Sara Polleri

I am a researcher in the field of sustainability end equality. Interested in European and Italian culture,  I have been working with NGOs, foundations and social enterprises to promote cultural exchange through digital means across broader Europe.

Currently I am based in the Netherlands, where I am working on a project that shares the culture of my own country, Italy, with the audience of my country of adoption, the Netherlands.

Dutch people mostly know my country as a holiday destination, or through the media, where Italy is portrayed as the land of corruption, of debatable economic choices and reduced to a stereotype. I, together with my nework, believe that this view does not contribute to a constructive dialogue between European countries, politics and populations.

For this reason, I work on a project called "Alle Italiaanse" which in Dutch means "All the Italian things", meant at explaining the broad Italian Culture to the Dutch.

I started sharing bits about the Italian literature, with living authors as well as writers from the past century; then I moved to the origin of the Italian language, to the history of my nation and its flag.

And not just that" the quality of the food, the passion for taste and the togetherness are universally recognized features of the Italian lifestyle: the result of the climate, culture and great tradition.