The project

The aim of the citizen panel on “Stories of a Possible Europe” was to work on the theme of inter-cultural dialogue in Europe, through cooperative and autobiographical methods. The particularity of the work methodology of this panel is that it takes as its starting point the telling of stories by European citizens - both as individuals and as collective groups – as a form of participation and interaction in “constructing an ever closer Europe”.

From our perspective, telling the life-stories of people is a way to explore and make known the different cultures which make up Europe, a contribution to a possible Europe “united in, and enriched through its cultural diversity”; moreover the stories can contribute to the knowledge of the values and representations which are the basis for building a sense of European identity. The storytelling method – as a form of active citizenship – in our view represents an effective bottom-up process, for building knowledge closer to the real experiences of European citizens