Lisa Pigozzi
Lisa Nadia Roberta Pigozzi holds a Master's degree in Tourism and Local Development and is currently a PhD candidate in Sociomuseology with the project financed by UNESCO Chair “Education, Citizenship and Cultural Diversity”: “Rural areas development through ecomuseums’ actions. The challenge of bottom-up sustainable tourism planning”. She is a member of the ReLeCo Memory, Citizenship and Sociomuseology.
Advisor: Mário Moutinho
Áreas de interesse académico e científico Areas of academic and scientific interest
- Sociology
- Museology
- Ecomuseums
- Participative Heritage management
- Education
- Cultural Heritage
- Responsible Tourism
- Local Development
- Community Tourism
Abstract
The aim of my project research is to study the role of ecomuseums in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish rural areas to develop a new tourism offer planned with local community.
The general objectives of my research are:
- Study the situation of ecomuseums and community heritage project in rural areas in Italy, Portugal and Spain, which are some of the States where the Ecoheritage project. As I am alredy involved in a research project about ecomuseums, I would like to deepen investigate some aspect of the research, focusing on tourism and local development.
- Study community-based actions for heritage safeguarding.
- Implement new tourism offers in rural areas in Italy, Spain and Portugal, based on local traditions and heritage enhancement by local community.