Lecture
Italian Consulate, Lugano

Repairing Territory (through Agroecology)Milica Topalović

"Exactly fifty years ago, in 1972, the Meadows Report spoke of the finitude of resources and the limits to growth.

Despite some attempts to theorise an ‘end of history’ (which never happened), we can only helplessly verify that our pace continues to accelerate and our dependence on raw materials and energy is increasing, plunging us into a succession of (climatic, health, political and humanitarian) crisis. In this context, we can no longer expect to create and preserve immutable, perfect, ‘finite’ objects and landscapes. The finitude of resources implies the non-finitude of processes: time is now the raw material of the project. How can we establish an open culture of the built environment that is continuous, collective and capable of constantly adapting forms and functions?"

In the framework of the biennale svizzera del territorio “(non)finito” 2022, Milica Topalović gave a lecture on repairing territory through agroecology.