An Ideal Dialogue between Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta
The second session of the training program is dedicated to an ideal dialogue between Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta, two great travelers who, despite belonging to different eras and cultural contexts, crossed similar lands, leaving behind essential testimonies of their travel experiences.
The session compares their stories, the routes they traveled, and the perspectives with which they observed the peoples, traditions, and civilizations they encountered along the way. This symbolic dialogue highlights the similarities and differences between two ways of traveling and narrating the world, offering an intercultural reading of travel as an opportunity for knowledge, exchange, and openness.
The comparison between Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta thus becomes a tool for reflecting on the value of travel not only as a geographical experience, but as a human and cultural journey, capable of building bridges between East and West and enriching mutual understanding between different cultures.
Collaborations
University of Florence, Kabariò Intercultural Musical Group – Girafiabe Cultural Association – Italy-China Women’s Friendship and Culture Association. Patronage of the City of Florence
Participations
Luca Milani, Councilor of the City of Florence – Haifa Alsakkaf, President of the GWC, Guan Zhongqi and Zhou Limaio, Chinese Consulate of Florence, Giada Lin Hongyu – President of the Italy-China Women’s Friendship and Culture Association, Professor Rossella Certini, FORLILPSI Department, University of Florence – Professor Emiliano Macinai, FORLILPSI Department, University of Florence – Professor Marco Di Branco, SARAS Department, Sapienza University of Rome – Professor Angelo Cattaneo, CNR and University of Florence – Alessio D’Uva, Director of the International School of Comics, Florence.