Description:
Ief Postino is an awareness-raising project addressing the history of migration in Europe, specifically between the Belgian province of Limburg and Italy. The project has used traditional communication methods to revive the links between the communities in both countries. Its basis in the human experience of migration is one that is as relevant today as it has been over the past 70 years. Letters were exchanged from Belgium to Italy and vice-versa, hand-delivered via a typically Italian, three-wheeled Piaggio Ape. The Ief Postino project was co-produced and co-financed by the Centre for Cultural Heritage of the Limburg Province and the Belgian public television broadcaster. 2016 marked the 70th anniversary of the first Italian migrants’ arrival to work in Limburg’s coal mines. On the occasion of this anniversary, the Ief Postino project aimed to, once again, strengthen the connections between the Italian Limburgers and the Limburger Italians. Moreover, the project provided an opportunity to introduce Limburg’s industrial past, the mining culture, and recent developments in the mining region to the general public.