Geoheritage Management in Areas with Multicultural Interest Contexts

Eva Pescatore, Mario Bentivenga and Salvatore Ivo Giano ()
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Eva Pescatore: Dipartimento di Scienze, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Mario Bentivenga: Dipartimento di Scienze, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Salvatore Ivo Giano: Dipartimento di Scienze, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-29

Abstract: Sites of geo-cultural interest are often included in areas where multicultural contexts (geo and non geo) are present. Cultural heritage dissemination is sometimes mono-contextual, paying little attention to the possibility of inclusion in a wider multicultural context. When these different contexts are linkable to each other following a specific theme, multicultural heritage dissemination will be possible, and often the geo context can represent a fulcrum, a resilient tool in doing that. A portion of the Sinni river’s catchment area (Basilicata region, Southern Italy) has been chosen to test and verify the multi-level/disciplinary approach applicability. The area is located on the southeastern edge of the Pliocene to Pleistocene Sant’Arcangelo basin in the Southern Apennines chain of Italy. Here, both basic observations on the physical geography landscape evolution and specialized observations on river dynamics and on the hydrographic network have been carried out. Educational routes will be proposed with different educational levels along a path that will include the San Giorgio Lucano hypogea. This paper represents the results of a qualitative study providing an overview of the possibility, in a multicultural context, about whether, when, and how the geo context may act as a link between the different disciplines and what is the best way to make it. A relational database, organized in contexts, areas, and themes, is planned at different levels of detail, and is currently being developed in order to make final products easily available. Each level will be provided with basic concepts, territorial contextualization, and of activities/itineraries. The goal is to provide a versatile tool that enhances the territorial multi-cultural heritage to reach a greater number of end users interested in both geo and non geo contexts.

Keywords: geoheritage management; area of multicultural interest (AMI); southern Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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