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New grant for research and support activities within the ARCHiVe Center’s Digitization Laboratory

The Giorgio Cini Foundation, within the framework of the ARCHiVe (Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice) center, a project born from the shared objectives between Fondazione Giorgio Cini (Venice), Factum Foundation (Madrid) and the Digital Humanities laboratory of EPFL (Lausanne), is looking for a Junior Analyst Developer to join its team.

 

For this purpose, No. 1 scholarship (lasting six months) is being advertised on the topics of “Digitization of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini’s assets, in the context of the projects active at the ARCHiVe center: publication of digital content on the Digital Library and automation of file postproduction processes.”

 

The fellowship is intended for graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral students with skills in digitization, computer programming, data processing using Phyton and Javascript languages.

Specifically, the fellow will be asked to assist the team in developing and refining scripts for automated post-production of images produced by the digitization lab.

 

Requirements:

Programming skills in Python and C++
Ability in the creation of 3D virtual models
Data processing and exposure using Python, JavaScript
Ability to use Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access).
Excellent ability to use Windows and Linux operating systems
Aptitude for problem solving and ability to work as part of a team

 

Also valued will be:

Using and managing websites with WordPress and HTML/CSS/JavaScript programming.
Database management in MySQL/Access
Knowledge and ability to use software related to various areas (communication, editing
audio/video, management)

Excellent analytical skills, precision and attention to detail
Organizational skills

 

The fellowship includes a contribution of 5,000 euros (gross) and can be carried out alternating between in-person and remote work.

 

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURES

 

Applicants should send the fellowship application, including attachments in digital format, to the following address:

[email protected]

 

Applications should be sent no later than June 30, 2023.

 

Each application must be accompanied by:

– curriculum vitae with authorization to process personal data ex D.Lgs. 196/2003
– letter of motivation
– any letters of introduction from professors or experts in the field with whom the applicant has worked, on the letterhead of the home university or institution [optional].

The selection process will then take place in a comparative manner, based on an individual interview, evaluation of the curriculum vitae and the correct wording of the application.

 

The selection process will then take place in a comparative manner, based on an individual interview, evaluation of the curriculum vitae and the correct wording of the application.

Finally, the scholarships will be awarded at the sole discretion of an internal Commission of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, and the outcome of the evaluation of the applications will be communicated two weeks after the deadline, 2023-both positive and negative.

Finally, it is recommended to contact ARCHiVe directly ([email protected]) for more information.

 

Obligations of the intern

Within four working days from the date of the notification of the award, the scholarship winner must have his or her acceptance received by the Giorgio Cini Foundation.

ARCHiVe Online Academy 2023

Fondazione Giorgio Cini, in the context of the activities of the ARCHiVe Center (Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice), renews the appointments of AOA | ARCHiVe Online Academy, the training program dedicated to digital preservation and enhancement of cultural heritage and the Digital Humanities. The meetings, also this year, will be held in presence at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini (Isola di Giorgio Maggiore, Venice) and/or online through the Zoom platform.

The program is aimed at anyone wishing to deepen their skills in the field of cultural heritage digitization.
Registration is required to participate in courses or individual talks.
The calendar of appointments is constantly being updated.

Students from the Universities Ca’ Foscari ([email protected]), Iuav ([email protected]) and University of Bologna (lucia.corrain@unibo.it) may be granted CFUs based on the number of meetings attended.

 

Download the press release with the full AOA 2023/2024 schedule here.

 


Upcoming appointments

 

14 September 2023, 4pm

AOA Talk | Across the planet. The Past and the Future of libraries

Lecture with Cristina Dondi (University of Oxford) and Carolina Gris (Factum Foundation)

online; ENG

Register here.

 

ARCHiVe Online Academy (AOA) will host an online lecture focused on the lost libraries.

Cristina Dondi, Professor of Early European Book Heritage at the University of Oxford, where she also leads the 15cBOOKTRADE project, will present a research on the lost Benedictine Library that was once part of the monastery at San Giorgio Maggiore, now home to the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and ARCHiVe – Analysis and Recordings of Cultural Heritage in Venice. The monastery was suppressed in 1806 and its rich collection of manuscripts and incunabula was dispersed. Dondi and colleagues have identified the location of over 180 important works and continue to add new titles as they are located in museums, libraries and private collections.

 

While Dondi’s research is focused on a disbanded library, the work of the Middle-East Falconry Archive (MEFA), commissioned by the Mohammed Bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund (MBZRCF) and carried out by Factum Foundation based within ARCHiVe, is centred on bringing all known medieval Arabic manuscripts on Falconry together online in one place. 

Carolina Gris (Factum Foundation, Madrid-Venezia) will present a summary of the first two years work and discuss the role of IIIF and inter-library sharing to make specialist areas of interest available to a wider audience of both scholars and general interest users. This approach to the creation of specialised repositories of knowledge is paving the way to a new future for libraries and library users.

 

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9 – 13 October 2023

Workshop AOA | Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice

Curated by Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Factum Foundation

on-site; ENG

Click here to download the full programme of the workshop.

 

Curated by Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Factum Foundation, this training initiative is focused on the application of non-contact, high-resolution digital technology to document a selection of art, archival and architectural elements of great historical interest. With a duration of 30 hours, the workshop will introduce participants to specific 2D and 3D digitization techniques and methods that ARCHiVe has been pioneering in the last years through a number of cutting-edge projects, in Venice and abroad.

The workshop will be presential and based on a learning-by-doing approach which will include theoretical and practical training. It is open to a selected group of participants (both students and professionals with diverse backgrounds) who will learn directly from the experts of Factum Foundation and Fondazione Giorgio Cini.

 

As in other AOA (ARCHiVe Online Academy) activities, the course will be taught in English and participation diplomas will be provided. Accommodation at the Centro Vittore Branca’s residence is available on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore. To register, send your CV and a brief letter of motivation to [email protected] by 9 September 2023.

 


AOA 2023 archive

 

March 1st, 2023

La conservazione della memoria di impresa: il nuovo orizzonte degli archivi digitali (online soon)

Seminar curated /?p=89619by Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Heritage Lab Italgas

 

April 26 and 27, 2023
Workshop The Third Thing. On digital photography
With Ljubodrag Andric

 

24 May and 7 June 2023

AOA Course | ARCHiOx. Exploring the potential of photometric stereo 3D capture through recordings made at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Curated by John Barrett (ARCHiOx Technical Lead)

Session 1 and Session 2

course online; ENG

Seminar: The conservation of company memories: the new horizon of digital archives

The seminar, held by the Fondazione Giorgio Cini ARCHiVe Centre and the Italgas Heritage Lab, stems from the desire to promote a wide-ranging exchange on potential new approaches to the issues of digitalising company archives. The day will include talks by professors from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the director of the College of Humanities of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), representatives of Italian Ministry of Culture, the ICAR (Central Archive Institute) and PARER (Archive Hub of Emilia Romagna), with a focus on the case studies of the historical archives of Intesa San Paolo, the Emilia Romagna Region and the Heritage Lab of Italgas: the new centre that deals with the digitalisation and enhancement of the archives of the historic Turin-based company.

ARCHiPub 01/004

Interdisciplinary series edited by the Digital Centre – ARCHiVe of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, dedicated to contemporary research in the Digital Humanities.

Alessandro Codello’s contribution introduces “Long Data” as a novel approach to unlocking the cultural heritage within historical archives. This concept contrasts with Big Data by focusing on the deep historical context found in meticulously preserved archives, revealing insights into cultural heritage. Utilizing new Artificial Intelligence technologies in harmony with traditional archival methods, Long Data aims to analyze, transcribe, and model historical data on an unprecedented scale. This approach promises a more comprehensive understanding of history, enhancing studies on societal and cultural evolution. A key example of Long Data’s application is the Venice State Archive (ASVe), which holds over a millennium’s worth of documents. The initiative seeks multidisciplinary collaboration to make accessible this vast archive, thereby safeguarding its cultural heritage and preparing the ground for a revolution in historical research.

ARCHiPub 01/003

Interdisciplinary series edited by the Digital Centre – ARCHiVe of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, dedicated to contemporary research in the Digital Humanities.

E se Venezia affonda: uno studio di caso sulla pedagogia dei materiali usando l’apprendimento basato su luogo e problema su “Una Serenissima sostenibile ” di Bryan BAnd If Venice is Sinking: A Case Study of Material Pedagogy Using Place- and Problem-Based Learning on ‘A Sustainable Serenissima‘ by Bryan Brazeau, Head of Liberal Arts at the University of Warwick. A Sustainable Serenissima was first taught as an experimental transdisciplinary pilot module in AY 2018-2019. The module’s learning objectives include critical analysis of local sustainable solutions, analysis of future implementation plans, and consideration of the scalability and adaptability of the problem of Venetian sustainability to other global challenges.

ARCHiPub 01/002

Interdisciplinary series edited by the Digital Centre – ARCHiVe of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, dedicated to contemporary research in the Digital Humanities.

Full Professor of Physics at Ca’ Foscari, and a LIMS Fellow, Guido Caldarelli illustrates how science and beauty are often thought of as being distinct and separate fields, with science concerned with understanding the underlying mathematical mechanisms of the natural world and beauty typically considered a subjective experience.

ARCHiPub 01/001

Interdisciplinary series edited by the Digital Centre – ARCHiVe of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, dedicated to contemporary research in the Digital Humanities.

In the first contribution to this new publishing series, Chiara Casarin pays homage to the illustrious research precedents, conditions, needs and urgencies that led to the birth of ARCHiPub. On Cultural and Digital Matters as part of ARCHiVe at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini.

ARCHiPub. On Cultural and Digital Matters

Interdisciplinary series edited by the Digital Centre – ARCHiVe of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, dedicated to contemporary research in the Digital Humanities.

ARCHiPub explores topics related to archival studies, digitisation, and the enhancement of cultural heritage, with a particular focus on digital preservation practices and projects. The series gathers contributions from authors across various academic fields, both national and international, fostering dialogue between disciplines and the in-depth exploration of innovative case studies.
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ARCHiPub. Venice: The Issue of Sustainability 01/001
ARCHiPub. On Science and Beauty 01/002
ARCHiPub. And If Venice is Sinking 01/003
ARCHiPub. Venice Long Data 01/004
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ARCHiVe Online Academy 2022

Fondazione Giorgio Cini, in the context of the activities of the ARCHiVe Centre (Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice), presents ARCHiVe Online Academy, a training programme dedicated to the digitalization of cultural heritage and the Digital Humanities. For the 2022/23 edition the appointments will be both online (Zoom platform) and on site (Island of San Giorgio Maggiore). The meetings, divided into courses and talks, are aimed at anyone wishing to deepen their skills in the field of digital conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage. To participate in courses or single talks, registration is required.

 

For Ca’ Foscari students, it will be possible to receive up to a maximum of 6 CFU. Email to: [email protected]

For Iuav University of Venice students, email to: [email protected]

 


 

Course: Sullo ‘stile’ digitale

Curated by Master Digital Exhibit of Iuav University of Venice

6.10.2022
Navigating art archives

Matteo Cellini (CamerAnebbia, Milano)

11.10.2022
Dall’Arte classica all’Arte digitale. Nuove forme di narrazione

Rino Stefano Tagliafierro (Karmachina, Milano)

13.10.2022
New tools, new ideas. Interactivity between the digital and the physical

Klaus Obermaier (artist)

18.10.2022
Digital exhibit. Dispositivi multimediali e interattivi per il patrimonio culturale

Cristina Barbiani (Iuav University of Venice)

 

Course: Giacomo Verde (1956-2020). Dall’archivio del tecnoartista al libro, alla mostra al film

Curated by Anna Maria Monteverdi

9.11.2022

L’archivio di un artivista. Giacomo Verde (1956-2020)

Anna Maria Monteverdi (Università Statale, Milano), Tommaso Verde (Dramatic Iceberg)

L’incontro avverrà in diretta dal Museo CAMeC, La Spezia, in occasione della mostra Liberare Arte da Artisti al CAMeC

16.11.2022
Attraversamenti: le ultrascene di Giacomo Verde
Flavia Dalila D’Amico (Università di Roma La Sapienza)
23.11.2022
Giacomo Verde: il teleracconto e i suoi doppi. La reinvenzione di una tecnica videoteatrale per bambini.
Vincenzo Sansone (Università Statale, Milano)
30.11.2022
Dall’archivio al film
Raffaella Rivi

 


 

Talk: 12.12.2022

Gazing Machines
Quayola (artist)

Talk, 8.11.2022

Materializing the past. Original artworks based on ancient designs

Elena Merino Gómez (Universidad de Valladolid)

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Classical Mosaics. Evaluation of the possibilities and outcomes of Artificial Intelligence reconstructions

Fernando Moral Andrés (Universidad Nebrija, Madrid)

 

Talk, 25.10.2022

Akbarian Anarchism: the influence of Ibn Arabi’s Thought in the Modern West and the Limiting Case of Ivan Agueli 

Gregory Vandamme (Fellow Fondazione Giorgio Cini)

 

Talk, 7.10.2022

Art as a Method of Experimental Preservation

Jorge Otero-Pailos (Columbia University, New York)

 

Talk, 29.9.2022

Sulla creatività digitale: La Maschera del Tempo

Ennio Bianco, Mattia Casalegno, Martux_m

 

Talk, 28.6.2022

Venice Long Data: una nuova piattaforma per la consultazione e l’analisi di (long) data storici. Il caso delle Delibere del Senato dell’Archivio di Stato di Venezia

Guido Caldarelli, Alessandro Codello

 

Talk, 23.6.2022

Formazione digitale, creatività e comunicazione museale. Le nuove professioni per i beni culturali

Cristina Barbiani (Iuav University of Venice)

 

Talk, 14.6.2022

La digitalizzazione dell’isola di San Giorgio Maggiore e delle collezioni Cini: tecniche 3D per i beni culturali

Carlos Bayod Lucini (Factum Foundation)

 


 

For previous editions of ARCHiVe Online Academy visit YouTube channel of Fondazione Giorgio Cini

ARCHiVe Online Academy | Handling, digitization and publication of books and documentary assets

ARCHiVe Online Academy presents

Handling, digitization and publication of books and documentary assets

 

2021 December 1, 3, 16, 17, 20 – 5 classes of 2 hours each, from 4.30 to 6.30 PM

 

The last thematic area of AOA – ARCHiVe Online Academy 2021 is dedicated to book and documentary assets, with a view to their proper manipulation both in the case of exhibition set-ups as well as during activities related to the digitization of assets.

 

The course will be held in Italian and will have free access. Lessons will be broadcast live on Zoom platform but can also be followed on the Youtube channel of the Foundation, through a reserved link: in both cases, registration is required (see form below).

 

 


Speakers:

 

Giulia Barbero – Cultural heritage restorer: book and archival heritage, paper artefacts and photographic material

 

Miriam Rampazzo – Cultural heritage restorer: book and archival heritage, paper artefacts and photographic material

 

Gaia Petrella – Cultural heritage restorer: book and archival heritage and paper artefacts

 

Fiammetta Sabba – Associate Professor of Bibliography and Librarianship at Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna; President of Master in Library and Archive Science

 

Anna Busa – Professor at Department of Cultural Heritage at Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna

 

Alberto Campagnolo – Postdoctoral research fellow, Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)

 


Detailed programme:

 

Manipulation of documents and books documents for digitization and exhibition

The two classes will address the main issues related to the correct handling in an exhibition set-ups and throughout the digitization phase, with examples from recent experiences in the field.

  •    – 1 December

   Handling for exhibiting: Giulia Barbero, Miriam Rampazzo

Will intervene Alessandro Martoni, art historian, scientific manager of art collections of Fondazione Giorgio Cini.

  •    – 3 December

   Handling for digitizing: Giulia Barbero, Miriam Rampazzo, Gaia Petrella

 

Digital Libraries’ evolution and the application of IIIF protocol

By analyzing the peculiarities, the problems and opportunities of Digital Libraries will be given emphasis to different digitization projects based on the IIIF protocol (International Image Interoperability Framework).

  •    – 16 December

   The evolution of the Digital Library: Fiammetta Sabba

  •    – 17 December

   Field experiences and reflections on the aspects of communication: Anna Busa

 

Transmediation of the materiality of the book into the digital

  •    – 20 December

   The lesson will analyze several examples of digital reproductions; the focus will be on innovative technologies capable of giving back the physical and material aspects of the volumes, supporting remote codicological observations: Alberto Campagnolo.

 

 

 

Registration is closed.