DISSONANT HERITAGE AND WAR

Co. Co. War Conservation and Communication of a difficult legacy

Areas: Cultural & living heritage

Project code: 2022YHNX9M

Programme: PRIN: PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE

Call: PRIN 2022

The topic of the project concerns the preservation, communication and safeguarding of Dissonant Heritage caused by conflicts, both real (war) and regarding interpretation. It is based on the analysis of a significant sample of case studies related to this specific heritage, one characterised by a controversial legacy that has marked its history and in which it has taken on different roles. These case studies are analysed with the specific aim of identifying appropriate tactics which can be used to address the preservation of a Dissonant Heritage which is such not so much by virtue of a “tainted legacy”, a memory that is difficult to manage, but because it acquires (or is acquiring) dissonance through a communication that manipulates and alters their stratified memory with the aim of making an asset become a divisive element of the communities. This manipulation is not linked to "trauma removal", but is instead purposely distorted to foment feelings linked to nationalism, and to open up a vulnus in the community, particularly where tensions between "social groups" have only partially subsided. In the production of this “new” Dissonant Heritage, virtual platforms (social media) play a fundamental role, as access to them is not only simplified and less filtered compared to official communication channels (radio, press), but above because of their visibility, speed of diffusion and lack of a “validation”.

Project duration

10.2023 – 09.2025

Scientific project head for the Department

Leila SIGNORELLI

Coordinator

Università di Bologna

Partnership

Politecnico di Torino

Università Politecnica delle Marche

Total Budget: 252.431,00 €

DA Budget: 97.137,00 €

Lecturers and researchers connected to the project