Teaching Workshop
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The workshop aims to illustrate the main techniques and practical experiences of reordering, preserving and digitizing documentary funds, as well as methods of sprading, communication and enhancement of archival cultural heritage.
Expected learning outcomes
Acquisition of knowledge and skills in IT indexing funds, web protocolling and digital tools for researching, consulting and programming access to archives, as well as coding processes for mass storage of funds and superfunds. Acquisition, through the illustration of digitization projects of documentary funds and photographic funds, of knowledge about the standard costs and times of archives dematerialization processes. Learning techniques for the enhancement and communication of archival heritage through cultural and artistic projects, scientific collaborations, institutional and university partnerships, exhibitions and events realized by Cittadella degli Archivi of Milan Municipality in recent years, not neglecting some aspects of fundraising and public-private partnerships and communication through social media.
Lesson period: Second semester
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
PART ONE: CONSERVATION OF ARCHIVAL HERITAGE
1. Archives: historical notes
1 bis The Archive and the documentary cycle: the waste
2 Structure of the archive
3 Series, sub-series, units etc.
3 bis. Research tools and tools: lists, files, guides
4. Regulations
5. Conservation institutes
6. Logistics: removals, transfers,
7. Archive automation: Eustorgio
8. Fire, flood and mold prevention
9. Public contracts general notes
SECOND PART: ENHANCEMENT OF THE ARCHIVAL HERITAGE
1) institutional collaborations: research on discoveries and study on funds;
2) exhibitions and conferences for dissemination to different audiences;
3) curators, collectors, galleries, trade magazines: the art world system;
4) use of social networks: Facebook and Instagram.
5) Publishing: collaborating on books and documentaries
6) A case study: La Cittadella dell'Arte;
7) enhancement: disclosure, knowledge and ordering of contents, interaction with
the community, archives as a living instiution;
8) urban redevelopment and historical places;
1. Archives: historical notes
1 bis The Archive and the documentary cycle: the waste
2 Structure of the archive
3 Series, sub-series, units etc.
3 bis. Research tools and tools: lists, files, guides
4. Regulations
5. Conservation institutes
6. Logistics: removals, transfers,
7. Archive automation: Eustorgio
8. Fire, flood and mold prevention
9. Public contracts general notes
SECOND PART: ENHANCEMENT OF THE ARCHIVAL HERITAGE
1) institutional collaborations: research on discoveries and study on funds;
2) exhibitions and conferences for dissemination to different audiences;
3) curators, collectors, galleries, trade magazines: the art world system;
4) use of social networks: Facebook and Instagram.
5) Publishing: collaborating on books and documentaries
6) A case study: La Cittadella dell'Arte;
7) enhancement: disclosure, knowledge and ordering of contents, interaction with
the community, archives as a living instiution;
8) urban redevelopment and historical places;
Prerequisites for admission
No other prerequisites are required than those necessary for the degree admission.
Teaching methods
The workshop aims to illustrate the main techniques and practical experiences of reordering, preserving and digitalizing documentary funds, as well as methods of sprading, communication and enhancement of archival cultural heritage.
Teaching Resources
Didactic materials will be provided by the teacher during the workshop and will be available to students on ARIEL
Assessment methods and Criteria
Evaluation method: final approval with 3 CFU recognition. Attendance to workshop is mandatory.
Professor(s)