Territorio, educazione e innovazione

This volume is part of the academic and public discourse on the study of the territory with a specific contribution: on the one hand it reports critically some experiences of excellence, on the other it offers in-depth background elements to understand the phenomenon as a whole. The diffusion of new technologies and the changing cultural and social scenario oblige us to rethink the traditional alliances between the subjects present in the territory (institutions, bodies, private individuals …) to give new shape to services, to the role of the different actors, to the educational offer / creative both for school-age children and for continuing education courses. The book describes some experiences that have developed in a specific territory, that is the Northern area of ​​the metropolitan city of Milan, a field of study favored by various scholars of the University of Milan – Bicocca as a territory of belonging. Local analyzes therefore, accompanied by a broader look at phenomena that affect Italy more generally, such as the case of the Dote Lavoro or the dissemination of unpublished research collaboration and promotion of culture (ecomusei, Fablab …), and on the role that education, in its various forms, can play in promoting new paths of social and economic development. The dialogue between the local and national dimension runs through the whole volume and makes it a versatile tool for the study of territorial innovation paths in very different contexts, providing a series of points for reflection and guidelines for planning concrete interventions.