Description
International conference for storytellers, community workers, adult educators and all people interested in using storytelling. Keynotes, presentations, and workshops on storytelling as a performing art and on the use of storytelling in community work and adult learning.
European Dimension
In the conference programme we promote the use of storytelling techniques as an ideal tool for value transmitting and civic and cultural participation.
Participative techniques, archetypes, metaphors, imagination, empathy …. are all part of storytelling and as such offer the right ingredients to deal with European values such as democracy, inclusion, equality sustainability
Program / Tentative Schedule of the Conference
Keynotes, presentations and about 30 different workshops to chose from, covering themes and activities from storytelling as a performing art to storytelling as a tool for value transfer, community engagement and cultural participation.
Over 100 participants to talk to and share knowledge and passion for storytelling.
About Rome, Italy
The imposing monuments, the hundreds of churches, and the spectacular fountains of Rome outline its incredible profile and make it the city with the highest concentration of historical, archaeological, and architectural heritage in the world. Its historic centre, is an overlapping of almost three millennia of testimonies. In 1980 it was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Heart of Catholic Christianity, Rome is the only city in the world to host a foreign state, the enclave of the Vatican City.
Venue address
TBC
Rome
Italy
Expected Outcome
- Awareness about the power of storytelling in social processes.
- To realise that artistic storytelling competences can help non-artists improve their social interventions.
- To know the general structure of stories.
- To find your way in the universe of storytelling and its role in society.
Participation Certificate
yes
Federation for European Storytelling
Address
Kasteelstraat 6, 3740 Bilzen
Website URL
https://fest-network.eu/
Contact persons
Guido Tilkin
festeurope@gmail.com
Co-Organiser (local host)
Name of Co-Organisation
Associazione Culturale Raccontamiunastoria
Short Description of the Organisation
Raccontamiunastoria is an Italian storytelling organisation, member of FEST, based in Rome.
Organisation Website
https://www.raccontamiunastoria.com/
