In an era that celebrates movement, this workshop begins with a less obvious question: what does it mean to stay? What kind of geographies are shaped when one chooses to inhabit a place and build a future there?
*Restanza*—the act of staying—is not the same as immobility. It is a choice situated where the land meets the sea, a point where remaining coexists with the stories of those who leave and those who arrive. To inhabit an island is, in itself, to be part of a movement—within a Mediterranean that is not a border, but a system of relationships.
The session is participatory in nature: following a collective introduction, participants will break into groups to explore potential narratives of the territory and create a small, collaborative fanzine.
In dialogue with the *Between Land and Sea* festival, the workshop interprets *restanza* as an active, transformative practice—one capable of redefining the bond between those who inhabit a territory and its future.
The session is curated by the Scuola di Restanza e Futuro—an educational, artistic, and political project founded in Palermo that engages young people in constructing new possibilities for the South, envisioned as a space for experimentation and justice.