City Walls as Historic Urban Landscape: a Case study on Participatory Education

Rossana Bonadei; Margherita Cisani; Elena Viani

doi:10.6092/issn.2036-5195/6756

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Rossana Bonadei University of Bergamo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4290-9752

She is Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Bergamo. She is Director of an international MA in Planning and Management of Tourism Systems, teaching Cultural studies referred to Tourism, Heritage and post-modern mobilities. She has been researching in the field of Landscape and Travel Studies (“I sensi del Viaggio”, 2007), and is currently researching on Urban Studies in a socio-antrhopological perspectives.
Margherita Cisani University of Bergamo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7916-7078
She is a research collaborator at the “Lelio Pagani” Centre for Territorial Studies of the University of Bergamo. Her current interest relates everyday landscapes and practices of sustainable mobility. She is PhD candidate in Geography at the University of Padova and she participated to different research and education projects within the University of Bergamo regarding urban innovation and landscape planning and management.
Elena Viani University of Bergamo
She is a research fellow at the University of Bergamo, developing an international project related to food and wine tourism. Her current interest relates to cultural tourism and local development. She participated to different research and education projects within the University of Bergamo regarding tourism cultural itineraries and sustainable practices.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-5195/6756

Keywords:

Historic Urban Landscape, UNESCO, Participatory Processes, Heritage Education

Abstract

The concept of Historic Urban Landscape, which now guides the conservation and promotion of numerous heritage sites across the world, is based on the recognition of the complexity of the urban environment, seen as a dynamic system of cultural and natural features. This paper aims at presenting an ongoing reassessment of the meaning of a historic artefact in the city of Bergamo, Italy, which is part of a broader system of defence built by the Venetian Republic between the 15th and 17th centuries. Among the many related initiatives, one was launched by the University of Bergamo and involved nearly a hundred primary school children in a series of multidisciplinary workshops. Children worked to produce a guidebook and a short animated film aimed at reconstructing the meanings and the values embodied by the Venetian Walls, an enduring cultural icon surrounding the medieval upper town. This project is triggering both downscaling and upscaling dynamics in the regeneration process of this historic urban infrastructure. It also contributes to the creation and sharing of new meanings around this heritage, which are strongly related to its value for the citizenship as well as for the visitors.

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