PadanistanIn the past thirty years the word Padania has become part of everyday life in Italy. It refers to an area in Northern Italy that extends from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea. A territory that exists in the ideas of many, but that geographically, culturally and juridically remains undefined. Padanistan (using stan as an alternative marker for land), seeks to challenge ownership of this region. Creating a new conceptual space in order to question the