Raiz Italiana is an association actively committed in the study, planning and promotion of “the roots tourism”
It helps all italians descendants residing abroad to connect with their own ORIGINS and supports the work of public and private entities in creating a tourist offer for them. Our idea is the result of research and life experiences abroad, between the Italian communities from South and North America. We decided to reaffirm our roots in Italy, but continuing to travel, in a certain way, together with all those who rely on us and write with them a new history of the territories so that the cities and countries from which we started no longer appear wrapped in a veil of nostalgia, but be rethought as places where you can come back, stay and live.
What’s Raiz Italiana?
Raiz Italiana is an association actively committed in the study, planning and promotion of “the roots tourism”
It helps all italians descendants residing abroad to connect with their own ORIGINS and supports the work of public and private entities in creating a tourist offer for them. Our idea is the result of research and life experiences abroad, between the Italian communities from South and North America. We decided to reaffirm our roots in Italy, but continuing to travel, in a certain way, together with all those who rely on us and write with them a new history of the territories so that the cities and countries from which we started no longer appear wrapped in a veil of nostalgia, but be rethought as places where you can come back, stay and live.
Mission:
Create, promote and spread a culture inspired by the protection of the rights of the human being, encouraging the values of social solidarity, peace, interculturality, justice, work, equal opportunities between women and men, hospitality, availability and listening.
Promote the Italian territory, its language and culture, beyond the national borders, with a particular reference to those foreign countries in which our fellow citizens reside.
Create or strengthen the link between Italy and Italian descendants residing abroad, through promotion, cooperation and inclusion activities.
Our history
The project is the result of Marina Gabrieli’s Ph.D. research, carried out as part of the “Beni Culturali e Territorio” at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. The research was also performed with the support of the ENIT Office of Buenos Aires and promoted through most of the Italian institutions and associations of Argentina. The aim of the research was to investigate in depth: The ‘sense of belonging’ that Italian descendant in Argentina have, in particular with reference to the journeys they make to discover their origins.
In 2017, after winning the Open Competition “PIN – Pugliesi Innovativi” (an initiative supported by the Youth Policy Council of Puglia Region, ARTI, European Social Fund and Italian Ministry of Economic Development), the project became oficial, selected among dozens of proposals. Raiz Italiana began to operate as a social entity based in Puglia and operating throughout Italy.