The supply chain among machinery, technologies and apple producers.

The case of Val di Non in Italy and the apple assemblages

Authors

  • Barbara Pizzo IUAV

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-6562/18492

Keywords:

Territories of monocultures, Actor-Network Theory, Assemblage

Abstract

Within the framework of the European ecological transition, the paper stands as a research agenda to interpret the supply chain of the case study of Val di Non (TN). Exploring in depth these mechanisms, the operation suggested turning to the Actor-Network Theory’s framework. From the new analytical position, the focus is to understand what research avenues may emerge.
Through the supply chain deconstruction, three main elements come to light: the network metaphor, the radical symmetry, and the material turn. The three elements will guide the narrative of the Trentino case. Finally, the manuscript concludes with three main issues that would prompt planning to assume an active mediating and not neutral role, to interpret the assemblage as infrastructure, and to re-engage the environmental dimension from a socio-material perspective.

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View of Val di Non from the north (Source: author)

Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

Pizzo, B. (2023). The supply chain among machinery, technologies and apple producers. : The case of Val di Non in Italy and the apple assemblages. Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare Di Studi Urbani, 10(14), 124–140. https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-6562/18492

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