iNonno. An app to enhance the historical, cultural and artistic heritage of Lombardy through the witnesses of older people

The article describes the development of the project iNonno. iNonno is an application designed for smartphones and tablets with the purpose to enhance the historical, cultural and artistic heritage of Lombard territory through the witnesses of older people. The application promotes intergenerational dialogue combining the power of storytelling with an innovative and attractive technology for new generations. iNonno has been created in order to promotes Expo 2015’s purposes in schools, to tell culinary habits, recipes and historic restaurants, markets and stores of Lombardy and to become an original and innovative “guidebook” for tourists who visit the Lombard cities. The project has been developed within the framework of the International Doctoral School on “Human capital formation and labour relation” of the University of Bergamo and it has been co-financed by the Lombardy Region.