Mammut Territorial Center
Naples (2013 - on going)
The project
The "Centro Territoriale Mammut" was founded in Scampia in 2007 and, starting from Scampia, it decided to embark on an adventure of psycho-socio-pedagogical research and action inspired by active pedagogy. This adventure has been going on for more than fifteen years, involving thousands of children, teachers, educators, and psychologists. The research at Mammut focuses on how to make school a happy place for children and adults, improving learning and school attendance. It also looks into how to reduce the gaps between school and the community, restoring the city's vital potential.
The activities
- WORKSHOPS
Workshops for children covering written language and literature, anthropology, philosophical reasoning, art, and craftsmanship.
- THE MYTH OF THE MAMMOTH
Didactic experimentation workshops with schools in a research-action journey built around an integrative background to enhance teaching and reclaim abandoned areas of the city.
- UNIVERSITY ON THE STREET OF L’A.PE
Training for parents, teachers, educators, psychologists, and curious citizens carried out through cycles of experiential meetings based on self-experimentation or through meetings with professionals and activists for discussions on research topics.
- BARRITO DEI PICCOLI AND L'A.PE
The two magazines published by Centro Mammut are aimed at children and adults. They are used as a tool to keep alive the collective writing impulse that feeds the entire research, bringing out what has been experienced during the year with adults and children from the classroom.
Goals
- Reconnecting people, neighborhoods, and cities through cooperative spirit and the use of effective educational approaches and teaching methods.
- Creating a self-efficacious, authoritative, and credible educational community.
- Improving the educational level both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Impact
- 2600+ children and adolescents involved
- 100+ engaged operators.
- 200+ teachers trained
Mammut
L’attenzione al territorio e ai bambini svantaggiati, per cambiare il mondo. Giocando.
Il progetto MammutBus è dedicato ai bambini e ragazzi di Napoli, per favorire l’integrazione fra i diversi quartieri della città, attraverso il gioco. Un modo unico e giocoso per sviluppare anche opportunità di formazione e di lavoro.
Il MammutBus è un camper/ludobus che trasporta giochi e tutto il materiale necessario per feste di piazza, percorsi di formazione, animazione sul territorio, serate o giornate a tema, mostre itineranti, convegni, seminari e tantissime altre attività.
Goals
- Promuovere l’aggregazione in quartieri a rischio
- Dare stimolo culturale in paesi, frazioni e quartieri isolati, deprivati culturalmente
- Contrastare la passività ludica, promuovendo giocattoli e giochi di origine popolare
- Contatto e raccordo tra scuola e territorio
Risultati
- 5 scuole e 200 bambini coinvolti
- Acquisto di un camper e trasformazione in ludobus
- Corso per giocatori di strada
- Laboratori didattici, artistici e teatrali nelle scuole
- Concorsi su temi della cittadinanza attiva per le scuole di Scampia
