Whose Landscape: The Alps Between Nation and Planet (Off-Site)

<ul><li>Fee: This is a free event.</li><li>Where to go: The program begins at <a href="https://swissnex.org/boston/event/whose-landscape-the-alps-between-nation-and-planet/">Swissnex</a>, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA and ends at the Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street.</li><li>How to join: Register through Swissnex <a href="https://luma.com/48t4n4em">here</a>.</li><li>General info: Contact Lisa Kurth (<a href="mailto:lisa.kurth@swissnex.org">lisa.kurth@swissnex.org</a>) at Swissnex with questions.</li></ul>Through conversation and art, the afternoon invites us to reconsider the Alps not simply as a symbol of Switzerland, but as a landscape whose meaning, image, and future are shared. We will first gather at <a href="https://swissnex.org/boston/event/whose-landscape-the-alps-between-nation-and-planet/">Swissnex</a> for a panel discussion about the notion of ownership and image. As noted in the Harvard Art Museums exhibition <a href="https://harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/6562/on-location-drawing-the-outdoors">On Location: Drawing the Outdoors</a>, the “Swiss myth” was partially constructed by non-Swiss Romantics, such as J. M. W. Turner, John Ruskin, and Lord Byron. Two hundred and fifty years later, the same Alpine landscape is claimed at a larger scale still: as a planetary system of glaciers, biodiversity corridors, and atmospheric records that belong to no one country. Who has ever really owned the image of the Alps—and what role do cultural institutions (museums, embassies, organizations like Swissnex) play in mediating between national identity and planetary responsibility? Following the conversation, we will take a short walk to the Harvard Art Museums for an exhibition tour of <a href="https://harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/6562/on-location-drawing-the-outdoors">On Location: Drawing the Outdoors</a> with curators Joachim Homann and Sarah C. Rosenthal. Speakers: <a href="https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/geo/membres/enseignants/gallonidistria-claire">Claire Galloni d’Istria</a>, Lecturer, Biologist and Visual Anthropologist, University of Geneva <a href="https://harvardartmuseums.org/about/staff/317">Joachim Homann</a>, Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings, Harvard Art Museums <a href="https://architecture.mit.edu/people/anne-whiston-spirn">Anne Whiston Spirn</a>, Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology <a href="https://www.vox.com/authors/benji-jones">Benji Jones</a> (moderator), Senior Correspondent, Vox, and Nieman Fellow ’27

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