A forza di suoni e parole. Note di viaggio del Circolo della Zampogna di Scapoli

Abstract

The paper traces the experience of the Circolo della Zampogna of Scapoli and highlights, first, the transition of the zampogna from a marginalized musical instrument to a complex cultural heritage, historically embedded in networks of mobility, labor, and exchange that have contributed to the construction of a European cultural unity. Second, the text critically reflects on contemporary processes of heritagisation and musealisation, questioning the roles of institutions—from museums to UNESCO—and NGOs in reactivating the zampogna as a relational object and social agent in the present.