Each residency follows the same stages. Organisers first engage the municipality, businesses and residents, choose a theme and launch a public call for participants, who pay €100 to €150 each. The first three days are spent exploring the area on tours led by residents, followed by a day of brainstorming and around five days of four to seven workshops, and the results are presented in the village square on day ten. Many participants sleep in a temporary camp set up in a disused stadium, others in local B&Bs and hostels.

Over four editions the project has produced a community branding paper for Morigerati, Tortorella and Casaletto Spartano, new signs on rural trails that were included in the local tourism offer, a trail connecting neighbouring villages, public artworks, a documentary and photo and video material under a Creative Commons licence, and support for the local country festival and cooperation among small businesses, restaurants and hotels. 

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