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Go or Stay? This is the problem ... Feldman

"My son leaves this country. You are about to finish your university, you have been good. I have no reproaches from you. Finish on time and well, much more than your mother and I had expected. That's why I speak with bitterness, thinking about what What time do you expect. This country, your country is no longer a place where we can stand with pride

This is only an excerpt of the article appeared on November 30 Republic, written by Pier Luigi Celli, former head of RAI and current director of one of the most famous and prestigious universities in Italy, the LUISS of Rome.
As you can guess the shape is that of a heartfelt appeal from father to son to leave Italy look elsewhere for a rightful place in the world of work and the world at large.
are harsh words and solemn which do not leave any room for interpretation, but they raise undoubtedly reflections and comments. In
us students of a Master in Management of artistic and cultural organizations have had an effect further amplified.
After a reaction of wonder and bitterness there was spontaneous ask
"So what are we doing here?"
"We can really make a difference or do we have to pack our bags?"
In these two months of lessons we had to master classroom management key witnesses of reality applied to art and culture.
Many of them are people that are successful in Italy, but we have talked in terms not often exciting position that our country holds in the international indices related to 'investing in culture: Italy is losing attractiveness and competitiveness because not invest in this progress, in fact, as can be seen in the new Financial Plan (which has reduced € 164 million funding to FUS), the tendency is that of "cut and sew" .
If this is the "show" you can tell us that we are privileged observers, the public knows what goes on behind the scenes because the study, but at the same time we are training to become actors in person and change the tables. But
between saying and doing when ... emerge from the "nest" training to enter the world of work there will be room for our expertise?
Certainly if the picture is what Italy can be seen reading a newspaper these days, and maybe it can not be wrong when he says to his son Celli "prepared to suffer."
and Italy of pats on the back of laugh about it, and never change profoundly.
On the other hand, if you think about it, this dilemma is not typical of our era ... even artists and poets like Dante and Caravaggio, who praised and loved their Italy, is in exile from it who managed to put to exploit their genius ... is the lack that have found inspiration.
Then you can say that today's young people who choose foreign countries are in a state of "exile induced ?
Perhaps an experience abroad can be very helpful to see things more broadly and realize that even Alps there are problems all right ... unless you do the example of virtuous Sweden .
But once more seen and compared with reality, you can return a value added and groped to change things in the Bel Paese. The
David, with the permission of Michelangelo, has already packed and ready ... you?

Stephen Cogley
Antonio Castano