ARAM. ARcheologie dell’Abbandono sulla Montagna di Mezzo

English version

The “middle mountains” are those areas, not exactly hilly but not high-altitude either, often considered marginal, subject to depopulation and abandonment processes, of which Tuscany is rich. The project proposes an archaeological and anthropological research aimed at territorial regeneration, in which new maps can give rise to experiences of collective maintenance, using the Versilia mountain territory as a case study. ARAM will produce an online platform, freely accessible, where the census of archaeological information, from prehistory to contemporary age, and anthropological information – memories of the inhabitants and visitors of the mountain – will converge. The population of the platform will take place through phases of reconnaissance, collection, digitization, data analysis, foreseeing the involvement of the citizens in the creation of new community maps through crowdsourcing practices. The integrated platform will allow the subjects operating in the territory to aggregate and reuse the information to create new territorial regeneration initiatives and develop supra-local projects, antagonistic to false local identity politics.