In the scenario of the digital transition, techniques and methodologies for management of data and information, objects and themes related to cultural heritage, in the whole lifecycle, represent a fertile field of research, in which traditional knowledge and disciplines interact with the new approaches of digital humanities. The aim of the PhD is to encourage the growth and development of new specialized skills in which digital tools produce renewed interpretative and analytical approaches and, at the same time, allow the creation of knowledge also in a social and collaborative dimension), in the direction of a new and wider valorisation, dissemination and public use of the heritage, also through the meta-disciplinary interaction of scholars from different fields and the dialogue with all the institutions active in the field of cultural heritage.
Job opportunities and potential areas of employment
The highIy interdisciplinary and international profile of those who obtain this title can land employment in:
- Superintendencies, museums and other national and international cultural institutions (libraries, archives and cultural centers in general), non-governmental agencies related to the management of cultural heritage, international organizations for the study and conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and its advisory bodies;
- The high-level profile can work in the publishing domain, not only for traditional "editing" actions, but in those publishing houses that want to experiment new approaches in the production of knowledge through innovative and transmedia forms of cultural content production, such as systems of "data stories" and new narratives for the transmission of knowledge;
- Private companies that work in cultural heritage, and in particular for the creation of environments and infrastructures, including Web-based applications, for the enhancement of cultural resources, also reflecting on users' profiles, as "personas" and devices for access;
- Communication agencies, non-profit organizations for the production of transversal cultural strategies and artistic projects, tourism industry, cultural and creative industries (ICC);
- University research, which increasingly requires interdisciplinary skills and hybridization of knowledge between different fields and disciplinary areas, also reflecting on the research and third mission actions carried out by the centers involved in the training project: ADLab, DH.ARC, FRameLab, ARCE, OpenAire nexus, LUDI, CRICC, CIust-ER CreAte by ARTER.