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The Basaglia Project debuted in Slovenia as part of Go!2025

It focuses on the work of the trailblazing psychiatrist

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(ANSA) - BELGRADO, 13 NOV - The Basaglia Project, part of the official program for the European Capital of Culture 2025 and dedicated to the work of trailblazing psychiatrist Franco Basaglia, will be presented for the first time in Slovenia this weekend in Ljubljana.
    The event includes the theater performance Quelli di Basaglia. .. a 180° and an evening dedicated to Franco Basaglia, titled Basaglia, beyond the walls. The performance will occur on Sunday, November 17, at 6:30 PM at the Kulturni Center Španski Borci in Ljubljana.
    Performed by members of the Accademia della Follia from Trieste, the show tells the story of how the impossible became possible. It highlights the key milestones of Basaglia's work on the centenary of his birth, from the dismantling of psychiatric institutions to the adoption of Law 180. The performance will be in Italian with Slovenian subtitles.
    On Monday, November 18, Basaglia, beyond the walls will be presented, an evening dedicated to Franco Basaglia, with institutional greetings by Verena Vittur, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Slovenia, and Stojan Pelko, Director of the Go! 2025 Program.
    This event will be followed by a screening of the documentary Trieste tells Basaglia, introduced by director Erika Rossi. The evening will conclude with a roundtable discussion featuring Alessandra Orietti, Director of the Trieste Mental Health Center; Mario Colucci, psychiatrist and co-author of two books on Franco Basaglia; Angela Pianca, Basaglia's collaborator and Director of the Accademia della Follia in Trieste; and Vito Flaker, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana. (ANSA).
   

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