Digital transformation, small town, experimentation: Membrana smart research project

In his book Me++ (2004), Mitchell, when ascertaining the concrete effects that digital information is capable of producing in the various sectors and with regard to aspects that were once extraneous to it, states that binary code is the most powerful tool we have for expressing our projectuality and translate it into concrete actions. However, the changes that digital transformation is able to produce to the structure, organisation and logic of operation of the city and territory have been taken into consideration, primarily, with reference to the large urban scale, or to specific and circumstantial aspects such as, for example, low-income communities. And yet, what kind of link exists between digital transformation and the smaller centres that characterise Italy and Europe? How can the disciplines of the project interpret it profitably? And, conversely, what are the risks that arise from a deontological and ethical perspective? In light of these reflections, this contribution aims to illustrate some of the results related to the "Membrana smart" research project, in collaboration with a partnership of companies operating in the Calabrian territory, funded under the POR CALABRIA FESR-ESF 2014 -2020, Axis I "Research and innovation", Specific objective 1.2 "Strengthening of the regional and national innovative system", Action 1.2.2 " Support for the realisation of complex research and development projects on a few thematic areas of relief and the application of functional technological solutions to the realisation of the S3 strategies".