DSWLab

The Laboratory of Documents on the Web is currently funded through two grants dedicated to agreements, conventions, and exchanges with foreign universities and research institutes of the University of Naples Federico II. The Laboratory has evolved from the expertise gained through two large-scale European projects, for which Antonella Ambrosio served as the scientific coordinator for the Department of Humanities (DSU): ENArC – European Network on Archival Cooperation (2010-2015), funded by the European Union’s Culture Programme 2007-2013; co:op – community as opportunity. The creative archives’ and users’ network (2014-2018), funded by Creative Europe 2014-2020. Under the coordination of Antonella Ambrosio, the Laboratory aims to: support university teaching, offering training and professional development opportunities on the relationship between historical sources and Digital Humanities, and Paleography and Diplomatics, also through curricular internships for students from various degree programs; develop digital editions and online representations of archival and parchment collections, with a particular focus on medieval and early modern documents, contributing to the Monasterium Project (Monasterium.net); create “Topotheques”, georeferenced online collections of photographs, videos, and documents, through the Topotheque platform (topotheque.com), in line with crowdsourcing strategies and public engagement for Third Mission activities; map data and information from medieval and early modern historical documents in GIS environments, in collaboration with the Museum of Agricultural Sciences (MUSA) at the University of Naples Federico II and its Cartography Laboratory (Head: Antonello Migliozzi). Within the University, the Laboratory serves as the national reference point for ICARUS (International Centre for Archival Research) (icar-us.eu), an international network of academic and archival institutions spanning Europe and North America (Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Hungary, Canada, USA). It collaborates closely with: The Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung at the University of Graz (PI: Georg Vogeler);The ERC Advanced Grant From Digital to Distant Diplomatics (ERC DiDip, n.101019327, 2022-2026), based at UniGraz.
The Laboratory also promotes: interdisciplinary research, involving educational scientists (notably the team led by Flavia Santoianni) and computer scientists, to develop innovative teaching methodologies based on new technologies; organization of international conferences, national workshops, and research meetings, aligned with the project’s scientific objectives.