The international day of study “Intersections. New perspectives for public humanities” (HFC-INT 2020) is organised by the Humanities for Change network, promoted by the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH) and the Faculty of Philology of the University of Banja Luka. It is financed with funds for student activities of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Organizing commitee: Marco Sartor (University of Parma), Francesco Venturini, Paola La Barbera (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Irene Mamprin.

The event is broadcast in live streaming on the Zoom platform. Access is subject to free reservation of a ticket that involves the reservation of a seat in the virtual room for a panel. It will be possible to intervene live by activating microphone and webcam.

At the end of the event, audience is asked to fill in the satisfaction questionnaire available at: https://it.surveymonkey.com/r/Y96BX7X.

Institutional openings

1. Marco Sartor (University of Parma, cofounder of Humanities for Change)
2. Franz Fischer (Director of Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities)

Panel I - A glance at public history (9:30-11:00)

1. Stefano Dall'Aglio (Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities), Public History: methodologies, experiences and perspectives outside and inside Ca’ Foscari [ENG]
2. Francesca Vera Romano ("La Sapienza" University of Rome), Nuove tecnologie per la valorizzazione della storia cultura: il caso di Matera [ITA]
3. Iris Pupella-Noguès (University of Trieste–Université Paris-Est), Public History and fascist monuments in the towns of Bolzano and Trieste. Some examples and analysis of projects [ENG]

Discussant: Irene Mamprin

Panel II - Arts, museum and cultural heritage: some insights (11:30-12:40)

1. Silvia Mazzucotelli Salice (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan), Distant forms of participation in art. Public art as instance of territorial formation in the pandemic [ENG]
2. Carlo Corsato, Kate Devine (The National Gallery, London), Digital divide, diversity and access in museum education [ENG]

Discussant: Paola La Barbera (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

Panel III - Beyond the academy. Dissemination of research and employment (14:00-15:30)

1. Michelangela Di Giacomo (M9 Museum), Diffondere cultura oggi: l'esempio del Museo M9 [ITA]
2. Elisa Corrò (Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities), Heritage thinking and maker culture. Hi(story) of landscapes, communities and memories in the Venice countryside [ENG]
3. Alberto Trentin (financial analyst and poet), L'eroe in azienda. Come Ulisse e i suoi discendenti possono aiutare il business [ITA]

Discussant: Stefano Adamo (University of Banja Luka)

Keynote (15:30-16:30)

Jeffrey Schnapp (Harvard University), Actionable knowledge [ENG]

We inhabit a world in which there exists an unprecedented proliferation of freely accessible and (sometimes) high quality information; information that no longer resides on library bookshelves alone, but rather that, thanks to the ubiquity of networks and the smart phones we carry in our pockets, accompanies us as we move about the world. Yet on issue after issue – climate change, vaccinations, immigration, history, culture... – this ever-expanding library struggles to shape public beliefs and actions. My talk will tackle the question of how to cut through the noise and how to make knowledge matter. Its focus will be on the role of critical design practice, on the one side, and on the need for new models of university level training and organization that merge the practical with the critical and theoretical, on the other.

Discussant: Giulia Pellizzato (Harvard University)

Panel IV - The contribution of digital to the tradition of literary texts (17:00-18:30)

1. Eugenio Burgio (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), A cosa serve la filologia nel tempo delle Digital and Public Humanities: il caso DEDM (Digital Edition of the Devisement dou Monde) [ITA]
2. Paola Italia (Università “Alma Mater Studiorum” Bologna), Testi come beni comuni: per una filologia digitale sostenibile [ITA]
3. Alessandra Trevisan (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Alice Girotto (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Le Ortique ovvero del canone deformato: un progetto collettivo e digitale per riscopre le artiste dimenticate a cura di studiose e autrici

Discussant: Gaia Tomazzoli (Università degli Studi di Pisa)

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