Chiara Zuanni
Phd Research
Working Title: Mediating Archaeology in museums, academy and mass media
My research aims to investigate how museums and mass media participate in creating public perceptions of archaeology. It will draw on the museum and media practice in different European contexts, in order to understand different factors that come to play in shaping the public image of archaeology. Therefore, it will explore how different approaches to archaeological topics by mass media, create different expectations in the public visiting museums and sites. On the other hand, it will investigate how the museums presentation differ from that of mass media, and consequently how the public react to these diverse messages. This PhD will consider European contexts, so to involve different media and different heritage policies, that could also influence the media policies.
Biography
I graduated in Classics at the University of Bologna (2005-2008), with a dissertation in Christian Archaeology. During my Master degree in Archaeology (also at the University of Bologna, 2008-2010), I did a three-months internship at the Dom- und Diozesaneum Museum in Trier, Germany, funded by an Erasmus Placement bursary. This is where I got interested in Museum Studies.
In 2009 I voluntereed for the first time with the International Festival of Archaeological Film (Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico – organised by the Rovereto Civic Museum) and I also developed an interest for archaeological communication.
Therefore, I did my Master dissertation in Archaeological Museology with a thesis proposing a new exhibition for the archaeological collections of Trento (Italy) and, in 2011, I voluntereed again with the International Festival of Archaeological Film, working on translations and on the preparation of short presentations for the press of some documentaries.
Publications
The earliest archaeological evidence of Christianity in Kazakhstan in G. Bonora, N. Pianciola, P. Sartori (eds.), Kazakhstan. Religions and Society in the History of Central Eurasia, Allemandi, Torino 2009, pp. 67-79.
Contact details:
chiara.zuanni@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
chiara.zuanni@gmail.com