Jane Eyre has been one of the candidates in a electoral campaign in Italy. Well, sort of:
"NarrAzioni", a cultural association based in Alessano, has launched an innovative initiative called "Campagna E-letturale" to promote literature as a means of community building and cultural revitalization. The project, which won the top prize out of 387 proposals in the "Città che legge 2020" national call for applications, has been funded by the Ministry of Culture's Center for the Book and Reading.
The campaign, which uses a clever play on words, is essentially a political campaign with a twist: the candidates are fictional characters from books, and the goal is to elect an "Ideal Council of Dreams" that will symbolically govern the cultural rebirth of Capo di Leuca, a region affected by the pandemic and population decline. Eight municipalities are involved, and several reading groups have been created to choose their favorite candidates based on values like courage, honesty, and strength.
The campaign has three stages, much like a political campaign: first, the selection of the candidates; second, the actual campaign, which includes posters, rallies, and speeches; and finally, the election day. Over 600 people voted in the project's first election, held last Sunday at polling stations set up in all the local libraries. (Summary by ChatGPT using Giorgia Duranti's article in Corriere Salentino)
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