What is Storytellathon?
The Storytellathon invites young people and students from different cultural contexts to share short narratives connected to cultural heritage, places, and communities.
It creates a space for encounter and dialogue, where heritage is experienced as a living relationship between people, cultures, and territories.
Why it matters?
The Storytellathon is designed especially to encourage younger generations to engage actively with cultural heritage through reflection, interpretation, and storytelling
Cultural heritage is not only expressed through sites or objects, but also through the ways people experience, interpret, and relate to places and cultures.
The Storytellathon contributes to:
strengthening the relationship between people and heritage
fostering dialogue across cultures
promoting respect for cultural diversity and multiple perspectives
Through this process, heritage becomes a common ground for mutual understanding and peacebuilding.
What to do
Participants contribute short narratives that:
express their relationship with cultural heritage
explore connections with places and communities
share perspectives shaped by different cultural contexts
Together, these stories create a shared narrative space across cultures.
Next Edition – 2027
The next edition of the Storytellathon will take place in March 2027, within the framework of the International Officina for the Culture of Dialogue.
This edition will continue to engage young people and students from diverse cultural contexts, inviting them to reflect on cultural heritage as a space for encounter, dialogue and reciprocity.
Participants will be encouraged to contribute narratives exploring the relationship between people, places and communities, fostering a shared reflection on heritage as a resource for mutual understanding and peacebuilding.
Discover the first edition
