Presence of the Pasts. Semiotic and Digital Approaches to Memory and Heritage.

PRESENCE OF THE PASTS - SEMIOTIC AND DIGITAL APPROACHES TO MEMORY AND HERITAGE

International Workshop - 8 June 2022

Organised by: International Center for the Humanities 'Umberto Eco' - University of Bologna // School of Humanities - Tallinn University.
In collaboration with Trame, Center for the Semiotic Study of Memory - EU Project SPEME, Questioning Traumatic Heritage - EU ASTRA Project LU TEE or Tallinn University as the promoter of intelligent lifestyle.

9:00 - WELCOME AND GREETINGS

Morning Session

HISTORY – MEMORY – HERITAGE (I)

CHAIR: PATRIZIA VIOLI (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA)

9:30 -DANIELE MONTICELLI (TALLINN UNIVERSITY) - TOPOSYMBOLIC DISSONANCES: RETHINKING CONTESTED MEMORIAL SITES WITH JURI LOTMAN

10:00 - ANNA MARIA LORUSSO (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA) - MEMORIES, CANCELLATIONS, CENSORSHIPS

10.30 - ENEKEN LAANES (TALLINN UNIVERSITY) - MOVING IN THE CHASM BETWEEN LANGUAGES AND MEMORIES: KATJA PETROWSKAJA’S "MAYBE ESTHER"

11:00-11:30 Break

HISTORY – MEMORY – HERITAGE (II)

CHAIR: CRISTINA DEMARIA (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA)

11:30 - LAURI LINASK (TALLINN UNIVERSITY) - CULTURAL MEMORY IN LOTMAN’S AND VYGOTSKY’S SEMIOTICS

12.00 - LUCA ACQUARELLI (UNIVERSITY OF LILLE, GÉRIICO) - DIFFICULT HERITAGE IN THE LIGHT OF SEMIOTICS OF CULTURE 

12.30 - MORNING SESSION DEBATE (Q&A SESSION) 

13.00 Lunch                  

Afternoon Session

DIGITAL TRANSLATIONS OF THE PAST 

CHAIR: CLAUDIO PAOLUCCI (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA)

14.30 - MAREK TAMM (TALLINN UNIVERSITY) - DIGITAL HISTORICITY

15:00 - MERIT RICKBERG (TALLINN UNIVERSITY) - DEALING WITH INCOMPATIBLE PASTS IN HISTORY EDUCATION: THREE MODELS OF CULTURAL RECOLLECTION BASED ON LOTMAN’S SEMIOTIC THEORY

15:30 - FRANCESCO MAZZUCCHELLI AND MARIO PANICO (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA) - DIGITAL MEMORY BATTLEFIELDS: USES AND ABUSES OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND NARRATIVES IN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 

16:00 - 16.30 Break

16.30 - PAOLO MARTINELLI (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA) - THE WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN

17.00 - FEDERICO BELLENTANI (UNIVERSITY OF TURIN) - DIGITAL WALLS OF FACES: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DIGITAL MEMORIAL PRACTICES

17.30 - AFTERNOON SESSION DEBATE (Q&A SESSION)

18:00 - CEREMONY FOR CELEBRATING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CENTER ‘UMBERTO ECO’ (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA) AND SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES (TALLINN UNIVERSITY WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF RAFFAELLA CAMPANER (VICE-RECTOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA), COSTANTINO MARMO (DIRECTOR OF CENTER 'UMBERTO ECO' UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA), PATRIZIA VIOLI (CENTER 'UMBERTO ECO', UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA), DANIELE MONTICELLI (SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, TALLIN UNIVERSITY), MAREK TAMM (SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, TALLIN UNIVERSITY)

Come partecipare

• In presenza, prenotando un posto in Sala Rossa https://eventi.unibo.it/prenotazioni-sala-rossa/presence-of-the-pasts-semiotic-and-digital-approaches-to-memory-and-heritage
• Da remoto, su MS Teams https://bit.ly/digitalpast080622

Scientific coordination and organisation

Francesco Mazzucchelli and Mario Panico