MIXED
Documenting the reality of mixed couples in Italy
Documenting the reality of mixed couples in Italy
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Antonella, Italy and Hassan, Egypt. They met during a vacation, Hassan was a diving instructor. For Hassan, an important difficulty in adapting in Italy was the climate. In general he felt a lack of solidarity, he encountered many difficulties in finding a job. he finds that living in an apartment is quite limiting. When they can, they go to the river.
Camilla,Italy,and George, Cameroon. They have been married since 2013 and have two children. On being a mixed couple George says that "if there were no borders, it would be normal". There are differences, says Camilla, and they enrich them, for example in the way of representing and managing time: here and now for George, in perspective for Camilla.
They met during a master in Warsaw. At the beginning Jacopo was very concerned about cultural differences and the way in which these also profoundly shape thought. East and West have a profoundly different approach to the meaning of existence, says Jacopo. Over time it is these differences that have fascinated him. Mutual listening is very important to them. They communicate with each other in English.
Silvia, Italy, and Sam Manawa, New Zealand. They both deeply feel the bond with the earth and the generative power of the feminine. Together they have created an outdoor education project that is inspired by pedagogy in the woods and leverages the concepts of exploration and free play, immersion in nature and an educating community. Manawa in her work uses the therapeutic skills that derive from the Maori culture.