The course explores the intersection among heritage (natural, cultural, built), reuse and urban wellbeing, approaching conceptual and practical examples aimed at supporting the city's transition towards preventive and crisis-preparedness qualities. Drawing on contents and results of the EU funded project CHANGES – Cultural Heritage Active innovation for Next-GEn Sustainable society, the aim is to explore the many effects generated by the activation of material and immaterial legacy, questioning the generative role of heritage matters. The course will also experiment with innovative spatial, socio-ecological and cultural design practices.
The course “Transitional landscapes. Heritage making and mindscapes in time of global change” develops within the field of urban studies. It aims to introduce some of the increasingly common tools, method, approach to urban heritage, conceived as an open, participated, performative, continuously changing artefact. In so doing, the course aims to provide students with: 1) an overview of the most updated conceptions of cultural heritage in Europe; 2) a complex and multilevel analytical capacity, both in terms of theory and practice, of heritage contexts; 3) the basic elements and tools to set heritage policy and/or design strategies.
The course “Transitional landscapes. Heritage making and mindscapes in time of global change” develops within the field of urban studies. It aims to introduce some of the increasingly common tools, method, approach to urban heritage, conceived as an open, participated, performative, continuously changing artefact. In so doing, the course aims to provide students with: 1) an overview of the most updated conceptions of cultural heritage in Europe; 2) a complex and multilevel analytical capacity, both in terms of theory and practice, of heritage contexts; 3) the basic elements and tools to set heritage policy and/or design strategies.
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materiale didattico
The first engages in a cross-disciplinary debate intersecting heritage, architecture, social innovation, urban practice and psychology. It will include seminars held by scholars and practitioners from different fields to dive into the multiple – urban, human, non-human – layers composing the legacy of the city, considering their impact on social and mental wellbeing.
The second part will present a selection of national and international case studies, with a specific focus on some historical and present-day experiences in Rome and in the Lazio region. To explore the production of new urban common by means of heritage, the course will include site visits in some Living Labs of the city. Particularly, it will consider the Vigne Nuove Lab, activated in the district with the same name, where some of the activities of the CHANGES project (EU funded) will take place, and local experiences such as Museo della Mente (https://www.museodellamente.it/museo-laboratorio-della-mente/) and Mente in rete.
The course will conclude with the presentation of students’ research results, discussed in a final seminar collectively designed.
Borasi, Giovanna, and Mirko Zardini. 2012. Imperfect Health. The Medicalization of Architecture. Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers.
Oevermann, Heike, and Hanna Szemző. 2023. ‘What Is Open Heritage?’ Pp. 158–69 in Open Heritage. Community-driven adaptive reuse in Europe: best practice. Berlin: Birkhäuser.
Lefebvre, Henri. 2014. Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment. edited by Ł. Stanek. Minneapolis; London: University of Minnesota Press.
Rodney Harrison, Caitlin DeSilvey, Cornelius Holtorf, Sharon Macdonald, Nadia Bartolini, Esther Breithoff, Harald Fredheim, Antony Lyons, Sarah May, Jennie Morgan, and Sefryn Penrose, eds. 2020. Heritage Futures: Comparative Approaches to Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices. London: UCL Press.
Russo, Michelangelo, Anna Attademo, Formato, and Francesca Garzilli. 2023. Transitional Landscapes. Macerata: Quodlibet.
Smith, Laurajane. 2021. Emotional Heritage: Visitor Engagement at Museums and Heritage Sites. Routledge.
Winnicott, D. W. 1971. Playing and Reality. London: Routledge.
Programma
The course “Transitional landscapes. Heritage making and mindscapes in time of global change” is structured in two main parts, intersected by small scale activities that involve the students’ participation throughout the whole duration of the course (oral presentations, short texts or drawings, etc.). Students will work in group of 3-4 people.The first engages in a cross-disciplinary debate intersecting heritage, architecture, social innovation, urban practice and psychology. It will include seminars held by scholars and practitioners from different fields to dive into the multiple – urban, human, non-human – layers composing the legacy of the city, considering their impact on social and mental wellbeing.
The second part will present a selection of national and international case studies, with a specific focus on some historical and present-day experiences in Rome and in the Lazio region. To explore the production of new urban common by means of heritage, the course will include site visits in some Living Labs of the city. Particularly, it will consider the Vigne Nuove Lab, activated in the district with the same name, where some of the activities of the CHANGES project (EU funded) will take place, and local experiences such as Museo della Mente (https://www.museodellamente.it/museo-laboratorio-della-mente/) and Mente in rete.
The course will conclude with the presentation of students’ research results, discussed in a final seminar collectively designed.
Testi Adottati
Boano, Camillo, and Cristina Bianchetti. 2022. Lifelines: Politics, Ethics, and the Affective Economy of Inhabiting. Berlin: Jovis.Borasi, Giovanna, and Mirko Zardini. 2012. Imperfect Health. The Medicalization of Architecture. Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers.
Oevermann, Heike, and Hanna Szemző. 2023. ‘What Is Open Heritage?’ Pp. 158–69 in Open Heritage. Community-driven adaptive reuse in Europe: best practice. Berlin: Birkhäuser.
Lefebvre, Henri. 2014. Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment. edited by Ł. Stanek. Minneapolis; London: University of Minnesota Press.
Rodney Harrison, Caitlin DeSilvey, Cornelius Holtorf, Sharon Macdonald, Nadia Bartolini, Esther Breithoff, Harald Fredheim, Antony Lyons, Sarah May, Jennie Morgan, and Sefryn Penrose, eds. 2020. Heritage Futures: Comparative Approaches to Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices. London: UCL Press.
Russo, Michelangelo, Anna Attademo, Formato, and Francesca Garzilli. 2023. Transitional Landscapes. Macerata: Quodlibet.
Smith, Laurajane. 2021. Emotional Heritage: Visitor Engagement at Museums and Heritage Sites. Routledge.
Winnicott, D. W. 1971. Playing and Reality. London: Routledge.
Bibliografia Di Riferimento
Bonnet, Emmanuel, Diego Landivar, and Alexandre Monnin. 2021. Héritage et Fermeture: Une Écologie Du Démantèlement. Paris: Editions Divergences.Modalità Frequenza
attendance is mandatory for 75% of the courseModalità Valutazione
The final assessment will consist in the presentation of a booklet, collecting the research work and results proposed by each student on the basis of the course’s topics. The discussion will revolve around the main specific themes presented during the course, with a focus on at least one of the books of the proposed bibliography and one proposed by the student itself. The final assessment will be composed also of intermediate evaluation steps (oral presentations, short texts, drawings, etc.).