From Enabling People to Enabling Institutions. A National Policy Suggestion for Inner Areas Coming from an Action-Research Experience

Saija, Laura; Pappalardo, Giusy

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48279-4_12

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“…The strategy-which was approved in 2018 and is now moving into the implementation phase-will provide about EUR 32 million for strengthening services such as education, health care and mobility, and sustaining some projects for local development. According with the SNAI criteria, three municipalities of the valley (Adrano, Biancavilla and Centuripe) will be the direct beneficiaries of economic resources, but other seven municipalities (Belpasso, Motta S. Anastasia, Paternò, Ragalna, Regalbuto, S. M. di Licodia and Troina) are part of the strategic area[74][75][76][77].• 2015-today: in February, 2015, the Participatory Presidium was born as an umbrella organization grouping about 60 community-based organizations. In May 2015, ten municipalities, the University of Catania and the Participatory Presidium signed the Simeto River Agreement[66,67].The agreement experimented with a first triennium of shared governance and beyond the SNAI, several other projects were funded thanks to the synergies that the Agreement created.…”

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Community-Based Processes for Revitalizing Heritage: Questioning Justice in the Experimental Practice of Ecomuseums

Pappalardo

2020

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Heritage is not only what societies inherit from the past: it is also an opportunity for practicing the principles of sustainability in the making of the future. A community-based approach is pivotal for generating long lasting processes aimed at revitalizing heritage. This assertion has been widely stated in several norms and conventions, such as the 2000 European Landscape Convention and the 2005 European Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society. Some practices aimed at revitalizing heritage with a community-based approach can be ascribed to the organizational form of the so-called ecomuseums, born in France in the 1970s and today spread worldwide. Ecomuseums soon became a tool for organizing community-based processes aimed at protecting and enhancing heritage in its various facets while promoting local development. However, not every existing ecomuseum is also able to grasp the opportunity of including disadvantaged persons and guaranteeing the right to heritage for all. This paper discusses the innovative elements and criticalities of ecomuseums, questioning how could they target heritage’s enhancement as well as justice simultaneously. This paper gains evidence from an ongoing action-research process and provides policy recommendations for EU southern regions that are now starting to experiment with the practice of ecomuseums, such as Sicily (IT).

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