La rappresentazione della formazione degli italiani all’estero nelle esposizioni universali come fonte per la Public History of Education

Abstract

The national and international expositions used to host materials related to the school system, which included selections of the country’s best educational practices, exhibitions on innovations in education, teaching materials, school buildings and furnishings, curriculum, as well as the best student products. The essay analyzes the cases of the universal exhibitions of Milan 1906 and Turin 1911, focusing on the pavilions of Italians abroad, where also schools and welfare institutions contributed to the representation and self-representation of national glory. The main sources are two colonial monographs relating to the Italian presence in Istanbul and Barcelona, prepared and presented at the universal exhibitions held in Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century.