Activities
Here’s a collection of workshops, talks, courses and other events I’ve designed, led or contributed to.
These activities engage topics such as digital humanities, participative cultures, systems thinking, artificial intelligence, and related fields that run through my work.
Explore what resonates, and if something sparks your interest or a potential collaboration, get in touch.
XYZ: Knowing, Doing, Becoming @La Scuola Open Source
Designing the “Space of Future Traditions”: a hybrid, multifunctional ecosystem designed to combine the preservation of rural and artisanal memory …
The Emerging Museum: AI for accessibility @MAXXI
An interdisciplinary course where museology and information technology merge, elevating accessibility from a technical adaptation to a true generative principle …
Emerging Technologies and the Human Experience @World Usability Day BZ
True accessibility demands systemic change: in my talk, I showed why through two case studies with the MAXXI Foundation …
‘Alien Intelligences’: AI and the New Linguistic Breakthrough @Detaills
AI requires to rethink our relationship with language, the foundation of human culture and identity. Which change will this bring? …
AI Museum for Accessibility @Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa
My keynote at Mind the AI-GAP 2025 where I shared our experience in co-designing participatory AI with MAXXI Museum in …
Effective & Equitable Organising @Culture Action Europe
A workshop to explore the core principles of sociocracy and see how they are applied in existing organizations: purpose-driven, nested …
Regenerate a Network of Organizations @ARCI Pesaro-Urbino
A training day for ARCI Pesaro Urbino, where volunteers from local clubs explored systems thinking and collaborative mapping to strengthen …
How Do Regenerative Organizations Organize? @Sociocracy For All
In this session we presented our open framework developed in Ecosistemica to support regenerative organizations, together with metodologies and case …
Cultivating Human Ecosystems @Rena Summer School 2024
A hands-on exploration of relational complexity and collective intelligence. Through participatory methods, we invited participants to investigate how human networks—seen …
AI & Active Citizenship @University of Naples Federico II
Exploring the relationship between digital humanities and co-design practices in order to build responsible AI systems …
Building a Youth Manifesto @Slow Food Italia
3 days of workshop, 120 participants, 4 teams of facilitators, 1274 post-its to develop the Slow Food Youth Network manifesto …
Collaborative Systems and Practices @Case di Quartiere – Brindisi
A training course to experience a shift in how teams communicate, make decisions, and build agreements …
The Word as a Collective Story @festivalfilosofia
A collective experiment using a webapp to map participants’ emotions and reflections. We explored the emerging stories and the power …
Re:Humanism Art Prize – Sparks and Frictions
As a jury member of Iaconesi Commission, I was asked to select the work that best resonated with Salvatore Iaconesi’s …
Museum Analytics: New Directions @King’s College London
We presented the Digital Relational Ecosystem of MAXXI Museum: a participatory archive that transforms the museum’s collection into a living, …
Curare i Dati: AI & Relational Ecosystems @MAXXI Museum
An advanced training course for a new museum professional: the “Data Curator”. Participants explored how AI and data could shape …
Imagination at Work @Sapienza University of Rome
The conference aimed to investigate how imagination works in our contemporary world, both as a process through which the relationship …
Datification: from NFTs to a Non-Extractive Imaginary @LARTEC
An interdisciplinary dialogue on data, de-centralized systems, trust, NFT in order to define new non-extractive imaginaries …
The Meaning of ‘Abitare’ @Baite Filosofiche
The festival focuses on the openness and evolution of meaning in philosophical language. Inspired by Bernard Stiegler’s later thought, it …
NetworKrino: Conversations on Digital Culture
A meetup series by the KRINO association promoting informal, self-directed learning through open conversations on digital culture. Each session, guided …
New Ecosystems of Media Arts @University of Modena – Reggio Emilia
Sharing principles and case studies to explore how data, art, and community-building can inform regenerative approaches to media and cultural …
DataMeditation: Practising the Care @University of Toronto
DESCRIPTION // [text in progress] “Who Cares?” Speaking Serie LINKS // …
Incuria – A Radical Innovation Model @La Scuola Open Source
Can Rome’s unpredictability inspire new models of urban ecology, collective care, and radical innovation beyond extractive systems? …
Alchemy of a New Way of Living Together @Periferico Festival
A workshop, a performance and an open discussion about the principles of Nuovo Abitare (New Living) …
Archiving a Ritual: dis.astro @Castelnuovo Fotografia
How to archive an artwork in the age of information and knowledge? A workshop and a public talk on the …
Narrative and Scientific Dissemination of the Digital Humanities @AIUCD2021
DESCRIPTION // [text in progress] …
Identity != Identical @15s Or Less Showcase
DESCRIPTION // What does it mean to be human in a data-driven world? Everyone of us is tracked. Whether we …
Do Humans Dream of Creative Machines? @University of Pisa
In December 2019, unaware of the coming pandemic and the impending leap in AI, we asked: Are machines truly developing …
Interactivity and Participation in Public History @AIPH2018
When does Digital History become Digital Public History? In this speech I proposed some answers, analysing case studies e theories …
AI Ethical Challenges @ESC Atelier
DESCRIPTION // The event was part of the Spring Edition of HER: She Loves San Lorenzo, a “neighbourhood festival” focused …
In/Out: Imagination and Montage @NOMAS Foundation
Why is it important to talk about editing and outsourcing in our current relationship with images? What kind of ‘organ’ …
BAOTAZ @Neuromed Foundation
DESCRIPTION // [text in progress] Exhibited at 2016 European Researchers’ Night …
Interactive Imagination Conference @Istituto Svizzero
An international conference with participation from renowned scholars including Bernard Stiegler, Geert Lovink, Peter Weibel, and David Weinberger …
Taking Care of Images on the Net @Sapienza University of Rome
DESCRIPTION // [text in progress] “The External Image” Seminar Serie …
I-job: Working in the App Age @Sottosuolo Festival
What are the emerging jobs of the near future? I pointed some directions, sharing the experience of Oilproject, our startup …
Social Innovation Made in Italy @FORUM PA
What is the relationship between Education and Social Innovation? As Head of Content of Oilproject I participated in a panel …
Teaching Through Bits @Tor Vergata University of Rome
Presenting Oilproject, a collaborative digital model of education, at Librinnovando Festival hosted by Tor Vergata University of Rome. Broadcast live …