Italian anthropologist Donatella Davanzo will present, “Anthropology of Space – Three Examples of Italian Spatial Use,” at a noon brown bag lecture Friday, Aug. 31 in room 118, School of Architecture and Planning.
Davanzo has dedicated herself for years to the study of spatial organization patterns of native peoples of the Southwest. Thanks to an analysis of the built environment and of usage techniques of the territory a relationship has emerged between space and the communities that inhabit it.
Through impressive visual and bibliographic documentation collected during her fieldwork, the anthropologist takes into account the possibility of perceiving the space as a place of human experiences and cultural values.
A boundary of expressive dynamics is also highlighted by study of examples of Italian spatial use, a work still in progress. Starting from the different spatial situations considered, the anthropological perspective retains the role of space in a theme to be observed with extreme and renewed attention.