Programme
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THURSDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2025
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WELCOME DESK 14-15
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
Coffee and Registration
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GREETINGS & INTRODUCTION 15
Institutional Greetings
Sabina Langer, Evi Agostini, Denis Francesconi, Nazario Zambaldi – Framing PEA conference
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 15.30-16.30
Peter Mayo (University of Malta). Lifelong/Education and Power for Sustainable Development
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PARALLEL PANELS & WORKSHOP
PANEL A (in German) 17-18.30
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
Chair: Sabina Langer
Sandra Matschnigg-Peer & Tamara Peer (University College of Teacher Education Vienna, A). Conceptualizing Power in Urban Educational Networks. The Case of a Viennese Bildungsgrätzl
Sezen Çakmak (Technische Universität Berlin, D). Negotiating Parenthood within Power Relations. Intersectional Analyses of Agency among Muslim-marked Parents in German Schools
Sandra Matschnigg-Peer, Tamara Peer, Petra Rauschenberger & Katharina Krämer (University College of Teacher Education Vienna, A). Power/Dynamis. A Relational Perspective on Entering the Primary Teaching Profession
PANEL B (in Italian) 17-18.30
Centre for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Nazario Zambaldi
Letizia Luini, Greta Persico, Andrea Galimberti & Monica Guerra (University of Milano-Bicocca, I). Redistributing power in biodiversity education: toward participatory and child-led learning
Francesca Rota (University of Milano-Bicocca, I). The power of sustainability: pedagogical reflections on the role of education for sustainability in promoting children's empowerment
Giovanna Fontana & Lucia De Marco (Multidisciplinary Center for Teacher Training, Unimore, I). The Power of Scientific Language: A Civic Education Project to Teach Biotechnology Between Ethics and Reality
WORKSHOP A (in English) 17-18
Centre for culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Denis Francesconi
Ulrike Barth, Isabel Schmier & Angelika Wiehl (Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences). Empowerment – Self & Social Effectiveness through Artistic Status Work
LIGHT BUFFET ON THE TERRACE
Centre for culture, Cavour Street 1
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FRIDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2025
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 9.15-10.15
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
Rachele Borghi (transfeminist, pro-palestinian activist, Sorbonne University, F) & Rahel Sereke (independent urban policy researcher and queer antiracist activist, I). Power, margins and communities resistance
Coffee break
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
PARALLEL SESSIONS
PANEL C (in Italian) 11-12.30
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
Chair: Sabina Langer
Maria Cristina Mecenero (PhD, Public Primary School teacher) & Laura Corbella (PhD, Public Primary School teacher). The power of emotions and feelings, between promotion and manipulation. An ethnographic insight from two teachers in dialogue
Giulia Mirandola, Monica Galiè & Cecilia Cavallo (Finow Grundschule SESB-Staatliche Europa Schule Berlin). Pioniere. Le donne che hanno fatto l’Europa. A democratic education experience on gender equality and civic engagement in bilingual schools
Lucia De Marco & Giovanna Fontana (Multidisciplinary Center for Teacher Training, Unimore, I). Communication and power in gender relations. An educational path against violence
PANEL D (in English) 11-13
Centre for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Denis Francesconi
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Brigitta Pia Alioto (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, I). Feedback and error perception as pedagogical dimensions of growth mindset. A qualitative study in a medium-sized company
Vassiliki Papadopoulou (Aristotle University of Greece). Critical discourse analysis of public debate on the Onassis schools in Greece. Between meritocracy and educational inequality
Francesco V. Ferraro (University of Derby, UK). Breath, balance, and belonging. Empowering older adults through dance and breathwork
Karla Stolle (University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, A). “Resonant futures”. Glimpses of what matters in the future of music education in Europe
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Convivial Lunch & “Chatting”
In the garden, Academy of Italian-German Studies, Villa San Marco Innerhofer Street 1
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER 14.30-15.30
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
Lorenzo Bernini (University of Verona, I). We with Freud. Sex, power, the black hole
PARALLEL SESSIONS
PANEL E (in Italian) 15.45-17.45
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
Chair: Nazario Zambaldi
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Maria Laura Belisario (University of Milano-Bicocca, I). From the power of sound to the sound of power. An artistic experience
Antonina Eugenia Ferruzza Marchetta (independent researcher and artist, I). Dance-movement therapy workshops, an embodied learning experience to foster the empowerment of primary education science students
Chiara Massullo (Roma Tre University, I). From domination to relationality. Reflections on art, nature, and participation through the projects Educazione poetica pubblica, Educazione erotica poetica, and PièdiBoscoLab
Marco Salvadore (University of Milano-Bicocca, I). The power of artistic experience of children for sustainability education
WORKSHOP B (in Italian and German) 15.45-16.45
Centre for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Denis Francesconi
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Francesco Ciociola (University of Siegen, D), Antioco Luigi Zurru (University of Cagliari, I) & Stefanie Roos (University of Siegen, D). Orientation and control in education. A German-Italian comparative study on basic psychological needs and perceptions of power among young people
WORKSHOP C (in German) 16.45-17.45
Chair: Sabina Langer
Centre for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Sonja Wodnek (University College of Teacher Education KPH Vienna/Krems, A). Shared Time - Shared Power. Dialogical and material practices of participation in schools
THOUGHT RESIDENCY 16-17.30
A parallel discussion space with the keynote and invited speakers leading into the main conference
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INVITED SPEAKER 18-19.30
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
Tiziana Morgante (teacher, Roma, I). Danilo Dolci. A life lived intensely
Guided Tour of the Exhibition (in Italian) https://www.peaconference.org/danilo-dolci
Convivial Dinner in the Garden
Academy of Italian-German Studies, Innerhofer Street 1
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SATURDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2025
PARALLEL SESSIONS
PANEL F (in Italian) 9-10.30
Centre for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Sabina Langer
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Lavina Bianchi (University of Roma Tre, I). A decolonial reading of inclusive processes and academic positioning: autoethnography, tokenism and resistance in education
Cinzia Zadra (Free University of Bolzano/Bozen, I). Listening to Silences, Reading Gestures, Recognizing Gazes: Power and Relationship in the Classroom
Giovanna Malusà (Free University of Bolzano/Bozen, I) & Carlo Tamanini (MART). 3(En)action. An Enactive Co-Design Approach Between University, School, and Museum in Initial Teacher Education
WORKSHOP D (in English) 10.30-11.30
Centre for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Sabina Langer
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Elena Bergonzini (Scuola di Pace di Monte Sole). Loosing control vs losing control
PANEL G (in English) 9.30-11.30
Centre for Culture, Cavour Street 1
Chair: Denis Francesconi
Paola Crespi (independent researcher, I). Thumbelina is here to stay – How technology, smartphones, AI and the like revolutionised class-dynamics in lower and upper secondary school. And is it that bad?
Pietro Caresana (University of Milano-Bicocca, I). Devices of subjugation, devices of subjectivation: Aesthetic experience as a dimension beyond power in schools and educational institutions
Pietro Corazza (University of Bologna, I). How to rethink power in the age of eco-climatic and social collapse?
Francesca Finestrone, Francesco Pio Savino, Francesca Cangelli & Giusi Antonia Toto (University of Foggia, I). Managerial Power in the Autonomous School: Models, Challenges, and Educational Perspectives
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REFRAMING POWER.
A SYNTHESIS FROM THE THOUGHT RESIDENCY 11.30-13.00
Final discussion: a synthesis of the ideas, questions, and proposals that emerged, not as conclusions, but as openings for further critical and creative engagement
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CONVIVIAL APERITIF & “LET’S STAY IN TOUCH” 13.00
Centre for culture, Cavour Street 1
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Danilo Dolci: A life discovered intensely
The exhibition has been reconstructed from the archives of Sicilian anarchists from the province of Ragusa. The archive was acquired by the Danilo Dolci Committee of Trieste and donated to Tiziana Morgante, author of the book Educate and Disobey: In Dialogue with Danilo Dolci (2024)
The Light within the Shadow
An exhibition of photographs by Nicola Morandini on the theater project at the Franco Basaglia psychiatric facility. Posters in the city of Merano 2 meters by 2 bring to light what often remains in the shadows.
Earthly Communities
The exhibition explores ecological, economic and geopolitical issues in respect to the history of relations between Europe and Abya Yala, i.e. Latin America interpreted in a decolonial key, and starting from the South Tyrolean context.
Graffiti
The first museum exhibition in Italy to investigate the art history of spray paint, Graffiti focuses on how the visual vernacular of the city and the street has entered the studio. Above all, the show contends that graffiti is a way of seeing and experiencing urban landscapes.