Governance turistica reticolare nelle Terre Alte: superare le sfide della contemporaneità attraverso metodologie di co-progettazione creativa

The contribution intends to analyse the role of the High Lands in envisaging a potential change of course with respect to the relationship between urban areas and mountain territories, especially in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic that has profoundly affected these lands and their communities. The paper illustrates an operational project launched in the context of the Bergamo-Brescia Italian Capital of Culture 2023 event, entitled Terre Alte Experience, which is strongly focused on the participation of local communities and the use of digital systems (such as mapping and video filming) for the activation of new development strategies oriented towards responsible and sustainable tourism. For this reason, the pandemic crisis has shown the potential of the High Lands in responding to a growing desire for recreational practices of proximity, in the open air and in suggestive environmental and landscape contexts, proposing itself both as an elective place for a new living and as a laboratory of innovation and creativity, capable of relaunching the tourist experience aimed at recovering the culture and knowledge of local communities.