DisSeminAzioni: Telling the Story of Biodiversity

DisSeminAzioni: Telling the Story of Biodiversity explores biodiversity as a shared cultural, social, and political concern at the heart of today’s ecological crisis. Moving beyond a purely scientific perspective, the volume investigates how biodiversity is represented, communicated, experienced, and activated through museums, art, food systems, urban environments, and participatory practices.
Emerging from an interdisciplinary research project connected to the National Biodiversity Future Center, the book brings together scholars from sociology, museum studies, visual studies, and environmental research to examine biodiversity as both an ethical value and a driver of collective action. From contemporary art and visual communication to urban biodiversity, sustainable food systems, and citizen science, the chapters reveal how cultural institutions can act as laboratories of awareness, engagement, and transformation.
Through case studies, theoretical reflections, and applied methodologies—including impact assessment and shared indicators—DisSeminAzioni offers concrete tools for rethinking the relationship between humans and the living world. Addressed to researchers, cultural professionals, educators, and decision-makers, this volume invites readers to recognize biodiversity not as a distant or abstract issue, but as a living, relational process that concerns everyday choices, public spaces, and the future of our societies.