Tecno Profezie is the cultural welfare hub for digital innovation, supported by the City of Turin with PON Metro React EU funds, and promoted by the Mufant Museum in collaboration with the University of Turin (Computer Science Dept. and Philosophy and Educational Sciences one), the ASL of Turin, the social cooperatives Altra Mente and Stranaidea, and the NGO CIFA.

The project, launched in October 2022 and with a duration of one year, responds to the social unease produced by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to the emergence of, among others, three phenomena: the persistent digital illiteracy of the Italian population (the DESI index places us at the last places among European countries), the delineation of the Neet social category made up of a increasing number of socially isolated young people without employment, and the persistence of socio-economic-cultural poverty in the city suburbs.

The goal of the project is to bring as many people as possible closer to the issues of digital innovation using science fiction, a genre aimed at telling the story of science through narrative fiction.

The project involves the territory of Turin’s District 5, is aimed at outreach audiences, students and disadvantaged social categories, and contemplates a series of actions with a cultural, educational and social matrix focused on the themes of digital innovation curated by the Digital Territories and Communities group of the Computer Science Department and the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences at the University of Turin. Specifically, through the use of digital civic tools FirstLife and CommonsHood, it will be possible to experience the potential of technologies such as blockchain, NFT, crowdmapping, democratic platforms, applied to active citizenship, co-design and participation projects.

More info: https://www.mufant.it/2022/09/21/tecno-profezie/