Bari, Apulia, italy- From April 2021 to August 2021
The past year has marked a watershed between the way of living and seeing the world and one
new conception of the same. This was caused by the pandemic which triggered wide
global processes of reflection, more or less common strategies to combat the emergency, fight against
survival. But it also revealed the frailties that we all were unaware of, he showed
on the one hand, how much humanity lives on this planet in terms of numbers and on the other hand how much humanity lives on this planet
in the illusion of hyper connectivity of the network, he discovered us alone, afraid, disoriented.
In all this, seeking solutions, without prejudice to stemming the health issue, the States are
focus more on the problems of the economy - and its recovery - downgrading the drama
emotional derivative. Among the most ignored categories, that of children and adolescents has been seen
deny any possibility of understanding, listening, protection. Locked in their environments, punished
in social freedom, the one they were exploring and building, annihilated within their dreams,
muffled by the problems of adults: they were asked to carry the greatest weight without possibility
of replica or choice.
But young people are not just a category: they represent the future. They are women and men
who will build tomorrow, they will be the new leaders, the new workers, the new artists, dreamers,
administrators, creatives. Denying living the dimension of youth with all the baggage of
necessary experiences risks creating an emotional damage that is difficult to recover.
