Digital Citizenship and Civic Activism
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the cognitive, methodological and technological tools to actively and consciously participate in the process of mutual influence between citizenship and information technologies, taking into account the institutional (top-down) and the spontaneous or ""self-organized"" point of view (bottom -up).
Expected learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to create the ability of using the technological tools for the participation to the civil life in a critical and conscious way.
Lesson period: First four month period
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
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
First four month period
Course syllabus
The Rainbow of Digital Citizenship (and Technocivism)
- L-net, the Net (relativity, Locard, datagate, re-designing the net)
- L-srv, services (relativity, Locard, inclusivity, slashdot-effect, lock-in)
- L-acc, public services (Net Neutrality, Digital Divide)
- L-edu, education (stolen computing agency, national plans, Free Software, right to repair)
- L-tra, opendata and transparency (formats, classification, civic responsibility, scraping, webstacles)
- L-sha, sharing (crowdsourcing)
- L-con, consultation (participatory budgeting, referendums)
- L-dem, democracy (digital vote, liquid delegation, collaborative legiferation)
- L-net, the Net (relativity, Locard, datagate, re-designing the net)
- L-srv, services (relativity, Locard, inclusivity, slashdot-effect, lock-in)
- L-acc, public services (Net Neutrality, Digital Divide)
- L-edu, education (stolen computing agency, national plans, Free Software, right to repair)
- L-tra, opendata and transparency (formats, classification, civic responsibility, scraping, webstacles)
- L-sha, sharing (crowdsourcing)
- L-con, consultation (participatory budgeting, referendums)
- L-dem, democracy (digital vote, liquid delegation, collaborative legiferation)
Prerequisites for admission
networks, programming languages and operating systems
Teaching methods
Frontal lesson + laboratory
Teaching Resources
1) Cittadinanza Digitale e Tecnocivismo
Autori: Andrea Trentini, Giovanni Biscuolo, Andrea Rossi
Editore: Ledizioni
Collana: Copyleft Italia
Formato: Brossura, 361 p. - PDF in Open Access (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pubblicato in: novembre 2020
ISBN cartaceo: 9788855261609
https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/cittadinanza-digitale-tecnocivismo
2) Dal Tecnocivismo alla Cittadinanza Digitale
Autori: Fiorella De Cindio, Andrea Trentini
Editore: Themis
Formato: Brossura, 456 p. - PDF in Open Access (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pubblicato in: 2024
ISBN cartaceo: 9788896069660
https://edizionithemis.it/catalogo/digitale-e-societa/dal-tecnocivismo-alla-cittadinanza-digitale
Autori: Andrea Trentini, Giovanni Biscuolo, Andrea Rossi
Editore: Ledizioni
Collana: Copyleft Italia
Formato: Brossura, 361 p. - PDF in Open Access (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pubblicato in: novembre 2020
ISBN cartaceo: 9788855261609
https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/cittadinanza-digitale-tecnocivismo
2) Dal Tecnocivismo alla Cittadinanza Digitale
Autori: Fiorella De Cindio, Andrea Trentini
Editore: Themis
Formato: Brossura, 456 p. - PDF in Open Access (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pubblicato in: 2024
ISBN cartaceo: 9788896069660
https://edizionithemis.it/catalogo/digitale-e-societa/dal-tecnocivismo-alla-cittadinanza-digitale
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral exam
Professor(s)
Reception:
to schedule a meeting please send an email
room 4007, via Celoria 18, MI