journalism human , Stefano Trasatti *
Two and a half years before publishing Mamadou goes to die, Gabriele Del Grande had already written this guide to travel in Rome of the excluded. Without a warrant or heads of publishing houses, had done so, to grant: for his interest in "hidden on cities", but certainly also to experiment on that job as a journalist who had already chosen as his own.
The issue was not - and is not - most of those who arouse the interest of those who make books and newspapers. Indeed, it was the last one of those who would dare to propose: so rough, bleak, devoid of uplifting stories and handles to make the show, the world of the homeless, those who, " sitting at the side of the road, people-watch, as the edge of a river "was not exactly sexy, as they say the gurus of the communication. In fact, none so far (except the agency Social Editor in 2005), had never been interested in publishing these stories.
literature exclusion is added to the very low therefore this report, important primarily for one reason: because it returns identities, histories and "corporeality " who, while failing to lost, it's as if most had not. "Some know them they are so sloppy, others do not you say anything, they are dressed well, they have the phone ... ," writes Del Grande. This is the threshold where it stops the "city that excludes ": a glimpse that can not see and does not look, do not want to see. And at most calls these appearances become a very fashionable word: the invisible.
But wherever they live, these people are not at all. In the society that " reproduces the company has excluded, "the only law that applies is that of force," people are fighting against each other, except for temporary and opportunistic alliances, ready to betray, to forget and get hurt . In that society, in particular, there is so much loneliness, a "very lonely" ripped or even aggravated by stories, tears, recriminations, tenderness and wounded pride. From feelings and words that Del Grande has collected and reported in this book.
is relevant to mention the method used by the author. Maybe only 22 years can be so unaware, apparently, to take the risks of a trip like this. But his intention was evidently to make a report " witness" who respect the rules of engagement laid down by himself (and then made more rigid by the circumstances): no money, no privileges, no coverage of social workers, no contact with the family, not a hit and run, but long enough to make history in the climate of the road.
A professional approach, far from being unconscious, in which - and this is the item you point out - the narrator is the protagonist. His presence is a light that is not judgmental: he knows to be an intruder and also why he compared the stories of others. Sa that this is not his house.
" How different travel the roads and houses," wrote a few days after returning to Rome to join the school of journalism. "My is only a play," he admitted with the operator of a shelter, " few days I will come to all my security (...) .
" Neither do I believe in simulation games. Never considered myself the guinea pig of myself, or this is a sort of social experiment. Simply an opportunity to meet, present, exchange . This
book, newspaper and example of a very few others, show that a human journalism and completely devoid of cynicism is possible.
* Stefano Trasatti is Director of the Agency on-line journalism Social Editor he founded in 2001, first magazine devoted to issues of daily hardship and social commitment. From 1993 to 2000 he was national secretary of the CNCA (National Coordination of the host communities). Organize in 1994, at the Community of Capodarco Still, the seminar annual training for journalists Social Editor (over 3,000 participants in the first 15 editions)
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