Experiments
The Foundation’s initiatives, projects, trials to provide innovative cultural services in the face of major social, political and territorial changes
In dialogue with Gianluca Cepollaro: promoting tourism as a model of cultural integration
Balanced and sustainable tourism must focus on the encounter between visitors and host communities, valuing cultural differences and fostering mutual dialogue. Gianluca Cepollaro, head of the Territory, Landscape and Culture sector of the TSM (Trentino school of management) has since its inception directed Step, a school for territorial and landscape [...]
In dialogue with Ugo Bacchella: signs of innovation from the mountains and few responses from the city
The emergence of innovative initiatives based on the relationship between mountain residents and visitors is also interesting for the cultural aspects involved. It is a non-rural way of producing and trading rural products: it is the beginning of a revision of cultural communication between town and country. Ugo Bacchella, founder [...]
In dialogue with Costanza Pratesi: we need to experiment with new ways of communicating the territory
For FAI, collaborations with universities are not only important for relying on experts in the restoration, marketing and management of its assets, but also for experimenting with new ways of disseminating strategic themes (environment, soil, landscape), using local stages as references for examples and stories that also involve non-experts. Costanza [...]
After local communities: a postmodern territorialization
FLF initiated a much-needed debate on the prospects for local intervention in abandoned territories.An opportunity for reflection on the future of development projects for mountain, inland or protected areas. Introductory document here. See also webinar of 08/07/24We territorialists have interpreted History as a succession of phases of a superhuman (or [...]
Tourism as lifelong learning
In FLF, research continues on the possible roles of tourism in an increasingly mobile and less acculturated society. A different tourism, a tool for seeking new ways of knowing and living in peace of for a generation without territorial roots. Here is the podcast of the talk at WTE [...]