Il coinvolgimento dei giovani nella cultura e nella valorizzazione dei siti archeologici: Proposta di un metodo innovativo

Abstract

This article deals with the delicate relationship between young students and Archaeological Cultural Heritage. Normally, young people are not really attracted by those which consider as “just old stones". The reason lays in the fact that they are generally not taught and involved in a proper way to archaeology and Cultural Heritage. The Project ELAICH (Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage), a 3-year EU funded project (2009-2012), aimed to raise awareness of Cultural Heritage among young people through the development of all innovative educational approach. Besides traditional lectures, the ELAICH course included in fact the "intellectual in-situ work" focused on the study of selected archaeological sites. This paper takes into consideration two courses, held in Athens and in Malta during the ELAICH project, highlighting the direct involvement of young people in the study of the historical sites. in the understanding and in the appreciation of Archaeological Heritage.