The study concerns the safeguarding and the communication of Dissonant Heritage caused by both belligerent hostilities (war) and interpretative conflicts, assuming that this kind of heritage is characterized by values that, when misinterpreted or tabooed, can lead society to perceive the “negative” message as prevailing over the “positive” one, influencing the desire to preserve the cultural asset. This manipulation is not actually linked to “trauma removal” but is purposely distorted to foment controversial feelings by superimposing a dissonance originated in the communication. The paper will present the first activities of the ongoing Co.Co.War. research program, which was funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) in its first chapter 2023-25 (PRIN2022), pointing out which innovative tools can detect this new form of threat, mapping situations of manipulated “stories” and suggesting value-oriented tactics based on the analysis of virtuous cases of re-signification, to outline management strategies for the conservation and communication of this architectural legacy.
Dissonant Heritage and War. Conservation and communication of a difficult legacy / Signorelli, Leila; Morezzi, Emanuele; Mariotti, Chiara; Zampini, Alessia. - ELETTRONICO. - (2024), pp. 40-40. ( Taboo in Cultural Heritage. Reverberations of Colonialism and National Socialism Amsterdam 1-2 February 2024).
Dissonant Heritage and War. Conservation and communication of a difficult legacy
Chiara Mariotti;
2024-01-01
Abstract
The study concerns the safeguarding and the communication of Dissonant Heritage caused by both belligerent hostilities (war) and interpretative conflicts, assuming that this kind of heritage is characterized by values that, when misinterpreted or tabooed, can lead society to perceive the “negative” message as prevailing over the “positive” one, influencing the desire to preserve the cultural asset. This manipulation is not actually linked to “trauma removal” but is purposely distorted to foment controversial feelings by superimposing a dissonance originated in the communication. The paper will present the first activities of the ongoing Co.Co.War. research program, which was funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) in its first chapter 2023-25 (PRIN2022), pointing out which innovative tools can detect this new form of threat, mapping situations of manipulated “stories” and suggesting value-oriented tactics based on the analysis of virtuous cases of re-signification, to outline management strategies for the conservation and communication of this architectural legacy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
