Cultural resilience during the Corona pandemic. Italy and beyond

The volume highlights resilience of culture and heritage world during the COVID 19 pandemic. The emergency covered a different period in various countries. It collects some experiences in Italy and beyond. For the Italian framework it focuses on the results of a research experience, MNEMONIC, conducted during the pandemic by a research team based at Politecnico di Torino. This includes the results of a wide survey on the Italian cities with several formats mapped and collected in the digital Atlas of the Italian cultural resilience. Beyond the Italian framework, the volumes also includes other kind of experiences developed in other countries, namely in Portugal, in Finland, and in Iran. Taken together, they provide a colorful picture of the situation, of the perceptions of difficulties, but also of the ability to seize opportunities. Through its various contributions, the volume aims to present how culture and heritage were considered and have been essential drivers of societal resilience during the disaster. Furthermore, it offers elements to consider the resilience of related sectors, with a focus highlighting the new kind of – digital but not only – cultural and heritage formats created because of the specific crisis condition. The book includes an extensive introduction and four chapters with contributions by various scholars and museum curators. Table of Content: Introduction Rosa Tamborrino Chapter 1 The ItalIan Cultural resIlIence in the pandemIc. The MNEMONIC survey and the Atlas Rosa Tamborrino Culture, heritage and resilience: the MNEMONIC approach for surveying and mapping the emergency in the Italian pandemic lockdowns Mesut Dinler An experimental methodology for GLAM institutions, urban history and cities: collaborative data mapping in the MNEMONIC project Sofia Darbesio Institutions and other stakeholders as producers of (digital) cultural formats in the Italian Hub of Cultural Resilience Chapter 2. Italy as a laboratory Andrea Longhi, Elena Contarin Heritage of religious interest and memory: a system of relations, between digital and real spaces Giulia Mezzalama Digital cultural heritage for societal wellbeing during the COVID pandemic Farzaneh Aliakbari Cultural resilience during the Corona pandemic Some examples: cities, producers, and digital cultural products Pelin Bolca Multiculturalism and cultural diversity during the pandemic Chapter 3. ZoomIng on Turin Cristina Cuneo The representation of the city and its digital use between history and contemporaneity Bianca Maria Rinaldi, Manuela Ronci, Emma Salizzoni Practices of the pandemic: adapting urban open spaces in the compact city Sara Bonini Baraldi, Valentina Favata, Cecilia Mereghetti, and Francesca Taormina New online strategies: a comparison of two cultural institutions in Turin Chapter 4. A glaze beyond Italy Rita Palla Aragão Foreword by Joana Sousa Monteiro Still Lisbon. Perspectives on the city during the quarantine Katri Lento Contemporary collection of the COVID crisis. Helsinki City Museum’s documentation of the pandemic Farzaneh Aliakbari Local cultural adaptations beyond Europe: Experiences from Iran 233 Annex 1 Sofia Darbesio MNEMONIC Atlas: List of resilient cultural producers Annex 2 Visual Insights of the MNEMONIC Atlas References List of illustrations Annexes List of illustrations Table of contents