Artists and educators revitalize Scampia through community workshops and art

The MOSS Ecomuseo Urbano Diffuso in Scampia, a suburb of Naples in Italy, hosted a series of artistic and educational workshops to create a new narrative for the local territory.

These activities, which ran for over four years with funding from the Italian Ministry of Culture, resulted in a multi-sensory installation and a festival titled CoRPArt. The project aims to shift the public perception of Scampia from a site of abandonment to a space of active community participation.

Local residents, students, and youth participated in various creative projects including sound design, photography, and oral history collection. These workshops reached approximately 900 children and teenagers through local schools and social services. Some participants were youth undergoing alternative measures or social inclusion paths, while others engaged in outdoor activities to reclaim public spaces for play and social cohesion. The project established a collaborative network including the Transluoghi Ecomuseo in Morigerati and the Mare Memoria Viva in Palermo.

It also partnered with the Portuguese cooperative Criar Cidade in Lisbon to share strategies for inclusive urban environments. The initiative produced a digital and physical archive of the neighborhood's history, alongside a multimedia editorial product and a teaching kit developed with the Federico II University to help replicate these social interventions elsewhere.