I Live Here. Local area, landscape and community.
The numbers that have characterised the “I Live Here – territory, landscape, community” project for 14 years are truly significant. A journey that will continue in the coming years, also promoting exchanges between students from Belluno and Friuli.
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, ONE HERITAGE
The total number of students from over 300 primary and lower-secondary classes who have taken part over the years, reflecting, studying, and working under the guidance of their teachers on various aspects of their territory, reaches several thousand. The project, developed as part of the Scientific Training and Research Network of the UNESCO Dolomites Foundation, began in the Autonomous Province of Trento through tsm|step – School for Territorial and Landscape Governance – and was then extended, on the initiative of the Foundation, to other areas: the Province of Belluno, where it collaborated with several partners, including the Giovanni Angelini Foundation, which managed the last eight editions in cooperation with the local Education Office, and Friuli Venezia Giulia, thanks to the Region and the Friulian Dolomites Nature Park.
The aim is to promote knowledge of a territory recognised as a World Heritage Site and, in doing so, to foster a sense of citizenship, responsibility, and awareness in children and young people. All the works completed from the 2011/2012 school year to date are available at this link. Browsing through the publications is an extremely eye-opening experience, given the breadth of cultural, anthropological, social, economic and landscape insights presented by the students.
THE PROJECT CONTINUES AND EXPANDS
Teachers from the Belluno area who have joined in this school year met on 5 March at the headquarters of the Province of Belluno for a training event organised by the Giovanni Angelini Foundation. Also attending were territorial representatives of the Scientific Training and Research Network of the Province of Belluno and the Regions of Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia, together with Professor Andrea Guaran, lecturer at the University of Udine and representative of the Scientific Training and Research Network of the UNESCO Dolomites Foundation. “The educational value of approaching and deepening knowledge of the Dolomites World Heritage Site was explained,” stated Guaran. “In particular, attention was drawn to the privilege and responsibility of being citizens of areas recognised on a universal scale and therefore included by UNESCO in the World Heritage List. The discussion with the teachers also focused on creating solid exchanges between teachers and their classes in the Belluno and Friuli mountain areas, where four Systems of the Dolomites World Heritage Site are found.”
In short, the project continues and aims at further highlighting the importance of the Dolomites as a common heritage, fostering interaction between different territories united by the same privilege and responsibility.
This activity is part of the project “Capacity building. Strengthening the social and regional capital of the Dolomites World Heritage Site (WHS) for lasting and sustainable development of local communities”, established with the support of Fondo Comuni Confinanti.