Joint Lecture with University of Tallinn, in the framework of the course Digital Cultural Heritage: Memory, Archives, and Storytelling in the Digital Age for MA students (Project DIGHT-net)
Date: 19 FEBRUARY 2026 from 15:00 to 17:00
Event location: Via Centotrecento, 18 Aula C - In presence and online event
Joint lecture with Tallinn University, organized within the framework of the course “Digital Cultural Heritage: Memory, Archives and Storytelling in the Digital Age”, promoted by the DIGHT-net project (further information is available here) and in collaboration with the course of Semiotics of Cultural Heritage (MA in Semiotics)
Topic: Sign systems, modelling, digital semiosphere, cultural semiotics, Juri Lotman and Umberto Eco, meaning making in digital cultural heritage.
The lecture will be structured in three parts:
In the first part, Professor Daniele Monticelli will introduce Lotman and the model of the semiosphere.
In the second part, Francesco Mazzucchelli will present Umberto Eco’s model of the Encyclopedia.
The final thirty minutes will be devoted to a joint discussion between the two classes, with students in Bologna attending in person and students in Tallinn connected remotely.