The course aims to acquaint students with the fundamentals of the discipline, to identify the tools for research and to explore some aspects of contemporary archives also in the digital context. Specifically, at the end of the course the student will be able to - identify an archive, also in relation to other cultural assets - understand the reasons for archival description and cataloguing - know the tools for archive and library research - recognise the design elements for the digitisation of cultural heritage - identify the digital transition path of public administration
Course Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites
Teaching Methods
The course consists of lectures with illustrations of practical cases and the examination of national and international projects. The second part of the course includes seminar work, guided tours and lectures by external speakers.
Assessment Methods
The examination consists of an oral interview aimed at ascertaining the acquisition and correct understanding of the course content. Knowledge of the topics, expositional ability and the capacity for critical analysis will be assessed. The final grade will take into account the accuracy and quality of the answers as well as the communicative ability and the ability to adequately motivate statements, analyses and judgements shown during the interview. Bibliography for attending students: - Dispense, articoli e testi forniti in aula dal docente - Federico Valacchi, Diventare archivisti, Milano, Bibliografica, 2022 - Linda Giuva e Maria Guercio (a cura di), Archivistica. Teorie, metodi, pratiche, Roma, Carocci, 2014 (tre capitoli a scelta) - Gianni Penzo Doria, Asterix, gli altri e gli archivi. La percezione della professione di archivista al cinema, Filodiritto editore, 2021 Bibliography for attending students. Add a text of your choice from: - Le muse in archivio. Itinerari nella carte d’arte e d’artista, edizioni anai, 2023 (due capitoli a scelta) - Concetta Damiani, Gli archivi dell’arte, Milano, Bibliografica, 2023 - Stefano Allegrezza (a cura di), Personal Digital Memories: i fondi di persona dall’analogico al digitale, Civita, 2023 (due capitoli a scelta) - Stefano Allegrezza (a cura di), La digitalizzazione del patrimonio culturale, Civita, 2022 (due capitoli a scelta) - Stefano Allegrezza e Raffaella Biscioni (a cura di), Gli archivi fotografici personali nell’era digitale, Civita, 2021 (due capitoli a scelta) - Stefano Pigliapoco, Guida alla gestione informatica dei documenti, Civita, 2020 Bibliography for non-attending students. To the bibliography indicated for attending students, add two texts of your choice from: - Federico Valacchi, Gli archivi tra storia uso e futuro, Milano, Bibliografica, 2021 - Maria Pia Donato, L'archivio del mondo, Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2019 - Isabella Zanni Rosiello, Gli archivi nella società contemporanea, Il Mulino, 2009 - Francesca Nemore, Cercando il bandolo della matassa, Bulzoni, 2023 - Linda Giuva, Stefano Vitali, Isabella Zanni Rosiello, Il potere degli archivi, Bruno Mondadori, Milano, 2007 (due capitoli a scelta) - Lorenzo Pezzica, L’archivio liberato. Guida teorico-pratica ai fondi storici del Novecento, Milano, Bibliografica, 2020 (due capitoli a scelta) The professor receives by appointment online or in person. - Introduction to archiving, the concept of the archive and the bond - The uniqueness, role and legal regime of the public and private archive - The archive and its subdivisions: current, deposit and historical - The description of archival units and standards - Methods of document organisation and classification - Description and consultation tools - The Cultural Heritage Code and the national regulatory framework - The Universal Declaration of Archives - Organisation and Tasks of the Archival Administration in Italy - The Digitisation of Cultural Heritage - Research in archives: ecosystems, platforms, systems and websites - The digital transition of PA: objectives, models, standards, tools
Contents
Archives are an indispensable tool for understanding our history, for acting in the contemporary world and for conscious citizenship.
Course Language
Italian
More information
The professor receives by appointment online or in person.
