On 21 April, ICCROM hosted a meeting in preparation for a colloquium on the history and evolution of the concept of hospitality, its significance in the Mediterranean region, the economic implications and material traces in the safeguard of the intangible heritage.

It was held under the chairmanship of Professor Francesco Scoppola, Director of the Commissione Regionale per i Beni e Attività Culturali delle Marche and attended by representatives from Italian cultural institutions.

The discussion focused on the theme of hospitality in its many different expressions. It also enhanced collaboration between ICCROM and scientific institutions and universities in the field of intangible cultural heritage.

Participants

• Stefano Baia Curioni, Direttore Centro ASK (Art Science Knowledge), Universitá Bocconi
• Piero Guzzo, Soprintendente di Pompei
• Pasqua Izzo, Museo delle arti e tradizioni popolari
• Georges Mouzas, Commissione Regional per i Beni e le Attivitá Culturali delle Marche
• Anna Maria Reggiani, Ministero per i Beni e le Attivitá Culturali
• Francesco Scoppola, Presidente Commissione
  Regionale per i Beni e le Attivitá Culturali delle Marche
• Giandomenico Spinola, Musei Vaticani
• Roberto Garufi, Responsabile, Unità di Recerca sul Patrimonio Monumentale ed Ambientale, Centro Regionale Progettazione e Restauro, Sicilia

ICCROM

• Mounir Bouchenaki, Director-General ICCROM
• Rosalía Varoli Piazza, Senior Conservation Adviser
• Maria Teresa Jaquinta, Italian Government Development Cooperation Coordinator

Member State represented: Italy

updated on: 21 September, 2006