La coscienza di luogo tra innovazione tradizione. Il caso studio della Cooperativa di Comunità “Terra delle Balestrate”

Community cooperatives play an important role in the valorization of “rubble” understood, here, as artifacts, tangible and intangible, that having lost their original function are static narratives of the past and fertile opportunities for future development. Within this framework, the article investigates, through qualitative methodologies, the consciousness of place that motivates the activities of the Terra delle Balestrate Community Cooperative in combining innovation and tradition to create new economic and social opportunities.