APPLIED SHAKESPEARE
Maddalena Pennacchia Roma Tre University, Principal Investigator
Mariacristina Cavecchi University of Milan, Associate Investigator
Alessandra Squeo University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Associate Investigator
APPLIED SHAKESPEARE THE PROJECT
The research on Applied Shakespeare aims to fill a gap in the present body of studies in Italy about the potential impact of Shakespearean theatre on society, with a particular focus on socio-emotional competencies and educational models in three areas of investigation: secondary schools, juvenile detention centres and healthcare contexts. More importantly, our project springs from the need to align the national research in this field to European policies as they are recommended in several official documents. [ continue... ]
RESEARCH UNITS
Dept. of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Roma Tre Research Unit profits from and further expands the field of ‘Shakespeare and passions’ by applying Shakespeare’s language of emotions, as modern psychology calls them, to secondary schools’ contexts in order to move teen-agers’ empathic energies making those energies a tool of sociability. To reach the overall aims of the research, the unit uses multidisciplinary... continue
Dept. of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Mediation
The Milan Research Unit aims to carry out multidisciplinary research on Prison Shakespeare to study and test how drama workshops can be used as a tool to increase knowledge and awareness in the community on the rights of youth. It will give voice to young vulnerable people by developing multidisciplinary theatre workshops targeting a mixed group of young inmates, youth on... continue
Dept. of Research and Innovation in the Humanities
The Bari Research Unit explores the potential of Shakespeare’s theatre in improving communication and human interaction in healthcare contexts. Aligning to EU programmes that promote socio-emotional competences as a fundamental investment for public health in the future, our project develops within the area of Health and Medical Humanities, an expanding research field... continue
