Storytelling has always played a fundamental role in the transmission of knowledge and experience, so much so that it has taken on a central role in educating new generations about community values and social norms.

In the act of storytelling, we recognize an important function in reinforcing group identity and strengthening community relationships. This is most evident in societies still based on orality, but it also continues to varying degrees in societies based on writing: through formal education, social and mass media, and artistic expression.

Today, some narratives respond more to political and market needs than to the education of values and norms useful to the community and the individual. We want to bring the act of storytelling back to the center of its original meaning as “constructing meaning in the world,” with the intention of rediscovering and recognizing in local narratives the breath of universality and the values that unite all human beings beyond the differences that divide us.

We want to bring back to the center the theme of “truth”, not as a unique and original version, but as a shared version, the result of exchange and dialogue: a version in which all recognize themselves and for which all feel responsible.

Storytelling, then, is an action that allows us to make connections between people, experiences, and knowledge, near and far, in space and time, with the goal of creating a shared meaning, expressing a plural identity, and envisioning a possible future, ideally based on beauty, respect, and mutual understanding.