Orientarsi di fronte alle guerre

Di fronte a guerre che coinvolgono sempre più direttamente l’Europa e l’Italia, siamo sopraffatti da un senso d’impotenza che ci rende passivi fruitori di un mare d’informazioni. 

Un mare nel quale l’unica libertà concessa sembrerebbe essere quella di poter scegliere quale propaganda seguire, per poterci ritrovare - in una “bolla” o “camera dell’eco” (echo-chambers) - insieme ad altri, dalla “parte giusta”. 

Chi voglia sottrarsi a queste bolle, cariche di pregiudizi di conferma, si pone il problema di come approcciarsi in maniera vigile e consapevole ai mezzi e alle fonti di informazione e di analisi.

Esattamente a queste persone - psicologi dell’emergenza, operatori sociali, umanitari e di pace, studenti, ma anche a chiunque sia interessato - si rivolge l’incontro on-line:

 ”Orientarsi. La guerra, l’informazione, gli inganni.” 

il 27 Marzo alle ore 21, on line su Zoom al seguente link:

 https://unipd.zoom.us/j/87366408059?pwd=SzlvYlJTVU1IRXA2OWhMR2x3VGdxdz09

Narrazioni diversive

Intorno alle teorie del complotto, loro natura, utilizzo e fine. Se ne discute alla libreria torinese Il Ponte sulla Dora con l'autore, Tobia Savoca, e con Enrico Manera - giovedì 7 Marzo ore 18.30.

A Shield For the Places Of Worship

 

In response to terrorist attacks that occurred in Europe in the last decade, the European Commission has funded a wide range of projects that develop effective strategies to protect public spaces. Places of worship, such as mosques, churches and synagogues, are hereby of particular importance, as they are considered sensitive targets due to their high symbolic value of civil coexistence and social and cultural cohesion.

In order to address this issue, the European Commission has, through its Internal Security Fund, funded amongst other initiatives the SHIELD Project, which aims to protect places of worship from the risks of violent extremism. To achieve this objective, the project connects and is jointly implemented by 18 partners from 10 EU countries, including representatives of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious communities. Through an in-depth analysis of violent attacks over the last twenty years against places of worship, the project analysed potential vulnerabilities, especially of smaller buildings and local communities, for which security was often not a priority. However, in the light of the Middle East conflicts, the recent attacks in France and Belgium and a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, security has become a key factor for places of worship and has raised an alert from various intelligence or counter-terrorism agencies. In response to this heightened need, the SHIELD project has been able to draw from its extensive research, conducted interviews and inspections of various types of buildings, to provide places of worship with tools and methods to assess their potential risk level and specific vulnerabilities. These tools are further supported by detailed overviews of different technical and procedural means that can be used to address the identified risks.

In order to make these tools even available on a wider-scale, the project has compiled its main deliverables, reports and findings into an easy-to-use handbook, designed specifically for decision makers, leaders of religious communities and law enforcements agencies at local level, which will be presented on the occasion SHIELD Final Conference in Brussels next February 29.