The aim of this workshop is to introduce students to the phenomenon of the platformization of knowledge and languages. Examples and technological models will be analyzed in order to understand their limits and po-tential with respect to the preservation of biocultural diversity. The scope of this practical work will be to de-velop a critical awareness on the use of digital tools and stimulate an active participation in the processes of cultural, semiotic and political transformation we are experiencing today.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to these issues, trying to develop a critical awareness of the use of digital tools and to stimulate active participation in the revolutionary processes we are experiencing today.
Workshop assigments and discussions will be based on the volume authored by Mario Ricciardi, "Communico. Linguaggi, immagini, algoritmi" (Rome, TAB Edizioni, 2021). Students will have to write weekly responses on the assigned readings and engage in both online and offline discussions guided by the instructor.
1) Shoshana Zuboff (2019), Il capitalismo della sorveglianza. Il futuro dell'umanità nell'era dei nuovi poteri, Roma, LUISS.
2) Gabriele Balbi e Paolo Magaudda (2014), Storia dei media digitali. Rivoluzioni e continuità. Roma-Bari, Laterza.
3) Sergio Bellucci (2019), L'industria dei sensi. Roma, Harpo.
4) Teresa Numerico (2021), Big data e algoritmi. Prospettive critiche. Roma, Carocci.
5) Guillame Pitron (2019), La guerra dei metalli rari. Il lato oscuro della transizione digitale. Roma, LUISS.
Mutuazione: 20711650 Laboratorio di analisi delle piattaforme digitali: standard tecnologici vs diversità linguistico-culturali in Didattica dell’Italiano come Lingua Seconda (DIL2) LM-39 FIORMONTE DOMENICO
Programme
Dominance has never been achieved solely through the recognition and display of superior technological or military might. Knowledge is power, and it exercises its influence, as Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci put it, in the field of cultural hegemony, establishing the boundaries of what knowledge is and is not. Information, education and cultural and scientific production form the deep level of geopolitical interaction. Now, for the first time in history, this complex set of ideologies, practices and interchange has converged into a unified medium of production, access and diffusion: the web and its tools. From Edward Snowden's revelations in 2013 to the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal in 2018, from the pandemic to the contemporary war on fake news, the web and its sister technologies have become the ground on which to exercise control over politics and health, train new generations, disseminate scientific results, influence economic choices and challenge social norms. The cultural, aesthetic, social, juridical, economic and other structures that characterized the history of humanity up to the early years of the 21st century have been swept away by a new subject-object: the empire of the platforms.The purpose of this course is to introduce students to these issues, trying to develop a critical awareness of the use of digital tools and to stimulate active participation in the revolutionary processes we are experiencing today.
Workshop assigments and discussions will be based on the volume authored by Mario Ricciardi, "Communico. Linguaggi, immagini, algoritmi" (Rome, TAB Edizioni, 2021). Students will have to write weekly responses on the assigned readings and engage in both online and offline discussions guided by the instructor.
Core Documentation
The instructor will make available selected passages and/or chapters from the following list of texts (1 an 5 are also available in English):1) Shoshana Zuboff (2019), Il capitalismo della sorveglianza. Il futuro dell'umanità nell'era dei nuovi poteri, Roma, LUISS.
2) Gabriele Balbi e Paolo Magaudda (2014), Storia dei media digitali. Rivoluzioni e continuità. Roma-Bari, Laterza.
3) Sergio Bellucci (2019), L'industria dei sensi. Roma, Harpo.
4) Teresa Numerico (2021), Big data e algoritmi. Prospettive critiche. Roma, Carocci.
5) Guillame Pitron (2019), La guerra dei metalli rari. Il lato oscuro della transizione digitale. Roma, LUISS.
Attendance
Since this is a workshop with practical objectives, attendance is required.Type of evaluation
Studentes are expected to attend at least 70% of classes and carry out all class activities during the semester. Practical sessions consist of: 1) individual comments published on the online group or mailing list; 2) group research that will be assigned during the second part of the course; 3) when or if needed, individual final interview. teacher profile teaching materials
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to these issues, trying to develop a critical awareness of the use of digital tools and to stimulate active participation in the revolutionary processes we are experiencing today.
Workshop assigments and discussions will be based on the volume authored by Mario Ricciardi, "Communico. Linguaggi, immagini, algoritmi" (Rome, TAB Edizioni, 2021). Students will have to write weekly responses on the assigned readings and engage in both online and offline discussions guided by the instructor.
1) Shoshana Zuboff (2019), Il capitalismo della sorveglianza. Il futuro dell'umanità nell'era dei nuovi poteri, Roma, LUISS.
2) Gabriele Balbi e Paolo Magaudda (2014), Storia dei media digitali. Rivoluzioni e continuità. Roma-Bari, Laterza.
3) Sergio Bellucci (2019), L'industria dei sensi. Roma, Harpo.
4) Teresa Numerico (2021), Big data e algoritmi. Prospettive critiche. Roma, Carocci.
5) Guillame Pitron (2019), La guerra dei metalli rari. Il lato oscuro della transizione digitale. Roma, LUISS.
Mutuazione: 20711650 Laboratorio di analisi delle piattaforme digitali: standard tecnologici vs diversità linguistico-culturali in Didattica dell’Italiano come Lingua Seconda (DIL2) LM-39 FIORMONTE DOMENICO
Programme
Dominance has never been achieved solely through the recognition and display of superior technological or military might. Knowledge is power, and it exercises its influence, as Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci put it, in the field of cultural hegemony, establishing the boundaries of what knowledge is and is not. Information, education and cultural and scientific production form the deep level of geopolitical interaction. Now, for the first time in history, this complex set of ideologies, practices and interchange has converged into a unified medium of production, access and diffusion: the web and its tools. From Edward Snowden's revelations in 2013 to the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal in 2018, from the pandemic to the contemporary war on fake news, the web and its sister technologies have become the ground on which to exercise control over politics and health, train new generations, disseminate scientific results, influence economic choices and challenge social norms. The cultural, aesthetic, social, juridical, economic and other structures that characterized the history of humanity up to the early years of the 21st century have been swept away by a new subject-object: the empire of the platforms.The purpose of this course is to introduce students to these issues, trying to develop a critical awareness of the use of digital tools and to stimulate active participation in the revolutionary processes we are experiencing today.
Workshop assigments and discussions will be based on the volume authored by Mario Ricciardi, "Communico. Linguaggi, immagini, algoritmi" (Rome, TAB Edizioni, 2021). Students will have to write weekly responses on the assigned readings and engage in both online and offline discussions guided by the instructor.
Core Documentation
The instructor will make available selected passages and/or chapters from the following list of texts (1 an 5 are also available in English):1) Shoshana Zuboff (2019), Il capitalismo della sorveglianza. Il futuro dell'umanità nell'era dei nuovi poteri, Roma, LUISS.
2) Gabriele Balbi e Paolo Magaudda (2014), Storia dei media digitali. Rivoluzioni e continuità. Roma-Bari, Laterza.
3) Sergio Bellucci (2019), L'industria dei sensi. Roma, Harpo.
4) Teresa Numerico (2021), Big data e algoritmi. Prospettive critiche. Roma, Carocci.
5) Guillame Pitron (2019), La guerra dei metalli rari. Il lato oscuro della transizione digitale. Roma, LUISS.
Attendance
Since this is a workshop with practical objectives, attendance is required.Type of evaluation
Studentes are expected to attend at least 70% of classes and carry out all class activities during the semester. Practical sessions consist of: 1) individual comments published on the online group or mailing list; 2) group research that will be assigned during the second part of the course; 3) when or if needed, individual final interview.