| Micronations are typically defined as entities which resemble or purport to be sovereign states, but are not. They have been a recurrent phenomenon in most western-style liberal democracies since the early 19th century.
Some are established as a vehicle for political protest or in response to perceived governmental abuses; others take the form of elaborate, self-contained performance-art projects, and yet others explore utopian themes or serve role-playing functions of varying degrees of sophistication. Most are the creation of a single eccentric individual, family or group.
PoliNation: 3rd International Conference on Micronations is an academic conference focusing on this intriguing, pervasive, diverse, amusing, creative and quite possibly revolutionary global socio-political phenomenon.
PoliNation will bring together academics from various disciplines, graduate students, authors, film-makers, media representatives, members of the general public and micronation leaders from across Europe and around the world, for two days of intensive, entertaining knowledge exchange within the borders of the Free Republic of Alcatraz - a revolutionary micronation created by iconic Italian actor, writer and social activist Jacopo Fo.
The conference programme will include academic papers, general-interest and specialist presentations, documentary film screenings, Q&A sessions - and the opportunity for delegates to rub shoulders with a host of alternative world leaders.
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Accommodation is available at the Free Republic of Alcatraz.
A total of 68 people can be accommodated, mostly in 2-bed rooms.
Full board = € 65.00 per person, per night (meals provided are organic food only).
Accommodation only (ie no food) = € 25.00 per person, per night.
A small surcharge may apply for single-occupancy rooms. Cost TBA.
Delegates will have full use of the facilities including gardens, halls, a gym and swimming pools.
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Getting there:
Delegates arriving by train at Perugia Ponte San Giovanni station have the option of either taking a taxi (€60 approx fare) or arrange group transfers with Alcatraz itself (€30 per transfer, with cost shared between passengers).
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