{"id":2084,"date":"2026-05-05T14:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medea-sum.eu\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:15:00","slug":"italy-reopening-the-medea-case-aworkshop-combining-theatre-citizenship-and-critical-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medea-sum.eu\/fr\/2026\/05\/05\/italy-reopening-the-medea-case-aworkshop-combining-theatre-citizenship-and-critical-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy : Reopening the Medea Case: aworkshop combining theatre, citizenship and critical thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Between January and April 2026, two workshops as part of the Medea Sum <\/em>project took place at the Istituto San Francesco di Sales in Citt\u00e0 di Castello, involving a total of 37 secondary school pupils. A structured, interdisciplinary and inclusive programme that interwove literature, theatre, law and active citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guided by theatre trainer Mauro Silvestrini and project coordinator and theatre trainer Valentina Gianfranceschi, the students were taken on an experience that went beyond the boundaries of traditional teaching, transforming the study of the myth of Medea into a collective inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>From reading to doubt: questioning certainties<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The starting point was a classroom reading of Euripides\u2019 tragedy, which initially led the students to view Medea as entirely guilty. However, the heart of the project lay precisely in the gradual dismantling of this certainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through materials provided by the project \u2014 texts by various authors, in-depth articles and character profiles \u2014 the students discovered how the myth of Medea has been reinterpreted over time in ways that are often very divergent. This comparison raised new questions and stimulated a critical approach to the concept of truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work was carried out in small groups, using tools such as the Investigation Notebook <\/em>and the Sequential Question and Insight Diagram<\/em>, which enabled the construction of investigative pathways consisting of questions, hypotheses and possible answers. The process led the students to recognise the complexity of the myth, without arriving at a single definitive answer, but by thoroughly questioning their initial judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>An \u2018atypical\u2019 process: from theatre to the language of television<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The final outcome of the workshop was the creation of a \u2018trial of Medea\u2019 in an unconventional format. The students chose to draw inspiration from the language of television talk shows, alternating direct testimonies from the characters with journalistic reconstructions of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim was clear: to create a multimedia product capable of speaking to a broad, contemporary audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students managed all stages of the work independently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n