Heritage Science at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

1. Heritage Science at
Consiglio Nazionale
delle Ricerche
Gilberto Corbellini
Head of Social Sciences and Humanities, Cultural Heritage
Dept. (DSU)

2. Heritage Science at CNR: a timeline
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From 1967 to present day

3. DSU: stakeholders, strategic areas
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IndustryState
Academia
Science and technology of knowledge
History, philosophy and law
Historical -Cultural Heritage
Economy, society and institutions
4 strategic areas3 main stakeholders

4. DSU in figures: scientific network
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19 institutes 10/11 institutes
Current situation
Reorganization of the DSU scientific network
End of the process

5. DSU KEY IDEAS
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INTERDISCIPLINARITY
COMPETENCE
COMPETITIVENESS

6. INTERDISCIPLINARITY
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In the field of Heritage Science, it is essential to enable cross-fertilization and capacity building
between researchers in the humanities and experimental scientists/technologists
Scientific research and technological innovation are crucial to explain/interpret, diagnose, care,
manage and disseminate archaeological, museological, historical and artistic heritage
However the study of Cultural Heritage hard sciences without
humanities are blind and humanities without hard sciences are empty

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The ideas and methods of science and technology
should creatively interact with humanitiesstimulate
to the growth and enhancement of knowledge and
intellectual interpretation of tangible and intangible
cultural heritage, in order to promote its study,
protection, conservation and valorization, both here
and now, and for future generations
Interdisciplinarity
Statistic from WoS
Different disciplines
involved in research
papers under the
topic HS
(Sept. 2018)

8. INTERDISCIPLINARITY BY THE NUMBERS
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9. “The main aim of the SA is to integrate different approaches,
methodologies, resources and expertise of the research
communities operating in Heritage Science, in order to
improve the scientific knowledge and the programmatic,
planning and innovative capacities of the CNR in this area.
This SA includes multiple ERC’s areas of research: SH2, SH3,
SH5, SH6, PE1, PE2, PE3, PE4, PE5, PE6, PE7, PE8, PE10.The
SA frames specific Project Areas (PA) that correspond to
four priorities identified in the Strategic Research Agenda on
Cultural Heritage Research (JPI CH)
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"Historical-cultural heritage”
Strategic area

10. Strategic Area Historical-Cultural Heritage
❖ Developing a reflective societies
(Identity, Perception, Values, Ethics)
❖ Connecting people with heritage
(ICT, Use, Sustainability, Security)
❖ Creating knowledge
(methods, measure, damage, risks)
❖ Safeguarding cultural heritage resources
(conservation, adaptation and mitigation)
❖ Knowledge and understanding of material and
immaterial cultural heritage
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❖ Management, enhancement and use of cultural heritage
❖ Research Infrastructures (IR) for Heritage Science and
Digital Humanities (E-RIHS, CLARIN ,DARIAH)
❖ Diagnosis, intervention and care of cultural heritage

11. Reorganizing CNR-DSU Cultural
Heritage Institutes
Establishment of a CNR Institute of
Heritage Science
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12. “
According to the strategic guidelines, the DSU has launched a
reorganization of its scientific network dealing with Cultural
Heritage, with the aim of creating a new institute of Heritage
Science, by merging and transforming the 4 currently
dedicated to CH research: the Institute of Heritage Science
will have a highly inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary
character and will embrace most of the research and
innovation sectors within the HS. The Institute should
constitute a benchmark for the HS national community and a
relevant node of the CNR scientific network that work in the
field of Heritage Science.
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13. The reorganization of the existing CNR CH - Institutes
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IBAM ICVBC ISMA ITABC

14. ISPC: Institute of Heritage Science
Vision, Mission, Values
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15. ISPC: Institute for Heritage Science
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Vision
Values
Mission

16. “Scientific research, technological innovation
and humanistic studies are the basis of the
best strategies for investigating and
conserving cultural heritage, and for
promoting intellectual understanding, social
sharing and economic value of material and
immaterial heritage.
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Vision

17. “The ideas and methods of science and technology
should contribute, in cooperation with humanities
and social sciences, to the growth and enhancement
of knowledge and intellectual interpretation of
tangible and intangible cultural heritage, in order to
promote its study, protection, conservation and
valorization, both here and now, and for future
generations
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Mission

18. “Scientific method /critical thinking
Collaboration, Inclusiveness and attractiveness
Professionalism
Innovation
Transparency and Respect
Originality
Dissemination of research product
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Values

19. ISPC Thematic Areas
Institute for Heritage Science lines of
research
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● Sciences of antiquity (archeology, philology and history)
● Survey, modeling, digital technologies for the territory, architecture and archeology
● Chemical and physical sciences and technologies; technologies for characterization,
definition of the conservation status and the monitoring; methodologies, nanotechnologies
and innovative materials for the conservation of cultural heritage
● Earth Science; geological and geophysical techniques for the characterization, definition of
hazard and conservation of cultural heritage
● Biological sciences: biotechnologies and methods for conservation
● Architectural and engineering sciences applied to the analysis, conservation and regeneration
of architectural heritage
● Design and museum technologies
● Technologies for the analysis, development and sustainable management of territorial
resources and cultural landscape
● Digital Heritage, Virtual Museums, Gaming, Digital Libraries

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The Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage intends to make available its
expertise throughout the CNR, distributing itself as a connective tissue or a support matrix to
understand the dimensions of values, regulations, political-economic, property, psychological, etc.
within which research activities are carried out or the interventions carried out to provide knowledge
and technology to institutions that face emergencies or to change the management of services.
We think of the emergencies that for
some years have been chronic
conditions for Italy, such as the
seismic and hydrogeological risks that
are causing environmental devastation
with consequences on the social and
economic fabric of vast regions of the
country.

22. CNR Heritage Science Network
Humanities & Cultural
heritage
Chemistry and materials
technology
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Physics and matter Earth and environment

23. CNR Heritage Science Network
Engineering, ICT, energy
and transportation
Bio and agri-food
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24. Interdisciplinary research at CNR
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ISPC: Institute of Cultural
Heritage
Computational
methods
Experimental and
computational modelling
for the understanding of
degradation phenomena
Analytical
techniques
Development and
application of advanced
analytical techniques for
diagnostics, monitoring and
remote sensing
Advanced materials
Development of advanced
materials and technologies
for conservation and
restoration
Virtual heritage
Virtual heritage: integrated
digital technologies for
knowledge and
communication of cultural
heritage

25. “Surveys application of
geotechnologies and sensing
technologies to cultural heritage
and monument conservation...
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Remote sensing

26. Remote sensing
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N. Masini and R. Lasaponara of CNR discovered the pyramid by analyzing images
from the satellite Quickbird, which they used to penetrate the Peruvian soil.

27. In this satellite image, the white arrows show the buried
pyramid and the black arrows other structures which have
yet to be investigated 27

28. “Modelling for the
understanding of degradation
phenomena
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Hyperspectral Imaging

29. Hyperspectral imaging
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Macro-XRF-mapping: Scream by E. Munch
Mid-FTIR hyperspectral imaging
European facility MOLAB.it
C. Miliani (CNR-ISTM)
R. Fontana (CNR-INO)
H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015

30. Hyperspectral imaging
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Metal degradation (CNR-ISMN)
Stone degradation (CNR-ICVBC) Metal degradation (CNR-
ISMN) Natural, environmental
and anthropic hazards
of cultural heritage
(CNR-ISAC)

31. “Mitigating the impacts of
climate change and natural
hazards on cultural heritage
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Natural, environmental and anthropic hazards of
cultural heritage

32. Natural, environmental and anthropic hazards of
cultural heritage
H2020-TWINN-2015: Twinning
(Coordination and Support
Action)
The ProteCHt2save project
contributes to an improvement
of capacities of the public and
private sectors to mitigate the
impacts of climate change and
natural hazards on cultural
heritage sites, structures and
artefacts.
Coordinator: CNR-ISAC
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Functionalized geopolymers
metal-alkoxides

34. Pompeii: the first Smart and Resilient
Archaeological Park
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Smart@POMPEI

35. Virtual Museums,
Augmented Reality
Digital Heritage
Visualization and
Access Platform
Development
Photo modelling,
Laser scanning
Digital Heritage
acquisition
Digital storytelling
Digital Heritage
communication
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Virtual Heritage
F. Gabellone (CNR-ISPC)

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REVEAL
This case study will create an EEN which
addresses historical and archeological
learning within a reconstruction of the
Augustus Forum in Rome, built by the first
Emperor of the Roman Empire. A world-
famous archaeological site, it provides a
window into Imperial Roman history,
connecting Rome with the entire Roman
Empire. The CNR-ITABC has already created
full 3D reconstructions of the Forum for the
exhibition “Keys to Rome” that was held
between 2014 and 2015 at the Imperial Forum
Museum. This will be used as a starting point
for the development of this case study that
will involve users in an intriguing story relating
to Imperial Rome.
S. Pescarin (CNR-ISPC)

37. “IDEHA will develop a smart, highly integrated and open source
cloud platform to:
- connect and promote the semantic aggregation of CH
Information (collections, BIM, real-time sensor data, IoT etc.)
- develop innovative ICT solutions to support the access and
preventive preservation of Cultural Heritage (DSS),
- create multi-channel applications and services to support
Tourism and foster territorial development in the
Mezzogiorno macroregion;
- foster the technology transfer and the cross-fertilization
between Research Centers and the SMEs sector
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IDEHA - Innovation for Data Elaboration in Heritage Areas

38. IDEHA - Innovation for Data Elaboration in Heritage Areas
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39. THE ROLE OF CNR-DSU IN THE RIs LANDSCAPE
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The CNR-DSU play a relevant role in different European IRs and SSH e-
infrastructures such as DARIAH-ERIC and CLARIN-ERIC (both ESFRI
Landmarks: reference points for the respective communities) and ERIHS, of
which the CNR is Coordinator.

40. DARIAH - Digital Research Infrastructure for the
Arts and Humanities
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Operation Start
According to ESFRI the ERIC should become operational
in 2019. The Italian node will be established as JRU by
2018 and at the same time will activate its services
2019
Italian node
Network establishment and in-kind collection. In 2017,
DARIAH-IT's headquarters were set at CNR-OVI
2014
Construction phase
intense negotiations between both the Central Hub and
the national nodes aimed at at establishing a legal entity
and launch services to the user community
2014-18
Preparation phase
directed towards developing the RI as a fully-fledged
organisation
2008-11
ESFRI Roadmap entry2006

41. “DARIAH-it will strengthen the country
system, with a view to developing a
knowledge economy based on social
sciences and humanities and cultural
heritage and on the intensive use of the
most advanced ICT methodologies and
technologies
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PON DARIAH: Developing nAtional and Regional Infrastructural nodes of dAriaH in ITaly

42. DARIAH - Digital Research Infrastructure for the
Arts and Humanities
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National Roadmap
2019
● Key Enabling Technologies Development
● Training, education e technological transfer
● Producing of digital tools to support heritage science
● Providing high value contents to cultural/creative industries PMI
Data-center in Italy (PON DARIAH-it)
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● 4 big data centers (back-bone)
● 3 medium to small data centers (support)
Italian network partners
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● CNR institutes
● Universities
● Public and private research centers

43. PON DARIAH
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Catania
storage, computing, services
Roma
computing, storage, networking
Lecce
computing, storage, networking, services
Firenze
storage, computing
Pisa
services
Napoli
computing, storage, networking, services
Matera
High speed networking, 5G

44. European Research Infrastructure on Heritage
Science - ERIHS
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Operation start
frontier research results, services to scientific
community, outreach, continuous upgrade of
instrumentation and methods, political and financial
support for long-term operation
2025
Construction phase
construction and deployment of organisation and legal
entity, recruitment, IPR & innovation policies, operation
and upgrade plan, secure funding for operation
2021-25
Transition phase2019-21
Preparation phase
business & construction plan, political and financial
support secured, data policy & data management, cost
book plan, legal entity identification
2017-20
Roadmap entry2016
JRUE-RIHS.it
CNR(coord.)
ENEA,INFN
Technical Coordinator
Italian delegates in the
SAB (MIUR, MIBAC, MISE)
FixLab.it Director
MoLab.it Director
DigiLab.it Director
ArchLab.it Director
Italian National
Coordinator

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European Research Infrastructure on Heritage
Science - ERIHS
National Roadmap
2019
● 4 Platforms (FIXLAB - Large-medium scale analytical facilities, MOLAB - Mobile laboratories for non
invasive diagnostic, DIGILAB – Digital Infrastructure, ARCHLAB – dati scientifici, report analitici,
report di restauro, documenti)
● High added-value services based on ICT and cutting edge methodologies and techniques for
Cultural Heritage interpretation, preservation, restoration and communication
● multi-disciplinary & cross disciplinary research: promote innovation & tecnology transfer for
tourism, cultural heritage and e creative industries
Countries that joined the Preparatory Phase
16 ● 20 project partners
Italian network partners
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● CNR: 18 institutes / nodes
● ENEA: 7 institutes / nodes
● INFN: 8 institutes / nodes

46. PON E-RIHS
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Catania
MOLAB, DIGILAB
Palermo
MOLAB
Lecce
MOLAB, FIXLAB, DIGILAB
Potenza
MOLAB, DIGILAB
Perugia
Napoli
DIGILAB, MOLAB, FIXLAB
Firenze

47. “SHINE will strength capacity
and innovation in large-scale
instrumentation, non-invasive
portable technologies and
data science.
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PON E-RIHS: SHINE: StrengtHening the Italian Node of E-RIHS

48. PON RIs SHINE
StrengtHening the Italian Node of E-RIHS
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49. Dissemination
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A Multidisciplinary Journal of
Science and Technology for
Conservation and Awareness.
Editor-in-Chief:
P. Tomasin (CNR-ICMATE)
E.M. Stella (CNR-ISPC)
The main purpose of JCH is
to publish original papers
which comprise previously
unpublished data and
present innovative methods
concerning all scientific
aspects related to the
knowledge of cultural
heritage as well as novel
interpretation and
theoretical issues related to
preservation.

50. Public engagement
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THANKS!
gilberto.corbellini@cnr.it