Excellence Department - Permanent Seminar and other events
Meetings promoted as part of the Permanent Seminar
The Permanent Seminar promoted by CAPTED explores the "Educational and Sociocultural Changes and Potentials in the Digital Transition" through events aimed at academics, students, and the broader community.
These events seek to foster both internal discussion within the Department and stimulate international scientific dialogue on the topic, while also engaging students and local stakeholders.
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Aula Seminari, Edificio U6 Agorà (IV piano) - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
Also online - LINK
An event organised in collaboration with the PhD Programme in Education in Contemporary Society (ESC) and the RobotiCSS Lab
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Aula Massa, Agorà building (4° floor) - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milan
Also online - LINK
Seminar conducted by Dr. Philipp Budka of the University of Vienna, in conversation with Dr. Paolo Grassi and doctoral students in Cultural and Social Anthropology involved in the Project of Excellence
Tuesday, 14 April, 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Massa room, Building U6 Agorà (4th floor) - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milan
Also online
Professor Alex Vailati, from the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
28 April 2025, 16:30 - 19:00 cest
Aula Martini, U6 building – Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1 – Milano
Public lecture by Judith Butler, american feminist philosopher and gender studies scholar.
2 April 2025, 16:30 - 18:30
Aula 01c, U6 Building - Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
Also online
The seminar aims to offer an interdisciplinary dialogue between the Social Inclusion Lab of the Bocconi University of Milan and the Open-Air Lab of the Department of Human Sciences for Education “Riccardo Massa" of the University of Milan-Bicocca.
March 11, 2025 | 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Room 12, U16 Building - Via Raffaello Giolli 5, Milan
Also online (LINK)
Keynote: Prof. Braxton Soderman, University of California Irvine
Discussant: Prof. Andrea Galimberti and Prof. Paolo Monti, University of Milano-Bicocca
Chair: Prof. Francesca Antonacci, University of Milano-Bicocca
An event organized as part of the Permanent Seminar "Educational and Socio-Cultural Changes and Opportunities in the Digital Transition" by the CAPTED Research Center
Feb 4 2025 | 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Franco Angeli Academy - Viale dell'Innovazione 11, Milano
Presentation of the Book "Trap! Suoni, segni e soggettività nella scena italiana" [Trap! Sounds, signs, and subjectivities in the Italian scene] (Novalogos, 2024), edited by Sebastiano Benasso and Luca Benvenga.
Speakers: Sebastiano Benasso (UNIGE) and Luca Benvenga (UNI PEGASO)
Chairs: Paolo Grassi (UNIMIB) and Maria Elena Ponno (IUAV)
Discussants: Emanuele Belotti (POLIMI), Davide Fant (UNIMIB), Luisa Zecca (UNIMIB)
An event organized as part of the Permanent Seminar "Educational and Socio-Cultural Changes and Opportunities in the Digital Transition" by the CAPTED Research Center
Tuesday November 19, 09.30 - 16.00 CET
Aula Massa – Edificio Agorà U6, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
Also online (link)
A meeting promoted as part of the Permanent Seminar "Educational and Sociocultural Transformations and Potentials linked to Digital Transition"
27 june, 14.30 - 17.30
Aula Seminari (stanza 4288) - Edificio Agorà U6 (4° piano), piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
A conversation with Ashraf Kagee and Fayez Mahamid on advancements of open science in Palestine and African countries
9 april, 9.00 - 18.00
Aula Martini - Edificio Agorà U6, piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
Inauguration day of the Permanent Seminary
Other events promoted by CAPTED
Seminars, meetings, and workshops promoted and/or supported by the CAPTED Departmental Study Center
A series of four sessions entitled Proximity Technology and Childhood organised by Paulo Fochi (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brasile)
- 17 november || 8.30-10.30 - Room U7-05
Microtransizioni nei contesti della prima infanzia
Introduces and coordinates Monica Guerra, Università di Milano-Bicocca - 27 november || 8.30-10.30 - Room U16-01a
Tecnologia della prossimità e educazione nella prima infanzia
Introduces and coordinates Monica Guerra, Università di Milano-Bicocca - 10 december || 10:30-12:30 - Room U7-10
Pedagogia dell’infanzia e nuove disuguaglianze
Introduces and coordinates Elena Luciano, Università di Milano-Bicocca - 17 december || 9.30-11.30 - Room Seminari, U6
L’incorporazione dell’educazione computazionale e digitale nella prima infanzia brasiliana
In conversation with Francesca Antonacci e Monica Guerra, Università di Milano-Bicocca
A seminar organised as part of the PhD programme in Education in Contemporary Society
Paulo Fochi is a professor and researcher on the PhD Programme in Education at Unisinos, head of the Curió group (CNPq/Unisinos) and founder of the OBECI Institute. He has collaborated with the Ministry of Education on various projects, including the development of the National Common Core Curriculum for Early Childhood (BNCC).
His research examines the quality of educational processes in Brazilian early childhood education through the development of a ‘proximity’ approach, centred on listening, pedagogical documentation and the collective construction of meaning amongst professionals, families and children.
Within this project, one of the central themes is the digital transition, which represents one of the most significant transformations in contemporary educational processes.
29 September 2026, 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Massa Room, U6 Agorà Building (4th floor) – Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milan
The Lab_Babel Transdisciplinary Laboratory, in collaboration with the CAPTED research centre, invites you to a public event presenting the initial findings of the Babel project – Widespread workshops for an adolescent lexicon.
How do teenagers speak today? Slang, emojis, contractions, Anglicisms, audiovisual codes, musical and social references: a lexicon in constant flux, increasingly intertwined with the dynamics of the digital transition, which the Babel project does not aim to ‘translate’ literally, but rather to explore in all its polysemic richness, allowing the young people themselves to explain its meanings.
Massa room, Building U6 Agorà - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
Screening of the film REAL (Italy, France – 2024). Discussion with director Adele Tulli, who will be present in the auditorium
The event is designed as a space for shared reflection on contemporary human experiences in highly digitized contexts, bringing together cinematic language and anthropological research.
Two seminars led by Massimo Riva
Professor of Italian Studies (presso la Brown University - Providence, USA), Coordinatore del Virtual Humanities Lab e Affiliated Professor di Modern Culture and Media.
Giovedì 16 aprile 2026, 10:30 – 12:30
Aula 03, Edificio U6 Agorà - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
Simulation as a paradigm: a theoretical and critical framework for emerging cognitive practices
Venerdì 17 aprile 2026, 10:30 – 12:30
LISP, Edificio U6 Agorà (IV piano) - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
The new chameleons in (inter)action: cognitive media or epistemic partners?
3 February 2026, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Seminari Room (4288 - 4° floor), U6 Agorà Building - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
The seminar will present the construction process and future prospects of ongoing research, developed in collaboration between members of CAPTED-Next and the Degree Course in Education Sciences, dedicated to the analysis of the use of digital technologies and ICTs in socio-pedagogical professional practices.
Through contributions from PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scholars, the seminar addresses key issues such as the intersections between digital and professional identities, frameworks for digital competence, and educational perspectives on the visible and invisible uses of technologies, including artificial intelligence. The event aims to highlight emerging complexities within educational and social work contexts, with particular attention to special needs and teenagers’ educational environments.
The seminar is addressed to PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, researchers, and faculty members of the Department of Human Sciences for Education “Riccardo Massa” who are interested in the topic.
19 January 2026, 09:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Massa room, U6 Agorà Building (4° piano) - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milan
Seminar curated by Luana Bruno, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Research, Complutense University of Madrid.
15 January 2026, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Massa room, U6 Agorà Building (4° piano) - Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milan
Seminar curated by Luana Bruno, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Research, Complutense University of Madrid.
17 december, -
Aula Riunioni, Building U6 Agorà (4° Floor) – Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
This workshop is designed for Master’s students and PhD candidates interested in exploring how migration shapes and transforms identities in contexts of social, cultural, and digital transition.
Through a multidisciplinary approach, participants will:
- Engage with different disciplinary perspectives and scientific methodologies;
- Critically reflect on their own conceptual tools for understanding identity and migration;
- Explore the relationship between migration and collective identities across different transformative contexts.
The workshop aims to create a shared conceptual space, drawing on participants’ diverse academic backgrounds to discuss key notions of identity, migration, and transition.
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Aula Seminari, Edificio U6 Agorà (IV Piano) – Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano
The Research Commission promoted a morning of studies on ‘The use of Artificial Intelligence in research: creativity, writing, authorship’, in collaboration with the Doctorates in Education in Contemporary Society, Cultural and Social Anthropology, and Intangible Heritage in Socio-Cultural Innovation.
One of the activities dedicated to ‘Open Science’, aimed at investigating research processes in the humanities from a reflective and participatory perspective.
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FrancoAngeli Academy, Viale dell’Innovazione 11 - Milano
Free workshop promoted by the Capted Next research group to explore places in the neighbourhood and reflect on how they contribute to the construction of our spatial identity.