“La prossimità come parametro scalare. Margini e interstizi nel paesaggio rurale trentino”
Authors: Silvia Cipelletti & Zeno Zanderigo
Book chapter in: I servizi di prossimità come beni comuni. Una nuova prospettiva per la montagna. Donzelli Editore, Rome, 2024.
DOI: https://www.labisalp.usi.ch/it/ricerca/pubblicazioni/libri
In recent years, and with increasing intensity following the outbreak of the pandemic, patterns of mobility from cities to mountainous areas have emerged. An increasing number of urban residents have chosen to relocate to valley communities—often marginalised and depopulated—in order to escape cities perceived as unhealthy and unsafe, to develop new activities, or to take advantage of remote working in a daily life closer to nature.
Proximity fosters social ties that structure individuals’ everyday lives; however, the role of and relationship to geographical, relational, and everyday dimensions can vary depending on historical contexts and on specific economic, social, political, and cultural conditions. To what extent is the socio-economic and territorial marginalisation affecting many Alpine regions linked to the weakening, over recent decades, of local services—such as shops, cafés, post offices, schools, and healthcare facilities—within these territories? And how might the current debate around “the commons” provide the basis for their regeneration?
This volume seeks to address these questions through contributions that, from diverse perspectives, examine the role of local services in the historical trajectories and contemporary realities of mountain communities. At the same time, it gives voice to a wide range of experiences shaped by the varied and multifaceted forms and functions assumed by local services.