Narrare il patrimonio culturale. Approcci partecipativi per la valorizzazione di musei e territori

Abstract

In contemporary multicultural societies, museums must assume a new role and have to renew the relationship with the public. They have to become more and more centres for cultural elaboration «of» territories and «inside» territories, engine for the development of a new culture of social inclusion and participation in the cultural life of societies, especially for the public that still have difficulties to access cultural heritage. Strategic realities for the maintenance and the reinterpretation of cultural identity, the museums, also rooted in specific local contexts, are actually trying to exploit innovative strategies to strengthen and re-enact the relationship with communities and territories of which they express values, history and culture. In this context, of particular importance are some experiences of innovative itineraries to visit museum collections and cultural sites, adopting methodologies such as the «storytelling», with the active cooperation of local communities as «interpreter» of cultural heritage.