POLARISED TIMES (TEMPI POLARIZZATI)

Giorgia Serughetti is an Associate Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Milan-Bicocca. Her research focuses on gender, political theory, and social theory. Her most recent books include: Power of a Different Kind: Women, Feminisms and Politics (Donzelli, 2024); Utopias of Care; The Transformative Politics of Community Practices (with L. Fano Morrissey, Castelvecchi, 2024); Society Exists (Laterza, 2023); and Europe and its Shadow. A Continent Facing the Responsibility of the Future (with G. Gressani, Bompiani, 2023); The Conservative Wind: The Populist Right on the Attack Against Democracy (Laterza, 2021). She is a columnist for the daily newspaper Domani.

Julian Hetzel was born in Jena, Germany, in 1981. He works as a performer, musician and visual artist. His work lies at the intersection of theatre, music and media, and is characterised by a political dimension and a documentary approach. He is the artistic director of Studio Julian Hetzel, which is based in Utrecht. Hetzel’s productions are staged internationally. His work has been presented at numerous international festivals in more than 20 countries worldwide. His latest production, Three Times Left is Right, explores the concepts of political orientation, ideology and polarisation through a powerful fusion of performance, choreography and installations.

Ira Rubini was born in Belgium and now lives in Milan. She graduated from the Paolo Grassi School with a degree in Dramaturgy and has written over 40 TV programmes for RAI, the BBC, ZDF and SKY, as well as eight plays — including La bruttina stagionata, directed by Franca Valeri — and numerous cabaret sketches. She is also a radio presenter, lecturer in TV writing, translator and moderator, and has studied and worked in Germany and the UK.