“Digitalizza la cultura 2025”: Participation, diversity and digital heritage / DCSU-TI (with the participation of ACM)
Event details
| Date | 30.10.2025 |
| Hour | 09:00 › 16:45 |
| Speaker | Archivio di Stato del Cantone Ticino, Archives de la construction moderne – EPFL, Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti, BiblioBaobab, Città di Lugano, SUPSI, Lugano Living Lab, MEET Digital Culture Center, RSI, UAPCD, Università della Svizzera italiana |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | Italian |
Digitalizza la cultura 2025: Partecipazione, diversità e patrimoni digitali
Participation, diversity and digital heritage
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 09:00
Stabile Piazzetta, Via Violino 11, Manno (TI)
An initiative of the Dipartimento dell'educazione, della cultura e dello sport (DECS) of the Canton of Ticino, Divisione della cultura e degli studi universitari (DCSU), organized by the Ufficio dell’analisi e del patrimonio culturale digitale (UAPCD), in collaboration with the Bachelor in Leisure Management of the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI).
The conference “Digitalizza la cultura 2025” aims to explore the ongoing transformations in the cultural sector in light of the twentieth anniversary of two major international instruments: the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, adopted in Paris on October 20, 2005, and the Faro Convention, opened for signature on October 27, 2005. The event will examine how archives, libraries, and museums can become laboratories of innovation and collaboration, developing new forms of digital storytelling and community participation.
Twenty years after the signing of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and the Council of Europe Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, the cultural landscape has undergone profound transformations. Both instruments, signed in 2005, laid the foundations for a new understanding of cultural heritage: no longer merely an object of preservation, but a living resource for democratic participation and the expression of cultural diversity.
The fourth conference in the “Digitalizza la cultura” series situates itself within this historical perspective to highlight good practices that combine cultural diversity, community participation, and digital transformation. Special attention will be given to audiovisual heritage, on the occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, celebrated on October 27, 2025.
How can cultural organizations act as catalysts for a broader and more inclusive cultural citizenship? In what ways can digital practices support – or sometimes challenge – the principles established twenty years ago? What experiences can inspire sustainable strategies capable of building bridges between memory, identity, and the future?
These are some of the questions that will guide a day of presentations and dialogue with the public.
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PROGRAMME
9:00 – Welcome and official greetings
9:10 – Massimo Zenari, Director of the Divisione della cultura e degli studi universitari (DCSU)
9:20 – Franco Gervasoni, Director of the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI)
Session 1: Digital Narratives Between Past and Present
9:30 – Giorgio Nepote Vesin (Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti): Olivetti digitale. Una cartografia del patrimonio culturale
9:50 – Roberta Martini, Edoardo Rossetti, Giulia Russo (Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design, SUPSI): Flessibilità digitale: data base e comunicazione in tre ricerche storicoartistiche
10:10 – Questions and discussion
Moderation: Roland Hochstrasser, Head of the Ufficio dell’analisi e del patrimonio culturale digitale (UAPCD)
10:30 – Coffee break
Session II: Towards New Frontiers – Between AI and Gamification
11:00 – Delfina Santoro (SUPSI): Oltre i confini: come l'AI e la gamification reinventano il patrimonio culturale
11:20 – Fabrizio Pedroni (Scuola nazionale del patrimonio e delle attività culturali): Le competenze a supporto della trasformazione digitale della cultura: il progetto “Dicolab. Cultura al digitale”
11:40 – Questions and discussion
Moderation: Masiar Babazadeh, Senior Lecturer-Researcher, SUPSI
12:00 – Lunch break
Ideas in Pitch – The Voice of the Students
13:30 – Activity organized by students of the 2nd and 3rd year of the Bachelor in Leisure Management (SUPSI)
Moderation: Andrea Huber, Senior Lecturer-Researcher and Co-Head of the Bachelor in Leisure Management (SUPSI)
Session III: Archives as Laboratories of Innovation and Collaboration
14:00 – Barbara Galimberti (Archives de la construction moderne, EPFL): Preservare e attivare patrimoni digitali: il caso CA–O–RD agli Archives de la construction moderne
14:20 – Luigi Maria Di Corato, Divisione Cultura, Città di Lugano
14:40 – Questions and discussion
Moderation: Michele Merzaghi, Director of the Archivio di Stato del Cantone Ticino
15:00 – Coffee break
Round Table: Evolving Audiences and New Social Languages
15:30 – Round table and audience questions
Pablo Creti, Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI)
Federico Lucchesi, External Associate Researcher, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
Michele Merzaghi, Archivio di Stato del Cantone Ticino
Lea Conconi, BiblioBaobab
Moderation: Elena Marchiori, Coordinator of the Lugano Living Lab
Conclusion
16:15 – Maria Grazia Mattei, MEET Digital Culture Center, Milan
16:35 – Closing remarks and thanks
Participation, diversity and digital heritage
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 09:00
Stabile Piazzetta, Via Violino 11, Manno (TI)
An initiative of the Dipartimento dell'educazione, della cultura e dello sport (DECS) of the Canton of Ticino, Divisione della cultura e degli studi universitari (DCSU), organized by the Ufficio dell’analisi e del patrimonio culturale digitale (UAPCD), in collaboration with the Bachelor in Leisure Management of the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI).
The conference “Digitalizza la cultura 2025” aims to explore the ongoing transformations in the cultural sector in light of the twentieth anniversary of two major international instruments: the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, adopted in Paris on October 20, 2005, and the Faro Convention, opened for signature on October 27, 2005. The event will examine how archives, libraries, and museums can become laboratories of innovation and collaboration, developing new forms of digital storytelling and community participation.
Twenty years after the signing of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and the Council of Europe Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, the cultural landscape has undergone profound transformations. Both instruments, signed in 2005, laid the foundations for a new understanding of cultural heritage: no longer merely an object of preservation, but a living resource for democratic participation and the expression of cultural diversity.
The fourth conference in the “Digitalizza la cultura” series situates itself within this historical perspective to highlight good practices that combine cultural diversity, community participation, and digital transformation. Special attention will be given to audiovisual heritage, on the occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, celebrated on October 27, 2025.
How can cultural organizations act as catalysts for a broader and more inclusive cultural citizenship? In what ways can digital practices support – or sometimes challenge – the principles established twenty years ago? What experiences can inspire sustainable strategies capable of building bridges between memory, identity, and the future?
These are some of the questions that will guide a day of presentations and dialogue with the public.
--------------------
PROGRAMME
9:00 – Welcome and official greetings
9:10 – Massimo Zenari, Director of the Divisione della cultura e degli studi universitari (DCSU)
9:20 – Franco Gervasoni, Director of the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI)
Session 1: Digital Narratives Between Past and Present
9:30 – Giorgio Nepote Vesin (Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti): Olivetti digitale. Una cartografia del patrimonio culturale
9:50 – Roberta Martini, Edoardo Rossetti, Giulia Russo (Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design, SUPSI): Flessibilità digitale: data base e comunicazione in tre ricerche storicoartistiche
10:10 – Questions and discussion
Moderation: Roland Hochstrasser, Head of the Ufficio dell’analisi e del patrimonio culturale digitale (UAPCD)
10:30 – Coffee break
Session II: Towards New Frontiers – Between AI and Gamification
11:00 – Delfina Santoro (SUPSI): Oltre i confini: come l'AI e la gamification reinventano il patrimonio culturale
11:20 – Fabrizio Pedroni (Scuola nazionale del patrimonio e delle attività culturali): Le competenze a supporto della trasformazione digitale della cultura: il progetto “Dicolab. Cultura al digitale”
11:40 – Questions and discussion
Moderation: Masiar Babazadeh, Senior Lecturer-Researcher, SUPSI
12:00 – Lunch break
Ideas in Pitch – The Voice of the Students
13:30 – Activity organized by students of the 2nd and 3rd year of the Bachelor in Leisure Management (SUPSI)
Moderation: Andrea Huber, Senior Lecturer-Researcher and Co-Head of the Bachelor in Leisure Management (SUPSI)
Session III: Archives as Laboratories of Innovation and Collaboration
14:00 – Barbara Galimberti (Archives de la construction moderne, EPFL): Preservare e attivare patrimoni digitali: il caso CA–O–RD agli Archives de la construction moderne
14:20 – Luigi Maria Di Corato, Divisione Cultura, Città di Lugano
14:40 – Questions and discussion
Moderation: Michele Merzaghi, Director of the Archivio di Stato del Cantone Ticino
15:00 – Coffee break
Round Table: Evolving Audiences and New Social Languages
15:30 – Round table and audience questions
Pablo Creti, Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI)
Federico Lucchesi, External Associate Researcher, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
Michele Merzaghi, Archivio di Stato del Cantone Ticino
Lea Conconi, BiblioBaobab
Moderation: Elena Marchiori, Coordinator of the Lugano Living Lab
Conclusion
16:15 – Maria Grazia Mattei, MEET Digital Culture Center, Milan
16:35 – Closing remarks and thanks
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Organizer
- Dipartimento dell'educazione, della cultura e dello sport del Canton Ticino - Divisione della cultura e degli studi universitari (DCSU), Ufficio dell’analisi e del patrimonio culturale digitale (UAPCD), Bachelor in Leisure Management de la Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI)