Ora tocca a noi is a project produced by the Association WW1 - dentro la
Grande Guerra with the support of the Region of Veneto. The project aims to
present and commemorate the Great War with a contemporary approach and by using
innovative languages. The possibility to consider History under a different
glance is a way to arise awareness about the imprinting that conflict gave to
current world and to figure out how today people can actively contribute in
building a better present and future.
The project includes an emotional video which underlines how veterans
contributed to change the world 100 years ago and a collection of interactive
panoramas which match today landscapes with the places where soldiers and
civilians lived in war time. These two media will contribute to open a debate
about how past is strictly connected to our lives, to remember it was hundred
of thousands young people - as we are, involved in it and to consider how
places changed along the last Century.
Two other elements help users to draw a critical thinking. First of all,
a map of Italy permits us to know almost 16,000 streets in Italy are devoted to
the Great War. The unthinkable impact that events had on people and places as
well as and the necessity to make Italians believing it was an useful effort
and a concrete tribute to the Country in the years after the war, gave floor
for memorial monuments’ building and streets’ naming. Names of “famous” people
such as Gen. Luigi Cadorna or the King Vittorio Emanuele III, war places
(mountains, rivers, cities, etc) or events’ date (the date in which Italy
joined the war or signed peace agreements, etc.) became toponyms. The
collection and the analysis of street names permit to figure out how a country
is keeping memory of its past, how and why this process and emotion can be
different in different regions and how often people do not realize their street
is called “Monte Grappa” not because in Italy a mountain had that specific name
but because of thousands of casualties the First World War counted in that
area. A call is now opening to European Countries to map similarly their memory
by a specific research on street names.
Second, a growing collection of news related to current day wars is
provided in the project. A deep extended financial crisis is going on and
bloody wars are broadcasted in daily news from nearby Countries. Italy,
European Countries, worldwide Countries in 2015, are all involved in conflicts.
This is here and now, it is not just a matter related to our grandparents’ age.
Beyond an idealistic need for peace, a shared and more conscious
approach to economic, social, political matters is definitely needed today.
To reach this goal, Ora tocca a noi proposes several educational
activities. The possibility to interact with students and teachers, but also
with young people and adults in general, allows to spread a new way of learning
History and Culture while fostering new possibilities for social and economic
growth.
The project will be available on www.oratoccanoi.it and officially
launched on July 3, 2015 at the Museo della Terza Armata in Padua - Italy. All people liking it are very welcome!
WW1 – dentro la Grande Guerra (www.grandeguerra100.it) is an Association
which considers the Great War as a first focal point to promote culture and
sharing as the ground for a better awareness, social and economic growth. All
projects are developed with the collaboration of high skilled researchers and
professionals from Italian, European and extra-European Universities, Technologic
Industries and Culture Field. Digital Distillery, Officine Panottiche +
NuovostudioFactory and Hive Division are the founders of WW1 cross-media
project.
Related project:
+100Cal - with the support of EU (Europe for Citizens Programme)
www.lagrandeguerrapiu100.it/
Ora tocca a noi - with the support of the Region of Veneto - launch on
July 3, 2015 www.oratoccanoi.it
3a Armata in Friuli - with the support of the Region of Friuli Venezia
Giulia - launch on July 4, 2015
Donne si fa storia - with the support of the Region of Veneto - launch
on July 13, 2015
