When places become mnemospheres. Communicating mnemotopes as fields of care

Places interact with our past through emotions. Memories merge with topography, creating a localizable map of our lives punctuated by mnemo-topes, palimpsests of memories, stratified entities influenced by our experi-ences, thoughts, and interactions over time. They can be understood as fields of care, intangible repositories of memories, difficult to describe and depict because they are connected to the emotional realm. To capture the spirit of these places we can use the term mnemosphere, as a holistic ecosystem that integrates memories and atmospheres at the level of emotion. This paper will deal with the relationship between the concept of mnemotope with that of mnemosphere, focusing on the emotional transfer of memories from the depths of the place to the surface. In this way, it will be possible to show how the mnemosphere can communicate not only the place itself but also the richness of memories and emotions that have settled on it over time, trans-forming it from a mere container to an activatable and generative interface for new content.