PADUA – An afternoon entirely dedicated to couples and mixed families who live in the city. In Padua last year, 17% of couples who decided to get married were made up of at least one foreign citizen. A trend that reflects how Padua society is also changing. Precisely to take stock of the situation, the presentation of the book-report “I celebrate twice.
MIXED COUPLES
Couples and mixed families in Italy, between ties, discrimination, resources”. This is the final act of the research project of the Centro Studi Confronti and the Italian Association of Mixed Families and Couples (Aifcom). Afterwards we will attend the opening and presentation of the photographic exhibition Mixed, project and photographs by Mara Scampoli, curated by Paola Riccardi and Caterina Santinello. The exhibition can be visited freely in the hanging courtyard of Palazzo Moroni until June 30th every day from 10am to 7pm. The event offers a first representation of mixed unions in Italy, born from the meeting and collaboration between different perspectives: that of the scientific research of Aifcom and Confronti and the photographic research of the author Mara Scampoli. The event will open at 4pm in Sala Paladin with a round table with Stefano Allievi (University of Padua), Alberto Mascena (AIFCOM Scientific Supervisor) and Mara Scampoli (Psychologist and photographer). We will then witness a couple’s testimony with Martina Stipi and Nourou Sene. Moderated by Claudio Paravati (Confronti director). The inauguration of the photographic exhibition “Mixed” by Mara Scampoli is scheduled for 6pm in the hanging courtyard of Palazzo Moroni.
«We are in a changing society and today in the city of Padua 17.4% of residents have foreign citizenship, 586 are only those who obtained Italian citizenship in 2024 and more than 70 are the boys and girls who upon completion of 18 years of age were able to request Italian citizenship because they were born and lived in Italy despite being of foreign origin – explained the councilor for registry services Francesca Benciolini yesterday – This tells us that we are in a society that is changing and so too social relationships starting from the family. We started from the schools in which we found boys and girls of different backgrounds and naturally as we grow together it is increasingly easier for families to change their face and for us to love each other and to want to start a family with different backgrounds.”
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