List of Figures Introduction: For an Ethnographic Microhistory through Ruins Chiara Calzana and Valentina Gamberi Part I: Ethnographic Lenses for Ruination Chapter 1. A Landscape of Failures: The Historical Ecology of Ruins in the Po River Delta Francesco Danesi Della Sala Chapter 2. From Desire to Avoidance: Contrasting Interactions with the Rubble of Familiar Spaces Affected by an Earthquake and a Planned Flood (China) Katiana Le Mentec Part II: Hauntings Chapter 3. A Scattered Self: Composing Subjectivities through Ruined Houses (Taiwan) Valentina Gamberi Chapter 4. Contested Memoryscapes: Post-Disaster Ruins and Memorial Practices in the Vajont Valley (Italy) Chiara Calzana Chapter 5. Ruins of Remains: Unpacking Narratives about a Cemetery of 'Political Victims' Fang-I Chu Part III: Curating Ruins Chapter 6. Ruins in the Forest: Conserving, Abandoning and Feeling Heritage in the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) Giacomo Nerici Chapter 7. Soba Past versus Soba Present: Ethnography of Soba Archeological Site (Sudan) Marciej Kurcz Afterword: The Only Real Nation Is Ruination Francisco Martinez Index.