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Alea Independent Journal of Anthropological Practices. Alea è una rivista indipendente di antropologia culturale.

On Thursday 12 February, we will officially launch the first issue of Alea’s new editorial cycle together with Frab’s Ma...
02/02/2026

On Thursday 12 February, we will officially launch the first issue of Alea’s new editorial cycle together with Frab’s Magazines.

It will be a chance to meet, chat, and exchange thoughts on The Long Goodbye and on the project’s new editorial direction. We look forward to seeing you at 6:30 PM!

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Giovedì 12 febbraio, lanceremo ufficialmente il primo numero del nuovo ciclo editoriale di Alea, ospitati da Frab’s Magazines.

Sarà un’occasione per incontrarvi e scambiare qualche chiacchiera su Il Lungo Addio e la nuova direzione editoriale del progetto. Vi aspettiamo alle 18.30!

In the mountain community of Val di Scalve, a tragic past questions the uncertain present of Italy’s inner territories.F...
27/01/2026

In the mountain community of Val di Scalve, a tragic past questions the uncertain present of Italy’s inner territories.

For the new issue of Alea, The Long Goodbye, we returned to the field to retrace the dramatic story of the Gleno dam, which collapsed in 1923 after a series of structural negligence, killing more than 300 people. Starting from the historical memory of that event, we explored today’s social and cultural challenges—held together by strong communal ties yet strained by economic and demographic uncertainty.

This reportage is extracted from Alea Issue No. 1 – The Long Goodbye (2025).
Get your copy in our shop.

Read the full version on the Digest — https://www.aleamag.com/digest/glen-journey-into-the-sunken-valley



Nella comunità montana della Val di Scalve, un passato tragico interroga il presente incerto delle aree interne.

Per il nuovo numero di Alea “Il lungo addio”, abbiamo ripercorso sul campo la drammatica vicenda della diga del Gleno, crollata nel 1923 in seguito a una serie di negligenze costruttive che causarono più di 300 vittime. A partire dalla memoria storica dell’evento, abbiamo provato a interrogare le sfide sociali e culturali del presente, caratterizzato da solidi legami comunitari ma anche da profonde incertezze economiche e demografiche.

Il reportage è un estratto di Alea Vol.1 – Il lungo addio (2025).
Acquista la tua copia ora nel nostro shop.

Leggi la versione integrale del reportage sul Digest – https://www.aleamag.com/digest-posts-it/glen-viaggio-nella-valle-sommersa

«After the initial disorientation that, to be honest, had weakened our first attempts to explore the Lands Between, we t...
16/01/2026

«After the initial disorientation that, to be honest, had weakened our first attempts to explore the Lands Between, we tried to reorganize the entire editorial project, guided by an intuition that was, in a sense, paradoxical: the escape velocity from the dimensional upheaval of the Long Goodbye was immobility. Written on the whiteboard, the equation of the Long Goodbye gave us not a solution but a breach of understanding. We needed the courage to stay put, to take a grounded, immovable position, to hold a gaze carved into the precariousness of time».

The editorial of Alea Issue No.1 – The Long Goodbye is online on our website – check the link in bio. Read it now and purchase your copy of the magazine.

Francesco Danesi della Sala holds a PhD in Cultural and Social Anthropology. His research focuses primarily on environmental issues and the climate crisis. He has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the seismic crater of central Italy and in the Po River Delta. He serves as editor-in-chief of Alea – Independent Journal of Anthropological Practices. In 2025, he published Nature ribelli. Viaggio nella metamorfosi climatica alle foci del Po (Wetlands).

The Long Goodbye is available in our shop: alemag.com

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