1167 | 300 | Inlands’ Small museums and phygital transition. The experimental laboratory of The National Archaeological Museum of the Alta Val D’Agri | Annalisa Percoco; Alessandro Raffa
The post-digital museum paradigmatic shift is crucial especially for small museums (SM) in inlands contexts. Its ‘phygital’ transition process can offer real opportunities for museum’s revitalization and be a chance to support sustainable development scenarios at the local scale. Inlands SM enable knowledge of the territory and the community they belong to and represent the backbone of the cultural infrastructure for many countries, like Italy. However, they are often far from the main visitors’ routes and suffer from resource shortages and structural delays, mining their existence and making them unprepared for the challenges posed by the digital transition. Inside this critical framework, the contribution intends to reflect on inlands SM phygital transition and how it is possible to redefine, through this process, the complex relationship between museum, community and territories in the wake of the the Sustainable Development Goals from Agenda 2030. In this regard an ongoing research project involving the National Archaeological Museum of the Alta Val D’Agri -in the inland region of Basilicata, Southern Italy- will be introduced. The process intends to transform the museum into an experimental laboratory for SMs’ phygital transition, interpreted as an agent for sustainable development. A recently accomplished innovative pilot project will be finally presented, concerning digitalization, community empowerment and education. Young people from the local community, using affordable and readily available technologies, were involved in the process of virtualization/digitalization of the museum’s spaces and collections, strengthening the knowledge of their heritages but also acquiring digital skills.
Annalisa Percoco; Alessandro Raffa
Author 1: FEEM Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei; Author 2: University of Basilicata-Dicem and FEEM
ID Abstract: 300