An archive containing the list of Macomer graduates from the last 150 years is currently being built . This original project is by the recently founded Sas Coas association , which begins with the rediscovery of a piece of history that touches many families. Each story is considered a fragment of memory returning home. The project is generating considerable interest, so much so that in just a few days, hundreds of submissions and registrations have been registered. "Not numbers, but people," explains Gabriele Nicelli, president of the association . "Behind every person lies a different journey, a different time, a different way of being Macomerese. The list of graduates is a project that aims not only to count academic qualifications, but to convey a deeper image of the community: one made of commitment, sacrifices, departures and returns, paths that have crossed universities near and far." These stories often remain preserved in homes, within family walls, and in the memories of the protagonists themselves.
"Our association," reads a statement from the Sas Coas association, "has decided to try to collect these stories, one by one, before they are lost, through this project. Its aim is not just to count academic qualifications, but to convey a deeper image of the community: one of commitment, sacrifice, departures and returns, and journeys through universities near and far." The project is open to anyone with a connection to Macomer and a degree, from any time and place. Those with multiple qualifications may submit them separately.
"The most delicate, perhaps most poetic, part," says the president, "concerns the stories of those who can no longer tell their stories. There are graduates from many decades ago, people who studied when it was a rare privilege." For this reason , the association invites family members and acquaintances to fill out the form on their behalf, so that their experiences will also find a place in the archive. And it won't stop there. The association will begin research into oral histories, documents, and testimonies, to try to trace the earliest graduates, perhaps all the way back to the first in Macomer's history. "It's a way to look at oneself in the mirror," the association's document states, "and therefore recognize oneself through one's educational experiences. For now, the invitation is simple: participate, share, contribute. Each story added is a fragment of memory that returns home."
