petition to Ms. Letizia Moratti
documents (Father Busa, McCarty, Orlandi...), links, press survey
site download (**)
On this web site, a wide-ranging group of Italian and foreign scholars, professionals, and researchers have posted a petition to Ms. Letizia Moratti, the current Italian Minister of Education and Research. The petition defends Humanities Computing programs in Italian universities, and underlines the importance of Humanities Computing as a discipline, the centrality of its pioneering research, and its established and internationally consolidated tradition. The petition's signatories proclaim the absolute necessity of preserving and fostering these important programs.
The petition arises in response to a series of articles reporting that the Italian Minister of Education would have included Humanities Computing within a category of "useless" teachings, soon to be abolished.
In addition to the petition's text, it is possible to access an updated list of the petition's signatories, a number of documents concerning HC in Italy, and some links to Humanities Computing Internet resources.
English translation by Stefania Benini, Stanford University
(*) If you whish to sign this petition, please send an e-mail, with indication of your name, position and institution, to Fabio Ciotti, Domenico Fiormonte or Gino Roncaglia
(**) You can freely mirror this site; the ZIP file included all the necessary files
N.B. Last updated 06/27/2002 - if your mirror is older, please update the files!