Modern humanities

Documentation is the original European name of a broad disciplinary area also called Information Science or Digital Humanities. It involves both a theoretical (based on logic, rhetoric and information technology) and a practical (aware and active use of the computer and the Internet) approach. The student will therefore follow a training course aimed both at acquiring mastery in accessing information on the Web and at retrieving reliable sources, and at refining critical interpretative skills (analysis of technological phenomena, reading and analyzing scientific texts by the pioneers of information technology). Particular emphasis will be given to the changes produced by digital in the cultural mechanisms of knowledge transmission, with insights into the concepts of text and hypertext, dissemination and reception, open access, Citizen Science.