THE VALUE OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ON THE TERRITORY IN BIO-CULTURAL LANDSCAPES: THE TERRACES OF THE AMALFI COAST

Underlying a territorial system supported by well-established cultural development is the presence of an economic system that benefits or advantages from the efficiency and productivity of the humanised environment. In such cases, we speak of a biocultural landscape, a complex set of “cultural assets that represent the combined work of nature and man” [11], able to generate induced economies. For these contexts, it is necessary to implement propulsive strategies capable of preserving the material (the result of consolidated construction techniques) and renewing the memory of the technological processes underlying the production system. In other words, it is necessary to valorise the “technological footprint of the territory”. The contribution proposes the tool of the ecomuseum to trigger self-multiplying factors of benefits related to the principle of “belonging” and “radicality” to the place, and to enhance and revive technological processes that generate added value.