During the past few decades, the topic of abandonment has become a central point in the debate on recovering towns and villages that have lost residents and undergone repairs that have profoundly marked their destiny, especially since the Second World War. Even in cases where the abandonment appears permanent, one can almost never speak of “ghost towns”, except to create a sense of mystery for tourism reasons. Besides problems related to security, most of the abandoned towns attract media attention that makes them problematic places, though they are still alive, and so there is still the possibility of recovering and restoring them. is contribution seeks to explore the possibility of reconstruction projects for abandoned towns that are just as legitimate as the programs aiming to design abandonment, that is to create museums in the regions about the regions able to transform them om rubble to ruins, in places where the dialogue with the landscape is o en highly impactful, and is an essential resource for granting the individual villages a strategic dimension that ties their destiny to programmes with broad horizons, and not just geographic ones.
Da qualche decennio il tema dell’abbandono è divenuto centrale nel dibattito sul recupero dei centri minori, sottoposti, soprattutto a partire dal secondo dopoguerra, ad una diaspora di abitanti e di cure che ne ha segnato profondamente il destino. Anche nei casi dove l’abbandono sembra definitivo, quasi mai però si può parlare di “città morte”, se non per questioni legate alla suggestione del mistero e a richiami frettolosamente turistici. A meno di problemi legati alla sicurezza, la maggior parte dei centri abbandonati suscita infatti attenzioni mediatiche che ne fanno realtà problematiche ma ancora vive, quindi suscettibili di ripresa e valorizzazione. Il presente contributo vuole esplorare la possibilità, parlando di centri minori abbandonati, di azioni ricostruttive ‘che abbiano la stessa legittimità di programmi diretti alla progettazione dell’abbandono, della creazione cioè di musei del territorio e sul territorio capaci di realizzare il passaggio da maceria a rovina, in contesti dove il dialogo col paesaggio è spesso di grande impatto, e risorsa indispensabile per guadagnare ai singoli centri una dimensione strategica che ne leghi il destino a programmi di largo orizzonte, non solo geografico.
From ruin to resource. What future is there for abandoned towns and villages? (paragrafo "Guidelines for Craco", pp. 374-384) / DE CADILHAC, R.; Serafini, L.. - STAMPA. - IV:(2018), pp. 367-384. (Intervento presentato al convegno Theatroeideis: l'immagine della città, la città delle immagini tenutosi a Bari nel 15-17 giugno 2016).
From ruin to resource. What future is there for abandoned towns and villages? (paragrafo "Guidelines for Craco", pp. 374-384)
DE CADILHAC, R.;
2018-01-01
Abstract
During the past few decades, the topic of abandonment has become a central point in the debate on recovering towns and villages that have lost residents and undergone repairs that have profoundly marked their destiny, especially since the Second World War. Even in cases where the abandonment appears permanent, one can almost never speak of “ghost towns”, except to create a sense of mystery for tourism reasons. Besides problems related to security, most of the abandoned towns attract media attention that makes them problematic places, though they are still alive, and so there is still the possibility of recovering and restoring them. is contribution seeks to explore the possibility of reconstruction projects for abandoned towns that are just as legitimate as the programs aiming to design abandonment, that is to create museums in the regions about the regions able to transform them om rubble to ruins, in places where the dialogue with the landscape is o en highly impactful, and is an essential resource for granting the individual villages a strategic dimension that ties their destiny to programmes with broad horizons, and not just geographic ones.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.