- Docente: Francesca Tomasi
- Credits: 6
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Digital Humanities and Digital Knowledge (cod. 9224)
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from Apr 10, 2026 to May 22, 2026
Learning outcomes
The seminars are designed to introduce students to some specialized aspects of the training. The seminars are related to the deepening of advanced topics, in particular taught by specialists or professionals of some disciplines of the learning activities. The seminars will deal with the themes connected with the areas of learning: computer science; literary, linguistic, historical/cultural and related to the arts in the digital context; transversal: economics, law and communication.
Course contents
The seminars on Hybrid Knowledge: Methods, Practices, and Disciplines focus on different themes and are organized in 5 slots of 6 hours each. Seminars are held on Friday, from April 10th, to May 22nd in Sala Pasoli (via Zamboni 32, 3rd floor).
CALENDAR
- April 10th, 3pm-4pm, A gentle introduction to the seminars and the evaluation criteria.
- SLOT 1 - April 17th, New technologies and research on texts and documents – The study of manuscripts, archives, libraries, and authors’ papers, supported by digital tools for their analysis and preservation.
9-11: Paola Italia, Digital Scholarly Editions: theory, methods and case studies
11-13: Fiammetta Sabba with Alessia Bergamini, Libmovit project:objectives, methodology and results
14-16: Lucia Sardo, Libmovit project:working on data
- SLOT 2 - April 24th, Sources and historical, philosophical, and linguistic analysis – The use of sources to better understand history, thought, and the languages of the past.
9-11: Roberto Balzani, Memory of Sources, memory of Data
11-13: Costantino Marmo e Marco Grasso (Digital Paths),“Teaching Philosophy in the RegnumItaliae”: project,content and information system
14-16: Ana Pano, Cultural heritage textual data: from Corpus linguistics to LLMs
- SLOT 3 - May 8th, Artifacts and material objects – Research on musical heritage, works of art, artifacts, and productions related to the visual and performing arts.
9-11: Davide Domenici, The ProjectKNOT. Knowledge of Things. Reassessing the Indigenous American Heritage in Italy; Alice Bordignon, Telling objects’ biographies: Mesoamerican artifacts and the Codex Cospi
11-13: Chiara Panciroli, Virtual Museums between Communication and Education
14-16: Francesco Spampinato, Art and media in the post-pandemic era
- SLOT 4 - May 15th, Monuments, architecture, and historical landscapes – The study and protection of buildings, sites, and settings that tell the story of a territory.
9-11: Luca Cipriani, Architecture andarchaeology. Survey criteria for Hadrian's domes: examples at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
11-13: Sara Obbiso, Overlapping heritage: technologies and methods in the Literary Parks case-study
14-16: John Patrick Leech, Nation andnarration:heritage in Britain from the National Trust to Edward Colston
- SLOT 5 - May 22nd, Technologies for the enhancement of cultural heritage – Digital and innovative tools to promote, protect, and make cultural heritage accessible to the public
9-11: Giuseppe Di Modica, E-infrastructuresfor cultural heritage
11-13: Gustavo Marfia, Current trends of XR in Cultural Heritage
14-16: Silvio Peroni, FAIR Management of 3D Data in Cultural Heritage
Readings/Bibliography
References will be communicated by the teachers during classes.
Teaching methods
This cycle of seminars is given for both DHDK students and CHeDE Phd attendants.
Teams meeting for PhD students = https://tinyurl.com/bd9v4unn
Assessment methods
Students will be required to prepare a report or a project that explores two or more of the themes covered in the seminar series. The activity may be carried out in groups of up to three students. The report or project will be presented and evaluated during an oral session. It must be submitted to the professor(s) involved in the chosen topics approximately one week before the exam date.
Office hours
See the website of Francesca Tomasi