Programme
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FRIDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2023
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
WELCOME DESK 8 - 9
Coffee and Registration
INTRODUCTION 9 - 9.30
Institutional Greetings
Evi Agostini and Sabina Langer - Framing PEA conference
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KEYNOTES 9.30
Siegfried Baur (Free University of Bolzano) - From the Development of Equality in the Difference to an Education for the Future
Ines Giunta (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) - For an Ecological Ethic
Hans Karl Peterlini (University of Klagenfurt) - Pedagogy of Sensitivity. Problems and Potentials for Overcoming Divisions between I and Thou, Humans and Nature, Subject and World
FOCUS on Polis and Digital Ecology
(in English)
Chair: Nazario Zambaldi
Dialogue between Paolo Landri (CNR) and Denis Francesconi (University of Vienna)
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Open Discussion
Questions and Answers
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Convivial Lunch & "Chatting"
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PARALLEL PANELS 14 - 16.30
Panel A (in English/German)
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
Chair: Evi Agostini
Gregor Eckert & Nina Grünberger (Technical University Darmstadt) - Envisioning Futures with the Means of Art. A Pedagogical Approach of Polis in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (in English)
Matteo Pra Mio (Free University of Bolzano) - Youth as a Factor of Political Discrimination, Youth as a Factor of Political Hope. On the Role of Education Towards More Desirable Poleis (in English)
Jasmin Jossin & Tanja Godlewksy (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) - Urban Xtopia. Participatory Futuring through Creative and Transformative Envisioning Practices (in English)
Petra Grabowski (Free University of Bolzano) - SEA. Social and Emotional Learning in Art Education (in English)
Sandra Matschnigg-Peer & Tamara Peer (University College of Teacher Education Vienna) - School as a Bridge between the Small and the Big World – School as Polis? (in German)
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Panel B (in English)
Center for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Nazario Zambaldi
Oliver Kauffmann (Aarhus University) - Polis, Painting and Unlearning in the Late Work of Merleau-Ponty
Alessandro Tollari (Iuav University of Venice) - Playful Habitats. The Performing Arts and the Re-aestheticization of Education
Paola Crespi (Independent Researcher, Merano) - Rudolf Laban’s Polis. How to Live Together in Rhythm
Sibilla Montanari (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) - Collective Agency as Developmental Learning in Socio-Ecological Systems to Address Super-Complex Challenges. Theatre-Based Research to Implement Collective Agency’s Assessment Through Forum-Theatre
Carla Cardinaletti (Free University of Bolzano) - The Relational Depth of Field. The Experience of the 00A Gallery between Merano and Trento
Panel C (in Italian)
Center for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Denis Francesconi
Gina Chianese & Barbara Bocchi (University of Trieste) - Connecting School and City for a Sustainable and Widespread Educational Ecosystem
Alessia Rosa & Michela Bongiorno (INDIRE) - Truth Dare Create in the Spaces of the City. Educational Practices to Support the Creativity of Children between Three and Six Years Old
Maddalena Sottocorno (University of Milano Bicocca) - The Community-based Digital Archiving Practice in a Pedagogical Perspective. Reflections for a More Sustainable City
Giacomo Zavatta & Brigitta Pia Alioto (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) - Rediscovering John Dewey Using the Ecological Approach. Some Considerations for a Democratic Idea of Education and a Democratic Idea of Polis
Sara Baroni (Free University of Bolzano) - Building Resilience and Resistance in Emergency, Polis as Network
WORKSHOPS 17 - 19
Center for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Workshop A 17 - 18 (in English)
Chair: Sabina Langer
Luana Silveri (teacher at Istituto di Istruzione “La Rosa Bianca”, Cavalese/Trento) - How can We Turn Sustainability Education in a More Ecological and Systemic Way?
Workshop B 17 - 18 (in German)
Chair: Evi Agostini
Ulrike Barth & Angelika Wiehl (Alanus University Mannheim) - Without Creativity No Pedagogy! Writing Perceptual Vignettes as a Creative Phenomenological Method
Workshop C 18 - 19 (in English)
Chair: Denis Francesconi
Anja Thielmann (University College of Teacher Education Styria) - School for a Solidary Society. Philosophy for Children as an Access to Critical and Empathic Thinking
Convivial Dinner in the Garden & Music
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
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BOOK PRESENTATION 20.30 (public event)
Center for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Gert J.J. Biesta, Riscoprire l’insegnamento, Raffaello Cortina Editore
with the editors: Paolo Landri and Francesco Cappa
Music on the Terrace by Raffaele Virgadaula
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SATURDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2023
Center for Culture, Cavour Street 1
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Coffee and "Good Morning" 8 - 9
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PARALLEL PANELS 9 - 11
Panel D
(in English)
Chair: Evi Agostini
Cinzia Zadra & Maria Ventura (Free University of Bolzano) - Exploring and Reimagining Education in the Polis. Bridging Place-Based Education and Public Pedagogy
Victoria Konidari (University of Patras) - The Eco-Political Approach of Educational Leadership. Familiar Concepts, New Challenges and New Roles for Schools and their Leaders
Angelica Disalvo (University of Foggia) - Polis’ Crisis, Systemic Resilience, and School. What Strategies Can Support Italian High School Teachers?
KEATS Aps (group of educational professionals, Monza) - Educational Practices for Building Social Ties. TEDDY per il quartiere, a Collective Narration for the Neighborhood
Panel E
(in English)
Chair: Denis Francesconi
Dag Munk Lindemann (UCL University College Denmark) - A Chiasmic Nature Bildung
Georgios Bestias (Consulate General of Greece in Korca) - Korczak’s Pedagogy and its Contribution to Promoting Active Citizenship in Schools
Jeanette Hoffmann (Free University of Bolzano/Bozen) – LUNA – Kindergarten and Primary School Children Talking About the Moon, Imagining Fictional Worlds of living in Harmony with Nature
Daniela Lehner (University of Klagenfurt) - Pedagogies of Coexistence toward a Regenerative Future
CONSECUTIVE WORKSHOPS 9-11
Workshop D 9 - 10
Chair: Nazario Zambaldi
Laura Corbella (University of Milano-Bicocca) - Pedagogical Improvisation. A Teacher Education Scenario to Embrace the Unexpected (in Italian)
Workshop E 10 - 11
Chair: Sabina Langer
Francesco Riva & Elisabetta D’Agostino (teachers at IC Cappelli – Milano) - Relaxing, Laughing, Sharing. A Way to Build a Democratic Community in a Class of Teenager (in Italian)
PANEL DISCUSSION 11 - 12:30
PEA, Polis: People and Territory - Connections and Networking
Invited speakers and conference’s participants discuss the question: “Which desirable polis?”
to connect the conference and the world and to imagine the future of the conference.
Andrea Piccardo - The Experience of Monte Olimpino and the Cinema made by Children
Heidrun Demo (Free University of Bolzano) - Democratic School and Participation
Michele Cagol (Free University of Bolzano) - Ecology and Wonder
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Convivial Aperitif & "Let's Stay in Touch"
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City tour.
Art Guide Tour 15.30
Kunst Merano Arte organises a guided tour for conference participants of the current exhibition 'Vielheit [Multiplicity]: Stories from the postmigrant society'
(in English).