The USI team presented at the 2024 EUROMED conference in Cyprus, also attended by other SECreTour members. A brief abstract below: Lorenzo Cantoni, Adine Gavazzi and Antonio Lenzo
UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites at the USI, Switzerland
“Communicating (Digitally) the Natural & Cultural Heritage of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland)” Overlooking Lake Lugano and administratively split between Switzerland and Italy, Monte San Giorgio was inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 2003, joining the Horizon EU SECreTOUR project as a pilot case in 2024.
Already well-known for its remarkable paleontological record relating to the Triassic period, more recent interdisciplinary research has cast light on the complexity of the site’s natural, cultural and religious heritage, both tangible and intangible, suggesting a wealth of narratives to be recovered.
We will consider the role and affordances of digital storytelling in reaching a variety of audiences through multi-layered, multimedia narration.
