Portobeseno Festival 2016

The first national event dedicated to “Digital Public Goods and Maps”

Cultural exhibitions and events
[ www.portobeseno.it]

After the celebration of its 10 years of activity, the Festival “PORTOBESENO - Journey across historical and web sources” confirms its role at national and international level in researching and experimenting new ways to tell the story of the territory through the new opportunities offered by the digital instruments. Started in 2005 as pioneer in its field at local level, the Festival is organised in three days with 8 conferences, 6 workshops, two panel discussions with 17 participants, 5 installations, 5 performing shows and about 40 guests.

The topics of Portobeseno Festival 2016 will be the knowledge, the recording and the management of the intangible cultural heritage, that is the set of shared knowledge such as traditions, customs, cognitions. Today the conservation of this public good, which is protected with a UNESCO Convention entered into force exactly ten years ago, depends on the digital media.

The audience will have the opportunity to explore the innovation based on the activities of the digital world and its participatory approach. A real ongoing cultural revolution, whose driving force is a more and more active and informed civic community, more than an imposition of laws or from above. Open data and collaborative maps are some of the topics which will be discussed during the three days of the Festival through speeches, records and examples from national and Trentino's cultural realities which deal with geographies, public goods and participative web.

The connection between cross-references to reality and opportunities of the digital medium will be pointed out in the 5 temporary installations hosted in the Castle and available for visits for the entire duration of the Festival during the opening hours of the Castle.

The extremely rich programme of meetings, panel discussions and workshops (one of which is dedicated to children) will run daily from the morning. The invited speakers are about 30. During the discussion there will also be a workshop in order to deal with the specific instruments (local digital newsroom, wikisite or website, social network, print media, etc.).

Besides the three days in June, PORTOBESENO will continue its activity of investigation and education, developing a permanent research platform.

Access subject to charge: reduced ticket 5,00 Euro. Ticket Office Beseno Castle: Tel. 0464 834600, www.buonconsiglio.it

Info: portobeseno2016@gmail.com

Web: www.portobeseno.it

On 10 and 11 June, on the occasion of the festival, the Beseno Castle is open from 10.00 to 23.00. On Sunday 12 June it will close at 18.00.

Free admission to all the initiatives of the festival with the museum’s admission ticket

Portobeseno Festival 2016 - Avvicinamenti (Previews)

from 14/05/2016 to 24/05/2016

Besenello, Calliano e Volano

Festival Portobeseno 2016 – Conferences and workshops

from 10/06/2016 to 12/06/2016

Beseno castle · Besenello

Festival Portobeseno 2016 - Performances

from 10/06/2016 to 11/06/2016

Beseno castle · Besenello

Festival Portobeseno 2016 - Installations

from 10/06/2016 to 12/06/2016

Beseno castle · Besenello