V Section – Nautilus


This section is metaphorically planned as Captain Nemo’s library: it is arranged in his submarine which travels under the sea representing the place where all the aspects concerning the complete knowledge about the sea may be gathered and shared.

Of course, the Mediterranean sea serves as repository for such an extensive knowledge. Thus, both research on the Mediterranean sea and its history will be the main topics of this section with the aim of examining them in every detail. Furthermore, we suggest to create a Network Library. This should be organised according to the 4 Sections presented above (i.e. The other side of the sky, Games of exchange, Skills of the hand, The power of symbols).

Each sections will be further divided into units or areas as suggested below. Of course, the creation of a Network Library (both physical and virtual) entails the need for a librarian who is supposed to be proposed and appointed by all the network partners in order. Within the travelling exhibition, a small pavilion will also include a bookshop where both institutional and network’s publication can be sold along with the interdisciplinary and disciplinary research material.