2023 Programme
Event #2
Franco Lorenzoni
Educating against the wind
Children tend to open themselves to the world from an early age. This tendency stirs a sense of wonder in those who decide to sit back and observe them silently, because it reveals the amazement of the ‘first time’.
Open and sincere dialogue also creates wonder, especially when it makes us discover different ways of thinking and seeing things; when we come to experience – even briefly – the joy of thinking and living together, learning to step outside ourselves, at least a little.
Eventually, another kind of wonder is created by those men, women, and young people who have broken new ground rebelling against injustice and discrimination – witnesses of an education ‘against the wind’ that, today, is more necessary than ever.
Franco Lorenzoni is a primary school teacher and founded the Casa-laboratorio di Cenci in Amelia, Umbria, a centre for educational experimentation that studies ecological, scientific, intercultural and inclusion matters. For his activity he received Lo Straniero Prize with Roberta Passoni. He contributes to the following magazines: Internazionale, Cooperazione Educativa, La vita scolastica and Gli Asini. His books include: Cinque passi per una scuola inclusiva (with R. Passoni, Erickson, 2019) and – published by Sellerio – I bambini pensano grande (2014, 2021), I bambini ci guardano (2019) and Educare controvento. Storie di maestre e maestri ribelli (2023). He directed the documentary Elementare. For his educational work in 2021 he received two honorary degrees from the Bicocca University of Milan and the University of Palermo.
Event #15
Martina Mazzotta
Wunderkammer: art, science, wonder. From the Renaissance until the present day
Event #20Approfonditamente
Marianna Aprile, Maurizio Careddu, Enrico Casale, Cristiana Farina, Gianluca Guida
Wonder inside: stories of art and beauty from Italian prisons
