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Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo “Danilo Dolci”. Palermo and Partinico, Italy. Who was Danilo Dolci? The history of the organisation Aims Activities Structure Methodology : Reciprocal Maieutic Approach. i. Who was Danilo Dolci?.
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Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo “Danilo Dolci” Palermo and Partinico, Italy
Whowas Danilo Dolci? The historyof the organisation Aims Activities Structure Methodology: ReciprocalMaieuticApproach
i. Whowas Danilo Dolci? Sociologist, pacifist and educator that arrived in Sicily in the 50’ and there developed a nonviolent fight against mafia and for community development.
ii. The historyof the organisation • Centro Studi ed Iniziative (1958) (when Dolci and hiscollaboratorsstartedtheir work) • Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo (1985) (after the work of the organisationbecame more connectedwithnonviolenteducation, crativity and development) • Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo “Danilo Dolci” (1998) (after Dolci’s death)
iii. Aims • Disseminate the life and work of Danilo Dolci and awaring for the actuality of his writings; • Promote the reciprocal maieutic approach in the school context and at international level; • Promote innovative processes in the civil society and public schools, through maieutic workshops and seminars; • Develop educational courses about the maieutic structure that can boost the grow of “new” educators and trainers; • Educate for peace and nonviolence as a tool for cultural, social and civic promotion; • Promote active citizenship and participative democracy.
iv. Activities • Organise maieutic workshops in schools, universities, organisations and institutions; • Organise cultural and educational activities that promote the life and work of Danilo Dolci; • Make that the books Danilo wrote during his life are published again and organise new anthologies that gather his most important writings; • Organise European projects that involve youth from diverse countries, about the themes of nonviolence, peace, active participation and reciprocal maieutic; • Organise European projects in the sphere of adult education using as privileged method the reciprocal maieutic approach.
Maieuticworkshops in Roccella Ionica (Italy) EDDILI – To educate istomakepossible the discoveryof life • Grundtvig multilateral – LLP (24 months+international partnership) • Training for trainers and action-research about the impact of RMA in the field of training and education delivered to adult learning staff. • Make RMA become one recognised approach in the field. • Reciprocalmaieuticworkshopswithteachersofsecondaryschools and students • About the classicalthemesof a maieutic workshop (educate-teach, communicate-transmit) • Increasedcommunication, betterrelationships, increased creative processes, actiateparticipationprocesses, etc… Local and internationalactivities
vi. Methodology: RMA “…process of collective exploration that takes as a departure point the experience and the intuition of individuals.” (Dolci, 1996) • Learner centred approach • Uses cooperative learning • Uses the circle as priveligedphisical disposition • All participants have the occasion to express the own thoughts and opinions • RMA is intended to create a safe context for people to express themselves, to listen each other, to discover, to be creative, to learn relational and communicational competencies, to feel valued as a human being.
The main principles behind the approach are: • Listening - expression • Communication • Confrontation • Individual and social responsibility • Active participation of all • Cooperation • Nonviolence • Building complex images of reality (with the point of view and contribution of all) • Value/emphasis in the individual and group experience • Creative process • Sharing of power (in contraposition to domination and concentration of power) • Awareness/self awareness • Ask questions and analyse problems instead of impose solutions – ask the good questions
The impact observed n participantsis: • learn to share points of view with other people • learn to communicate • learn to confront with other people in a nonviolent way • develop listening and verbal communication skills • learn to value and respect others • learn to respect difference • learn to value the group and to cooperate • develop active participation awareness and skills • strengthen democratic competences • facilitate and reinforce the integration between people from different backgrounds
ContactsAmico Dolci – Presidentamicodolci@libero.itcentrodanilodolci@libero.itAddress: Via Goriza 22 – 90133 Palermo, ItalyTel.: +390916164224Fax: +390916230849 www.danilodolci.it Nonviolentdemonstration (Dolci with the local people)