Artribune Podcast: Scientist Alberto Diaspro and Archaeologist Ria Berg in Conversation
The podcast 'Contemporaneamente', hosted by Mariantonietta Firmani, features a conversation between archaeologist Ria Berg and scientist Alberto Diaspro. Their discussion explores the convergence of science and archaeology, touching on themes such as beauty, cognitive autonomy, and synesthesia. Diaspro, who serves as the director of research at the Nanoscopy line and Nikon Imaging Center in Genoa, is also a professor at the University of Genoa and a member of the Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere. He has published more than 400 articles and six books, including 'Quello che gli occhi non vedono' (2020). Ria Berg, a professor at the University of Helsinki, specializes in Pompeii and Roman culture. The podcast can be found on Spreaker.
Key facts
- Podcast 'Contemporaneamente' features Alberto Diaspro and Ria Berg.
- Curated by Mariantonietta Firmani for Artribune.
- Diaspro is director of research at IIT's Nanoscopy line and Nikon Imaging Center.
- Diaspro is professor at University of Genoa and member of Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere.
- Diaspro's group is world leader in optical nanoscopy and nanoscale biophysics.
- Diaspro has over 400 articles, 6 books, and 17,000 citations.
- Diaspro writes 'Scienza' column for La Repubblica Genova.
- Diaspro published 'Quello che gli occhi non vedono' in 2020.
- Diaspro curated 'Scienza condivisa' at Palazzo Ducale and 'Pop Microscopy' at Museo di Storia Naturale di Genova and in USA.
- Diaspro participated in Festival della Comunicazione di Camogli.
- Diaspro has been President of Scientific Council of Festival della Scienza di Genova since 2016.
- Diaspro received Emily M. Gray Award (2014), Italian Physical Society prize (2019), Gregorio Weber Award (2022).
- Berg is professor of Classical Archaeology at University of Helsinki.
- Berg is director of Institutum Romanum Finlandiae in Rome.
- Berg researches Pompeii, women in antiquity, and Roman domestic material culture.
- Berg's publications include 'The Roman Courtesan' (2018) and 'Tangible Religion' (2021).
- Berg's monograph on 'mundus muliebris' forthcoming from Erma di Bretschneider.
- Podcast available on Spreaker.
Entities
Artists
- Alberto Diaspro
- Ria Berg
- Mariantonietta Firmani
Institutions
- Artribune
- IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia di Genova)
- Nikon Imaging Center
- University of Genoa
- Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere
- La Repubblica Genova
- Palazzo Ducale
- Museo di Storia Naturale di Genova
- Festival della Comunicazione di Camogli
- Festival della Scienza di Genova
- Biophysical Society
- Italian Physical Society
- University of Helsinki
- Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
- Erma di Bretschneider
- Spreaker
- Parallelo42 contemporary art
Locations
- Genoa
- Italy
- Rome
- Camogli
- USA