Maria Fratelli: Archives and Communities

The opening of the CASVA headquarters in the Milanese neighborhood of QT8 has involved, from the very formulation of the museological project, the awareness that the archive would be an addition, as relevant as it may be, to a knowledge infrastructure whose networks are woven on an urban scale, but above all on a national level and with a strong international vocation. The perception by citizens of the archive as an institution carrying social value cannot be taken for granted, just as the consolidation of this expectation can only result from careful dialogue with the local community’s needs. The multiple operational levels of the Archive must therefore be targeted and promoted based on the awareness that one of its primary reasons is to serve as a safeguard and foundation of community.

Maria Fratelli
Director of Fabbrica del Vapore, CASVA, and Casa della Memoria, she has worked for the City of Milan for thirty years. She graduated in Modern Literature from the University of Milan in 1993 and specialized in Archaeology and Art History from the University of Siena in 1999. In 2016, she earned a Master’s Degree in Public Management for Federalism (EMMPF) from the Graduate School of Business at the Polytechnic University of Milan. She has curated museum exhibitions, cataloging, and restorations. She has published books and essays on art history, museology, and conservation, and created editorial series for the museums she managed. She has curated and promoted modern and contemporary art exhibitions, with a particular focus on the close relationship between archives, museums, and the contemporary world. She is a member of ICOM, the Scientific Committee of CESMAR7, and the Technical Scientific Committee of the Association of Italian World Heritage Sites. She is the director of the Alfredo Pizzo Greco House Museum in Suisio.

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