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Unlearn Series

Unlearn Series

By: Zoe Map
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UNLEARN is a visual podcast that uses the dynamic format of roundtable discussions to talk about a wide array of topics, and delve into complex issues within the Italian diaspora.

Through the voices and experiences of academics and various figures from artistic and creative backgrounds, the project wants to involve, inform and share in a direct and easygoing manner, aspects of Italian culture where discussions about race are still new, and notions like systemic racism or cultural appropriation are not widely known.

Every episode serves as a platform to confront ideas, stimulate dialog, and support diversity and inclusion, to veer away from stereotypes and encourage the unlearning of many clichés.

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Episodes
  • Fascism, Diversity and Columbus

    Fascism, Diversity and Columbus
    Oct 23 2025

    Do Italians embrace their own diversity, and do they accept others?

    Ep_1 guests:

    • Silvana Patriarca, professor of History here in NYC at Fordham University. She specializes in the history of modern Italy and, in particular, in the cultural history of nationalism and the construction of national identities.

    • Kristal Trotter – on Zoom – is the founder of Accento.World, a creative designer, writer, and image activist; daughter of Italian mother and African American father. She is based in North Carolina.

    • Stephen Cerulli, a multi-generational Italian American, is a PhD candidate in Modern history at Fordham University and a researcher at the Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College. He specializes in Italian American/diaspora studies.

    Each UNLEARN episode has its own interactive extension. Go to this episode’s LEARNING HUB https://class.accento.world/unlearn-s...

    BOOKS mentioned in this episode: Available for purchasing on https://bookshop.org/shop/Accentoworld

    UNLEARN founder ZoeMap Producer, director and editor, Zoe has been living in the United States for almost fifteen years, and her learnings around the concept of whiteness was the catalyst to pose questions to her Italian community.

    For more follow #unlearnseries Music Intro by Mudimbi.

    UNLEARN is a project in partnership with Accento

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