Gallery 2018 | Uncovering America

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Uncovering America

Castello D'Albertis (Museum of the Cultures)

Genova, Italy

October 12th, 2018

The conference took place on Columbus Day (October 12th).

AJ and Lucia showed three video interviews of Indigenous Peoples and spoke about the project to the citizens and High School Students.

The results were very positive, the Students were engaged by the narrative of the three Indigenous Peoples and by their perspective.

An interactive writing exercise followed the conference and the feedback from the students had awakened.

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I would like to take with me the awareness of what really happened.

We have to learn to not distinguish ourselves only because of the place where we are born and for our past actions.

The awareness of what really happened and above all, the fact of knowing also another side of the story and not remaining only in the idea of what is said in Italy.
Because it is true that America was discovered but there already lived someone there and no one had ever asked the question of what happened to them and what they thought about it.
In school books, they write only the parts that they are convenient.

We all come from a unique race. The human race.

I think I will bring with me the idea of always looking at the two versions and not being influenced by what surrounds me and I think that doing what he did, that is to expose himself, is really courageous

I also think that sometimes it's scary to expose yourself to say what you think

I really hope that Columbus' day will become your day because as the Jews have the day in which we remember to not make the same mistake, you too deserve it

The importance of inform our selves and to be curious.

After this experience, I have an awareness of both points of view, the one from the side of the invaded and the one from the side of the invasion.

Certainly I will remember that not always what they tell us is right, we need to learn to be curious of what is around us, we have to learn to respect and be respected.

I wish I could manage to take off the mask from myself and to the people around me to be able to see the reality

The curiosity to know other cultures.

This experience helped me to understand that we always have to consider other people's perspectives that could be very different

A take home the knowledge of what happened and the truth, from another point of view.
I take within me the respect for those populations and the admiration for the strength demonstrated by the people fighting for their rights.

This meeting with AJ will always remain imprinted for what he said to change the day of Columbus into the Indigenous People Day.
I will always agree with everything that AJ said
12 Ottobre 2018
Francesco Minasso

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