A few hihglights of the visit in Torniella by the Schumacher College (Dartington, Inghilterra), promoted by Tuscany Wild Tuscany. I managed the palla a 21 and BuioMetria Partecipativa presentations. A palla a 21 game proposed by folks from Piloni e Torniella, and a demonstration of the construction of the ball by Ilo Ferrandi: “
[originally published on the RHIZ.eu platform] In December 2006, due to an overly long connection between flights in Chicago, USA, I ended up spending a couple of hours downtown…in a totally unplanned fashion. In this brief outing, I ended up learning about an opportunity to submit applications for ideas in the Summer 2007 calendar of … Continue reading They day the ball got me – Connecting tiny Tuscan villages and large USA towns
These things tend to happen in the Farma Valley.
[TO BE TRANSLATED] Alcuni dei partecipanti all’incontro: Palla 21 / Palla Eh! Gioco antico o risorsa per il futuro? Mettiamoci in gioco! tenutosi il 10 marzo 2012 a Monticiano (la foto è di Sandra Becucci) L’incontro, organizzato dal Comune di … Continue reading Conference on Palla 21/palla eh! in Monticiano
Presented at the Understanding Community Conservation in Europe Summer School in Gerace, Calabria, Italy, on Sep. 11/15, 2011. If you do some combination of right-click operation you should be able to see the poster with a larger size, and more readable characters. For more information on the Farma Valley Communities see also this page and … Continue reading Poster on poster: Indigenous Community Conservation in the Farma Valley, Southern Tuscany
Some young players from Torniella, Scalvaia and Piloni were invited to explain the game (in the photo, Claudio Landini as on of the mentors – kudos to Stefania Zanardo for the image)
I managed the preparation of the event, with the participation of representatives from the communities of Torniella, Piloni, and Ciciano (photo by Danilo Maurelli)
In collaboration with rete AGA (Associazione Giochi Antichi di Verona), and with the participation of the communities in Torniella, Piloni, and Ciciano
http://www.comune.roccastrada.gr.it/il-territorio/storia-e-tradizioni/tradizioni-popolari/il-gioco-della-palla-a-21-a-torniella-e-piloni/