ABSTRACT
The first “catalytic” week-long workshop in Gagliato, in the summer of 2017, combined with the NanoGagliato festival involved a large team of regeneration and development professionals, academics, master’s students in architecture, urban design, planning, local development, sociology and economics and local people in the town. There was an emphasis on looking at longer-term strategies, including various new tourism and education projects as well as new micro-industries centred around local produce and agriculture, inspired or tested through the NanoGagliato initiatives. The aspects of the project that were most successful surrounded the relationships built with the people of the town and the momentum and the growing “buy-in” of the townspeople and our partners. The challenge of working with artists or scientists with completely different ways of working and cultural backgrounds is a challenge and needs a careful disentangling of power structures.
