Il dibattito all’anglosassone è da sempre stato considerato la migliore formula per presentare due punti di vista opposti e di discuterli davanti a una platea che non è soltanto un pubblico statico bensì un pubblico che partecipa alla discussione e che decreta, tramite voto, il vincitore. Condotto da un moderatore che ha il compito di garantire la fluidità, la tempistica e il tono dei partecipanti, pensiamo che I Bastioni Dibattono possa essere un modo dinamico e simpatico di discutere temi che interessano tutti quei professionisti legati al modo della conservazione.

The Bastioni Debates
In keeping with other events organized by the Association Bastioni, The Bastioni Debates want to be an opportunity to discus, dispute and challenge matters linked with the conservation and restoration of our national and international heritage. Following the style of Anglo-Saxon debates , the Bastioni Debates encourages the participation of the audience who will be asked to question the debaters as well as voting the final winner.

Bastioni Debates 2016

"In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny." John Stuart Mill.

 The 2016 conservation and restoration fair known as "Il Salone dell'Arte e del Restauro di Firenze", to be held at the Fortezza da Basso, Florence, on the 10th and 11th of November, will see the Bastioni Debates taking place at the Talking Corner of the Nardini Publisher’s book stand. This year our first debate will be held in English and it will involve a total of 8 international students currently enrolled in the conservation and restoration program of the Lorenzo de’Medici Institute, Florence.

Ldm students will be debating the following topic:  

Should original artworks be replaced with copies in order to slow down the deterioration processes?

Students will be divided into two teams of four students. Each team will have 15 minutes (questions from the public included) to convince the public to vote in favour of their arguments. The winning team will receive a voucher to spend on conservation books published by Nardini Editori. Moderator: Professor Beate Klingenberg, Supervisor Science School, Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute.


The organizers of the Bastioni Debates want to thanks the students for their participation as well as the Lorenzo de’Medici Institute for their help and cooperation. We hope the debate will be both enjoyable and constructive as well as an opportunity for students to refine their argumentative skills which indeed require a breadth of knowledge, conviction and humour

For those of you interested in knowing more, the debate will be filmed and posted on this site and on our Youtube channel which you can find by following this link: Associazione Bastioni