Dr. Fiore Interviewed on Radio In 102 About ArcGIS project on the Iconic Site of Scala dei Turchi (Sicily)
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On Feb. 16, 2026, Prof. Fiore was interviewed on Radio In 102 about an ArcGIS project on the iconic site of Scala dei Turchi in Sicily, which she co-designed and co-created with Prof. Vetri Nathan (Multispecies Futures Lab, UCLA) for the Italian national initiative Agrigento 2025 Capital of Culture. The Ecocultures of the Scala dei Turchi is a thick mapping site that offers alternative routes to visitors of the area of the world-famous Scala dei Turchi (Realmonte, province of Agrigento). In conversation with (from left to right) Sibilla Gambino, Giovanna Cirino, and Eliana Chiavetta, Prof. Fiore explained how, through a multispecies and multidisciplinary reading of the place, attentive to botany, marine biology, geology, gastronomy, cinema and literature, the site invites you to enter a world of human and non-human stories, much more complex than the well-known seaside site, and to protect this breathtaking but also fragile spot with care and wisdom. To read more about the project and its research team, see the dedicated webpage.
This ever-expanding site available in both Italian and English, and configured in mobile-friendly mode accessible via cell phone, is an aggregator of pre-existing forms of knowledge as well as new textual, video, and audio material, gathered in collaboration with professors of the University of Palermo (including the Agrigento branch, Polo Territoriale), environmentalist guides, chefs, photographers, architects, local residents, etc., and co-implemented with Ph.D. students Giacomo Frazzetta and Doğa Tekin. The project was co-sponsored by the Agrigento 2025 Foundation, the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Region of Sicily, the Municipality of Agrigento, the Inserra Chair (Montclair State University), and UCLA, with the logistical support of the Municipality of Realmonte.
The project has already been covered in other media: Balarm, La Sicilia, and Scrivo Libero.
Short link: tinyurl.com/ScalaRadioIN