The archive is the place of memory, of human activities and of past things that determine the present and stimulate future choices. It is the historical archive of the Culture Center for Permanent Education of Santu Lussurgiu, born from the pedagogical enthusiasm of maestro Francesco Salis, UNESCO winner in 1967. It has a rich heritage of documents, audiovisuals, photographs that tell stories of men and of the education of a community to eradicate illiteracy.

The archive tells of a society to be discovered that wants to be told in its intimacy, civic awareness and democratic commitment: an archive finally recognized and codified by the Archival Superintendency of Sardinia, which will be kept in the headquarters of the Luxurious Cultural Centre.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 12th at 4.30pm in the Off space in via Marche 19 in Cagliari, the birth of the historical archive of the Culture Center for Permanent Education of Santu Lussurgiu will be made official.

<p>An image from the archive (photo Pintus)</p>

The creation of the archive will be illustrated with the documentary material existing there which includes catalogues, manuscript and typewritten documents, audio-visual supports and tools and objects of pre-industrial civilisation, which enrich the cultural offer of the Center and the Museum of Rural Technology founded by Su Mastru Salis with the boys of the Cultural Center in 1976: one of the first ethnographic collections in Italy.

Speakers at the meeting include Monica Grossi, archival superintendent of Sardinia, Vitaliano Gemelli, president of the national UNLA, and Marcello Marras, coordinator of the Sardinian UNLA Centres.

The reports - Maria Arca, president of the UNLA Permanent Education Culture Center of Santu Lussurgiu, will speak about "The Center as a socio-cultural activator of the Lussurgese Community". Paola Demurtas, of the Archival Superintendence of Sardinia, will explain the path of the "Declaration of the archive of the Santu Lussurgiu Centre". Fabrizio Frongia, of the Archival Superintendency, will talk about "For a systemic action to safeguard the archives of the Sardinian UNLA centres".