How to get to know better the neighbourhood we’re working in?

Bosco di Storie - Un documentario frammentato

Angela Bonan
Michela De Paoli
Tetyana Leontyuk Kuch

Bosco di storie is a community resource for the Don Bosco neighbourhood, inviting residents to connect with their surroundings through a collaborative map and a curated series of videos. This project is built upon two essential components: the Reality Map and Panorama Don Bosco. They both aim to narrate the neighbourhood although doing it in different ways.

The map contains glimpses of Don Bosco’s daily life and a series of interviews with some inhabitants. It’s not classic storytelling: it asks the audience to take action in choosing what to watch and how to connect the points.

On the other side, there is the Panorama Don Bosco documentary, providing an overview of the neighbourhood and its stories in a more typical way of narrating.

The project also includes a participatory aspect, encouraging community members to contribute by submitting videos showcasing a place in the neighbourhood that holds particular significance to them.



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A project made in the course

String Figures - Transforming Together

"String Figures - Transforming Together" is a long-term research project conducted by the Master of Eco-Social Design in the Don Bosco district in Bolzano. Through collaboration with local stakeholders in the city and the neighbourhood, students delve into the living conditions, needs, wishes, and ideas of the inhabitants of Don Bosco. After an extensive research phase, which involves on-site interventions, numerous community encounters, and discussions, the students, working in small groups, design transformative processes addressing issues such as the use of public space, the diminishing green areas, the significance of nature in the city, social cohesion, and the role of play in everyday life. Approaching the neighborhood and the city of Bolzano with an impartial viewpoint, international students generate inspiration and alternative perspectives on how public urban spaces can foster community engagement. During the winter semester of 2023/2024, ten projects were developed, each approaching these topics and research focuses from different perspectives.
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