Words in Freedom. Munari’s Lettering Projects and Visual Alphabets
During Munari’s long career, lettering projects played a special role. Why were they so crucial for his poetics? How did he conceive them? How did Munari develop his approaches to design and pedagogy in his ABCs?
Fostering Dialogue 2022
The 2nd International Online Conference Fostering Dialogue: Teaching Children’s Literature and Culture at University is aimed at reopening the international forum for perspectives on teaching children’s literature at universities, which was established at the 1st Fostering Dialogue conference, organized in 2020 by the
The Materiality of Love. Book Objects and Sentimental Education in Contemporary Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Children's and Young Adult literature can play as one of the protective factors that can assist young people in helping reshape sex imagery, revealing and fighting gender-based stereotypes, emphasising mutual respect, and the meaning of consent to resist bullying and
Re-framing Lives. Historical, Literary and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Biography
Exploring biographies through children’s literature offers an enriching experience that motivates children and adolescents to learn and critically reflect in a new way. Reading biographies not only allows them to gain valuable new perspectives, but it also encourages their own
Architecture and Interior Design in Picturebook
Home represents one of the most sacred settings of children’s literature. It is a place where identities are shaped, connections established and boundaries defined – in one’s daily interactions with the world. The idea of home as a “domestic hearth”
The Symbiotic Child – Rethinking the Vegetal through Children’s Literature
Studi e ricerche hanno evidenziato l’importanza imprescindibile durante l’infanzia di essere consapevoli, rispettare, apprezzare e comprendere la soggettività dell'altro. Da questo punto di vista, gli animali e la natura svolgono un ruolo imprescindibile perché i bambini e le bambine sembrano
Fostering Dialogue
Ideata nel post-panel follow-up “Breaking the silence: Teaching children’s literature at tertiary level” che si è tenuto a Stoccolma durante il congresso mondiale IRSCL 2019, la prima edizione della Conferenza Internazionale Fostering dialogue. Teaching Children’s Literature at University è
Black Lagoons – Disrupting Stereotypes in Children’s Literature
Le storie per l’infanzia hanno spesso rappresentato uno dei principali strumenti di apprendimento e di socializzazione attraverso cui ogni società insegna ai nuovi membri le “proprie regole”, ovvero le modalità ritenute appropriate per la gestione delle relazioni culturali e sociali,
Weird and Wonderful Fairy Tales. Exploring twisted parallel worlds
Negli ultimi decenni, la fiaba ha conosciuto un intenso quanto decisivo sviluppo, in virtù delle feconde contaminazioni con campi disciplinari contigui fra cui la storia dell’infanzia, la storia dell’educazione, la storia dei processi culturali e formativi, gli studi di genere,
The place of science in children’s literature
Il seminario internazionale si focalizza sullo studio, l’analisi e la comparazione di teorie e pratiche educative legate alla divulgazione scientifica nei libri per ragazzi e ragazze. A cavallo fra scienza e arte, il seminario affronta, in modo innovativo, tematiche stringenti