The Scilla Project

The Scilla Project explores the migration histories, family networks, and cultural legacy of families connected to Scilla and the surrounding regions of Reggio Calabria.
 

Drawing together archival research, genealogy, oral histories, photographs, migration records, and historical interpretation, the project documents the lived experiences of migration, settlement, identity, and belonging across generations.
 

At its centre is a commitment to preserving not only names and dates, but the emotional and cultural inheritance carried by families across time and place. The project examines how memory survives through silence, storytelling, tradition, resilience, and the everyday lives of ordinary people whose experiences were rarely formally recorded.

Situated within the broader social and political realities of the twentieth century, The Scilla Project also explores the effects of war, migration, displacement, adaptation, and social change, tracing how communities reshaped themselves in a new land while carrying fragments of another.

 

More than a historical record, the project is an evolving archive of connection, preserving the stories, voices, and experiences that continue to shape identity across generations.