The Autobiography Festival began on 27/08/2021 in the garden of Villa Gennaioli, in the magical setting of the medieval village of Anghiari.
Carla Sabatini and Grazia Chiarini were invited to present the European My Life Project in the space dedicated to the territorial representatives “On the way to LUA: projects, ideas, perspectives” in the presence of Prof. Duccio Demetrio and Annamaria Pedretti, coordinator of the territorial contacts. in Europe and, above all, the autobiographical experience in Romania where the participants of two Projects met: My Life (12-16 July 2021) and Autobiographical Stories for Fostering Youth’s Employability (ASFY) (11-18 July 2021).
In the short time available, Carla and Grazia tried to convey the emotions, reflections, sharing and perspectives that arose in those intense days spent with the 30 participants in Ramnicu and Sibiu, mostly young people aged 18 to 30 from Turkey, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Spain and Romania, who played the MY LIFE game in two versions, online and paper. Numerous memories and drawings have arisen from the various solicitations of the game’s cards.
The reflections on the map of Europe with which the speech ended are suggestive: Thinking of Europe, we are building bridges; We need bridges, not walls; Bridges remind me of connections between people and I think each of us should try to build as many as possible. These reflections touch the heart especially in the period we are experiencing.
