Storytelling is going through crises and criticalities. The first part of the paper tries to frame characteristics and role of business archives and museums for an unconventional narrative of corporate realities. These trials and procedures are including art and literature, and finding vitality in the opportunities offered by communication based on history, authenticity and cultural heritage. The article discusses then how companies have become over time increasingly aware of the importance of enhancing their heritage, but how this growing attention to the use of history could be a risk for the future of the firm archives. The small number of declared historical business archives, especially in some areas of our country and especially in the case of SMEs, can only amplify this risk. We propose the first results of an ongoing research which, through the analysis of publications and websites of some companies in the agribusiness sector, aims to contribute to a better understanding of the strategies of Italian companies in this field, with the hope to increase the companies preference for storytelling based on the sources preserved (and to be preserved) in their historical archives.
In un momento in cui lo storytelling affronta crisi e criticità, la prima parte del contributo prova ad inquadrare caratteristiche e ruolo di archivi e musei d’impresa per una narrazione non convenzionale delle realtà imprenditoriali, incline a misurarsi con l’arte e con la letteratura e a trovare elementi di vitalità in una comunicazione basata sulla storia, sull’autenticità, sull’eredità culturale. Viene proposta poi una riflessione su come le imprese, e in particolare quelle dell’agro-alimentare italiano, abbiano nel corso del tempo acquisito una crescente consapevolezza dell’importanza della valorizzazione del loro heritage, ma come questa crescente attenzione all’uso della storia possa purtroppo rappresentare anche un rischio per la conservazione degli archivi d’impresa. Il numero ridotto di archivi storici aziendali dichiarati, soprattutto in alcune aree del nostro paese e soprattutto nel caso delle PMI, non può che amplificare tale rischio. Si propongono i risultati di una ricerca in corso che, analizzando pubblicazioni e siti di alcune imprese dell’agroalimentare, mira a contribuire ad una maggiore conoscenza delle strategie delle imprese italiane in questo campo, provando anche a sensibilizzare le imprese stesse a preferire una narrazione che sulle fonti conservate (e da conservare) nei loro archivi storici.
Lo storytelling fra storia d’impresa e heritage marketing: alcune riflessioni
Concetta Damiani;
2023-01-01
Abstract
Storytelling is going through crises and criticalities. The first part of the paper tries to frame characteristics and role of business archives and museums for an unconventional narrative of corporate realities. These trials and procedures are including art and literature, and finding vitality in the opportunities offered by communication based on history, authenticity and cultural heritage. The article discusses then how companies have become over time increasingly aware of the importance of enhancing their heritage, but how this growing attention to the use of history could be a risk for the future of the firm archives. The small number of declared historical business archives, especially in some areas of our country and especially in the case of SMEs, can only amplify this risk. We propose the first results of an ongoing research which, through the analysis of publications and websites of some companies in the agribusiness sector, aims to contribute to a better understanding of the strategies of Italian companies in this field, with the hope to increase the companies preference for storytelling based on the sources preserved (and to be preserved) in their historical archives.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


