The Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
has hosted a number of events as part of the Make Italian
Culture Alive (MICA) project coordinated by Venice's Cà Foscari
University, in partnership with the University of Florence,
L'Orientale University of Naples, the University of Milan, and
the Sapienza University of Rome, with the support of the Changes
Foundation.
Initiatives included the NoLBrick system to learn languages more
easily, a Renaissance 'game' promoted by the University of
Florence and an inflatable Brunelleschi dome, as well as an
event to rediscover the origins of Japanese language teaching
with the University of Oriental Studies of Naples.
MICA has promoted dialogue and cooperation between Italy and
Japan through an immersive experience that integrated artificial
intelligence, innovative didactic methods, language education
and various forms of artistic expression.
A key element was the promotion of Italian university research
as a tool of intercultural dialogue and social innovation.
The project was part of the 'third mission' of the universities
involved - sponsoring the promotion of academic knowledge and
know-how in society.
Through workshops, installations and the presentation of
research projects of excellence - including the NRRP projects
Changes Spoke 2, 6, 9 and iNest Spoke 6 - MICA offered a
concrete example of how access to knowledge in the sciences and
humanities can generate participation and collective value.
Visitors were accompanied by, among others, professors Marcello
Pelillo Monica Calcagno and Marcella Mariotti and by Dr. De
Luca.
Ca' Foscari presented its research projects Repair, Changes and
iNest.
The three projects explore the relationship between cultural
heritage, innovation and community.
From the memory of Venetian craftsmanship (iNest), to
sustainable tourism practices (Changes) and the reconstruction
of fragmented archaeological artifacts through advanced
technology (Repair), these initiatives have reviewed the
approach to the preservation of material and immaterial
heritage.
The experiences shared a common focus on the preservation of
identity, the improvement of accessibility and the promotion of
knowledge.
The Visiting Experience of MICA also welcomed the institutional
visit of Veneto represented by Elisa De Berti and Annalisa
Bisson, respectively Vice president and head of international
relations of the northeastern region, to express interest in an
initiative mixing higher education, scientific research and
cultural diplomacy.
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