RiparAbile

The week-long festival took place on Lampedusa – an island where the tensions and opportunities of the Mediterranean converge in a very limited space: a tourist destination and a migration route, the everyday life of residents and the arrival point for people seeking refuge. Nowhere else is it so visible how a society is constantly confronted with questions of strain, solidarity, and coexistence. In this setting, RiparAbile created a space for encounter, collective work, and reflection: fishermen and schoolchildren, farmers and artists, migrants and long-time residents came together. Walks, workshops, and shared meals invited participants not only to consider what might be repaired, but also how different perspectives and experiences can intertwine to create something new. RiparAbile thus became a festival of local knowledge, everyday resilience, and collective resistance—right on Lampedusa, where questions of repair, care, and cohesion are especially urgent.

Program Highlights:

• • Fixing Tapes – Sound and storytelling workshop with Maghweb (Palermo) at the Ibby Library

  • Nature Walks – Ecological excursions in collaboration with the Archivio Storico Lampedusa

  • Un gioco per l’isola – Revival of a bocce court in Cala Palme, initiated by Tanja Boukal

  • Due rive, un confine – Evening dialogue on borders and belonging with Maldusa

  • Radici di Resilienza – Farming workshop at Agricola Mpidusa on food sovereignty and community

  • A tavola, è pronto! – Shared closing dinner at a long communal table on Via Roma