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DIGITAL FILOLOGY

Cristina DUSIO DIGITAL FILOLOGY

0322100069
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN PHILOLOGY
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
CRISTINA DUSIO T Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE METHODS AND THE CRITICAL TOOLS TO FACE AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE DIGITIZATION OF THE DIFFERENT TEXTUAL TYPOLOGIES PRESENT ON THE WEB WITH A PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF FAKES NEWS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT:
-THE MOST POPULAR COMPUTER APPLICATIONS FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF DOCUMENTS IN THE LITERARY AND COMMUNICATION FIELDS;
-THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOLS USED IN THE ENCODING OF TEXTS IN BORN DIGITAL OR CONVERTED FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL;
-THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF ECDOTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE VARIOUS TEXTUAL TYPOLOGIES PRESENT ON THE WEB;
-THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF FAKES NEWS;
-COMPUTER TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR THE USE OF DATABASES.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-DISCERN AND EVALUATE THE DIFFERENT TEXT TYPES FOUND ON THE WEB;
-COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND RECONSTRUCT SOURCES OF VARIOUS TYPES OF FAKES NEWS;
-MANAGE AND UPDATE DATABASES;
-DESIGN A BORN DIGITAL EDITION;
-PARTICIPATE IN OPERATIONAL PROJECTS, ALSO IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
- DEVELOP OR APPLY ORIGINAL ANALYSIS AND STUDY APPROACHES IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES SO AS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCING STATE OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL PHILOLOGY.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
-INTERVENE APPROPRIATELY AND KNOWLEDGEABLY IN THE VARIOUS CONTEXTS INHERENT IN THE FIELDS OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES IN A MANNER THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR GOALS AND NEEDS OF THEIR TARGET AUDIENCE.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
-APPLY THE METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS ACQUIRED IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL PHILOLOGY TO UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE;;
-DEVELOP AN APTITUDE FOR CRITICAL PROCESSING AND RESEARCH IN THE AREAS OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES.

Prerequisites
TO ENROLL IN THE COURSE, STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED THE EXAM IN ROMANCE PHILOLOGY (ADVANCED) OR ANOTHER PHILOLOGY EXAM THAT MEETS THE REQUIRED CRITERIA. THEREFORE, STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE:

• BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF PHILOLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF TRADITIONAL PHILOLOGY, SUCH AS TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION, TEXTUAL CRITICISM, VARIANTS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND EDITIONS. A SOLID BACKGROUND IN ANCIENT OR MODERN LITERATURES (DEPENDING ON THE AREA OF FOCUS) IS ALSO BENEFICIAL.

• BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS
ADVANCED PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE A COMPUTER INDEPENDENTLY, UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE OF FILES AND FOLDERS, BROWSE THE WEB, AND USE BASIC WRITING AND FORMATTING TOOLS (SUCH AS WORD, PDF, ETC.).

• FAMILIARITY WITH THE DIGITAL FORMAT OF TEXTS
AT LEAST A BASIC EXPOSURE TO CONCEPTS SUCH AS TEXT ENCODING (E.G., XML), SEMANTIC MARKUP, METADATA, AND DIGITIZATION IS RECOMMENDED. EVEN JUST HAVING USED OR CONSULTED DIGITAL EDITIONS CAN SERVE AS A USEFUL STARTING POINT.

Contents
THE COURSE AIMS TO SHARPEN THE LEARNER'S CRITICAL SKILLS IN THE EVALUATION OF THE MOST WIDELY USED CULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE HUMANITIES THAT FALL WITHIN THE VAST PANORAMA OF THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES: FROM THE RECOGNITION OF FAKES NEWS AND FALSE LITERARY TEXTS, TO THE STRUCTURING OF A DIGITAL CRITICAL EDITION, TO THE USE OF DATABASES. THE ACQUISITION OF NEW SKILLS IN THE DIGITAL FIELD WILL ENABLE STUDENTS NOT ONLY TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE MOST WIDELY USED SOFTWARE IN EACH FIELD OF INVESTIGATION, BUT ALSO TO LEARN THE DESIGN STAGES FOR CREATING A QUALITY CULTURAL PRODUCT.

Teaching Methods
ATTENDANCE OF LESSONS IS NOT COMPULSORY BUT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BECAUSE, IN ALL ITS PHASES, THE COURSE INVOLVES AN ALTERNATION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE: LEARNING THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ECDOTICS, CODING LANGUAGES, XML SYNTAX AND TEI GUIDELINES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN APPLICATION PART IN WICH STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO PUT THE SKILLS THEY HAVE ACQUIRED INTO PRACTICE. IN THE SECOND PHASE CONCERNING THE USE OF DATABASES GALLROM. FOR THIS REASON, THE EXAMINATION PROGRAMME MAKES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS. ATTENDING STUDENTS WILL BE THOSE WHO ATTEND AT LEAST 80% OF THE LECTURES.
Verification of learning
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED BY PASSING AN ORAL EXAMINATION WITH A GRADE IN THIRTIETHS. FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS, THE ORAL EXAM IS REPRESENTED BY A PRESENTATION OF ONE OR MORE TECHNICAL PAPERS PREPARED DURING THE WORKSHOP EXERCISES SCHEDULED DURING THE COURSE, PRODUCED BY THE STUDENT AUTONOMOUSLY OR IN GROUPS. AS A WHOLE, THE FINAL EXAMINATION ENABLES STUDENTS TO ASCERTAIN BOTH THEIR CAPACITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION, THEIR ABILITY TO EXPOUND, AND THEIR LEVEL OF LEARNING AND APPLICATION OF THE PHILOLOGICAL AND COMPUTERISED METHODOLOGIES INCLUDED IN THE COURSE. AND TO MAKE CONJECTURES OR ELABORATE SOLUTIONS IN AUTONOMOUS JUDGEMENT. FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS, THE ORAL TEST WILL FOCUS ON COMPREHENSION OF THE TEXTS IN THE SYLLABUS AND KNOWLEDGE, EVEN IF ONLY THEORETICAL, OF THE MOST WIDELY USED SOFTWARE FOR THE CREATION OF CRITICAL DIGITAL EDITIONS.

Texts
SYLLABUS FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS

P. ITALIA, EDITING DUEMILA, ROME, SALERNO EDITRICE, 2020.

T. MANCINELLI – E. PIERAZZO, WHAT IS A DIGITAL SCHOLARLY EDITION, ROME, CAROCCI, 2020.

THE COURSE INCLUDES PRACTICAL EXERCISES ON SELECTED TOPICS COVERED IN CLASS.

SYLLABUS FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS MUST ADD THE FOLLOWING TEXTS TO THE SYLLABUS ASSIGNED TO ATTENDING STUDENTS:

M. ZACCARELLO, "TEXT, THEORY, EDITION. HOW PHILOLOGY IS CHANGING IN THE DIGITAL CONTEXT", CRITICA DEL TESTO (2019), PP. 186–201.

L. LEONARDI, “DIGITAL PHILOLOGY IN THE ITALIAN MIDDLE AGES”, GRISELDAONLINE, 2, 2021 (AVAILABLE ONLINE).

F. CIOTTI, DIGITAL HUMANITIES, ROME, CAROCCI, 2023, CHAPTERS 3 AND 5.


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