Following the depopulation of fragile Mediterranean territories, cultural heritage faces the risk of disappearing as individual identities are dispersed. The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated social fragmentation and the collapse of communal processes. Creating inclusive and empathetic moments for dialogue to promote interaction between social minorities becomes crucial for revitalising living spaces. The project’s first phase involves developing a tool accessible to everyone, serving as a repository of memory, where the territory’s stories, symbols, traditions, and cultural changes are collected and shared. The second phase, based on the principles of participatory design, involves the application of the tool in two small municipalities located in different regions and experiencing demographic decline. The organisation of community meetings aims to collect the inhabitants’ memories and reconstruct lost local narratives. Simultaneously, the collected material will be used to create the setting up of an interactive, temporary, itinerant museum: “The Walking Museum”. It is a living installation that continually enriches and transforms itself, moving from village to village and creating a network of shared memories among the territories. The project highlights a formative evolution of the individual, which is why it hypothesises an exhibition phase through a cultural festival, the highest form of expression of social aggregation. In conclusion, the research aims to promote a digital tool, combined with participatory community events, to create a dynamic museum capable of healing the isolation of individuals while at the same time collecting and preserving the heritage of local identity.
Inclusive and Participative Design Tools for a Dynamic Museum to Preserve the Heritage of Local Areas and Communities
Simone Giancaspero;Arianna Mazza
In corso di stampa
Abstract
Following the depopulation of fragile Mediterranean territories, cultural heritage faces the risk of disappearing as individual identities are dispersed. The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated social fragmentation and the collapse of communal processes. Creating inclusive and empathetic moments for dialogue to promote interaction between social minorities becomes crucial for revitalising living spaces. The project’s first phase involves developing a tool accessible to everyone, serving as a repository of memory, where the territory’s stories, symbols, traditions, and cultural changes are collected and shared. The second phase, based on the principles of participatory design, involves the application of the tool in two small municipalities located in different regions and experiencing demographic decline. The organisation of community meetings aims to collect the inhabitants’ memories and reconstruct lost local narratives. Simultaneously, the collected material will be used to create the setting up of an interactive, temporary, itinerant museum: “The Walking Museum”. It is a living installation that continually enriches and transforms itself, moving from village to village and creating a network of shared memories among the territories. The project highlights a formative evolution of the individual, which is why it hypothesises an exhibition phase through a cultural festival, the highest form of expression of social aggregation. In conclusion, the research aims to promote a digital tool, combined with participatory community events, to create a dynamic museum capable of healing the isolation of individuals while at the same time collecting and preserving the heritage of local identity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
