Jennifer Allsopp
Contributor at Freelance
Activist/academic/writer exploring global policy & pedagogy on human rights, gender, asylum & migration. Feminist internationalist. Reading Dante with refugees.
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3 weeks ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
The last stretch to Ravenna boasts two magical gardens where I would meet a friend and a soul mate who showed me that Dante’s divine love is at once self-reflective, shared and in harmony with the natural world. Kelsey and I had a leisurely breakfast at our lodging, Fattoria Chiocce Romagnole, with the two fellow male Italian pilgrims and our host, Rossella.
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3 weeks ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
Today’s walk gave a detailed insight into rural life, while the animals at the farm where we stayed were a delight. I had met my friend Kelsey in Forlí the evening before, still somewhat shaken after my strange encounter with the dog. To shake it off, we went partying until around 2am. We must have been the oldest people in the underground club, but we had a blast, dancing and chatting to various Erasmus exchange students. We also met a couple of Moroccan men with whom I spoke Arabic and French.
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3 weeks ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
The town of Castrocaro Terme offered interesting street art and engaging conversation, but a strange encounter with a dog left me melancholy. In the night we’d been visited by a storm which had brought with it thunder, lightning and heavy rain and so, over a breakfast of delicious fresh yoghurt, apricot jam and honey, I talked with Benjamin and Michaela, his partner and co-host, about the perilous weather in the region.
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4 weeks ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
People keep addressing me as a pilgrim which feels strangely comfortable, but my path is pantheistic. At the start of canto 2 of Inferno, Virgil tells Dante that it is Beatrice who has sent him to guide him on his journey. Dante is reassured.
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1 month ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
Today’s short hike promised a rainbow but real colour came in the narrow streets of the medieval town where Beatrice’s family lived. ‘Gloom of Hell or of a night deprived of all the stars, beneath a barren skyWhich everywhere was overcast with clouds’With these words Dante begins the canto of Purgatorio 16. I could relate. All night, it hadn’t stopped raining and, as I opened the curtains, the grey clouds still hung in webs.
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The last stretch to Ravenna boasts 2 magical gardens where I would meet a friend & a soul mate who showed me that Dante’s divine love is at once self-reflective, shared & in harmony with the natural world. #Dante #divinecomedy #ravenna #art #hiking #walk https://t.co/0DTJ3eTdUY
The last stretch to Ravenna boasts 2 magical gardens where I would meet a friend & a soul mate who showed me that Dante’s divine love is at once self-reflective, shared & in harmony with the natural world. #Dante #divinecomedy #hiking #walking #pellegrina https://t.co/iwFjXZrkXz https://t.co/rCU3pPsUxH
Today’s walk gave a detailed insight into rural life, while the animals at the farm where we stayed were a delight.' Here comes a post from day 10 of the 400km cammino di Dante. https://t.co/umG9xyI2H0 #hiking #camminodidante #Dante #divinecomedy #italy #hiking #farmlife #ugolino