The theme of ‘taking care’ of something, as an act of safeguarding the thing itself, is an activity that implies an acknowledgement and a consequent design action, which will determine its course from then on. In this context, Drawing is a discipline through which it is possible to acknowledge, determine, and consequently valorise and safeguard an asset (a monument, a work of art, nature, something intangible up to entire cities and landscapes).GRAPHics of Immateriality (GRAF_I) is an initiative that interprets the theme of taking care as an opportunity to safeguard, preserve, and disseminate the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Intangible Cultural Heritage includes not only monuments and collections of objects but, as determined by UNESCO, also ‘traditions, practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and know-how that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognise’.GRAF_I proposes to reflect on the theme of taking care of the Intangible Cultural Heritage through the instruments of the disciplines of Representation. Intangibility, defined as what has neither form nor substance, concerns Cultural Heritage linked to ideas, lifestyles, craftsmanship, constructive knowledge, lived history, traditions, and the imagination of local communities. The valorisation of these aspects becomes fundamental in maintaining cultural diversity, as opposed to an increasingly pervasive globalisation, in order to ensure an intercultural dialogue of life and traditions. In this context, the importance of intangible culture is not to be found in the cultural manifestation per se, but rather in the wealth of knowledge and its capacity to be passed on from one generation to the next.Drawing, in this context, with the production of images and models, representations and communications, can be a language through which we can take care of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, fulfilling the task of preserving, enhancing, and passing it on. For this purpose, a Call for Images is proposed to the scientific community with the aim of collecting and disseminating Drawing methods and techniques which are capable of representing concepts, ideas, and narratives about Heritage. They bestow form and image to the intangible, fulfilling the task of communicating this one through graphic representation.
GRAF_I. La rappresentazione per la narrazione della cultura immateriale
Flavia Camagni;
2025-01-01
Abstract
The theme of ‘taking care’ of something, as an act of safeguarding the thing itself, is an activity that implies an acknowledgement and a consequent design action, which will determine its course from then on. In this context, Drawing is a discipline through which it is possible to acknowledge, determine, and consequently valorise and safeguard an asset (a monument, a work of art, nature, something intangible up to entire cities and landscapes).GRAPHics of Immateriality (GRAF_I) is an initiative that interprets the theme of taking care as an opportunity to safeguard, preserve, and disseminate the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Intangible Cultural Heritage includes not only monuments and collections of objects but, as determined by UNESCO, also ‘traditions, practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and know-how that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognise’.GRAF_I proposes to reflect on the theme of taking care of the Intangible Cultural Heritage through the instruments of the disciplines of Representation. Intangibility, defined as what has neither form nor substance, concerns Cultural Heritage linked to ideas, lifestyles, craftsmanship, constructive knowledge, lived history, traditions, and the imagination of local communities. The valorisation of these aspects becomes fundamental in maintaining cultural diversity, as opposed to an increasingly pervasive globalisation, in order to ensure an intercultural dialogue of life and traditions. In this context, the importance of intangible culture is not to be found in the cultural manifestation per se, but rather in the wealth of knowledge and its capacity to be passed on from one generation to the next.Drawing, in this context, with the production of images and models, representations and communications, can be a language through which we can take care of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, fulfilling the task of preserving, enhancing, and passing it on. For this purpose, a Call for Images is proposed to the scientific community with the aim of collecting and disseminating Drawing methods and techniques which are capable of representing concepts, ideas, and narratives about Heritage. They bestow form and image to the intangible, fulfilling the task of communicating this one through graphic representation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
