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Please sign to save the Italian Archaeological School at Athens
We're unfortunately getting used to this kind of announcements about cuts for research and education bodies. Let's not get used to culture as a minor, unessential ingredient of our society.
Anche quest'anno la cultura dovrà pagare le mancate riforme strutturali del paese.
La SAIA è tra gli enti, istituti e fondazioni che non riceveranno più finanziamenti dallo Stato, decretando così la morte della ricerca archeologica italiana in Grecia, che dura da più di 100 anni, e la fine della più importante scuola di formazione archeologi italiani.Da oltre un secolo, dapprima come spedizione scientifica di singoli studiosi, poi come Missione stabile ed, infine, nella qualità di Sede ateniese per ricerche e scavi archeologici in Grecia e nelle aree di civiltà ellenica e per la formazione e la specializzazione di giovani studiosi, la Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene è il punto di riferimento di tutti gli archeologi e gli storici dell'antichità che dalle Università, dal CNR o dalle Soprintendenze svolgono attività di ricerca in Grecia.
Nata per favorire l'alta formazione dei funzionari delle Soprintendenze archeologiche italiane (ruolo che ha svolto in passato in modo egregio e che continuerà a svolgere in futuro) e come centro di coordinamento delle Missioni italiane in Grecia (e per un certo tempo anche in Oriente) la Scuola ha costituito sin dall'inizio la sintesi tra due funzioni basilari: formazione e ricerca, ospitando anche laureati in architettura che si occupano di restauro, conservazione e studio dei monumenti.
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Italian Archaeological School - Athens
Dear Sirs and Madams:
I must express my sincere concern about the proposal for closing the venerable Italian Archaeological School at Athens. While recognizing that governments across the globe are experiencing accute and extraordinary budget shortfalls, it is at times such as this that persons concerned with protecting our shared cultural history and its significance to humanity must come together.
As an American of European ancestry, I recognize the incalcuable debt that Western civilization owes to Greece, especially as it was transmitted to much of the world through ancient Roman civilization. In many ways, the whole world is the progeny and beneficiaries of the brilliance of what was begun in Greece so many centuries ago, a history and legacy that have been examined, explored, explained and expressed so eloquently by the researchers and supporters of the Italian Archaeological School at Athens for more than a century.
This is not a worthless enterprise, but a noble one. This is an enterprise that continues to foster an understanding of our shared roots and cultural patrimony for the whole world to appreciate and understand. At a time when Greece - to whom we owe so much - is experiencing such economic anguish, this would be a particularly painful and callous blow. It would strike against the historical debt that Italy itself owes to Greece.
I would respectfully ask that the Italian government reconsider its proposal to close funding for the school, even if it must cut it to some degree. I have found in my own years of government service that once support for something such as this is withdrawn, it is rarely replaced, and that is something that should not be allowed to occur.
I remain, respectfully yours,
Christopher R. Eck, MA, JD, RPA, ICAHM
Atlanta, GA, USA