Territorial development – Tafter Journal

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

Boosting gender equality through music production. A case study on two Italian female brass bands

The new centrality of the cultural and creative sectors in the socio-economic development of contemporary capitalist societies has brought to acknowledge arts and culture as a fundamental asset for territorial development. The debate has mostly focussed on the potential role…

Technology for Culture - Culture for Technology

IVIPRO: Narrating Italy through Videogames

Videogames can become the way to discover the world that surrounds us: this is the premise of the Italian Videogame Program project. IVIPRO is a national and cross-regional project, working closely with all local institutions. On one hand, we are…

Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

When quality measures the distance between valorization and commodification

There is a shared vision which wants that every kind of good and service can be transformed in a product. It doesn’t matter what kind of good or service is. This perspective is not so bad as it could sound…

Managing Culture for creating impacts

Ecclesiastical Museums: an important opportunity for cultural networks and territories

In the wide framework of cultural resources present on a territory, there are still instruments and assets that, for multiple reasons, do not enter in traditional mixed offer of a city or a region. Ecclesiastical cultural heritage is often part…

Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

Non-hype instruments for territorial development

As occurs in almost every branch of human activity, our sector is often influenced by trends that condition the work of academicians and practitioners. Today as yesterday, we assist to the explosion of tools whose impact could affect both the…

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

Treasure Hunt as a strategic tool for audience development

“To the Congregation of the Oratory in Naples 250 ducati and for you, Dionisio Lazzari, at completion 1000 ducati as this much you have spent for marbles, mother of pearl, precious stones and more and in labor to build the…

Technology for Culture - Culture for Technology

Reflections on the use of the territorial data and GIS in tourism: the Italian case

This paper focuses mainly on issues related to digital tourism with connection to the italian context, in an attempt to show the potentiality offered by the GIS for the development of the tourism sector. For this reason, it will be…

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Megacities: Urban Form, Governance, and Sustainability

Recently we can see several changes in our society but one of the most important is the transformation of human settlement systems. It is important to consider that for the first time in the history of the human, more than…

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

The Governance of Metropolitan Areas in Italy: a Plan to Enhance Competitiveness

This paper aims to underline the need for a “metropolitan governance” in Italy with particular emphasis on the central area of Veneto region. Following on from a recent work by the authors Corò e Dalla Torre (2015) the “metropolitan issue”…