Certosa di Pontignano near Siena
Cortona Week 2023
Science and the Wholeness of Life
Science and the Wholeness of Life
After ETH Zurich ended its support, alumni and organisers continued Cortona Week independently under Pier Luigi Luisi’s leadership. Editions took place in Todi in 2018 and 2019. The residential week paused in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, and in 2021 the community created Cortona Pearls online to keep the Cortona Week flame alive. Residential editions resumed at the Certosa di Pontignano near Siena in 2022 and 2023, and at the Fraternità San Leonardo al Palco near Prato in 2024. Across these years, the organisers held six editions in four settings without the support of a university or other host institution.
People recorded for this edition
Stuart Kauffman, 2023
theoretical biologist and complexity scientist
Federico Faggin, 2023
physicist and engineer, co-inventor of the first commercial microprocessor
Marko Pogačnik, 2023
artist, author and geomancy practitioner
Ernesto Burgio, 2023
paediatrician and researcher in environmental epigenetics
Cortona Week 2023 photographs
2023 · Conversation across generations at Certosa di Pontignano 2023 · Inquiry returns to the circle in a new setting