Antroposcene is a project created thanks to funding from the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo. Through the grant “In Luce. Promoting and narrating local cultural identities” (which falls under the Creating Attractiveness Mission of the Culture Goal), the Foundation aims to promote the local areas of Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta from a cultural and creative point of view, making them more accessible and attractive to residents and tourists, with a view to sustainable social and economic development.

The grant has three main goals:
To promote the widespread artistic and cultural heritage of Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta to create cultural, social and economic growth opportunities for the local areas.
To foster and increase the value of local and thematic networks.
To foster sustainable development and tourism, promoting the knowledge of local cultures whilst respecting the environment and community living systems.

Funding from the grant will be used for projects running between 2021 and 2023 and will be articulated in two stages.

Stage 1
It involves the submission of a project that promotes the cultural identity of an area linked to one or more relevant heritage assets, to take place between January and September 2022. Candidates will have to submit a preliminary plan that highlights one of the cultural identities featured in past applications for the Foundation’s promotion grants, i.e.: illustrious figures from the past, artisanal and creative productions of excellence, cultural landscape, streets, and historical routes and itineraries.