Oristano From foreign languages to physics and mathematics. If you wish, you can study archaeology, art history and Sardinian culture. Or get in touch with the world of oriental disciplines such as yoga. In the classroom there will be teachers, strictly volunteers, among the desks anyone who wants to go back to school, without age limits, not only to learn, but also to socialize, distract themselves, have a commitment that breaks the routine and kicks boredom and , why not, to solitude. Among the lessons of 2023? «How to talk about cosmology in Sardinian». In the 2024-2025 school year, parents will be able to take lessons on how to explain math to their children. The Scuola del Popolo restarts with its fifth year of life and with the opening of membership to the activities of Oristano. The formula is always the same: totally free social interaction activities, managed by volunteer entertainers, who have the sole aim of promoting “being together” in a constructive way. «Through these meetings – he explains Ivo Vaccaamong the founders of the people’s school – we also set ourselves the objective of overcoming the filters of simplification used by the mass media which have accustomed us to simple, easy and immediate slogans. However, this apparent convenience hides a poisonous fruit for our democracy.” This simplification «in the long run translates into a lack of habit of conscious criticism and the renunciation of understanding reality», continues Vacca, «today in-depth analysis is pushed away with annoyance and discussions on the great themes of life disappear, indirectly encouraging solitude and social isolation”. This explains the work of People’s School which, after its debut, transformed into a national cultural association with the aim of continuing and better structuring the project launched in 2019 by the CGIL, becoming the new “Scuola del Popolo cultural association”. «This year too we have been able to count on the availability – we take this opportunity to thank them again – of the various educational institutions that will host us during this long journey: the Othoca Institute, the Cpia 4, the Comprehensive Institute 3-4, the Mossa Institute of Oristano, but also the Don Deodato Meloni Institute in Nuraxinieddu and the former primary school in Torregrande.
These, however, are the animators put in place: the coordinator Taras Teeth (2 “activities” of art history and sculpture), Adriano Ghiani (Sardinia in the 19th century), Franco Figus (playing with mathematics and physics), Angela Simula (archeology), Marco Chiti (actuality), Franco Cozzolino (informatica), Giuseppe Onni (urban planning), Danila Simonetti (literature and legality), Anna Ferrara (English), Daniela Masia (Sardinian language and culture), Daniela Rizzo (yoga), Bruna Manai (tedesco), Giuseppe Monco (electronics), Carlo Pettinau (architecture), Giuliana Sordi (botanical drawing), Lorenzo Scalia (sociology), Luigia Minnai (the Italian Constitution), Bruno Sanna (teaching parents to explain mathematics to their children), Efisio Fanari (gardening) e Elmina Castellina (express yourself effectively). The objective is to form small groups: for this reason it will be possible to join only two activities, while the third will be accepted with reservation. From this perspective, registration in English will always be accepted with reservation. Subscriptions to email address sdporistano@gmail.com. Information on whatsapp number 3248393291.
