Milan is memory. “Free, there is no future without memory”
Friday and Saturday are the two closing days of the international project: seminars, flash mobs and parties
Milan, January 22 2020 – The “FREE, there is no future without memory” project ends on 24 and 25 January with a two-day event entitled “We are memory”, the initiative financed by the “Europe for citizens 2018” call which it has allowed the construction of an institutional network between Milan and various European countries that dialogues with young people on the topic of memory.
FREE, which is part of the initiatives coordinated by the Municipality's platform Milano è Memoria on the occasion of Remembrance Day, will close its journey on Friday 24th with a training seminar aimed at teachers, educators and students entitled: "Didactics of the Shoah and deportations "; at the University of Milan, from 9:00 to 17:00 room 109 via Festa del Perdono 7.
At 18:00 a.m Palazzo Marino the presentation and presentation of the project and the activities carried out will be held in the Alessi room, involving the European partners and the young participants.
On January 25th, under the artistic direction of the Austrian collective Twof2, a flash mob will be organized with the participation of Milan's youth aggregation centers, where a bookmark on the importance of World Remembrance Day will be delivered to Milanese citizens.
Also on January 25th starting from 18.00 pm at Santeria Toscana in viale Toscana 31, the great final party of FREE will be held, an event dedicated to collective memory and the future. (free entry event with mandatory registration on Eventbrite). During the evening, theatrical performances, screenings and concerts will alternate with various artists involved: Murubutu, Amir Issa, GGT, U-Net, Moses, Wissal Houdabi, Milano's Finest break-dance and the guys from C.A.G. (Aggregation Centres) in Milan.
The project contributed to the organization of twenty-three events in different European countries - including memory trips, intercultural camps, seminars and festivals - with thousands of young people involved, who had the opportunity to get to know each other, discuss and discover Europe through the discovery of his story:
FREE, coordinated by the social cooperative Tempo per l'infanzia of Milan, involves as partners:
Municipality of Milan, National Association of former deportees, National Association of Partisans of Italy, University of Milan Department of Historical Studies, Twof2 (Austria), ISSH and Dora et Pajtimit (Albania), Skwhat (Croatia), Artifactory (Greece). As entities involved in the network, we would like to mention: the youth aggregation centers relating to the “Memory Train Milan Station” project, Casa della Memoria, the Parri Institute, the associations Lapsus, Ipsia “Terre e Libertà”, Santeria Toscana 31 and La Fabbrica of steam.
Media partners of the project: The Submarine and Radio Popolare with Pop-Up Live.
PROGRAM 24-25 JANUARY 2020
Friday January 24 2020
09:00-17:00 at the University of Milan, room 109, Via Festa del Perdono 7 - Seminar entitled: "Didactics of the Shoah and deportations" with the interventions:
● “The teaching of the Shoah and deportations” organized by Marco Cuzzi and Emanuele Edallo;
● “Antivirus. Tools for responding to the pitfalls of the web". S. Gatti, CDEC Foundation;
● “The words to say it. Narrating the Shoah to children". P. Faorlin, University of Genoa;
● “For a new teaching of the Shoah: reactivating interest, overcoming the celebration”. R. Mantegazza,
University of Milan Bicocca;
● “The teaching of the Shoah: the experience of the summer school of the F. Parri National Institute” (Assisi, August
2019). P. Pezzino, F. Parri National Institute;
● “A journey through memory: between educational perspectives and active citizenship paths”. R. Tobaldini,
Lapsus Association;
● “Online digital teaching tools: the History and memory of deportations course”. Lapsus and Aned Association;
Seminar with recognition of training credits for teachers, on the S.O.F.I.A. platform. for secretariat and registrations write to: projects@aned.it
18pm - 00pm at Palazzo Marino, Piazza della Scala 2, Milan - Return:
“We are memory” final event of return of the project “FREE there is no future without memory”, financed by the Europe for citizens program with preview screening of the documentary and interventions by the institutions, Italian and European partners and young participants.
Saturday January 25 2020
15 pm at Piazza San Carlo, C.so Vittorio Emanuele, Milan - FLASH MOB
“Flash mob Free” under the artistic direction of the Austrian partner TWOF2 and with the participation of the youth aggregation centers of the Milan Station Memory Train network.
18 pm at Santeria Toscana 00, Milan - The great final party:
18pm “What kind of rap” by U-net, GGT with Amir Issa, Moses, Wissal Houdabi
“What kind of rap is a hip hop literary experiment that tells the life of those who straddle multiple cultures, the so-called second generation children, mestizos, new Italians, Afro-Italians or Italians..”
20pm Murubutu “Tenebra è la notte tour showcase” with Amir Issa, Sista Ira, young emerging artists of C.A.G., youth aggregation centers and Milano-Finest breakdance.
Updated: 27/01/2020