The social distancing determined by health security measures has caused a profound and destabilizing change in the daily habits of everyone, especially the young, who have found themselves "prisoners" in the home. The IWB started asking questions about how young people: - have dealt with this particular emergency situation, - have managed the times and commitments, - can strengthen their self-esteem, self-respect and respect for others, - can be spokespersons for active citizenship and social inclusion. The possible solution devised relies on "cultural heritage". Taking care of cultural heritage means evoking values, critical thinking, awareness of the past and wisdom for the future to come. "Our heritage: where the past meets the future". “Cultural heritage shapes our identity and our daily life. It surrounds us in the cities and villages of Europe, when we are immersed in natural landscapes or when we find ourselves in archaeological sites. It is not just about literature, art and objects, but also about the crafts learned from our ancestors, the stories we tell our children, the food we enjoy in company and the films we watch to recognize ourselves ". The "Solutions' Heritage" project therefore intends to initiate an innovative participatory dialogue, which will be generational and multicultural at the same time, since on the one hand it will protect the inestimable heritage of the wisdom of the elderly, making them protagonists of the future, and on the other hand it will strengthen cultural inclusive cooperation between different countries. Through the narration and memories of the elderly it is possible to reflect on events and create a generational continuum, a passage between the "old" and the "new" generation that must never be interrupted, but which must preserve the educational role of the elderly and the value of their knowledge. The originality lies in taking care of the potential of this intangible heritage, sometimes unknown, which could make new generations aware of stories, experiences, anecdotes and ancient crafts. The creative innovation is given by the mixture of the topics covered and the methodologies used, which will develop a new cultural heritage, increase aggregation moments and facilitate the meeting between generations through storytelling and listening. The choice of the role play tool and the particular configuration of the events that will punctuate it is also innovative, given by the study and by a careful analysis of the variables and indicators collected during interviews with the elderly and young people. The role play allows, in fact, to simulate a particular social profile and therefore to experiment with one's own identity and to understand the tacit mechanisms and rules that govern social relationships and inclusion. The "Solutions' Heritage" project will run for 24 months starting from May 2021 and will lead to the creation of 3 Intellectual Outputs. The analysis of the "testimonies" from this intercultural dialogue will lead to the design of a creative and innovative online sociological survey model (Intellectual Output 1), aimed at understanding the needs of young people and giving possible solutions, taking an example from past generations. The idea is to create a virtual memory of the culture of 3 European countries, which by collaborating with each other give the new generations creative tools to face current risks and reveal opportunities that can be sought in a critical context, such as our grandparents. they reacted to the post-war crisis. The generational continuum will be strengthened by the creation of a role-playing game (Intellectual Output 2), in which the young people belonging to the sample will be protagonists and will have to face specific challenges. At the end of the game the path made by each child will be analyzed and indications will be given regarding the choices made and the achievement of the best performance. Intellectual Output 3 will be the drafting of a Vademecum of the solutions to be adopted in emergency situations and social challenges.
“Our heritage: where the past meets the future”. “Cultural heritage shapes our identity and our daily life. It surrounds us in the cities and villages of Europe, when we are immersed in natural landscapes or when we find ourselves in archaeological sites. It is not just about literature, art and objects, but also about the crafts we learned from our ancestors, the stories we tell our children, the food we enjoy together and the films we watch to recognize ourselves ". The Solutions' Heritage aims are: - to start an innovative participatory dialogue, which is generational and multicultural at the same time, - to protect the priceless heritage of the wisdom of the elderly, making them protagonists of the future, - to strengthen the inclusive cultural cooperation between different countries. The objectives to be pursued are: - to hypothesize paths of participatory intergenerational dialogue, - to give voice to both personal and community issues, - to start relationships, - to provide valid reading and action tools. These objectives were born from an analysis of the needs of the target groups, ie young people aged 14 and over, who were already living in precarious, uncertain and unstable circumstances before the current crisis. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), young people are about twice as likely to be unemployed as adults. After the global recession in 2009, adult employment has grown continuously, but the number of young people employed has contracted by over 15%. To this image is now added a sense of despair and lack of hope. Now more than ever young people need to be listened to, motivated, encouraged and addressed, since they are those who have been denied the right to sociality, who do not complain, keep in and pretend that everything is fine, adapting to the situations of life, even the most extreme ones.
The idea that led LIM and its partner to realize the Solutions' Heritage project lies in the company’s desire to contribute to the development and inclusion of skills through creativity and the arts. The social alienation caused by health security measures has provoked a profound and destabilizing change in the daily habits of all, especially young people, who have "imprisoned" themselves in their homes. LIM started asking questions about how young people can: - have addressed this particular emergency situation, - time and commitments managed, - strengthen self-esteem, respect for oneself and others, - be the spokesman for active citizenship and social inclusion. The possible solution is based on "cultural heritage". Caring for cultural heritage means evoking values, critical thinking, awareness of the past and wisdom for the future. The "Solutions' Heritage" project has launched an innovative participatory, generational and multicultural dialogue at the same time, since on the one hand it protects the priceless legacy of the wisdom of the elderly, making them protagonists of the future and, on the other hand, to strengthen inclusive cultural cooperation. The priorities pursued by the party concerned were: 1. contribute to the development and inclusion of skills through creativity and the arts, 2. restoring the social and educational value of Europe’s cultural heritage, 3. strengthening the development of key competences. Creativity, culture and development are the key words of this project. Creativity is linked to new ways of investigating the intrinsic values of one of the dimensions of well-being: cultural heritage. Culture is given by the importance of the cultural heritage of countries, as valuable sources of knowledge that must be studied, remembered and implemented. Development refers to increasing the cultural and creative component to help young generations acquire skills and competences, promoting innovative approaches to participatory and intercultural dialogue that link education, training and social inclusion. These keywords are very important as they are closely related to some of the dimensions of people’s well-being: • education and training: the level of skills directly affects the well-being of people and opens up otherwise closed opportunities. Enabling actions to develop people’s skills means contribute to raising living standards, healthier lifestyles and more job opportunities in less hazardous environments; • cultural heritage: in the broadest sense of the term, cultural heritage encompasses sensitive and visible heritage, both intangible and intangible, that is to say all those factors that help to train and grow a person. It is a dimension that can be personal, collective and participatory at the same time, since individual experience can contribute to the well-being of the community, positively influencing people’s quality of life; • innovation, research and creativity: are an indirect factor of well-being and are the basis of social and economic progress. are an indirect determinant of and are the basis of social and economic progress. This project has laid the foundation to offer alternative interpretations of everyday life, each of which highlights unexplored and potentially.