Art for inclusion

The school IIS Sandro Pertini in Alatri has joined Erasmus projects which give students the opportunity to travel and participate in educational activities in other countries for the purpose of inclusion and sharing.

The Art for inclusion's Sake project plans to carry out activities related to art that allow inclusion with the participation of the following countries: Italy, Portugal, Spain (Tenerife) Netherlands Germany and Turkey.

Following the first mobility of all countries in Italy and the second journey of all countries to Portugal, the young people expressed their thoughts about the elements of equality and diversity of their peers and the cultures of the countries of origin.

The first element of comparison was on the relationship that was born between all the boys participating in the trips; they reflected that the character of the spanish portuguese and dutch boys in both trips was very open, sociable and friendly. While they have seen more discretion in Turkish boys.

During the activities in which the traditions of the various countries were represented, the students of Turkey, however, showed a side of their very hospitable and engaging character because they danced and made the whole group dance with their typical dances and traditional songs.

The dance was also involving by the Spaniards while the Dutch and German group did not present typical dances.

Another element of comparison was the food, having organized a fair of typical products from all countries in both trips: they saw similarities between Italian, Spanish and Portuguese food and appreciated the differences with other countries. In particular, a big difference concerns the Turkish boys who by religion cannot eat pork.

All elements of diversity and equality have been interpreted as enrichment of knowledge and inclusion.