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WELCOME HERE,
PLEASE COME IN ︎

IT’S A COMPLEX, LAYERED WORLD

I DEAL WITH IT
WITH ATTENTION, CURE AND PASSION

LET’S DISCOVER MY SPECTACLES
TO OBSERVE IT BETTER

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ENTER
(FOR REAL, PROMISE)



Evelyn

Hi there!
Nice to meet you!

My name is Evelyn Leveghi.
I’m a hybrid professional figure: 
• researcher in the making
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• designer 
proudly relational and human-centred (no industrial production for me, please)
After a bunch of years dedicated to independent research in Food Politics and Urban Studies, I came back to academia and I’m currently a PhD candidate, working at the crossroads of diverse fields:

 / Critical Agrarian Studies 
 / Contentious Politics 
 / Environmental Humanities 



I’m sorry but there’s no suitable label to sum up my own profession in just 1 word
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But let’s make it easy:

I am interested in the relations among
food • communities • natural resources

otherwise said
commons & democracy

– so what do you do? –
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You can also taste my pratice(s),
here’s the recipe!

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 S Y S T E M I C    D E S I G N 
 F O R   L I V A B I L I T Y 
 A N D   S O C I A L   C O H E S I O N 



I n g r e d i e n t s

• food (X cups)
• land (Y cups)
• culture (Z cups)
• commons (3 tsp)
• social practices (2 cups)
• socially-engaged art (2 tsp)
• participatory design (1 tsp)
• tactical urbanism (2 tsp)
• social innovation (2 tsp)
• food activism (1 tsp)
M e t h o d

First and foremost
︎︎︎ Let’s collect Design tools (D. thinking, Strategic D., Relational D., Urban D.)
︎︎︎ Match Social Sciences skills (mainly Anthropology, Ethnography, Sociology)

︎︎︎ Put Food, Land, Culture, Social Relations and Commons in a huge bowl.
︎︎︎Stir gently, to obtain a homogeneous mixture.
︎︎︎ Add Art spices (socially-engaged and performative art)
︎︎︎ Use Participatory Design&Art spatula to better incorporate the ingredients
︎︎︎ Use Tactical Urbanism and Food Activism as needed (if context and communities require a new p.o.v.)



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While I prepare this section for you (is an endless work-in-progress, you know) you can take a look down here ︎︎︎ 



Food Studies


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“Demopoiesis: transformative and counter-hegemonic potential of rural social movements’ agency towards Food Systems’ democratization”

︎︎︎ Historiographical and socio-political investigation around the Contentious Politics concerning Food Governance.
︎ Ongoing research in "Ecogastronomy, Food Sciences and Cultures" PhD programme
@ UniSG ft. UniTo (IT)


Food rioting
 ︎︎︎ Final thesis for the master's degree
in "Food History and Culture"
@ UniBo (IT)


Pratiche relazionali del cibo Relational practices around Food
︎︎︎ essay edited by Postmediabooks


Re-actionary practices through Food
︎︎︎ article published on The Offbeats website 


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Bilim
︎︎︎ (co-design for a) collective platform to foster knowledge exchange concerning Agroecology among the members of a CoP (small-scale farmers of Central Asia and the Balkans)

Occupy the kitchen!
︎︎︎ independent food artivism project questioning the relations among Food, Economics and Art
︎Ephemera conference



Urban Studies


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Tactical Urbanism
︎︎︎ Lecture and workshop @UniTn (IT)
︎︎︎ Lecture @ Sustainable Mobility Forum - Trento (IT)

Vibrant Urban Osmosis ︎︎︎ research article for Officina* - issue n.32 (Quarterly of Architecture, Technology and Environment)

Cittadini attivi, creatori di luoghi
︎︎︎ public speech on Partipatory Urban Desing and Placemaking practices 

La città inform[azion]ale ︎︎︎ MA thesis essay - Politecnico of Milan - IT)


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The Urban Observatory
︎︎︎ independent platform of research of Urban Studies focused on Public Space policies and Placemaking practices




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︎︎︎ Portfolio (in update)
︎︎︎ CV (IT • ENG in update)
︎︎︎ my recipe






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/ personal /
evelyn.leveghi@gmail.com

/ University of Gastronomic Sciences /
e.leveghi@studenti.unisg.it

/ University of Turin / evelyn.leveghi@unito.it


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@neve_lyn
(Telegram, Instagram)