Dr Francesca Dolcetti
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Email
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Location
6.148, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Francesca is a Digital Archaeologist with experience in User Experience Design and Evaluation, the application of 3D technologies in archaeology and heritage, as well as Participatory Design approaches. Her research interests lie at the intersection of both archaeology and heritage sectors and the design field, focusing on embedding values-led and participatory design methods into archaeology and heritage to develop more ethical, collaborative and community-led practices. Francesca鈥檚 PhD was premised on the notion that design shapes how archaeologists and heritage professionals develop and share their work and engage with audiences. As such, her research investigated how archaeological practices can benefit from embedding design theory and Participatory Design processes into the creation of digital resources, through two distinct iterations of design and assessment of digitally mediated experiences. Alongside her doctoral programme Francesca worked as UXD manager for the exhibition 鈥淐yprus. Crossroads of civilizations鈥� (Musei Reali, Turin, Italy), where she curated a museum experience developed as an interactive and multi-sensorial journey into the Cypriote Middle Bronze Age site of Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou. Francesca also collaborated on the redesign, testing and evaluation of a cards-based values-led design toolkit for the archaeological and heritage sectors - part of the EU-funded EMOTIVE project 鈥� recently implemented for her research fellowship at the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities, C脿 Foscari University of Venice.
Qualifications
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PhD University of York,
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2nd level University Master鈥檚 degree course, University of Siena, (2011)
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MA University of Florence, (2010)
Appointments
Other academic
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Research Fellow, Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities, Ca Foscari University of Venice (1/1/2022 - 31/12/2022)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Digital Heritage (CS901)
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Baraldo, M., Dolcetti, F. and Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, P., (2025). Enriching Qualitative Inquiry: Exploring Immersive Technologies in Place-Based Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 24, 1-17
Dolcetti, F., (2025). . Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage. 18 (1), 1-20
Dolcetti, F., Boardman, C., Opitz, R. and Perry, S., (2021). Values-Led Design Cards: Building Ethically Engaged Archaeology and Heritage Experiences. Sustainability. 13 (7), 3659-3659
Books (1)
Bombardieri, L., Amadio, M. and Dolcetti, F., (2017). Ancient Cyprus, an Unexpected Journey Communities in Continuity and Transition. 9788875752545
Book chapters (3)
Dolcetti, F., From fieldwork to virtual reconstruction: 3D models and immersive experiences. In: Cyprus. Crossroads of Civilizations. Editors: Bombardieri, L. and Panero, E., . De Angelis Art. 203- 205
Amadio, M. and Dolcetti, F., (2019). GHOST ARCHITECTURE: Contextualizing wooden and perishable structures from Middle Bronze Age Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou. In: The many face(t)s of Cyprus.. Editors: Gl枚rfeld, D., Kitting, K., Morstadt, B. and von R眉den, C., . Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH.. 27- 40
Dolcetti, F., Bonora, V., Fiorini, L., Conti, A. and Grazia, T., (2017). 3D modelling and architectural visualisation. In: Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou. A Middle Bronze Age Community in Cyprus. Excavations 2009-2014.. Editors: Bombardieri, L., . Paul 脜str枚ms F枚rlag. 327- 334
Conferences (1)
Dolcetti, F. and Bombardieri, L., 3D Technologies in Cypriot Prehistoric Archaeology and Heritage: The Erimi User Experience
Exhibitions (2)
Dolcetti, F. and Corr貌, E., Hidden in Plain Sight: an (un)curated exhibition on the Tetrarchs and Arsenal Lions of Venice
Dolcetti, F., Turin in Cyprus. From fieldwork to virtual reconstruction: 3D models and immersive experiences. Thematic session of the exhibition "Cyprus. Crossroads of civilizations"
Thesis dissertation (1)
Dolcetti, F., Designing Digital Experiences in Archaeology: Integrating Participatory Processes into Archaeological Practice
Other (1)
Dolcetti, F., Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, P. and Baraldo, M., (2024).Values-Led Design Toolkit
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