The central topic of discussion will be audiovisual documents as tools for effective peace education, aimed at developing democratic citizenship skills from an early age. The conference will be attended by representatives from the academic, media and cultural worlds, as well as students from the Department of Education and Learning / University of Teacher Education (DFA/ASP).

Programme

13:30 – Introductory and institutional greetings
Francesca Antonini, Head of Bachelor's Degree Programmes, SUPSI-DFA/ASP
Sonia Castro Mallamaci, Associate Professor, SUPSI-DFA/ASP
Marco Lupatini, Senior Lecturer-Researcher, SUPSI-DFA/ASP
Andrea Plata, Senior Lecturer-Researcher, SUPSI-DFA/ASP
Marina Carobbio Guscetti, State Councillor and Director of the Dipartimento dell'educazione, della cultura e dello sport
Claudio Franscella, Deputy Mayor of Locarno

14:00 – The power of documentary film: educating for peace, building citizenship
Elisa Mereghetti, Producer and Director, Ethnos Film

15:00 – Pathways to peace: educational ideas in multicultural contexts
Lorenza Rusconi-Kyburz, Lecturer-researcher, SUPSI-DFA/ASP

15:30 – PUBLICsPACE: public space as a place for mediation, education and the expression of citizens' freedoms
Noah Stolz, independent curator

16:00 – Break

16:15 - Round table - Educating for peace and non-violence: media and peace dialogue
Elisa Mereghetti, Producer and Director, Ethnos Film
Roberto Pomari, President, Lugano Human Rights Film Festival
Lorenza Rusconi-Kyburz, Lecturer-researcher, SUPSI-DFA/ASP
Noah Stolz, independent curator

Followed at 17:00 by drinks and a guided tour of the PUBLICsPACE art installation, created by Swiss artist Yves Mettler and art curator Noah Stolz in collaboration with DFA/ASP.

Registration

Please register by 17 October using the form.

Further information

Andrea Plata, andrea.plata@supsi.ch

International Day of Democracy

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