Projects

Strategic Analysis MASI, 2023.
Role: principal investigator.
Affiliation: SUPSI/Institute of Design.
Partner: SUPSI/DEASS.
Wikidata:Q121091981
osf.io/y9q4p

Wikipedia and the Italian school – Support to the scalability of the project in Uruguay / Wikipedia e la scuola italiana – Sostegno alla scalabilità del progetto in Uruguay
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator.
Affiliation: volunteer, Wikimedia Italia.
Budget: 1’000 euro. Supported by Wikimedia Italia.
https://osf.io/xyh72/
Wikipedia and the Italian school – Wikidata:Q117279813osf.io/7skcywebsite
Wikipedia and the school in Uruguy – Wikicurrícula Uy – Wikidata:Q124041029website

Open Digital Strategy, 2023
Role: concept
https://osf.io/r8hgz/

Open Science for Arts Design and Music (OS-ADM), 2022-2024.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator.
Affiliation: SUPSI/Institute of Design.
Budget: 798’460 CHF. Supported by swissuniversities and all project partners (HES-SO – ECAL, EDHEA, HEAD – FHNW, HKB, HSLU, ZHdK).
Wikidata:Q116859240
osf.io/fxuej
Tasks: https://gitpull.it/tag/os-adm/

Data-driven community engagement per Wiki Loves Monuments, 2022.
Role: concept and client.
Affiliation: volunteer, Wikimedia Italia.
Budget: 22’560 euro. Supported by Wikimedia Italia.
Wikidata:Q117287812
osf.io/5x4fs

Empowering Italian GLAMs / Tutti i musei su Wikipedia, 2022-2024.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator.
Affiliation: volunteer, Wikimedia Italia.
Partners: Wikimedia Italia, Creative Commons Italia, ICOM Italia.
Budget: 116’680 euro. Supported by Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Italia.
Università di Torino Dipartimento di statistica.
Wikidata:Q114454495
osf.io/jpnb3

Wikipedia in the Italian schoolbooks/Wikipedia nei libri di testo della scuola italiana, 2021.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator.
Affiliation: volunteer, Wikimedia Italia.
Budget: 1’000 euro. Supported by Wikimedia Italia.
Wikidata:Q117279308
osf.io/aqzes

Certificating trainers / Formatori certificati, 2013, 2023-2024
Role: concept and principal investigator
Affiliation: volunteer, Wikimedia Italia.
Budget: 3’000 euro. Supported by Wikimedia Italia.
https://osf.io/jkc5q/

Data visualizations of the cultural heritage of Italian municipalities on the Wikimedia projects / Visualizzazioni del patrimonio culturale dei comuni italiani sui progetti Wikimedia, 2020-2021
Role: concept and client.
Affiliation: volunteer.
Wikidata:Q117288054

Data scouting – research about Italian cultural heritage open data, 2020-2021.
Role: concept and client.
Affiliation: volunteer, Wikimedia Italia.
Wikidata:Q117288077

The Italian cultural heritage on Wikipedia, the Wikimedia projects and OpenStreetMap/Il patrimonio culturale italiano su Wikipedia, i progetti Wikimedia e OpenStreetMap, 2020-2021.
Role: strategy and fundraising.
Affiliation: volunteer, Wikimedia Italia.
Budget: 25’000 euro in 2020 + 11.590 euro in 2021. Supported by Wikimedia Italia.
Wikidata:Q117274794
osf.io/jfbka

Il telelavoro ai tempi del Covid-19, 2020-2021
Role: promoter, fundraising and responsable for SUPSI/DACD
Affiliation: SUPSI/DACD/LCV.
Partner: SUSPI/DEASS.
Budget: 55’000 CHF. Supported by SUPSI.
Wikidata:Q121323217
osf.io/29hv5

TAC Tecnologia Ambiente Competenze (Environmental kits and data), 2020-2021.
Role: co-applicant with Serena Cangiano.
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 61’800 CHF. Supported by Hasler Foundation and in collaboration with the City of Lugano – Lugano LivingLab.
Wikidata:Q117549089
osf.io/4g7mz

Wikipedia and the Italian school/Wikipedia e la scuola italiana, 2020 with updates in 2021, 2022, 2023.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator.
Affiliation: volunteer, Wikimedia Italia.
Budget: 12’000 euro. Supported by Wikimedia Italia.
Wikidata:Q117279813
osf.io/7skcy

GIOCONDA: Gestione integrata e olistica del ciclo di vita degli open data, 2019-2021.
Project conceived by Politecnico di Milano.
Role: member of the Swiss team.
Affiliation: SUPSI/Institute of Design.
Budget: 80’640 CHF for the Laboratory. Supported by the cooperation programme Interreg V-A Italy-Switzerland.
osf.io/gkpx6

Open Science – Case Studies at SUPSI, 2019-2020.
Role: concept and principal investigator.
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV and consultant for Open Science at SUPSI.
Supported by SUPSI.
osf.io/zjb4k

Sandro Vanini: binomio mecenatismo artistico e imprenditorialità, 2019.
Role: principal investigator.
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 13’427 CHF. Supported by the Company Sandro Vanini.
Wikidata:Q117552236
osf.io/fu9dv

CHEERS: Cultural HEritagE. Risks and Securing activities, 2018-2021.
Role: lead of the Swiss team.
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 96’000 CHF for Switzerland. Supported by INTERREG Alpine Space Program.
Wikidata:Q117551938
osf.io/xpt97

Spaces of culture, creativity and expression of Ticino on OpenStreetMap – I luoghi di cultura, creatività ed espressione del Ticino su OpenStreetMap – Try the edit button / Prova il tasto modifica, 2018.
Role: concept, fundrasing and principal investigator.
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Wikidata:Q124403789

GLAM Visual Tool, 2017.
Role: concept, fundrasing and principal investigator.
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 15’000 CHF. Supported by Wikimedia CH.
Wikidata:Q117280411
osf.io/5msyz

A misura di bambino. Preliminary study, 2017.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 10’000 CHF. Supported by SUPSI.
osf.io/u6g97

Culture and Safety in Africa, 2015-2017.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 174’514 CHF. Scientific communication supported by the SNF Agora Program.
Wikidata:Q117287742
osf.io/953ke

Case-based communication of research for education, first and second phase 2015-2017.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 91’000 CHF. Supported by FFHS and DACD.
osf.io/3u69e

Wikipedia Primary School: Providing on Wikipedia the information necessary to complete the cycle of primary education in the languages used by the different education systems, 2014-2017.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator.
Affiliation: SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 219’000 CHF. With the support of SNF within a bilateral cooperation with South Africa.
Wikidata:Q117379085
osf.io/rzc2w

Swiss Foundations and Open Licenses. Preliminary study, 2014-2015.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator.
Affiliation: SUSPI/LCV
Budget: 16’000 CHF. With the support of SUPSI and FFHS.
osf.io/fthr4

The Alps on Wikipedia: Open data, Wikipedia, GIS and digital and analog museum design, 2013-2015.
Title: Il paesaggio culturale alpino su Wikipedia: Valorizzare il paesaggio culturale attraverso dati aperti, Wikipedia, Sit e allestimenti analogico digitali
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator for Switzerland
Budget: 677’000 euro. Supported by the European Union program Interreg.
Wikidata:Q117393124
osf.io/69y3e

What is about – C’est quoi. A series of communication tools about Wikipedia. Cameroon pilot project, 2013-2014.
Role: concept, fundraising and principal investigator.
Affiliation: volunteer.
Budget: 15’000 euro. Supported by Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikidata:Q117549727
osf.io/v9zsq

Mobile Access to Knowledge: Culture and Safety in Africa. Documenting and assessing the impact of cultural events and public art on urban safety, 2011-2013.
Role: concept, project design, researcher and curator.
Affiliation: Moleskine Foundation (previously lettera27 Foundation, 2011-2012) and SUPSI (2013)
Budget: 290’000 CHF. Supported by SNIS Swiss Network for International Studies
Wikidata:Q117288467
osf.io/azypx

WikiAfrica Primary School Feasibility Study, 2012.
Role: concept and principal investigator.
Affiliation: lettera27 Foundation.
Supported by lettera27 Foundation.
Wikidata:Q117288435
osf.io/pfka6

Wikipedia Primary School, since 2013.
Role: concept, strategy, fundraising and principal investigator.
Wikidata: Q117288415

WikiAfrica Cameroon, 2012-2013.
Role: concept, project design and fundraising.
Affiliation: volunteer.
Budget: 40’000 euro. Supported by Orange Foundation.
Wikidata:Q117550478
osf.io/cqwpu

Share Your Knowledge: Creative Commons and Wikipedia for Cultural institutions, 2011-2012.
Role: concept, project design, fundraising and scientific director.
Affiliation: lettera27 Foundation.
Budget: 172’000 euro. Supported by Cariplo Foundation and lettera27 Foundation.
Wikidata:Q117288530
osf.io/v7wu3
Output: The project involved over 100 institutions.

WikiAfrica: Increasing the quality and quantity of African content on Wikipedia, 2007-2012.
Role: project design and scientific director.
Affiliation: lettera27 Foundation with the support of Cariplo Foundation.
Wikidata:Q4053138
osf.io/98nte
Output: 34’000 African contributions to Wikipedia (images and texts) by 2012.

IN & OUT – Dialogue between museum and territory, 2022-2023.
Role: concept and artistic director.
Affiliation: volunteer, Ecomuseo delle Grigne.
Budget: 70’000 euro. Supported by Cariplo Foundation and Associazione Amici del Museo delle Grigne.
osf.io/4eyaf

Fossili e Bit. Museo allestimento del Museo delle Grigne.
Role: concept and collaboration with Chiara Somajni.
Affiliation: volunteer, Ecomuseo delle Grigne.
Budget: 15’000 euro. Supported by Lombardy Region.
osf.io/8vm24

Wikimania Esino Lario 2016 event and project
The world Wikipedia gathering in a mountain village of 500 inhabitant in the Alps.
Role: concept, project design, fundraising and project lead
Affiliation: volunteer, Ecomuseo delle Grigne and SUPSI/LCV.
Budget: 1’400’000 euro. Supported by Wikimedia Foundation, Cariplo Foundation, SUPSI/LCV (in-kind contribution to cover some of my working hours) and other local sponsors.
Wikidata:Q19291990
osf.io/rtmvj

Wikimania Esino Lario: Protagonismo culturale online e offline, 2014-2018.
Role: concept, project design, fundraising and project lead
Affiliation: volunteer, Ecomuseo delle Grigne.
Supported by Cariplo Foundation.
Wikidata:Q117550938

Ecomuseo delle Grigne a Misura di Bambino, 2010-2011.
Prize FamigliaLavoro 2010 della Regione Lombardia e di ALTIS Università Cattolica nella categoria Miglior progetto realizzato da una piccola realtà.
Role: concept, project design, fundraising and principal investigator.
Budget: 39’886 euro. Supported by Lombardy Region.
Wikidata:Q117551348
osf.io/6dnk2

Dressing Landscapes / Vestire i Paesaggi: reuse of documentation from archives to produce artworks and design, 2009-2012.
Partners: Comuni di Brivio, Taceno, Primaluna, dall’Associazione Bovara di Lecco.
Role: Principal investigator.
Affiliation: volunteer, Ecomuseo delle Grigne.
Budget: 139’730 euro. Supported by Cariplo Foundation, Province of Lecco, Fondo Pietro Pensa and Fondazione della Provincia di Lecco Onlus.
Wikidata:Q117288571
osf.io/crs2w

Valorisation of the photographic collection of the Pietro Pensa Archive, digitalisations and license CC BY-SA.
Prize Wikimedia Italia 2009 for open content, 2008-2009.
Affiliation: volunteer, Ecomuseo delle Grigne.
Budget: 10’000 euro. Supported by Lions Club Riviera del Lario and Fondazione della Provincia di Lecco Onlus.
osf.io/je3dz

Archive Pietro Pensa and local provincial networks, 2007-2008.
Role: concept and project design.
Affiliation: volunteer, Associazione Amici dem Museo delle Grigne Onlus.
Budget: 8’000 euro. Supported by Province of Lecco.
osf.io/4pfwm

SUD Salon Urbain de Douala. Triennial festival of public art in Douala Cameroon, 2006-2007.
Role: collaboration in the program, strategy and fundraising.
Affiliation: Volunteer and iStrike Foundation.
Budget: 97’000 euro. Support from Arts Collaborator, Prince Claus Fund, Mondriaan Foundation, lettera27 Foundation.
osf.io/afyq8

Pietro Pensa Archive. Documentation centre Pietro Pensa in Esino Lario based on the archival collection of Lario and Valsassina of the Pensa Family, 2005-2007.
Role: concept, project design, fundraising, principal investigator.
Affiliation: volunteer.
Budget: 19’100 euro. Supported by Fondazione della Provincia di Lecco Onlus and Pensa Family.
osf.io/3aw9b

The international grant system: public and private institutions supporting cultural projects and projects related to cooperation and development, 2005.
Individual project. Paris, Bruxelles, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Roma, Venezia, 16/05-30/10/2005.
Supported by Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia Progetto Professionalità 2005.
Budget: 16’563 euro.
osf.io/wjs6z

Media and circulation of knowledge in Africa and in the world, 2004-2007. A research project to test the instruments of social science applied to artistic and scholarly production related to Africa and areas connected to Africa. The research group at the beginning specifically focused on African festivals and biennials.
Role: Researcher (October 2004 – May 2007).
Affiliation: EHESS Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.
osf.io/y4xt9

Dissemination of contemporary African art in Italy, 2020-2021.
Individual project. Milano, Dakar, Teheran, Johannesburg, Cairo, Bern, Genève, Paris, 03/04/2000-03/04/2001.
Budget 18.000.000 lire. Supported by European Commission Youth Program, Future Capital.
osf.io/29bfz