Sergio Minniti

Sociologia dei media digitali

Venerdì dalle ore 11:00 alle 13:00 (previo appuntamento da concordare via email)

1. Articoli in riviste peer-reviewed:

Minniti, S. (2024) Vade retro, gamer!" La riappropriazione creativa del videogioco arcade in Italia. Studi culturali, 21(3), pp. 301-328. doi: 10.1405/115888 

Minniti, S., e Giardullo, P. (2024) Data practices as entry points for understanding the mobilisation of non-experts in environmental monitoring. Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 4/2024, pp. 889-928. doi: 10.1423/115305 

Minniti, S., e Magaudda, P. (2024) The ‘Obligatory Passage Point’ in Knowledge Co-Production: Italy’s Participatory Environmental Monitoring Platform. Science as Culture, 34(1), pp. 13–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2024.2317236 

Minniti, S. (2021) Short-circuiting Media History Research: Convergences between Media Archaeology and Media Art. Comunicazioni Sociali, 43(1), pp. 29-37. https://doi.org/10.26350/001200_000108 

Minniti, S., Salazar Mejia, J.M., e Vega Bazantes, J.D. (2019) Implementing Low Cost Digital Libraries for Rural Communities by Re-functioning Obsolescent Television Sets: The Offline-pedia Project. Journal of European Television History and Culture, 8(15), pp.123-139. https://doi.org/10.18146/2213-0969.2019.jethc169 

Magaudda, P., e Minniti, S. (2019) Retromedia-in-practice: A Practice Theory Approach for Rethinking Old and New Media Technologies. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 25(4), pp. 673-693. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856519842805

Minniti, S., Santoro, V., e Belli, S. (2018) Mapping the Development of Open Access in Latin America and Caribbean Countries. An Analysis of Web of Science Core Collection and SciELO Citation Index (2005–2017). Scientometrics, 117(3), pp. 1905-1930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2950-0

Minniti, S. e De Paoli, S. (2018) Learning by Gaming: ANT and Critical Making. Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies, 9(1), pp. 103-120. ISSN 2038-3460 

Minniti, S. (2016) Polaroid 2.0. Photo-Objects and Analogue Instant Photography in the Digital Age. Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies, 7(1), pp. 17-44. ISSN 2038-3460 

Minniti, S. (2016) La rimaterializzazione della fotografia nell’era digitale: il caso dei polaroider. Comunicazioni Sociali, 38(1), pp. 93-100. ISSN 0392-8667 

2. Capitoli in volumi collettanei:

Magaudda, P., e Minniti, S. (2025) Studi sociali sulla scienza e la tecnologia. In G. Balbi, F. Comunello, F. Pasquali e M. Sorice (a cura di), Studiare i media. Prospettive disciplinari e parole chiave, Roma: Carocci, pp. 93-105. ISBN 9788829029099

Minniti, S. (2022) Innovazione dal basso e co-creazione nell’ambito delle tecnologie digitali. In S. Arnaldi, S. Crabu e P. Magaudda (a cura di), Co-creazione e responsabilità nell’innovazione tecnoscientifica dal basso, Milano/Udine: Mimesis, pp. 91-132. ISBN 9788857586120

Minniti, S. (2022) Analogue Renaissance and Technological Resistance in Contemporary Amateur Photography: The Case of Lomography. In P. Giori (a cura di) Studies on Experimental Photography, Barcelona: Graficas Campas, pp. 36-54. ISBN 9788409409945

Minniti, S. (2021) “Buy Film Not Megapixels”: The Role of Analogue Cameras in the Rematerialization of Photography and the Configuration of Resistant Amateurism. In A.C. Hall (a cura di), The Camera as Actor: Photography and the Embodiment of Technology, London: Routledge, pp. 79-102. ISBN 9781350111974

Minniti, S. (2020) Utilizzatori e tecnologie. In P. Magaudda e F. Neresini (a cura di), Gli studi sociali sulla scienza e la tecnologia, Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 109-126. ISBN 9788815287892

Minniti, S. (2018) Polaroid, Kodak e la digitalizzazione: il fallimento di una visione “ibrida” della fotografia digitale. In G. Balbi e P. Magaudda (a cura di), Fallimenti digitali: un’archeologia dei nuovi media, Milano: Unicopli, pp. 29-44. ISBN 9788840019765

3. Libri:

Antonini, M., Minniti, S., Gòmez, F., Lungarella, G., e Bendandi, L. (2015) Experimental Photography: A Handbook of Techniques, London/New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500544372

Edizione tedesca: Fotografie: Ein Handbuch der analogen Kreativtechniken, Munich/London/New York: Prestel Verlag, 2015. ISBN 9783791381404

Edizione spagnola: Fotografía Experimental. Manual De Técnicas Y Procesos Alternativos, Barcelona: Blume, 2015. ISBN 9788416138340

• European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
• Italian Society for the Social Study of Science and Technology (STS Italia)
• Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN)

PRESENTAZIONI A CONFERENZE

2024     Vade retro, gamer! La riappropriazione creativa del videogioco arcade in Italia, conferenza “Studi culturali in Italia”, Dipartimento delle Arti – DamsLab, Università di Bologna, 12-13 settembre.

2024     Reframing the Use of Generative AI Systems in Cultural Production: An Exploratory Study of the Co-construction of Users and Technology in Italian Cultural Industries, 11th quadrennial joint conference of EASST and 4S (EASST/4S 2024) “Making and Doing Transformations”, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), Netherlands, 16-19 luglio.

2023     News Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in a Global Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review, Community Informatics Network Conference (CIRN) 2023, Monash University, Prato (IT), 8-10 novembre.

2023     Co-producing Innovation through Free Software and Open Hardware: The Case of R-MAP, a Participatory Environmental Monitoring Network in Italy, 9th STS Italia Conference “Interesting Worlds to come. Science & Technology Studies facing more-than-human challenges”, Università di Bologna (IT), 28-30 giugno.

2021     A “Biographical” Approach to Retromedia Practices: The Case of Polaroidism, “Old Media Persistence”, ECREA 2021 Post-conference [online], 10 settembre.

2019     Bridging the Gap between the Physical and Conceptual Exploration of Socio-technical Issues: Critical Approaches to Technical Practices and the “Critical Making” Approach, “Scuola Democratica First International Conference”, Università di Cagliari (IT), 6-8 giugno.

2019    “Buy Film Not Megapixels”: Resistant Amateurism and the Rematerialization of Photography in the Digital Age, Conferenza “Pratiche amatoriali e tecnologie dello sguardo”, Università IULM (IT), 23-24 maggio.

2018    A Critical Making Approach to Actor-Network Theory: Game of Ant, 7th STS Italia Conference “Technoscience from below”, Università di Padova (IT), 14-16 giugno.

2018    Redesigning Access to Encyclopedic Knowledge in Developing Countries: The Offline-pedia Project, 7th STS Italia Conference “Technoscience from below”, Università di Padova (IT), 14-16 giugno.

2015    The Artist as a Media Archaeologist: Investigating the Morphogenesis of Media Technologies in Contemporary Art Photography, “Roads Less Travelled: Exploring New Connections between Media Research and STS”, University of Siegen (DE), 5-6 febbraio.

2014    When the Old Becomes New: The Reconstruction of Analogue Instant Photography in The Digital Age, Biennial Conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST 2014) “Situating Solidarities: Social Challenges for Science and Technology Studies”, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun (PL), 17-19 settembre.

2014    Analogue Instant Photography as a Practice of Technological Resistance, 5th STS Italia Conference “A Matter of Design: Making Society trough Science and Technology”, Politecnico di Milano (IT), 12-14 giugno.

ORGANIZZAZIONE DI CONFERENZE

2022    Organizing Committee Member – 6th STS Italia Summer School, “Disentangling Futures: Promises, Scenarios, Experiments”, Dipartimento FISPPA, Università di Padova (IT), 27 settembre-1 ottobre.

2021    Convenor – Panel: “Disappearance, Maintenance and Reinvention in the Biographies of Technical Objects: Perspectives on the Transformative Vulnerabilities of Technology at the Intersection between STS and Media Studies”, 8th STS Italia Conference “Dis/entangling Technoscience: Vulnerability, Responsibility and Justice”, Università di Trieste (IT), 17-19 giugno.

2018    Convenor – Open Session, 7th STS Italia Conference “Technoscience from below”, Università di Padova (IT), 14-16 giugno.

2017    Organizing Committee Member – “From Prices to Prizes and Vice Versa”, workshop organizzato nell’ambito del progetto Performances of Value: Competition and Competitions Inside and Outside Markets, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Università di Bologna (IT), 13-14 febbraio.

2016    Convenor – Panel: “Media Environments: Metaphors, Ecologies, Materialities, Infrastructures”, 6th STS Italia Conference “Sociotechnical Environments”, Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Università di Trento (IT), 24-26 novembre.

2016    Organizing Committee Member - 6th STS Italia Conference “Sociotechnical Environments”, Department of Sociology and Social Research, Università di Trento (IT), 24-26 novembre.

2014    Organizing Committee Member - “Ri-conoscere le mafie. Esperienze e prospettive a confronto”, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Università di Bologna (IT) 20-21 febbraio.

PRESENTAZIONI A CONFERENZE

2024     Vade retro, gamer! La riappropriazione creativa del videogioco arcade in Italia, conferenza “Studi culturali in Italia”, Dipartimento delle Arti – DamsLab, Università di Bologna, 12-13 settembre.

2024     Reframing the Use of Generative AI Systems in Cultural Production: An Exploratory Study of the Co-construction of Users and Technology in Italian Cultural Industries, 11th quadrennial joint conference of EASST and 4S (EASST/4S 2024) “Making and Doing Transformations”, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), Netherlands, 16-19 luglio.

2023     News Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in a Global Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review, Community Informatics Network Conference (CIRN) 2023, Monash University, Prato (IT), 8-10 novembre.

2023     Co-producing Innovation through Free Software and Open Hardware: The Case of R-MAP, a Participatory Environmental Monitoring Network in Italy, 9th STS Italia Conference “Interesting Worlds to come. Science & Technology Studies facing more-than-human challenges”, Università di Bologna (IT), 28-30 giugno.

2021     A “Biographical” Approach to Retromedia Practices: The Case of Polaroidism, “Old Media Persistence”, ECREA 2021 Post-conference [online], 10 settembre.

2019     Bridging the Gap between the Physical and Conceptual Exploration of Socio-technical Issues: Critical Approaches to Technical Practices and the “Critical Making” Approach, “Scuola Democratica First International Conference”, Università di Cagliari (IT), 6-8 giugno.

2019    “Buy Film Not Megapixels”: Resistant Amateurism and the Rematerialization of Photography in the Digital Age, Conferenza “Pratiche amatoriali e tecnologie dello sguardo”, Università IULM (IT), 23-24 maggio.

2018    A Critical Making Approach to Actor-Network Theory: Game of Ant, 7th STS Italia Conference “Technoscience from below”, Università di Padova (IT), 14-16 giugno.

2018    Redesigning Access to Encyclopedic Knowledge in Developing Countries: The Offline-pedia Project, 7th STS Italia Conference “Technoscience from below”, Università di Padova (IT), 14-16 giugno.

2015    The Artist as a Media Archaeologist: Investigating the Morphogenesis of Media Technologies in Contemporary Art Photography, “Roads Less Travelled: Exploring New Connections between Media Research and STS”, University of Siegen (DE), 5-6 febbraio.

2014    When the Old Becomes New: The Reconstruction of Analogue Instant Photography in The Digital Age, Biennial Conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST 2014) “Situating Solidarities: Social Challenges for Science and Technology Studies”, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun (PL), 17-19 settembre.

2014    Analogue Instant Photography as a Practice of Technological Resistance, 5th STS Italia Conference “A Matter of Design: Making Society trough Science and Technology”, Politecnico di Milano (IT), 12-14 giugno.

ORGANIZZAZIONE DI CONFERENZE

2022    Organizing Committee Member – 6th STS Italia Summer School, “Disentangling Futures: Promises, Scenarios, Experiments”, Dipartimento FISPPA, Università di Padova (IT), 27 settembre-1 ottobre.

2021    Convenor – Panel: “Disappearance, Maintenance and Reinvention in the Biographies of Technical Objects: Perspectives on the Transformative Vulnerabilities of Technology at the Intersection between STS and Media Studies”, 8th STS Italia Conference “Dis/entangling Technoscience: Vulnerability, Responsibility and Justice”, Università di Trieste (IT), 17-19 giugno.

2018    Convenor – Open Session, 7th STS Italia Conference “Technoscience from below”, Università di Padova (IT), 14-16 giugno.

2017    Organizing Committee Member – “From Prices to Prizes and Vice Versa”, workshop organizzato nell’ambito del progetto Performances of Value: Competition and Competitions Inside and Outside Markets, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Università di Bologna (IT), 13-14 febbraio.

2016    Convenor – Panel: “Media Environments: Metaphors, Ecologies, Materialities, Infrastructures”, 6th STS Italia Conference “Sociotechnical Environments”, Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Università di Trento (IT), 24-26 novembre.

2016    Organizing Committee Member - 6th STS Italia Conference “Sociotechnical Environments”, Department of Sociology and Social Research, Università di Trento (IT), 24-26 novembre.

2014    Organizing Committee Member - “Ri-conoscere le mafie. Esperienze e prospettive a confronto”, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Università di Bologna (IT) 20-21 febbraio.

Science & Technology Studies - Media Studies