La centralità dei principi alla base delle learning cities per la promozione di società smart, aperte e sostenibili

[Autom. eng. transl.] The contribution traces the origins of the learning cities program promoted first by the OECD, then by UNESCO and highlights the theoretical foundations of this initiative. Paying particular attention to technological development and emerging models of smart cities and 5.0 societies, the risks that may arise from the closure of public space intended as a place of relationships and democratic participation, and as a learning context are highlighted continuous quality. Recalling Jürgen Habermas's concept of the public sphere, and Richard Sennett's open and closed city, the centrality of lifelong learning is underlined for the recomposition of relationships between individuals, communities and environments of life in modern societies.