Transhumance from the Gennargentu massif to the pastures of Nurra represented and still represents today an important opportunity for exchange and communication in the culture and agro-pastoral economy of Sardinia. This movement of people, flocks and herds along lines consolidated over time has generated a path that maintains great local and territorial relevance in the experiences of the communities that overlook it, as documented by the video and the cartographic processing of the territorial macro-areas. Davide Virdis’ photographs and Marco Iozzo’s documentary, trying to give expression and voice to these signs of the territory whose interpretation we may have lost, interpret the spaces and communities that preserve the memory of this culture. Retracing these traces, understanding the difficulties of crossings and passages is a training, knowledge and learning path that produces a renewed attention to the characteristics of the various territories and therefore a different, perhaps more attentive, way of inhabiting Sardinia.
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The exhibition is the outcome of an international project on the culture of transhumance, its walkways and its custodian communities, as part of the Interreg Italy-France Maritime 2014-2020 cross-border program CAMBIOVIA- CAMmini and BIOdiversity: Enhancement of Itineraries and Accessibility for Transhumance. Program partnership: Liguria Region (leader), Sardinia Region, Tuscany Region, Collectivité territoriale de Corse. In collaboration with: Aveto, Antola, Beigua Park; Amiata Park, Maremma Park, Apuan Alps Park, Migliarino San Rossore Park, Porto Conte Park Special Agency, Parc Régional du Verdon, Parc Naturel Régional de Corse, Local Authorities (ANCI, UPI), University of Genoa.
CAMBIO-VIA working group for the Sardinia Region: Sardinia Region – Department of Local Authorities, Finance and Urban Planning, Province of Nuoro, Regional Natural Park of Porto Conte, University of Sassari – LEAP research laboratory of the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning headquarters of Alghero.
