The WRENCH project is conducting community workshops to bring together people, associations, and local institutions to draft “people’s plans” for addressing climate change in relation to cultural heritage.
Buenos Aires – Septemeber 2025 – Narrativas como patrimonio vivo @ MUNTREF
Within the framework of the WRENCH project and the programme “Narratives as Living Heritage in the Matanza–Riachuelo Basin,” supported by the Fundació Autònoma Solidària of the UAB, the workshop “Stories of the Basin – Collective Storytelling on Heritage and Climate Change” took place on September 27th, 2025. The workshop invited participants to listen to stories connected to the surroundings of the Matanza–Riachuelo Basin and to map them as a way to reflect on our relationship with the rivers. A special contribution was offered by Amarí Carla Gorbalán, artist and researcher of the Querandí Nation People, who shared a reflection on the ancestral cosmovision of the territory. The workshop is part of the Series of Conversations and Collective Storytelling Workshops at MUNTREF Museo de la Inmigración.
What the Media Said. We featured on SEÑAL UNTREF’s Vamos Viendo streaming programme, where we gave a full interview and shared a dynamic recap, live from the street! It was also an honour to take part in URBANA TEVÉ’s Desde el Barrio programme, recorded in the Padre Carlos Mugica neighbourhood (Villa 31). URBANA TEVÉ is Argentina’s first villero TV channel, operating directly from the Barrio Carlos Mugica. We talked about the project, the workshop, the situation in popular neighbourhoods in relation to water, Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’, and much more. URBANA TEVÉ also joined us at the workshop at MUNTREF, providing both a full recording and a short recap video.
Buenos Aires – Septemeber 2025 – Encuentro con la Comunidad Telomian Condic Pueblo Nación Querandí en el Sitio La Noria de Arqueología y Memoria Querandí
Within the framework of the WRENCH project and the programme “Narratives as Living Heritage in the Matanza–Riachuelo Basin,” supported by the Fundació Autònoma Solidària of the UAB, a gathering was held on 14 September 2025 to listen to the voices of the Telomian Condic Querandí Nation Community. The meeting took place at the La Noria Site of Querandí Archaeology and Memory, a location where a stretch of the old, unchannelled Matanza–Riachuelo River still flows and native tala trees continue to grow. This landscape remains a symbolic and culturally significant place for the Querandí people.
Buenos Aires – Septemeber 2025 – Tres Ombúes
Within the framework of the WRENCH project and the programme “Narratives as Living Heritage in the Matanza–Riachuelo Basin,” supported by the Fundació Autònoma Solidària of the UAB, we met on September 6th, 2025 to listen to the voices of the multi‑ethnic Indigenous communities at the ancestral site of Tres Ombúes, on the banks of the Matanza–Riachuelo River (Partido de La Matanza).
Ragusa – May 2025
On May 24th, a community process was launched in Ragusa to develop a People Plan for caring for cultural heritage in the era of climate change. Building on ongoing research into the impacts of climate change on one of the most iconic symbols of Ragusan identity—the dome of the Cathedral of San Giorgio, a WRENCH pilot site—a group of residents, experts, and representatives of local institutions came together to reflect on the broader territorial heritage. Our aim is to look beyond the single monument and explore how living environments can become more welcoming and more just, despite and beyond the challenges posed by climate change.
Naples – May 2025
On May 3rd, we held the second meeting at the Former Military Hospital in Naples to continue our work for the People’s Plan, exploring questions such as what this space means for the community, how climate change is experienced locally, what consequences it may have on the site and the neighborhood, what actions could help mitigate or adapt the space to climate impacts, and how this place could be used to strengthen community reltionships and CC awareness.
Naples – November 2024
On November 16, the Former Military Hospital in Naples hosted the first WRENCH community workshop, launching a series of locally grounded initiatives designed to trigger public engagement to reflect on—and act upon—the effects of climate change on heritage. More broadly, the workshop created a space to explore the narratives surrounding heritage in its many forms, and to consider ways to improve the living conditions of the communities who carry and transmit those narratives, with particular attention to issues of climate and urban justice. These initiatives will lead to the development of a series of People’s Plans for caring for living heritage in the face of climate change, as outlined in the corresponding WRENCH deliverable.
