Lhe City of Santa Maria Capua Vetere was the first in Terra di Lavoro to welcome and make operational the proposal to give life to a cultural tool of great value such as the Local Pact for Reading and Culture, also on the proposal of the network of associations of the Piazze del sapere and Donne di Carta. Other municipalities are also working on this objective, such as those of Caserta, Capodrise, Capua, and Sant'Arpino. In this way, it is demonstrated in concrete terms that with culture we can start again also in our lands to build social cohesion, local development and innovation.
As stated in the press release issued by the Press Office of the Municipality of SMCV: “The reopening of the Municipal Library, the centrality of cultural activities, the numerous book presentations organized or sponsored by the Institution, as well as the participation in the initiatives promoted by Cepell, the Center for Books and Reading of the MiBACT, such as “Il maggio dei libri” and “Libriamoci”, have increased the “thirst for reading” of our City which, with a resolution of the Council approved last Friday, becomes the promoter of the Local Pact for Reading.
The path started in 2016 by the Mirra administration and the cultural initiatives officer Enzo Oliviero, which has its roots in the reopening of the Municipal Library of which our City was orphaned for about 6 years, has allowed the City of Santa Maria Capua Vetere to return to that group of Italian realities that recognize reading as a personal right capable of educating freedom of thought and autonomy of judgment and choice.
The intellectual, social and economic development of communities depends on reading; hence the Pact for Reading as a governance tool for book promotion policies and reading as a strategic resource to invest in but also a social value to support through coordinated and joint action between the various protagonists present in the territory but also a tool to make reading a widespread social habit, recognizing the right to read as fundamental for all citizens”.
The Pact intends to be the tool to generate new encounters, exchanges, widespread experimentation and activation of places. The main objective is to rethink the city through reading and knowledge, the involvement of people and the relationship with public and private spaces, to stimulate a new form of individual and collective resilience.
Thus, overall, a 'right to the city' is affirmed through the promotion of reading and knowledge, and the promotion of the values connected to it. This involves putting thoughts and initiatives into play to welcome and enhance a plural community, cultivate aware and informed citizenship, generate new bonds of reciprocity, break down walls and prejudices, offer opportunities and accessibility related to cultural heritage and creativity.
The Pact establishes a large citizen alliance, to which public and private entities, cultural institutions, universities, businesses, professionals, associations and individual citizens adhere, who intend to commit themselves to designing and supporting shared projects. All citizens are at the same time actors and users of the Pact and the projects that are part of it, also thanks to the contribution of professionals in the cultural and creative sectors, the activities and related services, the actors and institutions involved.
The subjects adhering to the Pact undertake to contribute with their own ideas, resources, spaces and skills according to possibilities, in a free and responsible way, consistent with the values expressed by the Pact itself. Adherence to the Pact commits to sharing common communication guidelines for everything that concerns the participatory activities; to the dissemination of the pact and information on the programs, projects and objectives; to the promotion and sharing of training courses and cultural deepening.
Article published on November 27, 2019 - 09:24
