Dario Rodighiero is an Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Groningen, where he serves the multidisciplinary Campus Fryslân faculty.
There, Dario coordinates the Data Wise minor for introducing students to applied data science in real-world problems, while also teaching data and visual literacy within the Bachelor’s program in Data Science and Society.
There, Dario coordinates the Data Wise minor for introducing students to applied data science in real-world problems, while also teaching data and visual literacy within the Bachelor’s program in Data Science and Society.
Maintaining affiliations with Harvard University, he is a principal at metaLAB, and holds a position as a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Dario relies on design, data, and humanities to map digital archives to understand the nature of cultural and scientific dynamics. His approach bridges gaps between diverse fields, acting as a mediator for interdisciplinary initiatives.
With Metis Press, he authored “Mapping Affinities: Democratizing Data Visualization,” offering a fresh take on the way we visualize and interpret organizational charts.
EPFL awarded him a Ph.D. in Science. Over the years, he has held positions at MIT, Sciences Po, and the European Commission, has lectured at CERN and Ars Electronica, and has exhibited at MAXXI and Harvard Art Museums.
EPFL awarded him a Ph.D. in Science. Over the years, he has held positions at MIT, Sciences Po, and the European Commission, has lectured at CERN and Ars Electronica, and has exhibited at MAXXI and Harvard Art Museums.
Porto University Press
2022
ISBN 978-989-746-315-0
2022
From Wisdom to Data: Philosophical Atlas on Visual Representations of Knowledge
Higuera Rubio, José, Alberto Romele, Dario Rodighiero, and Celeste Pedro, eds.ISBN 978-989-746-315-0
The purpose of this book is to collect in a single volume the multiplicity of approaches, perspectives, and contexts in which the research project From Data to Wisdom has been developed. One of the theoretical assumptions achieved is the idea that contemporary visualizations have abandoned the desire for absolute, synthesizing depiction in favor of a representation that is always imperfect and, so to speak, “in the making.” The very idea that data visualizations are representative, i.e., that they refer to “reality” has been widely discussed and criticized as well. Our intention, therefore, is to present a series of analogies between texts and images. In short, this book will be a mise en abyme of the always incomplete synthesis, but for this very reason richer in meaning, which in our opinion is at the heart, or at least should be, of today’s visual representations of knowledge.
Métis Presses
2021
https://doi.org/10.37866/0563-99-9
2021
Mapping Affinities: Democratizing Data Visualization
Rodighiero, Dariohttps://doi.org/10.37866/0563-99-9
Nowadays, many of our actions are transformed into digital information, which we can use to draw diagrams that describe complex operations, such as those of institutions. This book introduces us to the reading of complex systems through the concept of affinity: the alchemy that brings people together and makes them creative and productive. Affinity’s mapping is a data visualization method that allows us to observe the dynamics of an organization subdivided into complex systems: institutions, universities, governments, etc. It is a graphical tool based on the collaboration variable. Mapping Affinities is, according to the author, an instrument for deciphering complex organizations and improving them. By inserting individuals on these maps, it is also a way of helping them to understand how to evolve in life within an institution. The book tackles this problem with a case study concerning the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne. Data from the actions of researchers at the Lausanne institution are brought together and transformed into an innovative and attractive map.
“Alongside Daniele [Guido] and Donato [Ricci], Dario is part of the ‘Little Italy’ that has set up shop in the AIME offices. Apart from sharing his enthusiasm and insatiable curiosity, Dario has brought along ten years experience in designing digital interfaces. With the others on the team, he has given life and form to the daring insights of both himself and his compatriots.”
— Bruno Latour, Paris 2013