1229 | 934 | Walking mountain stories: cases from southern Italy | Giulia De Cunto; Francesca Sabatini (francesca.sabatini4@univaq.it)

The contribution is situated in the recent debate on inner areas, fostered in Italy by the _x000D_
National Strategy for Inner Areas, which has sought to promote new perspectives and interventions of_x000D_
regeneration on fragile and peripheral territories. Within this debate, the contribution_x000D_
develops around the concept of “mountains in the middle” (Varotto, 2020): minor mountains_x000D_
such as the Apennines and the southern ridge, little known and promoted, poorly infrastructured,_x000D_
disadvantaged and disconnected. Despite this, in those areas exist forms of living and dwelling centered on_x000D_
community and sustainability . Around this concept, we would like to present two case studies in southern Italy middle mountains, investigating the relationships that different types of inhabitants_x000D_
establish with their mountains. We will investigate these relationships to the mountains through creative methods_x000D_
-field research methods- that intersect narrative approaches to cultural geography and_x000D_
walking research methods (Kowalewski and Bartłomiejski, 2020). We would like to analyze relationships with_x000D_
to the mountains told while walking by different categories of local actors, according to the idea that walking_x000D_
allows an in-depth understanding of the relationships between communities and mountain places._x000D_
The goal is thus to reconstruct small stories (Lorimer, 2003), understood as embodied and_x000D_
situated: body-centered stories that can offer creative viewpoints on places and environment._x000D_

Giulia De Cunto; Francesca Sabatini (francesca.sabatini4@univaq.it)
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca ; Università degli Studi dell’Aquila

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ID Abstract: 934