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Gabriele Gattiglia

Icona sede Dipartimento di Civilta' e Forme del Sapere

Sede ufficiale: VIA PAOLI, 15, 56126 PISA

Email: gabriele.gattiglia@unipi.it

Telefono: 050 2215228

Sito web: www.mappalab.eu

Profilo

Ruolo: Professore Associato

Struttura: Dipartimento di Civilta' e Forme del Sapere

Settore scientifico-disciplinare: Metodologie della Ricerca Archeologica ARCH-01/G

I am an Associate Professor in Archaeology at the University of Pisa (Department of Civilisation and Forms of Knowledge), where I teach Archaeological Methods and Theory and Digital Archaeology. I work at the MAPPA Lab, which manages the MOD (Mappa Open Data), the Italian repository for Open Archaeological Data. My fields of interest regarding Digital Archaeology, Archaeological Method and Theory, and Medieval, Post-Medieval and Contemporary archaeology. I deal with mathematical applications and Big Data issues in archaeology, with urban and preventive archaeology, archaeological GIS, open data issues, predictive modelling. I have been the coordinator of the ArchAIDE Project (PI Letizia Gualandi), funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

More info: http://pisa.academia.edu/GabrieleGattiglia
https://arpi.unipi.it/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=30&authority=rp04511#.XOWwV4j6w2x

FUNDED PROJECTS
2023-26: Group leader of the FAIR project (Future Artificial Intelligence Research), funded by the Next Generation EU (NGEU) programme.
2022-25: Co-PI of the project "Forsaken ecologies. Archeologia ambientale e pratiche di resistenza locale nella montagna apuo-versiliese", funded by the Next Generation EU (NGEU) programme.
2022-24: PI of the ARAM (ARchaeology of the Abandoned Mountains), funded by Regione Toscana.
2020-22: Coordinator (PI Letizia Gualandi) of MAGOH (Managing Archaeological data for a sustainable GOvernance of the Heritage) project, funded by Regione Toscana.
2017-19: WP3 Leader in the University of Pisa CERTOSA Project, which is aimed to the archaeological investigation of the Charterhouse of Calci (PI).
2016-19: Coordinator (PI Letizia Gualandi) of ArchAIDE project (www.archaide.eu). a three-year RIA project, approved by EC under call H2020-REFLECTIVE-6-2015, grant agreement no. 693548. ArchAIDE aims to create a new system for the automatic recognition of archaeological pottery.
2011-13: Regione Toscana FAS 2007-13 granting support “MAPPA Metodologie Applicate alla Predittività del Potenziale Archeologico”. MAPPA project was aimed to the predictive modeling of the archaeological potential of an urban area and to the creation of the first Italian open archaeological data repository.

AWARDS
‘HERITAGE IN MOTION AWARDS’ 2019 promoted by the European Museum Academy (EMA), Europa Nostra and Europeana - THE BEST APP CATEGORY - ARCHAIDE
University of Pisa BIHO - BANDO INCENTIVI DI ATENEO HORIZON E OLTRE (Personal Grant 50.000€)


CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor at the Department of Civilization and Forms of Knowledge of the University of Pisa.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
President of ArcheoFOSS Association for Open software, hardware, processes, data and formats in archaeological research
Co-Editor of ArcheoLogica Data journal
Member of CAA (Computer Application in Archaeology) Scientific Committee
Member of ArcheoFOSS Scientific Committee
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Open Archaeological Data
Member of the Editorial Board of exNOVO – Journal of Archaeology
Member of the CAA 2015 National Committee

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Member of the Associazione Nazionale Archeologi (National Association of Italian Archaeologists)
Member of S.A.M.I. (Società Archeologi Medievisti Italiani – Society of Italian Medieval Archaeologists)
Member of European Association of Archaeologists

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH)
Versilia Survey 2020-today
Lampedusa Survey 2021
Monti Pisani and Calafuria survey 2020
Certosa of Calci, Calci, 2018/2020
Castle of Montecastrese (2007-2015)

Didattica

Attività didattica

Incarichi di responsabilità didattica di moduli/insegnamenti

Registro lezioni
Orario lezioni

Ricevimento

Modalità: Il ricevimento avverrà sia in presenza, sia per via telematica con modalità da concordare via mail.

Luogo: Studio S03.06 Via dei Mille 19 3° piano Pisa

Orario: Giovedì h. 12.00 - 14.00

Ricerca

Interessi di ricerca

My research interests lie at the intersection of digital archaeology, archaeological method and theory, and the archaeology of the contemporary world. My academic work is driven by a commitment to innovation, a critical engagement with digital technologies, and a constant methodological reflection on the role of archaeology in today’s society.
Since the beginning of my career, I have worked on integrating archaeological data with digital tools and analytical models. I have led and contributed to several major international projects (such as MAPPA, ArchAIDE, MAGOH, AUTOMATA) focused on the management, analysis and dissemination of archaeological data through open data strategies, artificial intelligence, predictive modelling, and GIS. I see the datafication of archaeology not as a technical end in itself, but as a means to create open and reflective tools that support critical interpretations.
A significant part of my research is devoted to the archaeology of abandonment and contemporary landscapes. Projects carried out in the Apuan Alps and on the island of Lampedusa reflect my focus on marginality, local resistance practices, and the ways in which abandoned places act as living archives of memory and political readings of space. In these contexts, archaeology engages with forsaken mountains, relict ecologies and the shifting traces of contemporary migration.
In parallel, I explore the epistemological potential of artificial intelligence in archaeology, promoting a critical, situated and transparent use of computational tools. As Chair of the COST Action MAIA – Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology – I coordinate a European interdisciplinary network that investigates the scientific, ethical and operational implications of AI in our field.
Another central strand of my work concerns the public and participatory dimension of archaeology. Through my involvement in the ArcheoFOSS association and my commitment to open data, free software and collaborative practices, I aim to contribute to a more open, equitable and socially engaged archaeology. I believe the future of the discipline lies in embracing a post-digital perspective that connects technology, data politics and social responsibility.
In summary, my research connects computational approaches and ethnographic sensibility, archaeometry and the philosophy of technology, fieldwork and theoretical reflection – in a continuous effort to rethink what it means to do archaeological research today.

Pubblicazioni

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