A presentation held at the conference on "Scattered Heritage across Digital Humanities", the Bergamo meeting in the "E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism" Erasmus+ series, October 25, 2018

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Networking
HouseMuseums
throughout
Italy.
ADemHistory
TheCaseMuseoinItalianetworkandwebsite
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throughout Italy. A DemHistory
RobertoPeretta,UniversitàdeglistudidiBergamo

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E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism
Scattered Heritage across Digital Humanities. Bergam0, 2018 10 25
What Are We Talking About?
1. Being Digital
2. Scattered & Intangible
3. Serendipity
4. House Museums
5. A Network
6. A DemHist Story
7. Limitations, Of Course
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LogooftheConventionfortheSafeguarding
oftheIntangibleCulturalHeritage

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E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism
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BeingDigital
page3Networking House Museums
throughout Italy. A DemHistory
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E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism
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NetworksandCuration
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Scattered Heritage
“HouseMuseumsindifferentstyles,formsandsizeare
scatteredthroughouttheItalianregions.Theroyalpalaces
andpatricianvillas,collectors’palazziandartists’homes,
urbanflatsandruraldwellingsstillreverberatewiththe
voicesofthosewhowanted,inhabitedorevenbuiltthem.
HouseMuseumsnarratepersonaltalesandillustratethe
history,thesocialchanges,thedynastiesandeconomies,
thecollectionsandenterprises,andusealanguagethat
everyoneunderstands–thelanguageofliving.”
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E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism
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Intangible Heritage, Despite The Walls
“AHouseMuseumisaplacewhere
someonelived–kings,artistsor
fishermen,anywoulddo–stillbearing
signsandformsofthecultureand
societytheybelongedto.”
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E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism
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Serendipity
Thisispersonalstorytelling,afterall.
Itbeganin1983,whenIcameacross
RosannaPavoni.Shewasstruggling
toopentheMuseoBagattiValsecchi
tothepublic.Shesucceded.
Thestorycontinuedinthe1990s,
whenPavoniaskedmetodevelop
theveryfirstindependentwebsitea
museumwouldeverhaveinMilan.
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E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism
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House Museums
Pavonihaslaterplayedacrucialrole
atDemHist,definingonaglobalscale
whataHouseMuseumis.
“DemHististheICOMInternational
Committeefocusinguponthe
conservationandmanagementof
HouseMuseums.”
Andshepublishedaseminalbookon
HouseMuseumsin2010.
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Thebookcreateda
networkof
“Pioneers”.
Sowhynotturning
thenetworkintoa
digitalone?
Thewebsitewould
soonbeborn.

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E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism
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A House Museums’ Network
MoreHouseMuseums–whichare
welcometotheNetwork–have
graduallyjoinedthe“Pioneers”.
FifteennewHouseMuseumshave
becomemembersbetween
November2012andSeptember2018.
Applicationsflock.
Theseventymemberswork through
thewebsite,andaFacebookpage.
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E-CUL-TOURS: Managing Cultural Heritage in Tourism
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Demeures Historique
TheNetworkisbasicallyItalianfor
thetimebeing,butconnectionswith
DemHistarecarefullykeptalive.
NewHouseMuseumsjoinedthe
NetworkduringtheICOMconference
heldinMilanfromJuly3to9,2016.
There’saFriendsAbroadsection.
WeperceiveDigitalHumanitiesasa
digitalnetworkingprocess.
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Nobody Is Omnipotent…
Ofcourse,theprocesshasitsweaknesses.
Itwasstatedthat“HouseMuseumscanseemlikethe
sleepiestcornerofthemuseumworld:theytendtobe
smallspaceswithsmallbudgets,elderlyvolunteers,and
evenolderfurnishings.”(TheBostonGlobe,2014)
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Moreover,ourisnotafundedproject.Mostofoureffortsarevoluntary.
Thispresentationitselfisintroducingsomebasicpointsonly.
Yet,astheItalianauthorPrimoLeviwrote,
“IfIamnotformyself,whowillbeforme?
Ifnotthisway,how?Andifnotnow,when?”

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Key Points
1. Digital Is The Key
2. Digital Involves Networking
3. House Museums Are Scattered
4. They Involve Intangible Heritage
5. Serendipity May Help
6. The Default State Of The Web Is Social
7. Digital Humanities Need Being Social
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Thanks For Your Attention
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SchlossFeldthurns,CastelVelturno