RT Article
T1 "Ulía": Relational Ontologies and Political Activism in Salento (Southern Italy)
JF Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
VO 17
IS 3
SP 359
OP 375
A1 Parmigiani, Giovanna
LA English
PB Equinox Publ.
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/187596116X
AB Ulía is the word for olive in the Salento area of Italy. Ulía is also the word meaning "I'd like to/ love to", in the local dialect. The linguistic assonances are only one of the many dimensions that link olive trees and humanity, past and future, nature and desire. Recently, Salento's hundreds-years-old olive trees have been attacked by a disease called Xylella Fastidiosa. In this paper, I analyze the presence and role of both Pagan and non-Pagan "neo-animist" political discourses oriented toward the cure, preservation, tutelage and guardianship of Salento’s olive trees under threat of felling and eradication.
K1 Dark Green Religion
K1 Environmentalism
K1 Italy
K1 Neo-animism
K1 Olive trees
K1 Paganism
K1 Salento
K1 Xylella
K1 relational ontologies
DO 10.1558/jsrnc.23603