RE-CENTERING CILENTO Strategies for enhancing cultural landscape

The paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary research project aimed at documenting and enhancing the cultural landscape of Cilento, with a particular focus on several inland municipalities. These areas, often marginalized and characterized by so-called minor heritages, sometimes forgotten or insufficiently recognized, have served as testing grounds for the use of digital technologies and innovative tools to support more conscious mapping and interpretation of the territory. The project strategy aimed to build a network of values around these places by proposing new ways of experiencing the natural and cultural landscape. It focused on promoting experiential and responsible tourism capable of generating sustainable economic and social development opportunities. The proposed approach adopts a strategic territorial vision, explored in greater depth through a case study of the rocky landscape in the municipality of Laurino. For this area, specific solutions for documentation, accessibility, and enhancement were developed. Finally, the paper also illustrates the third mission activities carried out in the region, including a public exhibition of the project outcomes and the organization of an international workshop involving local authorities, communities, and scholars, strengthening the dialogue between research, territory, and society.