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EPISODE · May 29, 2025 · 51 MIN

S242507 / Chipping away at the monolith: reframing the Valle di Lei cross-border dam

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In this final episode of the Territorial Elsewheres series, we travel to the Valle di Lei, a borderland between Italy and Switzerland where a monumental dam reveals the tensions between local governance, energy interests and spatial appropriation. Through the voices of Michela Fanetti, Dino Buzzetti, Omar Iacomella, Dominique Durot and Martin Cantieni, we retrace the history and transformations of a valley — formally Italian, yet accessible only from Switzerland — that has become a crossroads of ecological, economic, and institutional transitions.Audio excerpts are taken from the documentary Un metro lungo cinque by Ermanno Olmi and the video Radio 24 – Erste Sendung November 1979 vom Pizzo Groppera.

In this final episode of the Territorial Elsewheres series, we travel to the Valle di Lei, a borderland between Italy and Switzerland where a monumental dam reveals the tensions between local governance, energy interests and spatial appropriation. Through the voices of Michela Fanetti, Dino Buzzetti, Omar Iacomella, Dominique Durot and Martin Cantieni, we retrace the history and transformations of a valley — formally Italian, yet accessible only from Switzerland — that has become a crossroads of ecological, economic, and institutional transitions.Audio excerpts are taken from the documentary Un metro lungo cinque by Ermanno Olmi and the video Radio 24 – Erste Sendung November 1979 vom Pizzo Groppera.

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