Marina Castagnetti
She was born in Milan in 1962
Teacher at Diana school with the historical teachers team, Loris Malaguzzi and Vea Vecchi from 1982-1999
Teacher at the Documentation and Educational Research Centre of the Istituzione Scuole e Nidi d’Infanzia – Municipality of Reggio Emilia since 2000.
Marina has worked on several projects that are part of “The Hundred languages of Children” exhibition.
She was the author with Loris Malaguzzi and Vea Vecchi in the “Shoe and meter” and
“A journey into the rights of children” projects and books of Diana School, ed. Reggio Children, Reggio Emilia.
Many photos documentation she took, have been used in different books about
the Reggio Emilia approach.
She has been collaborating with Reggio Children during study groups to Reggio and other initiatives in the city.
She has been participating in many conferences, seminars and educational projects in Italy and abroad. (Austria, Brazil, China, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, UAE, U.K, Vietnam, USA).
She is currently professional development trainer on Reggio Children international projects.
Marina was part of research projects about:
– “Children, spaces, relations – metaproject for an environment for young
children”- Reggio Children-Domus Academy Research Centre,1998
– “Making learning visible: children as individual and group learners”-
Reggio Children and Harvard University Project Zero,2000
– “One city many children. Memory of a present History” – exhibition and catalogue at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre, 2009
– “Enchanted Worlds” – exhibition at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre, 2011
– “Citizen Ateliers “Loris Malaguzzi International Centre
– Care. Curriculum & Quality Analysis and Impact Review of European Early Childhood Education and Care (European project: Call identifier: FP7-SSH-2013-2) in collaboration with Utrecht University, Oxford University, Freie Univeritatat Berlin, Aarhus Universitet, KU Leuven, Jyväskylä Yliopisto, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Hellenic Open Univeristy, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, Hogskolen I Vestfold, Uniwersytet Warszawksi,2014-2016
-Cagliari, P., Castagnetti, M., Giudici, C., Rinaldi, C, Vecchi V. and Moss, P. (eds) (2016),
Loris Malaguzzi and the Schools of Reggio Emilia, Routledge, London/New York