RIPAM 9 - Cultural Migrations

The RIPAM, an acronym for “Rencontres Internationales sur le Patrimoine Architectural Méditerranéen”, has evolved into an informal organization of professors, researchers, and professionals who, since the first edition, have come together to form a group that has organized and continues to organize meetings in various Mediterranean countries. The initiative relies exclusively on the goodwill of each participant to carry out high-level scientific events. The principle is simple: to organize very low-cost meetings, avoiding unnecessary expenses, while granting full freedom to the host institution to decide on the structure of its event and to add new members to the steering committee. RIPAM meetings are held every two years, lasting three days, with the possibility of an intermediate one-day meeting focused on more specific themes. RIPAM has a website, hosted at ripam.org, which is periodically updated with contributions from participating members. The ninth meeting was dedicated to cultural migrations, bringing together 99 participants with presentations. This publication gathers the articles that were selected and whose authors consented to their publication. The areas of discussion range from architecture to urban planning, rehabilitation, heritage studies, geology, geography, chemistry, physics, art history, fine arts, and engineering – in short, all fields that, in one way or another, contribute to the knowledge and understanding of Mediterranean heritage. RIPAM itself is also a form of cultural migration.