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Scarabeus 2008http://www.scarabeus.itReading Club1
Report about the activitiescarried out by 
Scarabeus
Reading Club
Livorno, 2008 
 
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Our reading club was formed by 15-16 people of different sex, age and nationality. Some members were retired people some others were still at work and one went toschool. The nationalities represented in the group were:Persian, Russian, Ethiopian and of course Italian.The women were many more than men but neverthelessthey were about six. (It is a good number considering that most of the groups are always attended by women).The reading sessions started in December and they finished in the second part of May for a total number of 13meetings. We met every fortnight. Each session startedafter dinner around nine o’ clock and ended around11,30. All the sessions have taken place in a house andthis has created a more relaxed and friendly atmosphere.The facilitator and the mentor were elected in the first meeting: It was also elected a person who was in charge torecord videos for each session. At the end of each session the members were given the poems or the book to be read for the following meeting.
 
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They had at least two weeks time to read and comment each work. When we gathered together the mentor started reading the passage or the poem which, from his point of you, wasmost meaningful. The facilitator had the charge toencourage the discussion. The meetings have been pleasant and relaxed and people have communicated in a  very friendly atmosphere. All the members had the opportunity to say something alsoencouraged by the other mentor who coordinated the works. Our group was very heterogeneous but we havealways believed that the diversity existing in our club was a  value. In fact the opinions could be very different but always respectful of the others point of view. We have always had a good attendance of the meetingseven if some people for work reasons had to leave the group but fortunately there were other people ready toreplace the people who had to go away so we always had14-15 people attending the session. We started our meetings with the Italian culture becausesome people were not Italian so it was an opportunity forthem to come closer to the culture of the country they wereliving in.
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