Workshop series on Digital Humanities - {LesFablem} Fable, Emblem, Poem, Performance: Renaissance Word and Image Tales

As part of the research project {LesFablem} Fable, Emblem, Poem, Performance : Renaissance Word and Image Tales (FNS 218082) six workshops are offered which investigate word and image narratives according to the representative genres of fable, emblem, poem and performance in the Renaissance. The workshops are held in two series, Fable, Rebus, Emblem} Source, Material, Image (AY 2024-2025) and Poem, Performance, Event} Word, Digital, Context (AY 2025-2026). The series address different types of textual and visual narratives through a theoretical introduction and a practical workshop led by experts in the field.

The practical workshop aims to train students in technical skills useful for the realization of a digital project that can be developed during the workshops, as part of their Master's or doctoral thesis, and in the form of a three-month internship within {LesFablem} research project.
The workshops are in collaboration with the Institute of Italian Studies, the Institute of History and Theory of Art and Architecture, the Academy of Architecture at USI, and from the partner institutions Cambridge Digital Humanities at University of Cambridge and Alta Scuola in Media, Communication and Performance at the Catholic University of Milan. The sessions will be held alternately on-site and online. Students will have the opportunity to use the tools learned during the practical workshop session to create their own project, which will be presented during the following session.

Students can participate either in a single workshop or in all workshops by sending a brief c.v. with an expression of interest to [email protected]; [email protected]. It is possible to attend the series entirely online. Participation is open to the public.

In case you have a project that you would like to pursue, you can include an abstract of 250 words with a project description.

Fable, Rebus, Emblem} Source, Material, Image – First workshop series program

• Friday March 21, 2025, 10:30-15:00, Institute of Italian Studies, Lugano (on-site)
  Fable} Source | The fable and the iconotextual tradition: history, types, editions, and Critical AI
   
• Friday April 4, 2025, 10:30-15:00, University of Cambridge - University College London (online)
  Rebus} Material | The circulation of text and images: Digital Iconography and diagrammatic annotation
   
• Friday May 9, 2025, 10:30-15:00, Institute of History and Theory of Art and Architecture, Mendrisio (on-site)
  Emblem} Image | Words and figures: multimediality and digital exhibits

For information and streaming on request: [email protected]; [email protected]

Workshop curated by
Giuditta Cirnigliaro (USI Istituto di Studi Italiani)
As part of the project {LesFablem} Fable, Emblem, Poem, Performance : Renaissance Word and Image Tales (FNS 218082) and {DiMa} Digital | Material.

Scientific Investigator
Giuditta Cirnigliaro (USI Istituto di Studi Italiani)

Executive Board
Giuditta Cirnigliaro (USI Istituto di Studi Italiani)
Angelica Federici (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Leonardo Impett (Cambridge Digital Humanities, Bibliotheca Hertziana)
Valeria Federici (National Gallery of Art)

Scientific Committee
Marco Maggi (USI Istituto di studi italiani)
Riccardo Blumer (USI Accademia di architettura)
Carla Mazzarelli (USI Istituto di storia e teoria dell’arte e dell’architettura)
Katharina Lobinger (USI Istituto di tecnologie digitali per la comunicazione)
Maria Grazia Fanchi (Alta Scuola in Media, Comunicazione e Spettacolo, Università Cattolica di Milano)
Alexander Marr (University of Cambridge)

Workshop leaders and tutors
Chiara Cauzzi (Biblioteca universitaria Lugano, USI Istituto di Studi Italiani, USI Istituto di diritto)
Giuditta Cirnigliaro (USI Istituto di Studi Italiani)
Angelica Federici (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Leonardo Impett (Cambridge Digital Humanities, Bibliotheca Hertziana)
Valeria Federici (National Gallery of Art)
Gavino Scala (Université de Genève)
Barbara Tramelli (Freie Universität Bolzen)

Speakers
Abhishek Dutta (Oxford University)
Leonardo Impett (Cambridge Digital Humanities, Bibliotheca Hertziana)
Marco Maggi (USI Istituto di Studi Italiani)
Carla Mazzarelli (USI Istituto di Studi Italiani)
Stefano Prandi (USI Istituto di Studi Italiani)
Barbara Tramelli (Freie Universität Bolzen)

With the support of
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

With the participation of
Istituto di studi italiani (USI)
Accademia di Architettura (USI)
Istituto di storia e teoria dell’arte e dell’architettura (USI)
Istituto di tecnologie digitali per la comunicazione (ITDxC)
Alta Scuola in Media, Comunicazione e Spettacolo (Università Cattolica di Milano)
Cambridge Digital Humanities (University of Cambridge)