Conoscere, riconoscerci e valorizzare: Relazioni circolari tra arte, cultura, persone e luoghi

Abstract

Today, the world faces challenges that threaten the integrity of cultural heritage and society and require a collective response and a shared vision of the future. UNESCO has introduced a systemic approach to interpreting settlement contexts as ‘living heritage’, paving the way for the definition and experimentation of new collaborative management models. In this context, the circular economy model is closely interconnected to the recovery of cultural heritage as a common good, due to its regenerative capacity of relations between communities, culture and places. The contribution analyses some case studies in which the recovery project has been interpreted as an operational tool of the UNESCO approach, leading to creative crossovers at the cultural, social, environmental and economic levels. In these cases, art has been the driver for the recovery of memory and collective identity and for the implementation of circular governance models.