Iolanda Pensa is senior researcher and head of “Culture and Territory Research Unit” at the Institute of Design of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). Art historian, she holds two Ph.D. titles: in Social anthropology and ethnology at EHESS École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and in Territorial government and planning at Politecnico di Milano. Her research work is about systems of knowledge production and distribution, Wikipedia and open licenses and the impact of cultural institutions, public art and biennials on territorial development. As a volunteer, she is coordinator of the Ecomuseum delle Grigne, national coordinator GLAM for Wikimedia Italia, and former chair of Wikimedia Italia and of the international Wikimania Steering Committee.
Work
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
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Senior research and Head of research for “Culture and Territory” area
Switzerland
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University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
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Researcher
Switzerland
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Fondazione Moleskine
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Scientific director
Italy
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Education
Politecnico di Milano
Italy
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Ph.D. cum laude
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
France
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Ph.D. cum laude
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Italy
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Laurea in lettere moderne cum laude
Publications
La Biennale di Dakar
dissertation-thesis
Un pubblico attivo di contributori. Il modello di Wikipedia
book-chapter
La Biennale de Dakar comme projet de coopération et de développement
dissertation-thesis
Uso e riuso di dati e contenuti: per un patrimonio digitale aperto
OSF
other
WikiSci: Making Expert Knowledge Public Using the Wikipedia Ecosystem
Zenodo
other
Uso e riuso di dati e contenuti: per un patrimonio digitale aperto
OSF
other
Sharing Your Research Data in the Art Field
Zenodo
other
Sharing Your Research Data in the Art Field
Zenodo
other
Open access, Creative Commons e Wikipedia per le istituzioni culturali
Zenodo
other
Open access, Creative Commons e Wikipedia per le istituzioni culturali
Zenodo
other
Wikipedia e scuola italiana
Zenodo
software
Contemporary African art (2004-2007)
OSF
other
Contemporary African art (2004-2007)
OSF
other
Wikimedia Projects and OpenStreetMap in the Open Research Lifecycle, Swiss Reproducibility Conference, 2024
OSF
other
Wikimedia Projects and OpenStreetMap in the Open Research Lifecycle, Swiss Reproducibility Conference, 2024
OSF
other
Open Science for Arts, Design and Music: Guidelines for Researchers, Librarians and Practitioners in the Humanities
SUPSI
other
Open Science for Arts, Design and Music: Guidelines for Researchers, Librarians and Practitioners in the Humanities
SUPSI
other
Open Research Data: pratiques et défis pour les domaines artistiques (HES-SO, 2024-05-16)
Zenodo
other
Open Research Data: pratiques et défis pour les domaines artistiques (HES-SO, 2024-05-16)
Zenodo
other
100,000 institutions on the Wikimedia projects. A new strategy to activate in a simple way all the institutions around the world
Zenodo
other
100,000 institutions on the Wikimedia projects. A new strategy to activate in a simple way all the institutions around the world
Zenodo
other
Lasciateci partecipare. Riuso e disseminazione del sapere educativo, scientifico e culturale attraverso Wikipedia, i progetti Wikimedia e OpenStreetMap
Rivista italiana di informatica e diritto
journal-article
Let us participate. Reuse and dissemination of educational, scientific and cultural knowledge through Wikipedia, Wikimedia and OpenStreetMap projects,Lasciateci partecipare. Riuso e disseminazione del sapere educativo, scientifico e culturale attraverso Wikipedia, i progetti Wikimedia e OpenStreetMap
Rivista Italiana di Informatica e Diritto
journal-article
Open access e comunicazione istituzionale
Zenodo
other
Archivio IDe: Documentare, valorizzare e preservare i risultati della ricerca e dei servizi dell’Istituto design
OSF
other
Exploring collaborative digital heritage communities: A quantitative assessment of Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy
Capitale Culturale
journal-article
Unlocking Potential: The Impact of Wikimedia Contributions on Professional Development
OSF
other
Wikidata e ILS: Tutti i LUG italiani su Wikidata e come potenziare le sinergie con i progetti Wikimedia
OSF
other
Open: How to Open Your Content and How to Re-Use Open Content
Zenodo
other
Open: How to Open Your Content and How to Re-Use Open Content
Zenodo
other
Wikipedia and Cultural Tourism
Zenodo
other
Wikipedia and Cultural Tourism
Zenodo
other
OS-ADM at swissuniversities 2025
OSF
other
Open Science for Arts Design and Music (e come usare le licenze e gli strumenti liberi)
Zenodo
online-resource
Scrivere e strutturare un progetto
Zenodo
online-resource
Un pubblico attivo di contributori. Il modello di Wikipedia
Zenodo
other
Open Science for Arts, Design and Music
Zenodo
online-resource
Wikipedia e open data per potenziare accessibilità e turismo
Zenodo
other
OS-ADM Open Science for Arts, Design and Music 2022 poster
Zenodo
conference-poster
SUPSI: Final report CHEERS Cultural HEritage. Risks and Securing activities
Zenodo
other
Tutti i musei italiani su Wikipedia
lecture-speech
Wikipedia, i progetti Wikimedia e OpenStreetMap per imprese e associazioni culturali
lecture-speech
Wikipedia and cultural tourism
Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media
book-chapter
Analysis of the Italian municipalities on Wikipedia, 2020-2021
OSF
other
DMP Data Management Plan for arts, design and music
OSF
other
Data Management Plan: Aerial Spatial Revolution
OSF
other
Empowering Italian GLAMs: the results of the action-research that invited all Italian museums to adopt open access and collaborate with Wikipedia (2022-2024)
OSF
other
Fondazione Fitzcarraldo Open: cosa significa “open”, perché una strategia open e come rendere open la propria istituzione
OSF
other
I dati della ricerca e il diritto d’autore: la complessità del riutilizzo dei dati
OSF
other
Images of the guidelines Open Sciences for art design music
OSF
other
Multimedia content and third-parties rights: The beauty and complexity of open science in art, design and music
OSF
other
OS-ADM at swissuniversities 2023
OSF
other
Wikipedia, i progetti Wikimedia e OpenStreetMap per imprese e associazioni culturali
other
Open Science for Arts Design and Music - OS-ADM (2022-2024)
OSF
other
Open: How to Open Your Content and How to Re-Use Open Content - Iolanda Pensa
OSF
other
Presentation of the guidelines for open science in arts, design and music
OSF
other
Presentations of Empowering Italian GLAMs
OSF
other
SUPSI: Final report CHEERS Cultural HEritage. Risks and Securing activities
Forschungzentrum Jülich
report
SUPSI: Final report CHEERS Cultural HEritage. Risks and Securing activities
Forschungzentrum Jülich
report
Tutta la cultura su Wikipedia
OSF
other
System Error. We Would Have Never Thought: Contemporary Art as a System Error in Contemporary perspectives in art and international development
Zenodo
other
System Error. We Would Have Never Thought: Contemporary Art as a System Error in Contemporary perspectives in art and international development
Zenodo
other
Wikimania Esino Lario
Zenodo
other
Dak'Art's Ecosystem: In and Out of Senegal
Dak'Art. The Biennale of Dakar and the Making of Contemporary African Art
book-chapter
Il telelavoro ai tempi del Covid-19. La trasformazione degli spazi domestici in spazi di lavoro
Zenodo
other
Public art in Douala. Playing for a Moment with the Exceptional
Zenodo
other
TAC. Open Syllabus and Open Tools to Train Young Data Makers
Zenodo
other
Survival strategies for cultural institutions: making space and open licenses
Tourism facing a pandemic: from crisis to recovery
book-chapter
Survival strategies for cultural institutions: making space and open licenses
Zenodo
other
Report on the Transnational Conference Open Data and Open Maps for Heritage Protection
Zenodo
other
Civil protection in Switzerland and emergency planning instrumentes and cultural heritage safeguarding
Zenodo
other
Report on the application of the tool for assets evaluation in the Museo Valle di Blenio and prioritization of interventions
Zenodo
other
Attitudini, conoscenze e pratiche di Open Access Sondaggio tra i collaboratori SUPSI 2018
Zenodo
other
Attitudini, conoscenze e pratiche di Open Access Sondaggio tra i collaboratori SUPSI 2018
Forschungzentrum Jülich
report
doual’art: Center for Contemporary Art and Laboratory of Urban Transformation in Douala Cameroon,
OSF
other
Public Art in Africa. Art et transformations urbaines à Douala /// Art and Urban Transformations in Douala
OSF
other
Beyond notification: Filling gaps in peer production projects
New Media and Society
journal-article
Beyond notification: Filling gaps in peer production projects
New Media & Society
journal-article
Public Art in Africa. Art et transformations urbaines à Douala /// Art and Urban Transformations in Douala
OSF
other
The need to contribute to Wikipedia. The improbability of an African Wikipedian
Zenodo
other
System error: Art as a space to produce what we would never have thought we needed
Contemporary Perspectives on Art and International Development
book-chapter
I'll have a project. How international grants and cultural cooperation have shaped contemporary African art into a project made of objectives, activities and expected results