White Man's Burden (Giorgia Donato)
I decided to borrow from a poem by Kipling the title of my "reflection", the British author was of the fact that Europe had given the historic task of civilizing the barbarian peoples of Asia and the 'Africa. His poetry was a kind of propaganda to convince the public to support imperialism through the ideology of "civilizing mission" that lay with developed nations and the white race against the so-called "savages." (It's amazing how certain issues are tremendously current ...)
But the question I asked myself just arrived in Metropoliz was whether it was right to intervene in an effective way within a microsystem that is emerging. Sure it was nice to see the relationships that have arisen between us students and the residents of Metropoliz was rewarding to give them something made by us, but it was really useful? Maybe yes, it certainly will be if the seeds we planted with our little operation will be watered with love by the inhabitants themselves day after day, it will be if we left the day after the meetings have been going on in the evening and the men of the Roma camp continued to meet after work giving itself appointment "to the Capitol."
But this is a process that must be monitored over time, so I just take the project forward, but this time involving people in a different way. We have shown them the way, now should be to roll up their sleeves, with the support and advice from us "little architects," so that our work might be interpreted as a week of celebration and lunches, but the beginning of a process of growth and integration. I think this step forward is essential for them, and harder for us, that does not trigger in both parts of a sort of subsistence. Let me give an example, perhaps trivial but concrete example: when children are small, they are spoon fed by their parents, but at some point have to take the fork in your hand and understand how to use it, sure it was much easier for mothers spoon-feed, teach him to eat alone results that will show him how you must be patient because there will a life, will eventually wash the entire kitchen, but be sure that from that moment on, the child will become independent!
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