International Interdisciplinary Conference
Marconi Galaxy: Technology, Cultural Models, Myth-Making
ISA TOPIC 2009
Monday 27 – Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
R. Philharmonic Academy of Bologna, Sala Mozart
Via Guerrazzi 13, Bologna, Italy
Scientific Board: Maria Cioni, Barbara Crow, Gabriele Falciasecca, Seth Feldman, Elena Lamberti, Michael Longford, Sanja Obradovic, Kim Sawchuk, Martin Stiglio, Barbara Valotti
Project assistant: Cecilia Ghetti
Organization: Sara Cwynar, Mel Hogan, Tracy Ma, Tiziana Miano, Christopher Moorhead, Luna Pagani, Carlo Settembrini, Andrea Zeffiro
Webcast: With the collaboration of TRADINVEST.TV (www.tradinvest.tv) the conference is broadcast live at the address: www.tradinvest.tv/livetv/
Information: Guglielmo Marconi Foundation, Tel. 051-846121 - www.fgm.it
Centre for Canadian Studies ‘Alfredo Rizzardi’, Tel. 051-2097190 - www2.lingue.unibo.it/ canada/
Project “Marconi Galaxy”: www.marconigalaxy.net
Languages: Italian & English (simultaneous translation available)
Programme
Monday, April 27, 2009.
9:00 am: Opening and Welcome Remarks
Speakers:
Roberto Grandi, Provost of International Affairs, University of Bologna
Dario Braga, Director, Institute of Advance Studies (ISA – University of Bologna)
Gabriele Falciasecca, President Guglielmo Marconi Foundation
Giovanna Franci, Director Centre for Canadian Studies “Alfredo Rizzardi” University of Bologna
Daniela Gallingani, Dean Faculty of Modern Languages – University of Bologna
Keir D Elam, Chair Department of Modern Languages – University of Bologna
Ravetti Dario, Art Counsellor, R. Philharmonic Academy Bologna
Luigi Bruti Liberati, President Italian Association for Canadian Studies
Martin Stiglio, Director Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto
Barbara Crow, York University, Toronto
9:30 am: The Marconi Galaxy: introducing the project and the research group
Speakers:
Barbara Valotti, Guglielmo Marconi Foundation
Michael Longford, York University, Toronto
Elena Lamberti, University of Bologna
10:00 am – 1:00 pm: Guglielmo Marconi: Man, Myth, History, Heritage
Chair: Dario Braga, ISA – University of Bologna
Barbara Valotti, Guglielmo Marconi Foundation
Guglielmo Marconi and the Origins of ‘Wireless’: between History and Myth
Seth Feldman, York University, Toronto
Guglielmo Marconi, Canadian
Kim Sawchuk, Concordia University, Montréal
Tales from the Marconi Trail
Michael Longford, York University, Toronto
Fogo Island: Process, Communication and Change
Lunch Break
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm: Voices from the Past: Radio, Witnesses, Imagination
Chair: Seth Feldman, York University, Toronto
Chris Brookes, Battery Radio Toronto
The View from Signal Hill
3:45 pm – 5:30 pm: Music in the Galaxy (Part One)
Chair: Loris Azzaroni, President R. Philharmonic Academy Bologna
Lelio Camilleri, Conservatory of Music G.B. Martini, Bologna
Sound Transmission: Electro-acoustic Music and Radio
Riccardo Piacentini, composer & Tiziana Scandaletti, soprano, Duo Alterno
The Poetic of “Photo-Sound”
Coffee-Break
5:45 pm – 7:15 pm: Music in the Galaxy (Part Two)
Riccardo Piacentini, composer & Tiziana Scandaletti, soprano, Duo Alterno
From Telescope to Telegraph, to Photomusic , (1609 – 1909 – 2009)
Concert performance with video projections set in Guglielmo Marconi’s lounge.
Music by: Francesco Paolo Tosti, Gian Francesco Malipiero; Alfredo Casella; Riccardo Piacentini.
Lyrics by: Luigi Cesana, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Galileo Galilei, Trilussa, Francesco Cimmino
Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
9:30 am – 12:30 pm: The Marconi Galaxy: Exploring the Infosphere
Chair: Francesco Paresce, Institute of Space Astrophysics and Cosmic Physics, National Institute of Astrophysics, Bologna
Gabriele Falciasecca, Guglielmo Marconi Foundation
A Few Steps into the Infosphere
Barbara Crow, York University, Toronto
Retooling for the 21st Century: Digital Citizenship
Sanja Obradovic, York University, Toronto
Archaeology of Radio Technologies and Cultural History of Imagination
Massimo Temporelli, Museum of Science and Technology, Milan
Exhibiting Actuality: New Museum Models between Obsolescence and What Is Known
Lunch Break
2:30 pm – 5:15 pm: Marconi Galaxy: Cultural Models, Imaginary, Media
Chair: Roberto Grandi, University of Bologna
Peppino Ortoleva, University of Turin – Mediasfera Firenze
The Second Marconi Revolution
Elena Lamberti, University of Bologna
Primitives of a New Sensibility: Wireless Imagination from the Radio to the Global Village
Simone Natale, University of Turin
Magic and Occult Imagination: the Dynamic between Wireless Communication and Telepathy
Maria Cioni, writer, Toronto
The Net Generation and International Education in the Marconi Galaxy
Coffee Break
5:30 pm: Further Explorations
Conference wrap up and presentation of future events and research activities.
In collaboration with:
Guglielmo Marconi Foundation; Centre for Canadian Studies Alfredo Rizzardi – University of Bologna; Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna; ISA – University of Bologna; York University, Toronto; Concordia University, Montréal; Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto; National Committee for the Celebration of the Nobel Prize to Marconi; Emilia-Romagna Region; University of Turin; National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci, Milan; R. Philharmonic Academy, Bologna; Research Workshops on the Cities – ISS University of Bologna; ETNP – Acume2; City of Sasso Marconi
Supporting Institutions and Sponsors:
Marconi Foundation, Centre for Canadian Studies Alfredo Rizzardi – University of Bologna; Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna; National Committee for the Celebration of the Nobel Prize to Guglielmo Marconi; Institute of Advanced Studies
ISA – University of Bologna; Faculty of Modern Languages – University of Bologna; R. Philharmonic Academy of Bologna; Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University, Toronto; Mobile Media Lab , Concordia University, Montréal & York University, Toronto; Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto; Embassy of Canada in Rome; The Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council, Canada; ETNP, Acume2; City of Sasso Marconi; Tradinvest.tv.
