Mobilities intertwine with heritage in multifarious ways: from the movement of heritage objects in space and time to mobilities as heritage themselves, from mobilities as tools to create, discover, promote and reconnect heritage sites or landscapes to mobilities as a threat to the conservation of biocultural heritage sites.Although the heritage discourse often thrives on disconnection from ordinary or contemporary practices, we argue that slow mobilities may foster the reconnection of people with heritage, in its natural and cultural, local and intercultural hybridity. Heritage, indeed, is not just a representation of the past; it is also a connection or a reconnection with the past that is active and alive in the present.Our contribution will focus on the illustration and discussion of walking itineraries as tools to activate the connection with heritage in contexts such as protected areas and UNESCO Biosphere reserves. In these areas, the proximity (and hybridity) between natural and cultural heritage, conservation and socio-economic activities, as well as between the various gazes of residents and visitors, poses several challenges to the recognition, the appropriation and the active conservation of heritage as a source of current and future wellbeing. In particular, in the frame of a broader research project devoted to the exploration of formal and informal heritagization processes, we will present the initiatives proposed in the Ledro Alps and Judicaria Biosphere Reserve. Here, the local Ecomuseum, an institution inspired by the European Landscape Convention and by the Faro Convention on Cultural Heritage, is in fact adopting slow mobilities as tools to promote sensitisation and landscape-as-heritage awareness among residents and visitors of the area. In particular, we will describe three trekking itineraries dedicated each one to a keyword (“gazes”, “limits” and “slowness”) conceived as a guide for the elicitation of the local heritage’s values in connection with contemporary and global dynamics.
Walking in/with heritage landscapes. Gazes, Limits and Slowness in the Ledro Alps and Judicaria UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Giovanna Di Matteo
2025-01-01
Abstract
Mobilities intertwine with heritage in multifarious ways: from the movement of heritage objects in space and time to mobilities as heritage themselves, from mobilities as tools to create, discover, promote and reconnect heritage sites or landscapes to mobilities as a threat to the conservation of biocultural heritage sites.Although the heritage discourse often thrives on disconnection from ordinary or contemporary practices, we argue that slow mobilities may foster the reconnection of people with heritage, in its natural and cultural, local and intercultural hybridity. Heritage, indeed, is not just a representation of the past; it is also a connection or a reconnection with the past that is active and alive in the present.Our contribution will focus on the illustration and discussion of walking itineraries as tools to activate the connection with heritage in contexts such as protected areas and UNESCO Biosphere reserves. In these areas, the proximity (and hybridity) between natural and cultural heritage, conservation and socio-economic activities, as well as between the various gazes of residents and visitors, poses several challenges to the recognition, the appropriation and the active conservation of heritage as a source of current and future wellbeing. In particular, in the frame of a broader research project devoted to the exploration of formal and informal heritagization processes, we will present the initiatives proposed in the Ledro Alps and Judicaria Biosphere Reserve. Here, the local Ecomuseum, an institution inspired by the European Landscape Convention and by the Faro Convention on Cultural Heritage, is in fact adopting slow mobilities as tools to promote sensitisation and landscape-as-heritage awareness among residents and visitors of the area. In particular, we will describe three trekking itineraries dedicated each one to a keyword (“gazes”, “limits” and “slowness”) conceived as a guide for the elicitation of the local heritage’s values in connection with contemporary and global dynamics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
