Knowledge at work in neighborhood planning

The paper tells the story of different experiences in the historical centre of Rome with the involvement of the inhabitants. Among the others, it focuses on the experiences of the Pallning Laboratory of the Ist Municipality of Rome and of Monti Social Network in the rione Monti (neighborhhod). It explains the role of the knowledge produced by the inhabitants, their capability of action, the collaboration with the University, the engagement of a group of researchers in a process of action-research. In such cases, the planners paid great attention to the urban practices and to the latent projects inhabitants were developing.