Agenda

09:00 Registration

10:00 - 12:00  

Conference Opening

Opening Plenary Session 

Keynote Speaker: Marie Stenseke (University of Gothenburg)  - Beyond Conservation: Addressing the nature crisis through a landscape approach

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (First Floor)

14:00-15:30 Parallel Paper Session 1  

Rural Systems in an Age of Tourism Mobilities (Room 2)

Chairs: Lukić, Aleksandar – Giunchi, Carlo

•  Pina, Helena; Samora-Arvela, André; Martins, Felisbela - Rural Tourism in the Douro Demarcated Region: A Strategic Investment Supporting Demographic Revitalisation

• Phan, Cao-Nguyen; Kim, Doo-Chul - Tourism Stakeholder Adaptation to Multi-Dimensional Risks: Evidence from Rural Destinations in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

• Mangano, Stefania; Piana, Pietro; Porcelloni, Leonardo - Walking Routes as Rural Territorial Systems: Slow Tourism Along the Via del Sale Varzi-Portofino (Ligurian Apennines)

• Barcus, Holly - “Heritage” Mobilities and Local Identities: “Re-Placing” as a Process of Rural Development in the U.S.

Rural Systems in an Age of Cross-Border Mobilities (Room 3)

Chairs: Schmitz, Serge – Zanolin, Giacomo

•  Niwa, Takahito; Takahashi, Shinichi; Shirakawa, Chihiro; Yokoyama, Satoshi; Pongvongsa, Tiengkham; Lasaphonh, Angkhana; Inthisith, Monethong - From Translocal to Transnational? Evidence from a Lao Village in the Laos-Thailand Migration

• Pettenati, Giacomo; Brusatelli, Elena; Martone, Vittorio; Uleri, Francesca - Reimagining rural areas through temporary mobility for higher education: Insights from the UNITA Rural Mobility program in Italy and Spain

• Vila-Lage, Roberto; Otero-Varela, Alejandro; Amado, Alexander - Cross-Border Cooperation as a Response to Rural Depopulation? A Comparative Analysis of Two Experiences along the Spain-Portugal Border

• Casano, Gabriele - Turkana: a territory on the move. Navigating territorial uncertainties and imbalances in Kenya’s northwestern frontier

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break  (First Floor)

16:00-17:30 Parallel Paper Session 2  (Rooms 2 and 3 - First Floor)

Rural Systems in an Age of Urban and Rural Mobilities [1]  (Room 2)

Chairs: Paül, Valerià – Porcelloni, Leonardo

•  Morimoto, Takehiro - Reconfiguring Rural Systems through Multiple Mobilities: Terraced Paddy Conservation in Japan

• Haslam McKenzie, Fiona - De-population and re-population in regional Australia: The complexities of energy transition, productivity and shifting demographics

• Cingia, Maristella - The Expansion of the Metropolitan Frontier: Neoliberal Governance and Spatial Injustice in Rural-Urban Mobilities in the Bolognese Apennines (Italy)

• Priarone, Enrico - Creating new landscapes: contemporary farming in the ‘organic valley’ (Val di Vara, Italy)"

Rural Systems in an Age of Labor Mobilities  (Room 3)

Chairs: Goel, Abhineety – Gabellieri, Nicola 

• Bicalho, Ana Maria; Hoefle, Scott William - Beyond Fleeing from Poverty: Solidarity Economy versus Agribusiness and Logistical Export Activities in Maranhão State, Brazil

• Tonts, Alice; Jones, Roy; Tonts, Matthew - Global and Local Mobilities: a Case Study of the Western Australian Native Forest Timber Industry

• Taborda, Célia - Seasonal labor mobilities: gender and viticulture in the Douro Region (Portugal)

• Kim, Doo-Chul; Nguyen, The Hung - Rural Industrialization and the Emergence of Non-Peripheral Regional Labor Markets in Vietnam: A Comparative Perspective with Japan and South Korea

20:30 Dinner 

“Il Genovese”  Restaurant (Via Colombo, 10r, Genova)

09:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session (Room 6 - Ground Floor)

Keynote Speaker: Eleonora Panizza  (CIMA Research Foundation)  - Involuntary mobility in disaster risk contexts: from data and models towards policies. Insights from the CIMA Research Foundation

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break  (First Floor)

10:30-12:00 Parallel Paper Session 3 (Rooms 6 and 7 - Ground Floor)

Rural Systems in an Age of Climate Mobilities  (Room 6)

Chairs: Steinhäuser, Cornelia – Piana, Pietro

• Nyaega, Lilian; Kibugi, Robert; Kithiia, Shadrack - Pluralistic Water Tenure and Resource Governance: Navigating Climate-Induced Mobilities in the Ewaso Ng'iro River Basin, Kenya

• Goel, Abhineety - Climate Mobility and Youth Aspirations in Forest Communities in Proposed Omkareshwar National Park, India 

• Schmitz, Serge - Shifting Tourist Flows Under Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Regions

Rural Systems in an Age of Digital Mobilities (Room 7)

Chairs: Haslam McKenzie, Fiona – Priarone Enrico

• Dmochowska, Karolina; Wójcik, Marcin - From Orchards to Algorithms: Bridging Generational Divides Through Digital Knowledge Mobility in European Fruit Cultivation

• Lukić, Aleksandar - What is smart in Smart Village? Reflections on stakeholder perspectives on the implementation of the Smart Villages concept in the EU

• Samora-Arvela, André; Marques, Sibila; Eloy, Sara; Ferreira, Jorge; Pina, Helena - Smart Tourism App Development Approach: Integrating Spatial Analysis, Hazard Assessment, and Inclusive Design in Mediterranean Rural Landscapes

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch (First Floor)

13:30 - 15:00 Parallel Paper Session 4 (Rooms 6 and 7 - Ground Floor)

Rural Systems in an Age of Environmental Mobilities  (Room 6)

Chairs: Stenseke, Marie – Vila-Lage, Roberto

•  Steinhäuser, Cornelia - Living in the Plasticene: Emotional Geographies of Plastic Use in Agriculture

• Paül, Valerià - Obstacles Not for Humans but for Wolves? Disputed Cross-Border Mobilities and Nature Conservation along the Spain-Portugal Border

• Gabellieri, Nicola; Piana, Pietro - From restoration to retro-innovation. Applied historical geography, rural areas and environmental planning

• Jiménez-Moreno, Marcela - (Im)Mobilities and Land Markets in Tatahuicapan: Socio-Environmental Tensions in a Southern Mexican Ejido

Rural Systems in an Age of Social and Economic Mobilities (Room 7)

Chairs: Mangano, Stefania – Barcus, Holly

• Robinson, Guy M. - Reversing the rural exodus? the role of creative villages/towns in Australia

• Cidrás Fernández, Diego - Forested Landscapes, Unequal Meanings. How Tree Monocultures Shape Everyday Living in Transforming Rural Systems

• Sánchez-Martínez, José Domingo; Garrido-Almonacid, Antonio; Aranda Redondo, Manuel Eduardo - CAP subsidies activated by olive groves in the province of Jaén: what are the farms like and where do the beneficiaries live?

• Waleghwa, Beatrice; Heldt, Tobias - Engaging Communities in Sustainable Mobility Transitions: The Case of Lab Sälenfjällen, Sweden

15:30 - 17:00 Parallel Paper Session 5 (Rooms 6 and 7 - Ground Floor)

Rural Systems in an Age of Urban and Rural Mobilities [2] (Room 6)

Chairs: Kim, Doo-Chul – Casano, Gabriele

• Secăreanu, George; Cracu, George-Marius; Nicoară, Raluca-Gabriela; Paraschiv, Mirela; Schvab, Andrei; Văidianu, Natașa; Cantir, Angela; Chiriac, Ioana; Crivova, Olga; Curcubat, Stela; Sirodoev, Ghennadi; Sîrodoev, Igor - Post-communist and post-pandemic impact on peripheral regions: Assessment of changes in demographic behavior of rural population in Dobrogea (Romania)

• Kumer, Peter - Geographical factors of longevity: Blue and Red Zones in Rural and Urban Areas

• Zanolin, Giacomo; Giunchi, Carlo; Mazza, Giampietro; Sciutto, Andrea - Living the Rural Valleys of the Metropolitan area of Genoa: the Case of Valbrevenna (Italy)

Rural Systems in an Age of Urban and Rural Mobilities [3] (Room 7)

Chairs: Wójcik, Marcin – Cingia, Maristella

• Liu, Jingjing; Longyang, Huang; Wenwen, Wang; Jie, Xin; Lu, Dan; Enyu, Chang - Factor Mobilities and Agricultural Sustainability in China's Yellow River Basin: Unravelling Reconfigurations in the Urban-Rural Interface

• Copello, Luciano; Albaladejo, Christophe - From Central Places of Agricultural Labour to Places of Life Projects:  Pampean Villages in the New Rural-Urban Relationships (Tandil, Argentina)

• Šišak, Ivan; Lukić, Aleksandar; Radeljak Kaufmann, Petra - The Future of Rural Services Provision in a Functional Urban Area: An Example from the Zagreb Region, Croatia

17:15 - 17:45 Closing Plenary Session (Room 17- Second Floor)

18:00 -  19:00 Concert Workshop  (Room 17- Second Floor)

Stefano Valla & Daniele Scurati – Traditional Music of the Quattro Province