Voci dentro e fuori campo. La partecipazione pubblica attraverso le parole degli stakeholders

Voice-overs: the public partecipation through the perspective of the stakeholders This Chapter presents a preliminary analisysis of public participation triggered by the excavations of the Terramara di Pilastri. By the means of an original workflow including methods and techniques commonly applied in cultural heritage studies as well as in the fields of anthropological-ethnographic studies, the authors introduce the stakeholders, namely the persons and institutions having an interest in the research, and share the values that each recognizes in the archaeological site. By analyzing six semi-structured interviews of selected stakeholders, the authors are able to state that such participation revolves around four foundational issues: the dig, the local identity, schools and the future. Presenting such themes through the voices of the actors, and framing them in the broader research scenario of public archaeology – both Italian and international – help outlining a quite vivid image of the public participation to the project, and support its critical evaluation.