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/h14040076<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-0787\/14\/4\/76\">https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-0787\/14\/4\/76<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., (2025) \u201cVita da Albero\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., (2025) \u201cVita da Albero. Albi illustrati in inglese\u201d, in M. Guerra \u2013 F. Bertolino, Biografie Naturali. Storie di noi, altri animali, vegetali, minerali \u2026 e dintorni. Edizioni Junior, pp. 72-88. ISBN: 9791256351145<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., (2026) \u201cA Woman&#8217;s Angle\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., (2026), \u201cA Woman\u2019s Angle. An interview with Gwen Moffat, novelist and the first female Mountain Guide in Europe\u201d, European Journal of Women\u2019s Studies, 33(1), January, DOI 10.1177\/13505068251414351<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Locatelli, (2019) \u2014 Les Alpes, singuliers spectacles<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Locatelli, (2019), Les Alpes, singuliers spectacles, Antologia di Letteratura alpestre con introduzione critica; Educatt, Milano, ISBN: 9788893354318.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Locatelli, F. Rigat (ed.), (2019) \u2014 Les Silences de la montagne<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Locatelli, F. Rigat (ed.), (2019), Les Silences de la montagne, Atti del Convegno internazionale Aosta, L\u2019Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria, 1, XXIX 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Locatelli, (2021) \u2014 Quand la marche se fait \u00e9criture<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Locatelli, (2021), \u00ab Quand la marche se fait \u00e9criture : le voyageur-penseur au milieu des sommets (XVIIIe-XIXe si\u00e8cles) \u00bb, Revue italienne d\u2019\u00e9tudes fran\u00e7aises [Online], n. 11, 15 novembre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Locatelli, (2021) \u2014 Tant de choses qui ne s&#8217;expriment pas<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Locatelli, (2021), \u00ab Tant de choses qui ne s\u2019expriment pas : tentatives de description du paysage alpestre dans la litt\u00e9rature des XVIIIe et XIXe si\u00e8cles \u00bb, L\u2019analisi Linguistica e Letteraria, vol. XXIX- n. 1, pp. 59-71.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Monetti M., (2025) \u201cRespirare con gli occhi\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Monetti M., (2025), \u201cRespirare con gli occhi\u201d, Eco. L\u2019educazione sostenibile, numero 4, anno XXXVII\/265, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Monetti M., Bertolino F., (2025) \u2014 I pizzly e Lupi<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Monetti M., Bertolino F., (2025), \u201cLeggere in chiave ecocritica la nona arte: focus su I pizzly e Lupi \u2013 Storie vere\u201d, in Creativit\u00e0 e sostenibilit\u00e0: di-segnare il futuro, a cura di R. Casadei e C. Cardinaletti, Lecce, Pensa Multimedia, pp 87-95.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Monetti M., S. Baracetti, (2024) \u2014 Navi tra gli alberi<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Monetti M., S. Baracetti, (2024), \u201cNavi tra gli alberi. Esperienze di gioco libero in natura\u201d, Bambini, numero 8, anno XL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Monetti M., S. Baracetti, (2024) \u2014 Tra noccioli e bucaneve<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Monetti M., S. Baracetti, (2024), \u201cTra noccioli e bucaneve. Un intreccio di esperienze guidate e spontanee attorno alla vita che nasce\u201d, Bambini, numero 6, anno XL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Ritsema E., (2025) \u201cLoveable Lack\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Ritsema E., (2025), \u201c\u2018Loveable Lack: The Reimagined Wild of \u201cReal\u201d Bears.\u201d\u2019 Humanities, vol. 14, no.: 67, 2025, pp. 1-12,. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/h14030067\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/h14030067<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Sessarego A., Giacoma L. (2023)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Sessarego A., Giacoma L. (2023), D\u2019\u00d2berteilera ch\u00e9emen \u00e9nger o arrivurun d\u2019greschuneiara? Patrimonio idiomatico titsch e t\u00f6itschu illustrato. Aosta, Tipografia Valdostana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conferences\/Events:<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Bertolino F. \u2014 Corso di perfezionamento universitario \u201cAlbi illustrati e natura\u201d<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bertolino F., Corso di perfezionamento universitario \u201cAlbi illustrati e natura, tra immagini e immaginari. Metodologie e strumenti per la promozione della lettura all\u2019aperto\u201d (20 CFU, 64 ore, a.a. 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025 e 2025-2026), organizzato da Universit\u00e0 della Valle d\u2019Aosta, Sovraintendenza agli Studi Regione Autonoma Valle d\u2019Aosta, Fondazione Centro Studi storico-letterari Natalino Sapegno, 0432 Associazione Culturale, Cooperativa e Libreria Tuttestorie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bertolino F., 11 novembre 2025 \u2014 Workshop: Infanzie di carta<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bertolino F., 11 novembre 2025, Workshop: Infanzie di carta. Piste di ricerca per un approccio ecocritico alla letteratura per l\u2019infanzia, Co-organizzatore e co-chair con Roberta Grandi. Relatore: \u201cLa nona arte: inaspettati spunti di riflessione ecocritica\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bertolino F., 28-29 Giugno 2025 \u2014 Convegno Vedere l&#8217;invisibile<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bertolino F., 28-29 Giugno 2025, Organizzatore del Convegno Vedere l\u2019invisibile. Idee, pratiche e voci per un approccio ecocritico alla letteratura dell\u2019infanzia \u2013 Morgex \u2013 Univda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bertolino F., R. Grandi \u2014 Fly Like a Tree (2023)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bertolino F., R. Grandi, \u201cFly Like a Tree: Factual Elements \u2013 or a Lack Thereof \u2013 in Arboreal Representations in Two Fictional Picturebooks\u201d (selezione), in 28\/29 Settembre 2023 \u201cThe Picturebook Between Fiction and Reality\u201d \u2013 The 9th International Conference of The European Network of Picturebook Research, Osijek, Croatia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bertolino F., R. Grandi, 15 maggio 2018 \u2014 Seminario On children and nature<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Bertolino F., R. Grandi, 15 maggio 2018, Organizzazione Seminario \u00abOn children and nature: words and pictures\u00bb, Universit\u00e0 della Valle d\u2019Aosta \u2013 Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali, Univda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Giacoma L., 24 aprile &#8211; 22 maggio 2023 \u2014 Mostra D&#8217;\u00d2berteilera ch\u00e9emen \u00e9nger<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Giacoma L., 24 aprile al 22 maggio 2023, Mostra conclusiva dell\u2019omonimo progetto di ricerca FAR3 D\u2019\u00d2berteilera ch\u00e9emen \u00e9nger o arrivurun d\u2019greschuneiara? Last call per il patrimonio idiomatico titsch e t\u00f6itschu. I modi di dire titsch e t\u00f6itschu illustrati dai bambini e dalle bambine delle scuole primarie dell\u2019Alta Valle del Lys presso la Biblioteca Regionale Bruno Salvadori (Aosta), con relativa conferenza di inaugurazione il 26 aprile 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 10 dicembre 2025 \u2014 Workshop Literature and Sport<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 10 dicembre 2025, Worskhop Literature and Sport \u2013 Genre and Gender, Organizzatrice, chair, relatrice \u201cOn the Margins of the Brotherhood: Female Climbers and Alpine Guides in A.E.W. Mason\u2019s The Guide (1904) and Running Water (1907)\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 11 novembre 2025 \u2014 Workshop: Infanzie di carta<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 11 novembre 2025, Workshop: Infanzie di carta. Piste di ricerca per un approccio ecocritico alla letteratura per l\u2019infanzia, Co-organizzatrice e co-chair con Fabrizio Bertolino. Relatrice: \u201cProspettive ecocritiche, ecofemministe e la pressante necessit\u00e0 della speranza\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 11-13 Settembre 2025 \u2014 Human, Humane, Humanities (AIA 32)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 11-13 Settembre 2025 Human, Humane, Humanities. Voices from the Anglosphere AIA 32 \u2013 University of Turin, Seminar chair with Gioia Angeletti \u201cU\/Dys\/Eco-topias: Hope and Despair in Anthropocenic Literature\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 17-18 July 2025 \u2014 Collective Atmospheres (ASLE 2025)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 17-18 July 2025 Collective Atmospheres: ASLE 2025 Conference \u2013 University of Maryland, Relatrice: \u201cPlant Ladies\u2019 Lives: Three Biographic Picturebooks between Fiction and Non-Fiction\u201d, con Fabrizio Bertolino, (selezione).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 28 Giugno 2025 \u2014 Pioniere Verdi<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 28 Giugno 2025 Vedere l\u2019invisibile. Idee, pratiche e voci per un approccio ecocritico alla letteratura dell\u2019infanzia \u2013 Morgex \u2013 Univda, Relatrice: \u201cPioniere Verdi. Biografie illustrate di donne botaniche\u201d (invito).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 26-30 Agosto 2024 \u2014 The Many Faces of Mountaineering<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 26-30 Agosto 2024, \u201cThe Many Faces of Mountaineering: Gwen Moffat and the Mountain\u201d (selezione), in 2024 ESSE Lausanne, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 16-19 Maggio 2024 \u2014 Parasite Energy Sources<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 16-19 Maggio 2024, \u201cParasite Energy Sources: Disney\u2019s Strange World (2022) and Gaia\u2019s Delicate Balance\u201d (selezione), ASLE 2024 Symposium \u201cGreen Fire: Energy Stories Beyond Extraction\u201d, University of North Florida, USA,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 8-9 Giugno 2023 \u2014 Abridged and Unabridged Audiobooks of Watership Down<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 8-9 Giugno 2023, \u201cAbridged (1976) and Unabridged (2019) Audiobooks of Watership Down: Changing Times, Changing Audiences?\u201d, (selezione), Identifying the Addressee of Contemporary Literature for Children and Young Adults: border crossings towards a mixed readership \u2013 Baia Mare \u2013 Romania.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., 12-13 Dicembre 2022 \u2014 Gwen Moffat: the Space below Her Feet<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., 12-13 Dicembre 2022, \u201cGwen Moffat: the Space below Her Feet\u201d, in Convegno Internazionale \u201cIn viaggio: esperienze e racconti dall\u2019Europa alla Valle d\u2019Aosta\u201d \u2013 Univda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grandi R., F. Locatelli, 12-13 Dicembre 2022 \u2014 Organizzazione Convegno In viaggio<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Grandi R., F. 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University of Salamanca.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Ritsema E., 7 June 2024 \u2014 Loveable Lack<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Ritsema E., 7 June 2024, \u201cLoveable Lack: The Reimagined Wild of \u2018Real\u2019 Bears\u201d, Cute Ecologies: Creative-Critical Symposium. Royal Holloway, University of London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Ritsema E., 5-7 August 2022 \u2014 Exploitation, Indignity and even Death<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Ritsema E., 5-7 August 2022, \u201cExploitation, Indignity and even Death: Bears as Curses\u201d, Narratives of Criminality, Punishment and Social Justice in Children\u2019s and Young Adult\u2019s Literature. Jadavpur University and Association for Children\u2019s Literature in South Asia (ACLiSA).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Staff<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/imgi_14_foto-profilo.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4>Roberta Grandi<\/h4>\n<p>ANGL-01\/A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univda.it\/docenti\/grandi-roberta\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/imgi_15_Fabrizio-Bertolino.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4>Fabrizio Bertolino<\/h4>\n<p>PAED-01\/A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univda.it\/docenti\/bertolino-fabrizio\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/imgi_16_Enlight972-1152x1536-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4>Federica Locatelli<\/h4>\n<p>FRAN-01\/A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univda.it\/docenti\/locatelli-federica\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/imgi_17_Luisa_Giacoma.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4>Luisa Giacoma<\/h4>\n<p>GERM-01\/C<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univda.it\/docenti\/giacoma-luisa\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/imgi_18_luca_castelletti_foto.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4>Luca Castelletti<\/h4>\n<p>ANGL-01\/C<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/luca-castelletti\/?originalSubdomain=it\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/imgi_19_er-photo-from-linkedin.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4>Elizabeth Ritsema<\/h4>\n<p>ANGL-01\/A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-8486-8670\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/imgi_20_bordignon.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4>Irene Bordignon<\/h4>\n<p>GERM-01\/D<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-2183-1299\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/imgi_21_martina_monetti.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4>Martina Monetti<\/h4>\n<p>PAED-02\/A<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"image_size\":\"cover\",\"padding_bottom\":\"none\",\"padding_top\":\"none\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width\":\"\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"panel\",\"props\":{\"content_column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"image\":\"wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/img-in-evidenza-green-sito.png\",\"image_align\":\"top\",\"image_grid_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"image_grid_width\":\"1-2\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.univda.it\/ricerca\/centri-di-ricerca\/\",\"link_style\":\"\",\"link_target\":true,\"link_text\":\"\",\"margin_bottom\":\"default\",\"margin_top\":\"default\",\"meta_align\":\"below-title\",\"meta_element\":\"div\",\"meta_style\":\"text-meta\",\"panel_link\":true,\"title_align\":\"top\",\"title_element\":\"h3\",\"title_grid_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"title_grid_width\":\"1-2\",\"title_hover_style\":\"reset\"}}]}],\"props\":{\"height_viewport\":60}}],\"name\":\"SECTION INIZIALE\"},{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width\":\"xlarge\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Writing Nature(s)\\n\",\"image_align\":\"left\",\"image_margin\":\"xsmall\",\"title_element\":\"h2\"}},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p>This is a network of scholars united by a common interest in exploring and studying the depiction of Nature (encompassing human nature, non-human nature, and the environment) in European literatures and languages. Rather than a single project, it represents a collective endeavor spanning various research lines. Principal strands include<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Mountain and Travel Writing<\/strong>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Walser Cultural Islands<\/strong>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Ecocriticism and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Ecopo\u00e9tique<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>across Classic, Modern, and Children\u2019s Literature, and Representations of Nature in Picturebooks and Comics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\\n\n\n<p>Since Romanticism, authors have lauded the Alps for their real and symbolic influence, however, their experiences often remained confined to Mont Blanc\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>sea of ice<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and to travel accounts depicting landscapes and experiences. The emergence of mountaineering brought about a revolution in the representation of the mountains. 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An<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>ecocritical\/ecopoetical examination of European works<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>from the Seventeenth century to the present, including<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>classic, children\u2019s novels, picturebooks, and comics,<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>is crucial for raising awareness of environmental issues in fiction.<\/p>\n\n\",\"margin_bottom\":\"default\",\"margin_top\":\"default\"}},{\"type\":\"divider\",\"props\":{\"divider_element\":\"hr\"}},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Publications\",\"image_align\":\"left\",\"image_margin\":\"xsmall\",\"title_element\":\"h2\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion\",\"props\":{\"collapsible\":true,\"content_column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"image_align\":\"top\",\"image_grid_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"image_grid_width\":\"1-2\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"link_style\":\"default\",\"link_text\":\"Read more\",\"show_image\":true,\"show_link\":true},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Bertolino F., M. Guerra, (2025), Biografie Naturali. Storie di noi, altri animali, vegetali, minerali \u2026 e dintorni. Edizioni Junior, pp. 72-88. ISBN: 9791256351145<\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Bertolino F., M. Guerra, (2025)\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Bertolino F., Perazzone A. (2021), \u201cPaper farms. A content analysis of sixty children\u2019s picturebooks on the theme of the rural environment\u201d, in N. Goga, S. Hoem Iversen and A.S. Teigland, Verbal and visual strategies in nonfiction picturebooks: Theoretical and analytical approaches, Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, pp. 140\u2013155. ISBN: 9788215042442<\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Bertolino F., Perazzone A. (2021)\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Bertolino F., Parile E., Perazzone A. (2023), \u201cAmici o nemici. Riflessioni sulla biodiversit\u00e0 animale negli albi illustrati sul tema \u2018orto\u2019\u201d, in D. Morselli e G. Gola (a cura di), Verso una educazione sostenibile. Ecosistemi di ricerca e di apprendimento, ZeroSeiUp, Bergamo, pp. 125-134. ISBN 9791280549372<\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Bertolino F., Parile E., Perazzone A. (2023)\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Bordignon I., (2025), \u201cTra celebrazione e problematizzazione. Ecocritica e letteratura contemporanea per l\u2019infanzia e l\u2019adolescenza come veicolo di consapevolezza ambientale\u201d, Quaderni di Symbolon 6, Milella.<\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Bordignon I., (2025)\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Bordignon I., (2025) \u201cEmbodiment\u201d, in Acque Contese. Un glossario per le Grave di Ciano, Senigallia: Ventura Edizioni, pp. 135-142.<\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Bordignon I., (2025) \u201cEmbodiment\u201d\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Bordignon I., (2024), \u201cThe Colors of Vanishing Ice: Mapping the Arctic in Contemporary Young Adult Literature\u201d, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, isae078, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/isle\/isae078\\\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/isle\/isae078<\/a><\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Bordignon I., (2024) \u201cThe Colors of Vanishing Ice\u201d\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Bordignon I., (2024), \u201cBotanical Awareness and Adolescent Maturation in Siri Pettersen\u2019s Odin\u2019s Child\u201d. Plant Perspectives 1 (1):145-64. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3197\/whppp.63845494909710\\\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3197\/whppp.63845494909710<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Bordignon I., (2024) \u201cBotanical Awareness\u201d\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Castelletti L. (2019) (trad.), Una tempesta di vento nella foresta, John Muir, La Vita Felice.<\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Castelletti L. (2019) (trad.)\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Castelletti L. (2021) (trad.), Tutto ci\u00f2 che \u00e8 libero e selvaggio, Aldo Leopold, Piano B.<\/p>\n\n\",\"title\":\"Castelletti L. (2021) (trad.) \u2014 Tutto ci\u00f2 che \u00e8 libero e selvaggio\"}},{\"type\":\"accordion_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Castelletti (2021) (trad.), L\u2019arte di vedere le cose. 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