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Outputs of the workshop at FEANTSA 2014 conference in Bergamo

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On friday 24 october 2014 I had the pleasure to contribute to the FEANTSA 2014 european conference by co-conducting with Jaana Watt the workshop “ Sustainable employability pathways for people experiencing homelessness: myth or reality? ”.  The workshop was coordinated by Liz Gosme from FEANTSA & chaired by Peter Bakos from Refomix Hu.

The uncanny 2015: a short film on psychoanalysis out of known niche

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It is a great pleasure for me to share & promote this little, bright gem. " Das Heimlich - The Uncanny 2015 " is a 6 minutes short film on the theme of psychoanalysis . It is about psychoanalysis on its everlasting way of being out of the niche. Exploring the unknown. Out of usu al scheme.

Thomas Frank, David Graeber & Rutger Bregman: other impressive contributions on AoB page

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Other impressive contributions are now available on the AoB page .  These essays, researches & speech are my contribution to circulate & improve the debate on what is considered innovation in social fields, on how to succeed in ending homelessness, on how to improve employability, on basic income.

Results & outputs of Multipolis workshop: Malmö (SE) 2006

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Looking at the some hundreds reade rs of Multipolis sessions outputs , it seems they are of some interest. I am on the way for the workshop during the FEANTSA conference in Bergamo on Friday 24 November . On this path to Bergamo, I propose another witness of a workshop sess ion that took place during the last international meeting of project CATCH Creative Approach To Combating Homelessness (Eu project co-funded by DG Social Affair n. VS/2002/010/J37 0/26) .  

A great little story of ordinary dignity and abominable shame

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There is a great little story that I think it deserves to be told. It's a great little story of ordinary dignity & abominable shame that takes place in Turin, Piedmont. Here a group of parents got involved with a selves-direct activation to protect the rights of their children with sensor ial disabilities (deaf, hear-impaired & blind minors) . They had to learn, organize & advocate against the city-Government Hall, the Regional Board, or both.

new materials from Evelyn Glennie on AoB page

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There are people around us who are truly special. Since I read & heard Evelyn Glennie's thoughts on listening, deafness & hearing impairment, I knew she is such a person. Dame Evelyn Glennie is well known as the first full-time solo percussionist in the 20th century and perhaps even all of history. Her life is a story worth exploring, her words are extraordinary .

Results & outputs of Multipolis workshop: Wien (AT) 2006

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I am happy & proud to see some hundreds of readers show ing the ir interest for Multipolis outputs ; so I thought it is time to re-published some old sessions results , starting with one of the earlie r . The workshop took place in Vienna (AT) on 17th March 2006, during the international seminar The needs of homeless women , part of the project CATCH Creative Approach To Combating Homelessness (Eu project co-funded by DG Social Affair n. VS/2002/010/J37 0/26) . The workshop theme was Facing homeless women .

new materials from Michele Lancione on AoB pages

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I found a couple of articles from Michele Lancione very impressive on the themes of homelessness ; I felt all should read, comments with feedback & debate, so I linked them directly from my AoB page . Both texts are in English. - How is homelessness? Objects, codes & poetry to re-imagine homelessness -  Entanglements of faith : discourses, practices of care & homeless people in an Italian city of Saints.

Save the date: Nov. 21 & 28 free Multipolis sessions in Padova

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Two days of MultiPolis sessions will take place in Padova on friday 21 & 28 November within the programme of the project "La rete per la rete ( A network for netw orkers )". The project ha s been developed by the Association Noi sulla Strada (we on the street) : it aims to o ffer several events to deepen the phenomenon of social exclusion through mutual exchange, collaborative de bates & tr aining sessions open to citizens as well as professional .