README file
Data Set Title: PRIN2022TRIESTE. Infrastructural ruination 
Data Set Author/s: Francesco Marchi (University of Bologna), https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4014-9341; Claudio Minca (University of Bologna), https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-6614; Timothy Raeymaekers (University of Bologna), https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7205-6917.

Data Set Contributor/s: Francesco Marchi (University of Bologna), https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4014-9341; Claudio Minca (University of Bologna), https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-6614; Timothy Raeymaekers (University of Bologna), https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7205-6917.

Data Set Contact Person/s: Claudio Minca (University of Bologna), https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-6614, claudio.minca@unibo.it

Data Set License: Without prejudice to other rights expressly allowed by the copyright holders, this research contribution can be read, saved and printed for research, teaching and private study. Any other noncommercial and commercial uses are forbidden without the written permission of the copyright holders.

Publication Year: 2025
Project Info: THE BORDER IS NO MORE, LONG LIVE THE BORDER: DE-MATERIALIZATION AND RE-MATERIALIZATION OF INTERNAL BORDERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, funded by the European Union, Next GenerationEU. Grant Agreement num. 2022JPFYE9
Data set Contents
The data set consists of:
•	1 Readmefile: README_PRIN2022TRIESTE_Infrastructural ruination.rtf
•	1 ZIP file: PRIN2022TRIESTE_Infrastructural ruination.zip
Data set Documentation
Abstract
This dataset contains interviews and fieldnotes from Trieste collected within the Next Generation Eu project “THE BORDER IS NO MORE, LONG LIVE THE BORDER: DE-MATERIALIZATION AND RE-MATERIALIZATION OF INTERNAL BORDERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION”

The ZIP file contains 3 folders: 
•	PRINTRIESTE_Interviews
•	PRINTRIESTE_Filednotes
•	PRINTRIESTE_Pictures

File specifics
Each folder contains qualitative files saved in docx and jpg.
All interviews, conversations, and fieldnotes are in Italian.

Notes 
Due to the sensitive and confidential contents, and in compliance with the ethics framework of the project approved by the Host Institution and the funding Agency, access to this dataset is restricted and shall be authorized by the authors. Please send an e-mail to claudio.minca@unibo.it for any further information.