Building knowledge together

Research and publications

National and European projects, Digital Curator training and publications on digital heritage.

Research projects

2024–2025

CULTURE&CREATIVITY

TOCC A1 – Capacity building for cultural professionals to manage the digital and green transition. Measure 3.3.1: improving the cultural and creative ecosystem through cooperation, upskilling and reskilling. Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity, Italian Ministry of Culture.

2024–2025

GREEN EVENTS

TOCC B1 – Capacity building for cultural professionals to manage the digital and green transition. Measure 3.3.3: reducing the ecological footprint of cultural events by incorporating social and environmental criteria into public procurement and encouraging eco-innovation in products and services. Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity, Italian Ministry of Culture.

2021–2024

DCBOX: Erasmus+ project

“Digital Curator Training & Tool Box”: Erasmus+ KA220 Cooperation Partnership in Higher Education, led by Distori–UNIVPM. DCBox aims to train a new generation of European cultural heritage professionals with advanced, recognised and transferable digital skills.

2022–2024

NEXTMUSEUM: Erasmus+ project

“Stimulating Digitisation at Small and Medium-Sized Museums through the Enhancement of the Digital Curator”: Erasmus+ KA220 Cooperation Partnership in Vocational Education and Training, led by Fondazione Marche Cultura. Distori is the main training partner for museum digital transformation.

2019–2021

REMEMBER: Interreg Italy–Croatia project

“REstoring the MEmory of Adriatic Ports Sites: Maritime Culture to Foster Balanced Territorial Growth”: Interreg Italy–Croatia, led by the Central Adriatic Ports Authority in Ancona.

2019–2022

RAILTOLAND: Erasmus+ project

“A Collaborative Platform for Innovative Tools to Communicate European Cultural Landscapes from the Train”: Erasmus+ KA203 Strategic Partnership, led by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Distori contributes ICT expertise in heritage and landscape representation.

2018–2021

TRANSFER: Interreg Adriatic–Ionian project

“Integrated Management Models for Archaeological Parks”: associated partner; lead partner, University of Macerata

2018–2021

CIVITAS: university strategic project

“ChaIn for excellence of reflectiVe Societies for dIgitization of culTural heritAge and museumS. A pilot case in Palazzo Ducale at Urbino”. Principal investigator for the research team

Scientific output

Publications in the archive

Contributions on digitisation, information models, museums, archaeology and immersive experiences.

2024

A Virtual Immersive Movie for archaeological heritage: a journey through the Queen’s Tomb at Sirolo-Numana

Clini P., Angeloni R, D’Alessio M., Bardelli G., Finocchi S.

Journal article · Archeologia e Calcolatori

2024

Digital transformation of Ascoli Piceno’s civic collections: an innovative university–museum project

Clini P., Quattrin R., Malinverni, E.S., Vasic I., Papetti S.,Felicetti M.

Journal article · Archeomatica

2024

Dalla replica digitale alla modellazione informativa. Un approccio scan-to-bim alla documentazione del microscavo e restauro della tomba 27 di colle vaccaro (AP)

Cingolani S., Clini P., Quattrini, R., Angeloni, R. Angelo F., Sforzini L.,Di Giovanni A., Bollati R.

Journal article · Archeologia e Calcolatori

2024

Adrijo: A Digital Platform for Adriatic Port Heritage—Good Practices for Virtual Museums and Touristic Experiences

Clini P., Quattrini, R. Angeloni, Nespeca R., De Luca D., La Porta S.

Journal article · Heritage

2024

Architectural heritage digital representations for conservation strategies

Clini, P., Mariotti, C., Angeloni, R., Munoz Cadiz, J.

Journal article · International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

2024

Emerging skills in the humanities panorama facing the digitalisation disruption: the digital curator training and tool box

Quattrini R., Stefanelli C., Agapiou A.

Conference proceedings contribution · INTED2024, 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference

2024

Automatic generation of synthetic heritage point clouds: Analysis and segmentation based on shape grammar for historical vaults

Battini C., Ferretti U., De Angelis G., Pierdicca R., Paolanti M.,Quattrini R.

Journal article · Journal of Cultural Heritage

2024

3VR: Vice Versa Virtual Reality Algorithm to Track and Map User Experience

Vasic, I., Quattrini R., Pierdicca R., Mancini A., Vasic B.

Journal article · ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage

2024

Scan-to-meshbim: implementing knowledge about historical vaulted ceilings with open tools

Muñoz-Cádiz J., Quattrini R., Martín-Talaverano R.

Journal article · TEMA

2024

Introduction to the Handbook – Enriching heritage through digital curation. Practice and training handbook

Quattrini R., Patricio C.

Book chapter · Handbook – Enriching Heritage through Digital Curation: Practice and Training Handbook

2023

From point cloud data to HBIM for public performance spaces knowledge, management and storytelling: Palazzo Olivieri in Pesaro

Clini P., Quattrini R., Mariotti C., Nespeca R., De Luca D.A.

Journal article · DISEGNARE CON…

2023

Digital memory and prevention can also help save the world

Clini P.

Book chapter · Living with Earthquakes · Maggioli Editore, Bologna

2023

Digital Transition for Heritage Management and Dissemination: Via Flaminia and Corduba-Emerita

Clini, P., Muñoz Cádiz J., Ferretti U., Luís Domínguez Jiménez J., González Nieto M.

Conference proceedings contribution · Transizioni · Franco Angeli

Research and collaboration

Research and AI,
new possibilities.

We collaborate with museums, public bodies, cultural institutions and businesses. Contact the laboratory to discuss a heritage project, an AI application or a data analysis programme.

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