Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Introduction 9
4. Part I. Visual Narratives of Venice
5. 1 Mario Peliti – On Venice 19
6. 2 Venice Doesn’t Exist 33
7. Part II. Ecologies of Care and Regeneration
8. 3 Alternative Venice 47
9. 4 Letter to Salvatore Settis on the Island of Sant’Andrea 63
10. 5 Coexistence and Care 69
11. 6 The Architecture Biennale as a Platform for Socio- Ecological Interventions 85
12. Part III. Practicing New Imaginaries and Methodologies
13. 7 The Expanded Enquiry 103
14. 8 Disorientation and Where to Find Oneself 119
15. 9 On Axel Braun’s Venice Project ‘Machina Mundi/ Reign of Reason’ 125
16. Part IV. Then and Now: Local Craft Knowledge and Heritage Making
17. 10 Venetian Art Prints from Their Beginnings to Today’s Sustainability Initiatives 139
18. 11 Glass: Millennia-Old Excellence Between Innovation and Sustainability 155
19. Part V. In Their Own Words: Conversations with Cultural Professionals in Venice
20. 12 ‘Art Can Act as an Agent for Change’ 167
21. 13 ‘Themes Which Concern Contemporary Artists Are Often Present in the Past Too’ 177
22. 14 ‘What It Takes and What It Means to Actually Become a Regenerative Organisation’ 183
23. 15 ‘Venice as Method!’ 195
24. 16 ‘From the Margins’ 203
25. Appendix
26. 17 Notes on the Contributors 217
27. 18 Abstracts 223