Three evenings of meetings and music as previews of the twenty-second edition of the Marina Cafè Noir. In Cagliari, from Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 October, the Accademia popolare returns, a series of short informal lessons conceived by the cultural association Chourmo together with teachers and researchers from the University of Cagliari . A sharing of knowledge characterized by an informative approach and open to all. The appointment is where it all began, in the Marina district, at the Caffè Savoia, starting at 6 pm .
It begins on Tuesday, October 1st with a meeting entitled Spiritual and Political Choices. The Paths of Sufism Are Multiple, by Political Science researcher Alessandra Marchi. This will be followed by a discussion of Work and Dignity with Sonia Fernandez Sanchez, professor of Labor Law; while Giulia Dessy, who teaches at the Conservatory, reflects on the theme: What is Classical Music? Closing with the most current affairs with Before October 7th. Reflections on Palestine, by professor of History of the Arab World Patrizia Manduchi.
The story of this first evening will be stitched together by the music of Enrico Marongiu, a singer-songwriter from Cagliari who, despite his young age, boasts a robust production of singles and EPs.
Wednesday 2 October we start again with Spatial Justice and Deaf Community. A Change of Perspective, the intervention of the PhD student Marina Fanari, and we continue with a focus on Stigma in Psychiatry, by the director of the child neuropsychiatry clinic of the microcythemic hospital of Cagliari, Sara Carucci. A clear change of discipline then with the researcher in musicology Benedetta Zucconi, and her The gramophone in Italy: a Sardinian story. Curtain on the second day with the sociologist Ester Cois for The house with the windows that look. History and stories from the Lazzaretto.
The music is instead entrusted to the very young Giulia Leone, a twenty-three year old singer-songwriter who has played in the main island festivals and is working on her next singles.
Last appointments with the Popular Academy on Thursday 3 October , when Giulia Pisu, a PhD student in ethnomusicology, will talk about Female Polyphony in Corsica. Next up is Irene Palladini, a researcher in modern and contemporary Italian literature, protagonist of Spaces of Happiness, notes on Goliarda Sapienza and Sergio Atzeni. Then the geographer Marina Loi with Fichi d'India, reti per letto e fiumi nascosto. A study on the 554. In closing, an excursus on Cagliari, tattoos and resistance with the sociologist Norma Baldino.
Musical counterpoint of this last day by Andrea Schirru, appreciated pianist from San Sperate and protagonist of the Sardinian music scene, backbone of some of the most interesting and lively bands of recent years.
Closing this cycle of previews, the Marina Cafè Noir returns on Thursday 10, Friday 11 and Saturday 12 October with its twenty-second edition , scheduled in Cagliari at the Bastione di Saint Remy . Among this year's guests are authors, musicians and performers who are protagonists of the Italian and international scene: Dario Ferrari, Carlotta Vagnoli, Maurizio Carucci, Valentina Mira, Wu Ming4, Nana Kwame Adjei-Bregan, Yomi Adegoke, Alessandro Cattelan, Max Gazzè and many others.