Geban:G.prof
Giovanni Profeta holds a PhD in Design from the Politecnico di Milano, where he developed, at the DensityDesign research lab, a thesis about user interfaces for access digitized cultural collections. After obtaining the master in Visual and Multimedia Communication from the University IUAV of Venice, he collaborated on web design and digital publishing projects. As a researcher, at the Laboratory of Visual Culture of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), he carries out applied research projects with a focus on data visualization and interaction design. He also teaches interaction design and map design, at the Bachelor SUPSI in Visual Communication.
Projects
The following projects are made in the framework of the collaboration with SUPSI
- Conoscenza libera, project by the students of the Interaction Design course, held by Andreas Gysin and me at the bachelor SUPSI in Visual Communication: Online page (2021)
- Wikipedia Primary School: Documentation - Online page (2015-2017)
- GLAM visual tool (2017)
- Workshop Wikidata SUPSI (2017)
The following project is made within the framework of the PhD in Design
- Map the GLAM (partially based on GLAM visual tool) (2017-2019)
Other projects
- Wikipedia e scuola italiana: Documentation - Online page (2020-2021)
- Il patrimonio culturale italiano su Wikipedia, i progetti Wikimedia e OpenStreetMap: Documentation - Online page (2020)
Events
I was part of the coordination staff of the following event:
- GLAMhack2022: Swiss open cultural data hackathon, November 2022
I volunteered to the following event
- Wikimania Esino Lario, June 2016
Pages
I created the following pages
Files on Commons
I made the following files
- Wikipedia and the Italian school - overview of the results (2020)
- Wikipedia information system
- Data visualizations for the Map the GLAM project
Other contributions
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