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by Vincent Battesti

:-)

Yes, it was time in 2018 to get down to business.
 Launch of the CIRC: Centre international de recherches sur la Castagniccia.
(or “Centre interdisciplinaire”…)
Centru interdisciplinariu di ricerche nant’à a Castagniccia

 https://circ.vbat.org

[Translated from French into English, it should be the ICRC: International Centre for Research on Castagniccia (or “Interdisciplinary Centre for…”), but will miss the humorous wink as CIRC is pronounced in French as “cirque” (circus).]

Located in the hamlet of Nucariu (municipality of Nocario, 20229… waiting for an other headquarter ? :-). It can be seen in the first photograph.
The idea is quite seriously, with no funding and with the means at hand (thus taking its time), to create a hub of encounters with colleagues and students, with this territory as a pretext: a collaborative lab. where “us” prevails, a CIRC-US?
In fact, this CIRC already hosts the project Castagniccia (Corsica), elaborated with François Ireton.

Village de Nocario en Castagniccia, Corse, sous le mont San Petrone, vu depuis la chapelle de Saint-Christophe, 19 juillet 2017, Vincent Battesti
© Vincent Battesti
Dans la hêtraie sur les flancs ouest du San Petrone, Castagniccia, Corse (France), le 8 août 2014 (photo. Vincent Battesti)
© Vincent Battesti