Data Walking with Siena Students
What does data feel like in the streets of Siena? Join us for a sneak peek into our recent Data Walk, where students from the University of Siena explored how digital technologies shape urban life. From QR codes and smart sensors to invisible infrastructures, this walk reimagined the city through a critical lens.
Guided by curiosity.
Observing the digital in the everyday.
Thinking data, walking Siena.
Video reportage: "Around Alone. Documenting Ocean relationships”
Reporting the experience of the sailor Matteo Miceli and its commitment for sustainable technologies experimentation for social wellbeing.
Unlocking the Urban Code. Digital Social Innovation and City Spaces
DSI and Self-Sufficient Sailing Around the World
Curated by Chiara Certomà, Sapienza University of Rome and Federico Fornaro, Raw-News , Photo credit: Giuseppe Lupinacci/Raw-News, Dec 2023. Photo reportage here >
Digital Social Innovation in Turin
The portrait cases Orto della SME, Hackability and FabLabTorino, curated by Chiara Certomà, University of Turin and Federico Fornaro, Raw-News, Photo credit: Giuseppe Lupinacci/Raw-News, Dec 2023. See here >
Digital Social Innovation in Rome
FULL LIST OF VISUAL OUTPUTS
Photographic catalogue
Lupinacci G., & Certomà C. (2024) Unlocking the Urban Code. A photographic catalogue of Digital Social Innovation in Turin and Rome. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14198351
Photographic Reportages
Lupinacci G. (photo), curated by Venere Stefania Sanna, University of Siena and Federico Fornaro, Raw-News “Walking Siena: Tracing the City’s Data Shadows”, Mar 2025, https://dsicity.unisi.it/walking-siena-tracing-the-citys-data-shadows/
Lupinacci G. (photo), curated by Chiara Certomà, University of Turin and Federico Fornaro, Raw-News “DSI and Self-Sufficient Sailing Around the World”, Giu 2025, https://dsicity.unisi.it/interview-matteo-miceli/
Lupinacci G. (photo), curated by Chiara Certomà, University of Turin and Federico Fornaro, Raw-News “Digital social innovation in Rome”, Dic 2023, https://dsicity.unisi.it/digital-social-innovation-in-rome/
Lupinacci G. (photo), curated by Chiara Certomà, University of Turin and Federico Fornaro, Raw-News, “Digital social innovation in Turin”, Dic 2023, https://dsicity.unisi.it/digital-social-innovation-in-turin-photo-report/
Docu-video reportages
Fornaro F., Lupinacci G. (directed and filmed), Venere S. Sanna (project coordination) (2025) “Data Walking: Exploring the City Through Data”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKW3kKPCaN4
Fornaro F., Lupinacci G. (directed and filmed), Venere S. Sanna (project coordination) (2025) the trailer of “Data Walking: Exploring the City Through Data”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVCaBAqkMCA
Fornaro F., Lupinacci G. (directed and filmed), Certomà C. (project coordination) (2025) “Around Alone. Documenting Ocean Relationship”, Zenodo https://zenodo.org/uploads/16813616
Fornaro F., Lupinacci G. (directed and filmed), Certomà C. (project coordination) (2024) the trailer of “Unlocking the Urban Code. Digital Social Innovation and City Spaces”, produced by Raw-News Visual Documentation Agency, https://youtu.be/AfwJaW6oCm0
Fornaro F., Lupinacci G. (directed and filmed), Certomà C. (project coordination) (2024) “Unlocking the Urban Code. Digital Social Innovation and City Spaces”, produced by Raw-News Visual Documentation Agency, Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.12789714
Exhibitions and premieres
Sanna V.S., Certomà C. (2026), Photographic Exhibition “From Citizen Science to Social Innovation: Rethinking the Urban Environment” by Giuseppe Lupinacci/Raw-News 16 February–31 March, Dept. DISPOC, Via Mattioli 10 – Polo Mattioli, University of Siena, Italy.
Certomà C., Sanna V.S. (2025) Photographic Exhibition “Unlocking the Urban Code Digital Social Innovation and City Space” by Giuseppe Lupinacci/Raw-News 15 January–15 February, Dept. Memotef, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Sanna V.S., Certomà C. (2025), Photographic Exhibition “From Citizen Science to Social Innovation: Rethinking the Urban Environment” by Giuseppe Lupinacci/Raw-News 9 May–31 July, Dept. DISPOC, Via Roma 56 – San Niccolò, University of Siena,Italy.
Sanna V.S., Certomà C. (2025) Premiere presentation video report “Data walking: exploring the city through data” presented during the Workshop “By students for students”, 9 May, Dept. DISPOC, University of Siena, Italy.
Certomà C. (2025) Premiere presentation video report “Around Alone. Documenting Ocean relationships” presented at RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2025, University of Birmingham, UK.
Certomà C., Sanna V.S. (2024) Premiere presentation video “Unlocking Digital Urban Code: Digital Social Innovation and City Spaces” presented at the European Edition of Makers Faire in Rome in October, Italy.
Certomà C., Sanna V.S. (2024) Photographic Exhibition “Unlocking Digital Urban Code: Digital Social Innovation and City Spaces” European Edition of Makers Faire in Rome in October, Italy.