ilCartastorie: Storytelling in the archives
ilCartastorie is an innovative, awareness-raising museum project founded in 2016 and located within the Historical Archives of the Banco di Napoli Foundation in the heart of the city of Naples (South of Italy). Its objective is to promote and protect the cultural heritage found ...
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Project details
| Title: | ilCartastorie: Storytelling in the archives |
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| Entr. year: | 2017 |
| Result: | Award |
| Country: | Italy |
| Town: | Naples |
| Category type: | Awareness-raising |
| Architect / Proj.leader: | Fondazione ilCartastorie - Dr. Sergio Riolo |
| The Jury's citation: | “The engaging way in which narrative tours and storytelling workshops are used to introduce visitors to different sections of the archive transforms the static information into a dynamic source for the community, which encourages public reflection and participation in this valuable resource”. “Visitors have access to cross referencing elements of tangible and intangible culture across several different eras”. “This initiative is easily applicable to any archive across Europe and is an imaginative and vibrant way of including the wider community in this type of heritage. It inspires the participants to value their local heritage and thus protect it”. |
| Web, Links: | www.ilcartastorie.it/ |
Description:
ilCartastorie is an innovative, awareness-raising museum project founded in 2016 and located within the Historical Archives of the Banco di Napoli Foundation in the heart of the city of Naples (South of Italy). Its objective is to promote and protect the cultural heritage found in the archival documents. This is achieved through traditional and multimedia storytelling in order to encourage visitors to appreciate the Archives and to create a sense of participation and ownership in the local communities. Visitors can tour the archives with a ‘storyteller’, who introduces the archives itself and leads them to the permanent multimedia exhibit, where stories come to life through a multimedia pop-up book, soundscapes, videos and interactive touchscreens. ilCartastorie also hosts activities for the local community such as exhibitions and workshops involving local artists; creative writing, poetry and theatre workshops with expert writers; student participation and other cultural activities based on historical themes.
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