International, multilingual, multicultural Milan is at the center of the proposal of the Department of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Mediations of the University of Milan to celebrate the Centenary of the University. The first of the walks starts on June 27th at 5 pmThe languages of Milan, the Milan of languages” with an appointment at the Trotter Park school. “In the Latin barrio of via Padova” is the first route, which inaugurates a cycle of five itineraries that will highlight voices, images, stories, memories, religiosity, social energies and cultural practices.
Guided by teachers, scholars and artists, the public will discover a city that often remains under the radar or is not valorised. The project is curated by Maria Matilde Benzoniteacher of modern history, Maria Vittoria Calviteacher of Spanish language and translation, Giovanni Iamartinoteacher of English language and translation, e Vincenzo Materaprofessor of demo-ethno-anthropological sciences.
On the edge of the present time, but with a look at the past, the planned routes will be held in via Padova, with two appointments, one dedicated to Spanish and the other to Arabic, in Chinatown, with the common thread of the Chinese language, and in the historic center, where the languages of the eighteenth-century past will be discovered of the city like French and German. We therefore start with the Hispanic culture, and in particular with the Peruvian community, the fourth by number of people in Milan. There will be participants accompanied by words, sounds, signs and testimonies Maria Vittoria Calvi And Milin BonomiSpanish language teachers at the State University, Ellymel Fernández Alvarez And Karol Marilyn Huaman SalcedoMigrantour guides of the ACRA Foundation, and lo street artist Ecuadorian Boris Velizknown for his mural depicting Dante Alighieri wearing a typical Latin American poncho painted on the walls of Via Padova.
Subsequent events will be held in autumn, opportunities to discover some of the cultures that live in the city of Milan, where 120 different languages are spoken. In the related event, the registration link.
