STEM disciplines are an effective educational tool to enhance equality, promote differences, and develop transversal skills. Among STEM, mathematical competence is now considered one of the most important.
International surveys tell us that, in Italy, the percentage of students who do not reach basic levels in STEM disciplines remains well above the European target of 15%. Studies show that the learning process of mathematics by students, who very often fear the subject, is affected by difficulties concerning text comprehension together with emotional difficulties such as stress, anxiety, and fear.

Integration with other disciplines and active involvement can promote understanding of these. It is therefore necessary to strengthen those educational initiatives aimed at promoting the study of mathematics, and more generally of STEM subjects, to better prepare students for a linear and satisfactory educational career, creating a community educational and cultural proposal.

It is in this context that the project La matematica è per tutt! (Mathematics is for everyone!) was born, with the aim of further involving the neighborhoods and schools located in peripheral areas of the City of Turin. Such as, for example, the Aurora district, home to the promoting cultural center, Spazio BAC, known for its multiculturalism, innovation, but also for significant challenges such as school dropout, family poverty, and obstacles in school integration processes.

The project stems from the previous TIM – Theatre in Mathematics, MatemACT, and Mathemart projects, based on the methodology of Social and Community Theatre for an innovative approach to the subject, which have produced workshops and theatrical lecture-performances on the subject.