[Publication] Embedded in the park: the Vanoi Ecomuseum as a lever for sustainable landscape management in the Italian Alps. Asja Gollo Gollo, Mauro Cecco, Andreas Haller, Piergiovanni Partel, Oliver Bender (2025)

Abstract The Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Nature Park (Parcopan) is one of two nature parks in Trentino (Italy) and hosts several sites of the Vanoi Ecomuseum, a non-bounded and participative form of museum that also includes unprotected areas. In this paper we explore the integration of ecomuseums into protected areas through the case of the Parcopan. We focus especially on the role of the Vanoi Ecomuseum in preserving and enhancing the natural and cultural heritage of this area, in par-ticular vertical land use and mobility within the historical landscape. We provide an overview of the Vanoi Ecomuseum’s activities, and highlight the use of ‘cylinders of mobility’ as an effective method to visualize and understand the vertical land use and seasonal movements of people that have historically characterized the Alpine economy. We argue that the integration of ecomuseums into nature parks represents a valuable approach to sustainable landscape management and tourism, especially when natural parks seek to draw on the endogenous potential of their cultural and natural heritage as well as on modern adaptations of traditional land use. https://austriaca.at/?arp=0x003fc8bc