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The project was approved by the City Council and led to a Memorandum of Understanding between three Departments - Culture, Education and Employment Policies - and the subjects of the Network.

The Protocol was renewed and expanded in 2022 and now also sees the participation of the Departments of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policies and Civic and General Services.

Born from in-depth discussions with teachers and experts on the issues of the history of Milan and comparable areas, it has these objectives:

• make citizens, students and visitors to the city reflect on our recent past;
• raise awareness of history as a common good;
• enhance the Administration's contribution to the activities that govern and guide the change, evolution and transformation of the city.

The tenth edition "History of Milan between memory, present and future", continues and deepens the 'glocal', multidimensional (environmental, demographic, economic, social, political and cultural) and interdisciplinary rereading of the history of the territory, the economy, the Milanese society and culture. The title evokes the complex interweavings between memory and historiography necessary to investigate the past, interpret the present and plan the future and to promote conscious historical education.

Alongside the consolidated projects (Cinema and History), formats (Le Milano di...) and thematic threads, this edition proposes some cycles of initiatives on themes linked to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Italian Resistance and the Italian Social Republic, to the 150th ° of the aggregation of the Municipality of Corpi Santi to the Municipality of Milan and the Centenary of the further aggregation of 11 other "neighbouring Municipalities".

• 2015-16

The second year's initiatives open with the press conference held in Palazzo Marino (Brigida room), October 28th at 11:00.

The initiative will be an opportunity to renew the desire to continue with the Project, in the presence of the three promoting Councilors: Cappelli, del Corno and Tajani, and to illustrate the theme of work which is precisely the common thread of the year's activities - MILAN : The work, the history.

The inauguration of the second edition (5 November 2015 – October 2016) will take place in the Sala Alessi in the presence of the authorities on 5 November, with the illustration of the objectives of the year's perspective:

• contribute to bringing work back into the cultural and political-social agendas
• deepen the role of work in the Ambrosian welfare model and in the global and glocal dimension of Milan
• enhance memories and interdisciplinary research on the history of work in Milan and other comparable areas
• build a bridge between the different pasts (pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial), our present and the future, promoting professional, cultural and civil orientation, and dialogue between people of ages, generations, origins and genders.

The program of the week is extremely varied this year also due to the vitality and richness of the Network that supports it and the richness of the proposals: historiographical seminars, round tables, in, scenic stories etc.

The details are contained in the attached leaflet which is accompanied by a rich postcard containing some of the activities that were carried out before the official launch and some of those that we will carry out in 2016.

Among the many other activities of the week:

• a historiographical introduction on the transformations of work and, to follow, the seminar What kind of work, promoted by the National Women's Union
• seminar and round table on: the BOOK object, a profile of the industrial culture of Milan
• lesson with guided tour of the painting The Fourth Estate by Pellizza da Volpedo, a symbol for Milan?
• Cinema and work seminar: directors, critics and experts discuss the history and return of interest in work in the video production of fiction and documentaries
• public reading: From the factory to the precariat: Milanese stories. Tiles for a historical mosaic

Therefore, in the opening week, 17 events were held (16 + the inauguration)
These events were also held in metropolitan locations. There are 38 collective promoters.

To complete the second edition, until autumn 2016, another 14 events were held, located in 10 locations, and promoted by 15 collective entities.

Initiatives beyond the opening week

The activities of the inaugural week were accompanied by the initiatives announced in the "postcard" (see msfs_ed2_cartolina.pdf, attached), among which we recall, in particular:

• training seminars and workshops for secondary schools Cinema and History. The world of work since the Second World War at Società Umanitaria
• series of meetings on female professions. What kind of work? at the National Women's Union 

Also promotions and products organized outside the schedule, such as the booklet on the Rights of Children (now out of print), distributed free of charge on the occasion of the anniversary of 20 November (in 1989 the United Nations Assembly approved the International Convention on the Rights of Children and Adolescents) and the publication of the ACTS of the first year of activity with the presentation of which the year 2016/2017 will begin.

From the point of view of participation of schools are worth mentioning celebrations of history, opened by the Diaz School, continued with the IC Jacopo Barozzi and ended with the IC Marcello Candia and again with the IC Barozzi: the commonality of historical perspective and toponymic perspective can open, as achieved in the last two comprehensive institutes, a greater and diversified participation of students in whole schools; it is possible to speak of a competition of students close to 3000 units who actively participated in the project.

• 2016-17

Inaugural week of the third edition of Milanosifastoria (7-12 November 2016) 

Progress on the inaugural week (7 -12 November 2016) of the third edition (November 2016 – October 2017) of the Milanosifastoria Project, entitled "What job between yesterday and tomorrow?"

• have been proposed 24 eventi, with various communication formulas (seminar, round table, multimedia conference, presentation of books and videos, meeting with schools, workshop, public reading, theatre, concert, cinema, exhibition, guided tours which have enhanced the artistic heritage of the Municipality)
• the program of the week is contained in the attached brochure (see MSFS_ed3_Brochure_stampa.pdf)
• the initiatives took place in 20 significant locations in the city, including some from the Municipality of Milan:  Nuovo Teatro Ariberto, Teatro di via Pavoni, Circolo Filologico, State Archives, Società Umanitaria, Banca Prossima, Casa dei Diritti, Casa della Memoria, Casa della Cultura, Camera del Lavoro, Unione Femminile Nazionale , Martinitt and Stelline Museum, Risorgimento Museum, Palazzo Morando, Urban Center, Palazzina Liberty, Gallery of Modern Art, as well as the Barozzi, Candia and Diaz comprehensive institutes.

Overall approximately 1,000 people participated 1.500 Guests: students, teachers, cultural operators, workers, pensioners, volunteers, citizens.

The three-year protocol with the Municipality of Milan, which involved the Departments of Education and Instruction, Culture and Labor Policies, triggered a positive interaction between the Institution and the MSFS Network.  To date there are 76 collective subjects adhering to the Promoting Committee (of which 53 are operational in the Scientific and Organizational Coordination) who, also collaborating in other projects in which the Administration is present, create a network of activities and services in the city, in the areas and in the schools.

Among our productions, we would like to point out the launch of an editorial series for the Sormani Library: the first Notebook History of education, training and education in Milan and other comparable areas and three illustrated booklets on individual subjects have already been published. themes: 
-    The good old days?
-    Children's rights
- THE CURE. Share a dream.

Furthermore, the second Notebook is imminently published, on the scholastic experiments of the 70s and 80s in compulsory education: Between dream and reality. Experimentation in compulsory schools in Milan in the 70s.

• 2017-18

The fourth edition (6 November 2017 – October 2018) of Milanosifastoria is dedicated to the theme of the history of migration, intercultural exchanges and forms of reception in the Milan area with the following aims:

• explore the role of migration, intercultural exchanges and reception policies in the 'Ambrosian Welfare' model and in the 'global' and 'glocal' history of Milan, thanks also to comparative openings towards other Italian and non-Italian areas;
• enhance memories and interdisciplinary research on the history of migration and reception in Milan and other comparable areas and their places as cultural assets and historical heritage;
• allow the memories of immigrants and natives, often divided, to dialogue with each other and with historical-interdisciplinary and artistic research and the media, going beyond stereotypes;
• build a bridge between different pasts (pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial), present and future, encouraging dialogue between people of different ages, generations, backgrounds and genders.

In addition to some previews (September – October 2017), the event includes:

• an opening week (6-11 November 2017) with the presentation of the annual program of the fourth edition, historiographical conferences and seminars, round tables, debate meetings, public readings, stage stories, theatrical performances, concerts, guided tours, exhibitions, workshops teaching etc.;
• subsequent initiatives, which will continue until October 2018.
   
• 2018-19

The fifth edition of Milanosifastoria (5 November 2018 – October 2019) is dedicated to the history of migration, intercultural exchanges and hospitality in the Milan area. 
With the planned initiatives we want to:

• delve into the theme of the Ambrosian welfare model and the global/"glocal" history of Milan
• enhance memories and interdisciplinary research on the history of migration in Milan and its places as cultural assets and historical heritage
• allow the memories of immigrants and natives, who are often divided, to dialogue, going beyond stereotypes
• build a bridge between different pasts (pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial) and between present and future, encouraging dialogue between people of different ages, generations, backgrounds and genders
• delve into the social and urban transformations induced by immigration in Milan and the resulting economic, social, scholastic and urban policies.

In addition to some previews (October 2018), the event includes: an opening week (5-11 November 2018) with historiographical seminars, debate meetings, video and book presentations, concerts, guided tours, exhibitions, educational workshops; subsequent initiatives, which will continue until October 2019.

• 2019-20

The title of the sixth edition of the Project is MilanoCultura.
After the inauguration at the State Archives (28 October), a round table entitled "The Sense of History in the Culture of Milan" will be held, with the participation of:

• Giorgio Bigatti, director of the Isec Foundation
• Gherardo Colombo, former magistrate
• Luca Formenton, president of the Mondadori Foundation
• Valeria Palumbo, journalist, RCS Milan
• the councilors Filippo Del Corno and Laura Galimberti.

From 4 to 11 November 2019, initiatives are planned on the different strands of the theme: culture and work, culture and journalism, culture and publishing, culture and gender, culture and theatre, cinema, art, literature, music, etc. 
The event (which includes: seminars, meetings, debates, exhibitions, guided tours, shows and historical games) will continue until October 2020, holding a total of around 70 events in various places in the city.

• 2022-23

The ninth edition continues and delves into the multidimensional and interdisciplinary "glocal" rereading of the history of the territory, economy, society and culture of Milan.
Alongside the consolidated projects (Cinema and History), the formats (Le Milano di…) and the thematic threads (art, cinema, music and literature, school and history teaching, history of work, history of women), the ninth edition offers some cycles of initiatives on topics related to the centenary of the March on Rome, the 150th anniversary of the annexation of the Holy Corps to the Municipality of Milan and the centenary of its further territorial expansion.