Poster

The conference will present the results of the research report on the depopulation of the inland areas of Basilicata: possible remedies for the reversal of migration flows, which has seen ISMed and UNISA researchers engaged in the specialised scientific debate, but at the same time inter/transdisciplinary, on the depopulation of the Region’s inland/marginal areas in the wake of a framework of European, national and regional policies aimed at counteracting/mitigating socio-economic-cultural-demographic impoverishment with targeted actions for territorial revitalisation. The key words of the project: depopulation, inland areas, Basilicata gradually see their semantic meaning change, meaning rather new, generative potential, opportunities for the territories

The papers address the topics of interest from various angles: historical-economic and social, cultural heritage and tourism, socio-psychological insight, mobility and good practices. The papers by the authors of the research will be followed by testimonials, experiences narrated by the protagonists of positive actions of territorial regeneration.

PROGRAMME

INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS

Fernando Scattone
Mayor of Acerenza

Gabriella Corona
Director ISMed-CNR

Ornella Malandrino
Director, Department of Business Sciences,
Management and Innovation System, UNISA

Vito Bardi
President of Basilicata Region

OPENING WORK

The Research Report on the depopulation of the inland areas of Basilicata:
possible remedies for the reversal of migration flows

Elisa Di Giovanni
ISMed-CNR

and Diana Salzano
UNISA

MODERATES

Elisa Di Giovanni
ISMed-CNR

INTERVENTIONS

Territory as a multidimensional reality, between roots and resources

Giovanni Lombardi
ISMed-CNR

For a definition of territorial and area strategies regarding the fight against depopulation.
An alternative historical reading of the Lucanian situation and a case study

Donato Di Sanzo
ISMed-CNR

La Provincia de Valencia: mar y montaña.
Políticas de desarrollo rural y contra la despoblación de la Diputación de Valencia

Enrique Viñas Muñoz
Diputación Provincial de Valencia/Diputació Provincial de València

COFFEE BREAK

Re-appropriation of rural space: multifunctional farming practices
as a strategy to combat depopulation

Giovanni Ferrarese
ISMed-CNR

Agriculture in Basilicata: a story of resilience and innovation

Roberto Rossi
UNIPA

For a Rereading of the Cultural Heritage of the Basilicata Region

Elisa Di Giovanni and Cristina Danza Sproviero
ISMed-CNR

Museum of the Five Senses Community Cooperative Identity and Beauty, Sciacca

Tony Russo
President of the Cooperative

The involvement of the local community in the valorisation
of the cultural identity heritage of inland areas for the development of territories

Piera Buonincontri
ISMed-CNR

The regeneration of villages through community enterprise,
the involvement of residents and tourist fruition

Giancarlo Dell’Orco
Destination Manager

Roots tourism

Antonio Nicoletti
Director APT Basilicata Region

LUNCH BREAK

Socio-psychological insight
the reasons for leaving and staying

Diana Salzano
UNISA

“Rural” healthcare: what if it was enough to “make” the network work?

Emma Scelzo
San Paolo Hospital, Milan

Mobility. Accessibility and development: new transport models
for the inland areas of Basilicata

Alessandro Santo Paolo
Transformation Hub consultant

Good practices

Elisa Di Giovanni and Cristina Danza Sproviero
CNR-ISMed

The experience of Wonder Grottole and the School for Village Hosts Project

Andrea Paoletti
President Wonder Grottole

The Biccari model, an example of replicability

Gianfilippo Mignogna
Mayor of Biccari

The emergency of rural depopulation in Spain. Impact, policies and
prospects: are we facing a structural and reversible process?

Javier Esparcia Perez
Chair, Rural Development Unit, University of Valencia, Spain

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

Alfonso Morvillo
Directorate General for Planning and Management
of instrumental and financial resources

and Gianpiero Perri
Head of Cabinet of the Basilicata Region Presidency

ORGANISED BY

Institute for Mediterranean Studies (CNR-ISMed) in collaboration with the University of Salerno, DISA-MIS

SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBLE

Elisa Di Giovanni (ISMed-CNR)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

The conference is open to the public, subject to availability of places

INFO AND CONTACTS

segreteria.risaib@ismed.cnr.it
www.ismed.cnr.it

RAI-TGR Basilicata’s 16 September 2024 2 p.m. report on the conference held in Acerenza (PZ) for the presentation of the Research Report on Remedies to the depopulation of the inland areas of Basilicata, by CNR-ISMed and the University of Salerno, DISA-MIS Department, coordinated by the scientific director Elisa Di Giovanni, CNR-ISMed.

Many topics were covered: from migratory flows to rural spaces, from cultural heritage to community cooperation, from the specificities of rural health to regenerative tourism, passing through individual case studies, good practices and the Spanish experiences conducted by the University and the Deputation of Valencia (Spain).

Mobility and lack of work are the main causes that lead to “emigration” from small towns and rural villages, a trend that can be reversed by investing in the planning of appropriate strategies aimed at two specific target communities: foreigners and young recent graduates.