An honest bridge
Historical Benandanti reportedly defended fields through nocturnal spiritual conflict. Modern crop protection uses agronomy, biosurveillance, information security and verifiable intervention. The connection is thematic: care for a vulnerable food system.
Where the parallel fails
Early modern belief and modern evidence-based protective practices employ fundamentally different methods and standards. Treating them as equivalent would diminish both the historical record and the contemporary research.
Why it belongs here
The metaphor explains the site’s naming while allowing the portfolio to discuss modern work independently. Readers interested only in history need not navigate technical marketing; visitors seeking technical projects receive a professional portfolio rather than mystical claims.
Source and revision record
- Carlo Ginzburg, The Night Battles (updated edition, 2026)Publisher listing · Publisher bibliographic and interpretive overview; updated edition dated September 8, 2026.
- Santarelli and Weber, Benandanti, EreticopediaScholarly reference · Survey of agrarian, funerary and therapeutic strands, with discussion of scholarly disagreement.