LA PERCEZIONE E COMUNICAZIONE DEL PATRIMONIO NEL CONTESTO MULTICULTURALE

This volume brings together the proceedings of the final conference on "CROSS-cultural Doors. The perception and Communication of cultural heritage for audience development and rights of citizenSHIP in Europe" (acronym: Cross-ship). The conference was funded by the University of Macerata and took place in Macerata from 4 to 6 May 2016. This project was conducted by Francesca Coltrinari and involved professors and lecturers from the Departments of Education, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Humanities at the University of Macerata. Contributions also came from scholars from other Italian and foreign universities, as well as from professional experts in the field. The point of departure for the project was the observation that, over time, cultural heritage has played a fundamental role in the construction of both individual and collective identities. The project considered the role that cultural heritage plays in the current multilingual and multicultural European society from different points of view. Studies were conducted on four different areas: schools and museums (among the most important institutions with educational purposes); historiography and travel literature (crucial when describing the ways cultural heritage is perceived); and migrant literature (the approach to understanding the point of view of new citizens and second-generation immigrants).

About Francesca Coltrinari
Francesca Coltrinari is a researcher in the History of Modern Art at the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism at the University of Macerata where she teaches History of Modern Art. She has written extensively about art in the Adriatic region between the 15th and the 18th centuries, including studies on Crivelli, Lorenzo Lotto, Loreto (a town in the Marche region) during the Counter-Reformation, and on museums of the Marche region. She is also editorial coordinator of the magazine “Il Capitale culturale. Studies on the value of cultural heritage", which promotes cultural heritage.