Geography and performance. Reflections starting from a murder mystery game

Journal title RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Author/s Panos Bourlessas, Emanuela Diodati, Emanuele Frixa, Giulia Oddi, Patrizia Pampana, Daniele Pasqualetti, Marco Picone, Matteo Puttilli, Francesca Sabatini
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/1
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 165-175 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa1-2024oa17382
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Reworking the authorial and theatrical experience within the context of a murder mystery game staged at the Società Geografica Italiana during the 2023 European GeoNight, the text reflects on the role of performance as an opportunity to explore and expand the definition of public geography, the latter being understood as the expression and manifestation of what geographers ‘can do’.

Keywords: murder mystery game, performance, public geography, Società Geografica Italiana.

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Panos Bourlessas, Emanuela Diodati, Emanuele Frixa, Giulia Oddi, Patrizia Pampana, Daniele Pasqualetti, Marco Picone, Matteo Puttilli, Francesca Sabatini, Geografia e performance. Riflessioni a partire da una cena con delitto in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 1/2024, pp 165-175, DOI: 10.3280/rgioa1-2024oa17382