Teaching Workshop: Advanced Philosophical Workshop 2
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The aim of the workshop "Digital Media for Social Inclusion" is to provide students with knowledge on histories and principal theories of digital media in order to foster critical reflection and the development of inclusive strategies in artistic and museum contexts designed to address biases related to gender, race, class, and ability, which shape our engagement with media and influence their content. We will discuss a selection of contemporary art works created through electronic technologies and immersive devices, with particular attention to music and sound art. Within this framework, special focus will be placed on multimedia artistic practices that involve artists with disabilities and/or have been conceived to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities. The workshop will enable students to develop the following competencies, which may also be applied in project-based contexts: critical analysis of the specific features of digital media and the debates surrounding them; understanding of the contexts in which inclusive strategies can be implemented; the capacity to develop interdisciplinary reflections grounded in selected case studies.
Expected learning outcomes
This workshop helps students to build the following skills:
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
To critically analyze, discuss, and compare philosophical views.
To critically assess sources of information and the reliability of data.
Independent judgment:
To think through complex philosophical views.
To take a position on a certain philosophical issue and develop arguments in its favor.
To collect, correctly interpret, and appropriately use data to make independent, informed, and responsible judgments.
Communication skills:
To efficiently present the results of one's own research, and do so by using information technology when appropriate.
To dialogue in a constructive way with experts from other disciplines to identify and solve complex problems.
To disseminate knowledge and pass on acquired skills to non-specialized audiences.
Learning skills:
To study in an independent way.
To independently and appropriately use sources and basic bibliographic/information tools for philosophical research and scientific updating.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
To critically analyze, discuss, and compare philosophical views.
To critically assess sources of information and the reliability of data.
Independent judgment:
To think through complex philosophical views.
To take a position on a certain philosophical issue and develop arguments in its favor.
To collect, correctly interpret, and appropriately use data to make independent, informed, and responsible judgments.
Communication skills:
To efficiently present the results of one's own research, and do so by using information technology when appropriate.
To dialogue in a constructive way with experts from other disciplines to identify and solve complex problems.
To disseminate knowledge and pass on acquired skills to non-specialized audiences.
Learning skills:
To study in an independent way.
To independently and appropriately use sources and basic bibliographic/information tools for philosophical research and scientific updating.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
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
Second semester
Course syllabus
The aim of the workshop "Digital Media for Social Inclusion" is to provide students with knowledge on histories and principal theories of digital media in order to foster critical reflection and the development of inclusive strategies in artistic and museum contexts designed to address biases related to gender, race, class, and ability, which shape our engagement with media and influence their content. We will discuss a selection of contemporary art works created through electronic technologies and immersive devices, with particular attention to music and sound art. Within this framework, special focus will be placed on multimedia artistic practices that involve artists with disabilities and/or have been conceived to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities. The workshop will enable students to develop the following competencies, which may also be applied in project-based contexts: critical analysis of the specific features of digital media and the debates surrounding them; understanding of the contexts in which inclusive strategies can be implemented; the capacity to develop interdisciplinary reflections grounded in selected case studies.
Friday 10/04/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 17/04/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 24/04/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 08/05/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 15/05/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 10/04/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 17/04/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 24/04/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 08/05/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Friday 15/05/2026 h. 10:30-14:30 in Aula 517 (Festa Del Perdono)
Prerequisites for admission
No prior knowledge of the topics is required.
Teaching methods
Classes will be seminar-based and interactive. Activities will include lectures, discussion on the proposed topic and of the topics selected for the final assignment, individual and/or group presentations with feedback. During classes, we will move from discussing the analyzed and discussed strategies to the development of personal inclusive strategies in the artistic field.
Teaching Resources
Slides with class content and a list of optional recommended readings.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Students will be expected to actively participate during classes, engage in debate, and produce a final individual and/or group presentation to be delivered and discussed in class.
Evaluation criteria:
- independent judgment;
- ability to collaborate in a team;
- communication and expression skills, including the use of information technologies;
- ability to summarize and write correctly;
- autonomy in using and verifying sources, as well as basic bibliographic and IT tools for research and scientific update.
Evaluation criteria:
- independent judgment;
- ability to collaborate in a team;
- communication and expression skills, including the use of information technologies;
- ability to summarize and write correctly;
- autonomy in using and verifying sources, as well as basic bibliographic and IT tools for research and scientific update.
Modules or teaching units
Laboratorio Professionalizzante
- University credits: 2
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor:
Soldani Maria Teresa
Ricerca Bibliografica e redazione di un testo scientifico filosofico
- University credits: 1
Humanities workshops: 16 hours
Professor(s)