User:Alessandra Valmadre/Heritage studies and ICT 2020-2021

Contributions

 * 1) Contribution to the Italian and English articles about my hometown Mazzo di Valtellina: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazzo_di_Valtellina and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazzo_di_Valtellina.
 * 2) Contribution to the Italian and English articles about the cultural heritage of Valtellina: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valtellina and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valtellina.
 * 3) Additional contribution to the English article about the stüa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmhouse_kitchen.

Mazzo di Valtellina (article about my hometown)
As far as the article about Mazzo di Valtellina is concerned, having noted that there was a lack of information concerning the monuments and places of interest, I decided to add a section, both in the Italian and the English versions. Moreover, I enriched other sections (economy, demographic evolution, history, geography...) adding new pieces of information or updating some old data.

Finally, I added pictures that I took myself, and one for which I obtained the authorisation from the owner.

Valtellina (article about the heritage of the valley)
As far as the article about the valley of Valtellina is concerned, I added the section about the folklore, both in the Italian and the English versions. I long noted that there was a lack in the treatment of the cultural heritage of this valley, and I thought that adding some information would be interesting for a potential tourist, who may feel intrigued by the anecdotes of the cultural life of the valley, which is still very much alive.

In this article, I added two pictures for which I obtained the authorisation from the owner.

Additional contribution: The stube or stüa
When describing the stüa located in one of the mansions of Mazzo, I realised that, apart from those living in certain areas (Austria, Germany, Valtellina, South Tyrol, Trentino and Ladinia), not many people know of this room, even though it is an important part of the social and cultural heritage of these areas. Therefore, I decided to add a section to the article "Farmhouse kitchen", which is the corresponding of the Italian article "Stube".

Detailed lists of all my contributions

 * Special:Contributions/Alessandra Valmadre
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciale:Contributi/Alessandra_Valmadre

Sources and involvement of stakeholders
To retrieve the necessary information, I consulted with the librarians in Tirano and Grosio, who recommended me some locally-printed books about the history and heritage of Mazzo and Alta Valtellina. I also consulted with a local history expert to check the veracity of some details.

To take pictures of some of the historical buildings that are usually closed (namely Palazzo Lavizzari, the church of Saint Mary, and the baptistery), I contacted the Mayor, who very kindly lent me the keys to these buildings for a few hours.

I also obtained the information from articles and websites, both promotional and informative, that I found online.

Books and articles

 * Mazzo, tra storia, tradizione e leggenda. Sondrio: Associazione Amatia. 2013.
 * I restauri di Mazzo. Prime considerazioni. Montagna in Valtellina (SO): Arcipretura di Mazzo. 2002.
 * Antonioli, Gabriele; Bracchi, Remo (1995). Dizionario etimologico grosino. Sondrio: Ramponi Arti Grafiche.
 * Antonioli, Gabriele; Ghilotti, Paolo; Mambretti, Ivan; Rinaldi, Giacomo (2018). Grosio. Cinquemila anni di storia. Villa di Tirano: Tipografia Poletti.
 * La stüa o stufa, luogo del ritrovarsi in famiglia e di incontri pubblici in Alta Valle Brembana (PDF). Archivio Bergamasco Centro studi e ricerche. http://www.archiviobergamasco.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Stue.pdf

Websites

 * "Conoscere Mazzo. Comune di Mazzo di Valtellina. https://www.comune.mazzo.so.it/c014040/zf/index.php/servizi-aggiuntivi/index/index/idtesto/1
 * "Visconti Venosta, famiglia. Regione Lombardia. http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/archivi/soggetti-produttori/famiglia/MIDD000169/
 * "Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio: Lombardia". Istat – Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?QueryId=18462
 * "Mazzo di Valtellina". Paesi di Valtellina. http://www.paesidivaltellina.it/mazzo/index.htm
 * "Mazzo di Valtellina". Sapere.it. https://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/Mazzo+di+Valtellina.html
 * "Cenni storici". Comune di Mazzo di Valtellina. https://www.comune.mazzo.so.it/c014040/zf/index.php/servizi-aggiuntivi/index/index/idtesto/2
 * "Calendario di Valtellina e Valchiavenna". Paesi di Valtellina e Valchiavenna. http://www.paesidivaltellina.it/calendario/index.htm
 * "Carnevàl di Mat". Valtellina.it. https://www.valtellina.it/it/eventi/bormio/carneval-di-mat
 * "I Coscritti". Grosio.info. https://www.grosio.info/i-coscritti/
 * "Cosa sai della festa dei coscritti?". Calendario Valtellinese. https://www.calendariovaltellinese.com/blog/cosa-sai-della-festa-dei-coscritti
 * "Celebrato l'anno dei coscritti del 2001". Prima la Valtellina.it. https://primalavaltellina.it/cronaca/celebrato-lanno-dei-coscritti-del-2001/
 * "Coscritti sì, ma responsabili. Dopo la festa fanno pulizia". La Provincia di Sondrio.it. https://www.laprovinciadisondrio.it/stories/Cronaca/coscritti-si-ma-responsabili-dopo-la-festa-fanno-pulizia_1099604_11/
 * "Pasqua a Bormio? In compagnia dei Pasquali!". Bormio.eu. https://www.bormio.eu/it/i-pasquali
 * "Palio delle contrade". Bormio.info. https://www.bormio.info/scoprire_bormio/palio-delle-contrade-di-bormio/
 * "Italian Room". Seattle Art Museum. https://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/27279/italian-room;jsessionid=4C712F126D2A319112830D5CD80917E1?ctx=157e5bf1-9d3a-4c37-aca5-852b64be4c82&idx=0

Pictures
I took the majority of the images I added to the articles; however, for three pictures I found on Instagram, I asked the owner for permission to publish them. Therefore, I sent her an email using the template "Richiesta per l'utilizzo di immagini in Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera", to which she replied granting me the authorization (its confirmation is still pending as of 7th of June, 2022).

Both the Mayor and the Priest allowed me to publish the pictures of the monuments and the religious buildings.

Links to the images uploaded

 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_view_of_Mazzo.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stemma_Palazzo_Lavizzari.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_of_Pedenale.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_baptistery.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Affresco_del_battistero_di_Mazzo.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Stephen%27s_church.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palazzo_Lavizzari.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palazzo_Quadrio.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palazzo_Venosta.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_fresco_in_Vicolo_della_Torre.jpg
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Resti_del_Castello_di_Mazzo.jpg

Links of the three pictures I asked the authorization for

 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Affresco_Palazzo_Lavizzari.jpg
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W_il_1930.jpg
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pasquali_Bormio.jpg

Discussion
Every time I modified the articles in a significative manner, I would briefly describe the intervention.

I also wrote a brief summary of my contribution in the discussion section of each article, in order to inform other users about the changes I applied to the pages. Here are the links to the article dicussions:


 * Talk:Mazzo di Valtellina
 * Talk:Valtellina
 * Talk:Farmhouse kitchen
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussione:Valtellina#Contibuto_sul_folklore
 * https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussione:Mazzo_di_Valtellina

At the beginning of 2022, the user User:Davipar contacted me on the Italian discussion page of the article about Mazzo to provide me with some advice and instructions to correctly structure it. Here is the link to this discussion: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussioni_utente:Alessandra_Valmadre

Practical relevance and fallouts of the assignment
As I had never contributed to articles on Wikipedia, at the beginning I was quite confused on how it all worked, especially when it came to structure of the articles, the discussions, and the creation of my subpage. The discussion with the user User:Davipar helped me to have a better understanding of the Wikipedia system functioning.

I find it very satisfying and rewarding to see my little hometown's page rich with information: I think that the beauty of this project is that it enhances the visibility of many smaller towns and heritage sites, allowing more potential tourists to get to know them and, hopefully, visit them. This is very important for a place like Valtellina, where the majority of the tourists come for the winter and summer sports but don't necessarily know much of its history or heritage. For example, my hometown Mazzo and its neighbouring towns had a crucial role in the valley's history, as their location was strategical to control the movements of armies and goods between the Republic of Venice, the Holy Roman Empire, and, later on, Switzerland. This heritage should be made known to an audience as broad as possible because history is made not only in the big centres but also in the small, unknown places.