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Shadow Stories: Poetics of an Encounter Between Science and Narration collaborative publications emphasizing the expressive potential ofThis video from La Villetta Municipal Preschool in Reggio Emilia describes the experience of an encounter between children and shadows. During a visit to the Loris Malaguzzi International Center, not yet open to the public, the children choose the shadow of a window in the future large exhibition hall as an element that gives identity to the place. The window is a border element, but also stands in a relationship between inside and outside. This