In:Borderscapes: The de/construction of borders as an everyday practice in contemporary Italy
Stefania Tufi
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 58] 2026
► pp. xi–xiv
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List of figures
Figure 2.1Courmayeur, Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste
Figure 2.2‘4810’ shop sign in Courmayeur
Figure 2.3Solitary hiker on Mont Blanc trail
Figure 2.4Advert for a swimming pool in the forest
Figure 2.5The statue of Abbé Joseph Marie Henry (1870-1947)
Figure 2.6Monuments to Giuseppe Petigax, Emile Rey
and Mario Puchoz
and Mario Puchoz
Figure 2.7Adverts display rack
Figure 2.8Dog parking
Figure 2.9The human-made and the natural blend in
Figure 2.10Decorative sign in French outside restaurant
(‘open, you are welcome’)
(‘open, you are welcome’)
Figure 2.11Via-Rue della Torre (lit. Street of the tower,
visible from Via Roma)
visible from Via Roma)
Figure 2.12La Méijon de Creméyeui (The House of Courmayeur)
Figure 2.13Wine shop in Via Roma
Figure 2.14House for sale
Figure 2.15Multilingual sign on greengrocer’s window
Figure 2.16Sign remembering René Willien
Figure 3.1Map of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Figure 3.2Linguistic map of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Figure 3.3The Morgan Line dividing Venezia Giulia/Julijska Krajina and Istria between
Zone A and Zone B
Figure 3.4Cooperative Karst Bank
Figure 3.5(Micro)toponym in S. Dorligo della valle/Dolina
Figure 3.6The author standing on the border between Italy
and Slovenia, marked by a metallic plaque
and Slovenia, marked by a metallic plaque
Figure 3.7Caffè Bordo (Border Café) on the Slovenian side
of the border
of the border
Figure 3.8GO!2025 advert in Gorizia
Figure 3.9Icarus Monument (Nova Gorica)
Figure 3.10The word TITO on Mount Sabotino facing Gorizia
Figure 3.11Kinemax ‘Cinema Entrance’ (Italian/Slovenian), Gorizia
Figure 3.12Topografie della memoria (memory topographies), Gorizia
Figure 3.13Cow simultaneously standing on both sides of the border
Figure 4.1Linguistic map of Sardinia
Figure 4.2Sites of interactions with research participants in 2017
Figure 4.3Sign displayed in the meeting room of the Collective
in Sassari
in Sassari
Figure 4.4Sardinian flag
Figure 4.5Example of building refurbishment in the Marina quarter
Figure 4.6Sign outside the clothes shop Bistimentas
Figure 4.7BuffHouse winebar
Figure 4.8Tziarua shop window
Figure 4.9Migrant-run shop in 2008
Figure 4.10Migrant-run shop in 2025
Figure 4.11Il Suq
Figure 4.12Traditional bakery in the Marina quarter
Figure 5.1‘Please do not leave rubbish here’ (Spanish/French/Wolof/ Tamazight in Arabic
script — 2008)
Figure 5.2Italian/Spanish notice on grocery shop window (2008)
Figure 5.3Graffiti against tourists and cruise tourism
Figure 5.4Graffito in English sprayed on the wall of a church (2018)
Figure 5.5‘Refugees welcome’ graffito (2018)
Figure 5.6Graffito in Italian (Solidarity with migrants!) (2018)
Figure 5.7Community library in Via Prè (2023)
Figure 5.8A view of Via Prè on a sunny morning (2018)
Figure 6.1The valleys composing the Ladin-speaking area in Italy
Figure 6.2Language distribution in Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol
Figure 6.3Noticeboard by the minimarket
Figure 6.4Monolingual sign in Ladin about an environmental initiative
Figure 6.5Poster advertising a conference about the tripartition
of the Ladin area
of the Ladin area
Figure 7.1Italy (with shaded research sites)
