Maps and scraps. Dining with geography
The Interdepartmental Research Center, IRCEnv (CIRAm) sponsored the event" Mappe e scarti. A tavola con la geografia/Maps and scraps. Dining with geography on the occasion of Geonight (and day), an international event promoted by EUGEO and supported by the International Geographical Union.
The initiative, held on 12 April 2024 at the Istituto Comprensivo Pascoli in Secondigliano (NA), was promoted by Lucia Simonetti (Councilor on the Board of the Interdepartmental Research Center for the Environment, CIRAm), Alberto Corbino and Stefano de Falco (Disp Unina) and Fabio Amato (Dsus Unior), was strongly supported by the Headmaster of Pascoli.
The objective was to reflect on food as a resource, value, symbol, through a seminar-workshop involving secondary school students and teachers. The choice to bring Geonight to a school in Secondigliano, one of the most difficult suburbs of Naples, was motivated by the profound belief in the need to introduce younger people to the study of geography as a tool to promote active citizenship and "take care" of the own territory, community, environment.