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The company town palimpsest: space, life and politics in Dalmine, Italy

De Almeida Santos, Anna Karla  
Currà, Edoardo
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Docci, Marina
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2022
Stati Generali del Patrimonio Industriale 2022

This article proposes a reflection on the company towns’ actual conditions, presenting as a case study an up-to-date and articulated reconstruction of the conditions of habitability in Dalmine, Italy. The research strives on the phenomenon of company towns not as a mere static historical object but as an object that has undergone many transformations during the last three centuries in step with the social, environmental, and economic transition of the Anthropocene. For this purpose, the research uses a mixed-method approach to trace the urban condition of the case study town using business archives from the Fondazione Dalmine, among others. Findings demonstrate that the industry’s role in the city has changed from a producer and supplier of social services and welfare policies to a supporter/contributor of high-level education and innovation, research facilities, and development programs. Dalmine is an interesting case study of a contemporary company town and can stimulate the discussion around the current role of historical industries in the development of the territory.

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book part or chapter
Author(s)
De Almeida Santos, Anna Karla  
Editors
Currà, Edoardo
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Docci, Marina
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Menichelli, Claudio
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Russo, Martina
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Severi, Laura
Date Issued

2022

Publisher

Marsilio

Publisher place

Venezia

Published in
Stati Generali del Patrimonio Industriale 2022
ISBN of the book

978-8-829716-61-1

Total of pages

494-510

Start page

3800

Subjects

company town

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palimpsest

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business archives

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urbanism

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narratives

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EPFL

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LAB-U  
Available on Infoscience
June 14, 2022
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