Inside the system-wide cultural district: a new relational and organisational taxonomy of cultural districts based on the sector policies by Italian Regions (2000–2015)

Colavitti, Anna Maria; Usai, Alessia

doi:10.1186/s40410-020-0112-1

City, Territory and Architecture

An interdisciplinary debate on project perspectives

Table 5 Cultural districts established thanks to the Program on technological districts by the Ministry of Education—MIUR.

From: Inside the system-wide cultural district: a new relational and organisational taxonomy of cultural districts based on the sector policies by Italian Regions (2000–2015)

District	Structure		Typology	Spatial proximity of the nodes	Existence of hierarchies among the nodes	Homogeneity of the nodes	Sector(s)/production chain(s) of specialization	Forms of integration among the nodes	Geographic relevance of the nodes	Implementation of the district project at 2019
District	District management (the head body)	District partners (the nodes)	Typology	Spatial proximity of the nodes	Existence of hierarchies among the nodes	Homogeneity of the nodes	Sector(s)/production chain(s) of specialization	Forms of integration among the nodes	Geographic relevance of the nodes	Implementation of the district project at 2019
Distretto Tecnologico dei Beni Culturali di Crotone in Calabria	Limited liability consortium company “Cultura e Innovazione”	1 Public administration (Province) 3 Local universities 3 Research consortia 1 Chamber of Industry and Crafts	Planned Program on technological districts by MIUR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Technologies applied to cultural heritage	External	Regional	Implemented, even if indirectly via the Consortium which carries out public-funded research projects not using the district label
Distretto ad Alta Tecnologia per i Beni Culturali (DATABENC) in Campania	Limited liability consortium company “DATABENC”	4 Local universities 5 Research centers 3 Industry consortia 4 Firms of national relevance	Planned Program on technological districts by MIUR	Yes	Yes	No (industrial actors and research centers are included)	Technologies applied to cultural heritage	External Multiple	Regional National	Implemented. The district regularly operates since 2015 with public-founded projects on education and research
Distretto Tecnologico per i Beni Culturali del Lazio	Research infrastructure	5 Local universities 3 Research infrastructures of national relevance (CNR, ENEA, INFN)	Planned Program on technological districts by MIUR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Technologies applied to cultural heritage Digital technologies and virtualization Technologies for managing resources (cultural-tourist resources)	External multiple	Regional National	Partially implemented. The district operates only since 2018 with public-founded projects on education and research
Distretto per le tecnologie dei beni culturali e della città sostenibile (DiT-BeCs)	Innovation Hub POLIS (managed by Fondazione per la ricerca e l’innovazione)	3 Local universities 3 Research centers (I2T3, PIN, LUCENSE) 2 Research infrastructures (CNR, APEA)	Planned Program on technological districts by MIUR	Yes	Yes	No (industrial actors and research centers are included)	Technologies applied to cultural heritage	External Multiple	Regional National International (projects in Lazzeretti 2012)	Implemented. DiT-BeCs and POLIs have merged and are now working within the “TECHNOLOGIES, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CULTURE” platform created by the Tuscany Region in 2017

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