Since 2001, the University of Verona has been involved in an agreement with the University of Ngozi, North Burundi, foreseeing the participation of thirty-forty Verona University professors in teaching activities in the Nursing course - Institute Universitaire des Sciences de la Santé (IUSS). In addition to this, in 2008 the Italian partnership financed the building of a didactic center composed of classrooms, library, informatics rooms and laboratories. In 2012, the spatial availability of this didactic center and the socio-cultural needs expressed by the students, led to the idea of organizing an African cinema festival. The most relevant objectives of this event are to promote awareness of the rich African film production in a context where there are no cinemas or, where present, are very expensive and to start a multipurpose use of the center not only for the students but also for the whole territory. To reach these aims a network among Burundian filmmakers, the organizers of the Festival de Film et du Audiovisual du Burundi (FESTICAB), the students and the Rector of the University of Ngozi, the director of the IUSS, the organizers of the Festival del Cinema Africano of Verona and Belgian cinema experts, African students and professors of the University of Verona has been developed. The set of participants collaborates in verifying and sharing the available knowledge and the whole interaction process triggers changes in all members of the network and in their specific context. The open and shared methodological approach presents a particular value in the involvement of the Burundian students from the early stages of the films selection. This creates an important opportunity for dialogue among them on issues still difficult to deal with, because of the recent ethnic war and its consequences on communities and territory.
African Cinema as Instrument and Opportunity in Inter Academic Cooperation: a project in Ngozi (Burundi)
GAMBERONI, Emanuela
2014-01-01
Abstract
Since 2001, the University of Verona has been involved in an agreement with the University of Ngozi, North Burundi, foreseeing the participation of thirty-forty Verona University professors in teaching activities in the Nursing course - Institute Universitaire des Sciences de la Santé (IUSS). In addition to this, in 2008 the Italian partnership financed the building of a didactic center composed of classrooms, library, informatics rooms and laboratories. In 2012, the spatial availability of this didactic center and the socio-cultural needs expressed by the students, led to the idea of organizing an African cinema festival. The most relevant objectives of this event are to promote awareness of the rich African film production in a context where there are no cinemas or, where present, are very expensive and to start a multipurpose use of the center not only for the students but also for the whole territory. To reach these aims a network among Burundian filmmakers, the organizers of the Festival de Film et du Audiovisual du Burundi (FESTICAB), the students and the Rector of the University of Ngozi, the director of the IUSS, the organizers of the Festival del Cinema Africano of Verona and Belgian cinema experts, African students and professors of the University of Verona has been developed. The set of participants collaborates in verifying and sharing the available knowledge and the whole interaction process triggers changes in all members of the network and in their specific context. The open and shared methodological approach presents a particular value in the involvement of the Burundian students from the early stages of the films selection. This creates an important opportunity for dialogue among them on issues still difficult to deal with, because of the recent ethnic war and its consequences on communities and territory.
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