26 June 2026 | News
The PartArt4OW project and its Sailing Lab received national media recognition on 26 June 2026, when they were featured in a dedicated report on TG Leonardo, the science and culture programme broadcast on Rai 3 — one of Italy's leading public television channels.
The segment, produced by journalist Simona Tanzini, explored new forms of participatory research and the relationship between communities and the marine environment, placing PartArt4OW's approach at the forefront of this growing field.
Sailing Lab in the Spotlight
Central to the television feature was the PartArt4OW Sailing Lab — a travelling research laboratory that uses sailing, field observation, and audiovisual documentation to explore the connections between people, coastal territories, and the marine environment. The report illustrated how the Sailing Lab embodies PartArt4OW's core vision: making the sea a space of shared knowledge, civic participation, and creative inquiry.
The broadcast highlighted how the project's activities bring together social geography, citizen science, participatory arts, and visual documentation in a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to ocean engagement. Among the initiatives featured were two PartArt4OW-supported sub-projects: Posidonia Art Reef and Tidal Orchards.
Research, Art, and Visual Storytelling Combined
The programme featured an interview with Chiara Certomà, social geographer at the MEMOTEF Department of Sapienza University of Rome and scientific coordinator of PartArt4OW with the CO>SEA research group. The visual footage was produced by Federico Fornaro of Raw-News Visual Production Agency, long-time collaborator on documentary and participatory research projects dedicated to the ocean, sustainability, and socio-environmental transformations.
Together, they demonstrated how the Sailing Lab represents a pioneering model of marine research — one that integrates scientific expertise, artistic practice, and visual storytelling to tackle contemporary environmental challenges and deepen society's relationship with the ocean.
Growing Recognition for a New Research Paradigm
The broadcast on Rai 3 confirms the growing public and institutional interest in interdisciplinary, community-centred approaches to ocean science. By treating the sea as a common good — a space of connection between the environment, local communities, and scientific knowledge — PartArt4OW is helping to shape a new paradigm for how Europe engages with its waters.
The full TG Leonardo report is available on the RaiNews platform.
PartArt4OW – Participatory Art for Society Engagement with Ocean and Water – is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101058677, as part of the EU Mission 'Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030' and endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science.