Wednesday, June 26
12:40 PM-1:00 PM
CEST
Oud West

Schools as Protagonists in the Valorization and Communication of their Local Cultural Heritage

Brief Paper ID: 55257
  1. Giulia Bertone
    Dept. of Computer Science, University of MIlan
  2. Micaela Bordin
    Department of architecture, built environment and construction engineering
  3. Camilla Casonato
    Dept. of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano
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    Nicoletta Di Blas
    Dept. of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano
  5. Valeria Pracchi
    Department of architecture, built environment and construction engineering
  6. Marco Vedoà
    Dept. of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Abstract: Cultural heritage education is an important part of the identity-making process of the citizens of every nation around the world. While its relevance is widely recognized and advocated by several governmental pronouncements, the design, deployment and – most important – sharing of initiatives where students are actors in a process of discovery-knowledge-interpretation-representation-communication of their local heritage are still lagging behind. More often than not, students’ involvement is enacted through school trips and visits to cultural places and institutions, where students “fight for the only available bench”. This paper presents the ScAR (School Activates Resources) project, that through an array of technology based activities (digital storytelling, creation of multimedia guides for tourists, virtual and augmented reality for cultural heritage, simulation of urban planning, urban gaming…) is succeeding into turning students (from primary to high-school) from passive – and often quite unwilling! – visitor into enthusiast cultural heritage communicators.

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