Small town in Ludigiana between knowdlege and regeneration

In the last century, changes dictated by nature associated with anthropic causes, have led to the emptying and abandonment of many villages of the Italian Apennines, once flourishing territories for economics and cultural traditions, today examples of new urban archaeology. A phenomenon that has broken cultures and traditions but whose traces are still alive. However, in recent years historical and anthropological studies have been the basis of many proposals for the regeneration of these villages and the Lunigiana (Tuscany) constitutes a constructive example of good practice aimed at valorization, both material and intangible of this extraordinary cultural heritage. The contribution intends to present the research results (alternative methodological strategies for a re-appropriation of social and economic physics) of projects realized in the academic field with interesting effects and feedback on the analyzed territories.