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Gi­ulia Maragno

Postdoc

Emner
Innovation Digitalisering Kunstig intelligens Kvalitativ metode

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, artefacts, 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