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Gi­ulia Maragno

Postdoc

Subjects
Innovation Digitalisation Artificial intelligence Qualitative methods

Primary research areas

Di­git­al trans­formation
My re­search ex­plores the im­plic­a­tions of di­git­al tech­no­lo­gies on cul­tur­al in­sti­tu­tions and the prac­tices oc­cur­ring both with­in and out­side them.
Cul­tur­al Her­it­age
Cul­tur­al her­it­age has long in­flu­enced the ways in which we per­ceive and un­der­stand the world. In my re­search, I ex­am­ine its role in the con­tem­por­ary di­git­ised so­ci­ety.
Mu­seums, Lib­rar­ies and Archives
Mu­seums, lib­rar­ies, and archives are cul­tur­al memory in­sti­tu­tions that or­gan­ise, pre­serve, and provide ac­cess to the know­ledge, val­ues, ar­ti­facts, and re­cords that shape col­lect­ive memory and iden­tity. My re­search re­flects on their role in re­spond­ing to con­tem­por­ary chal­lenges.

Her­it­age di­git­isa­tion as a world-shap­ing prac­tice

My research focuses on how the relationship between human and non-human agents, specifically digital technologies, unfolds within organisations. I am interested in qualitatively exploring the implications of this relationship for the practices that unfold both within and beyond cultural institutions, as well as the entanglement of technologies with the materiality and meanings of the artefacts held by museums, libraries, and archives. 

During my PhD, I studied the implications of the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in public organisations, examining the affordances and constraints that shape its implementation in this context, and how public organisations are redesigning their structures accordingly. 

Recent research projects

Her­it­age in EuroPe: new tecH­no­lo­gies in crAft for prE­Serving and in­nov­aT­ing fU­tureS (HEP­H­AES­TUS)

The pro­ject aims to re­search, pre­serve and in­nov­ate craft sec­tors to de­liv­er a cut­ting-edge, cre­at­ive, and sus­tain­able tech­no­logy-driv­en eco­nomy based on cul­tur­al her­it­age.
Hephaestus