IF INTANGIBLE THEN…

The research work

This work investigates the artistic and traditional craftsmanship’s theme in Italy: this meant as expression of a country’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.

In our day, in addition to the declining production and the increasing lack of workers, the culture of “making” also suffers from a serious crisis concerning the way it is perceived and known by people. This makes the protection of craft knowledge and its transmission to the new generations, an extremely topical issue.

However, if protecting something physical and tangible seems to have always meant just preserving it from the inevitable action of time, what can be done then, if at risk are yet our most traditional skills and knowledge?