diff --git a/content/factor/radiogabinetto.md b/content/factor/radiogabinetto.md index cf6acf1..8bd04d1 100644 --- a/content/factor/radiogabinetto.md +++ b/content/factor/radiogabinetto.md @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Between 1960 and 1970, the workers of the textile factory Lebole (in arezzo, Ita The practice of contrafacta, widespread in the European poetic tradition, is at the origin of many popular songs and struggles still known today. The technique consists in changing the lyrics of old songs while leaving the melodies unchanged. Friedrich Gennrich writes that "In the history of the song, counterfeiting is a phenomenon almost as old as the song itself" (1965). In the toilets of the Lebole, the workers use and experiment for the first time this technique on a repertoire of pop hits of the moment: the songs that circulate in the Italian song festivals such as Sanremo and Canzonissima. In this particular use of the cotrafacta technique the workers found a way to break the silences that traversed them and make their struggles known, while also strenghtening their cohesion the same time. +![](static/images/cantiamo_1.png) +![](static/images/cantiamo_2.png) + # Instructions to the doppelganger As we introduced in the section on Noxiousness, *The Work Environment* (L'Ambiente di Lavoro, 1967) was a tool for organizers and workers together to begin to research and understand the risks to which their jobs would expose them. The booklet focuses on noxiousness, which it breaks down into 4 groups of factors: environmental conditions; exposure to toxic substances, physical fatigue and psychological demands.