Exhibition “Di Umana Natura. Mediterranean Biodiversity in the Photographs of Eugenio Turri”
Staff
02/02/2026
Physical and online exhibition that recounts, through the photographs of geographer Eugenio Turri (1927-2005), the Mediterranean as a cradle of biodiversity generated by a millennia-long interweaving of nature and culture, revealing the capacity of human beings to generate biodiversity even before denouncing its destructive action, which has been particularly evident since World War II.
Parole chiave
Biodiversity
Titolo contenuto
Exhibition “Of Human Nature. Mediterranean biodiversity in the photographs of Eugenio Turri.”Autori
Mauro Varotto
Editore
University of Padova
Tipo di risorsa
Exhibition usable in physical form and online.
Fascia d’età consigliata
The exhibition aims to be an invitation to rethink the boundary between natural and human, rediscovering the positive value of the interaction between the two in the construction and care of landscapes, habitats and life forms. Target audience is a wide audience, including non-specialists, with a special focus on secondary school students.
How it is structured
The exhibition is organized in 5 stages, each aimed at investigating one aspect of the interaction between nature and human action that generates biodiversity: 1. water, its management in arid or aquitrid settings, the threat of climate change; 2. plants, their domestication for agriculture, the loss of cultivated species, the exploitation of wild species; 3. animals, their domestication for breeding and work, the threat of standardization; 4. stones and soils, and thus geodiversity as a precondition to biodiversity; 5. human and cultural diversity, a promoter of biodiversity: both are threatened by ongoing processes of homogenization.
How it can be enjoyed
The exhibition can be enjoyed in physical form, as a set of 10 forex panels and a slideshow designed to be transported and traveled. QR codes enable its enjoyment in English as well. An initial test took place in the spaces of the Museum of Geography at the University of Padua, during the Museum’s opening hours, where it was viewed by a diverse audience of citizens, tourists, students and academics. The physical panels are easily transportable, and the exhibition is designed to “travel” to other locations. It can also be accessed online by a wider audience of interested parties, in dual Italian-English, in an expanded form in terms of the image kit.
