Dr Danilo Giglitto PhD

Associate Lecturer

Summary

I am a researcher and lecturer whose work falls in the areas of heritage studies, media studies, cultural studies, and human-computer interaction. I am concerned with the human experience and understanding of cultural heritage, which I have explored from a variety of angles including bottom-up participation, community-led initiatives, social inclusion, cultural professionals’ needs and expectations, decolonisation, intangible cultural heritage documentation safeguarding, participatory work, and technology co-design. In my work, I adopt multidisciplinary and mixed-methods approaches, and I am well-versed in qualitative methods and research design as well as co-creation activities, academic writing, project evaluation, and project management. I have worked and carried out research for a variety of universities in the UK and overseas.

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About

I currently lead several modules in the BA in Media and the MA in Global Communication and Media. At SHU, I last worked on the Polyvocal Interpretation of Contested Colonial Heritage (PICCH) project (2021–2023), which explored how archival material created in a colonial mindset can be re-appropriated and re-interpreted to become an effective source for decolonisation and the basis for a future inclusive society.

From 2018 to 2021, I worked on CultureLabs, a European project aimed at developing novel methodologies and digital tools that may facilitate the organisation and wider deployment of participatory projects around cultural heritage, while focusing on the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups, particularly migrant communities. Before joining Sheffield Hallam University, I was a Research Associate at Kingston University. I hold a PhD in Sociology from the University of Aberdeen.

Teaching

Department of Media Arts and Communication

College of Social Sciences and Arts

Modules taught:

- Media Evolution and the Professional Landscape
- Global Media Developments
- Media Technologies
- Media Representations and World Perspectives
- Critical Issues in Culture
- Research Methods and Skills

Research

Dr Danilo Giglitto provides research to the Polyvocal Interpretation of Contested Colonial Heritage (PICCH) project, looking at ways to address the challenge of decolonising the archive through the active participation of communities.

PICCH (https://picch-project.org/)
CultureLabs (https://culture-labs.eu/)

Publications

Journal articles

Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., Lockley, E., & Cesaroni, F. (2023). Understanding the needs of institutional stakeholders in participatory cultural heritage and social innovation projects. Museum and Society, 21 (3), 78-95. http://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v21i3.4093

Spinello, A.O., Giglitto, D., & Lockley, E. (2021). Management of open access research infrastructures in large EU projects: The “CultureLabs” case. CNR-IRCrES Working Paper, 9/2021. http://doi.org/10.23760/2421-7158.2021.009

Lazem, S., Giglitto, D., Nkwo, M.S., Mthoko, H., Upani, J., & Peters, A. (2021). Challenges and paradoxes in decolonising HCI: A critical discussion. Computer Supported Cooperative Work: the journal of collaborative computing. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-021-09398-0

Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., & Bosswick, W. (2021). Building a bridge: Opportunities and challenges for intangible cultural heritage at the intersection of institutions, civic society, and migrant communities. International Journal of Heritage Studies. http://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2021.1922934

Giglitto, D., Lazem, S., & Preston, A. (2019). A participatory approach for digital documentation of Egyptian Bedouins intangible cultural heritage. Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal, (41), 31-49. http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=ToC_41_P&link=41_3_abstract

Lazem, S., Giglitto, D., & Preston, A. (2018). A tent, a pigeon house, and a pomegranate tree. Interactions, 25 (2), 18-20. http://doi.org/10.1145/3184465

Giglitto, D. (n.d.). The Vincenzo Bellini Garden in Catania: An anthropological perspective. Anuac, 2 (2), 104-117. http://doi.org/10.7340/anuac2239-625x-105

Conference papers

Preston, A., Giglitto, D., Lazem, S., Price, L., Elkington, S., & Stone, P. (2019). Building a living curriculum for STEAM: An international perspective. In 7th Annual Conference of the UK & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network, 2019 - 2019 (pp. 72-81). WMG: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/mediacentre/wmgevents/eern/proceedings_13_dec.pdf#page=75

Kaldeli, E., Tsakou, G., Giglitto, D., Cesaroni, F., Tzouvaras, V., & Stamou, G. (2019). CultureLabs: Cultural heritage and digital technology at the service of social innovation. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2412, 9. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2412/

Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., Claisse, C., & Lockley, E. (2019). Bridging cultural heritage and communities through digital technologies: Understanding perspectives and challenges. The 9th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Transforming Communities (C&T 2019), June 3--7, 2019, Vienna, Austria, 81-91. http://doi.org/10.1145/3328320.3328386

Giglitto, D., Lazem, S., & Preston, A. (2018). In the eye of the student: "An intangible cultural heritage experience, with a human-computer interaction twist". Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 290. http://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173864

Giglitto, D. (2015). Enhancing Community Heritage Empowerment through Wiki Software. Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference Companion on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, 85-88. http://doi.org/10.1145/2685553.2699327

Giglitto, D. (2014). Using wiki software to enhance community empowerment by building digital archives for intangible cultural heritage. In Ioannides, M., Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Fink, E., Zarnic, R., Yen, A.-.Y., & Quak, E. (Eds.) EuroMed 2014. Digital Heritage: Progress in Cultural Heritage Documentation, Preservation and Protection, Limassol, Cyprus, 3 November 2014 - 8 November 2014 (pp. 268-277). Multi-Science Publishing

Book chapters

Stellacci, S., Piccoli, C., & Giglitto, D. (2024). Introduction: Unforeseen Paths towards impactful heritage-based actions. In Stellacci, S., Giglitto, D., & Piccoli, C. (Eds.) Advanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage. Unforeseen paths. (pp. 1-5). Abingdon: Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781032637396-1

Cere, R., Giglitto, D., & Petrelli, D. (2023). Uncovering colonial legacy in a British digital archive: The Pitt Rivers Museum case. In Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., Lockley, E., & Kaldeli, E. (Eds.) Digital Approaches to Inclusion and Participation in Cultural Heritage. Insights from Research and Practice in Europe. (pp. 141-159). London: Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277606-8

Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., & Lockley, E. (2023). Introduction: Digital approaches to inclusion and participation in cultural heritage. In Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., Lockley, E., & Kaldeli, E. (Eds.) Digital Approaches to Inclusion and Participation in Cultural Heritage. Insights from Research and Practice in Europe. (pp. 1-7). London: Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277606-1

Kaldeli, E., Giglitto, D., Lockley, E., & Ciolfi, L. (2023). CultureLabs: Recipes for social innovation. In Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., Lockley, E., & Kaldeli, E. (Eds.) Digital Approaches to Inclusion and Participation in Cultural Heritage. Insights from Research and Practice in Europe. (pp. 76-97). London: Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277606-5

Books

Stellacci, S., Giglitto, D., & Piccoli, C. (Eds.). (2024). Advanced research and design tools for architectural heritage: Unforeseen paths. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Advanced-Research-and-Design-Tools-for-Architectural-Heritage-Unforeseen/Stellacci-Giglitto-Piccoli/p/book/9781032637372#

Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., Lockley, E., & Kaldeli, E. (Eds.). (2023). Digital Approaches to Inclusion and Participation in Cultural Heritage. Insights from Research and Practice in Europe. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277606

Danilo Giglitto