Schools/Workshops

Workshops in schools (middle and high schools) entail two or more meetings with the classes. Workshops are interactive and involve students in the analysis of selected passages of literary works and discussion on gender stereotypes. Meetings can take place in English or in Italian and are designed together with the teachers of the classes to shape the work in accordance with the students' curricula and specific interests. 

Academic Year 2022-23

• Liceo Linguistico A. Spinelli, Torino (March-April)

Classes: 5F  (Teacher: Luisa Bozzo),  5B (Alessandra Balbo), 3G (Simonetta Marcantoni).

Focus on: 

1. Woolf's experimental writing; "A Room of One's Own": the history of women, women and writing, gender roles and stereotypes (Prof. Teresa Prudente)

2. The character of the flâneuse in literature and in Mrs. Dalloway (Valentina Borla)

3. Language and gender stereotypes, from Virginia Woolf to the present linguistic landscape (Prof. Federico Sabatini)

Analysis of excerpts from "A Room of One's Own", discussion on gender stereotypes in the experience and from the perspective of the students. The workshop was held in English.

• IIS Santorre di Santarosa, Torino (April-May) 

Class 5B Liceo Economico Sociale (Teachers: Paola D'Alessandro and Irene Carnazza)

Focus on: 

1. "A Room of One's Own": the history of women, women and writing, gender roles and stereotypes (Prof. Teresa Prudente)

2. The flâneuse, women and the city, the "Virginia Woolf Walk" in Turin (Valentina Borla)

3. Language and gender stereotypes, from Virginia Woolf to the present linguistic landscape (Prof. Federico Sabatini)

4. Gender equality: the work of local organizations, with Telefono Rosa (Anna Ronfani), SeNonOraQuando Torino (Laura Onofri), Toponomastica Femminile (Monica Cerruti and Chiara Sonzogni), Zonta Torino (Beatrice Buzzi Langhi).

Discussion on the examples of gender stereotypes collected by students from the media (tv, advertisement, social media)

• Liceo Artistico Fois, Cagliari (26 aprile) 

Class 5A (Teacher: Alberta Gallus)

1. Woolf's experimental writing; "A Room of One's Own": the history of women, women and writing, gender roles and stereotypes (Prof. Teresa Prudente)

2. Language and gender stereotypes, from Virginia Woolf to the present linguistic landscape (Prof. Federico Sabatini)

Discussion on gender stereotypes in the experience and from the perspective of the students.