Camilla FERRI

Camilla Ferri, PhD 

Post-doc Researcher // Assegnista di Ricerca

iNEST Project - Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem

SPOKE 6 - Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries

Currently working on dynamics of authenticity in tourism cultural destinations - case study: craft ecosystems in Bassano del Grappa, Nove and Venice

PhD Thesis

Matter of Time: Materials form the past in organizing for the future

Supervisors: Prof. Maria Lusiani and Prof. Giovanni Favero

Research Areas

Organization Theories, Categorization Studies, Uses of the Past, Materiality, Organizational Memory Studies, Tourism & Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Development of territories

Main conferences & workshop attended

EGOS 2023, Cagliari 5th-7th July 2023

Ferri, C., Favero, G., Lusiani, M., Politics of time around a legacy: the case of Caffè Pedrocchi 06/2023

PROS 2023, Chania, Crete, 18th-21th June 2023

Ferri, C., Lusiani, M. Organizational category work: the case of “Historical Shops” 05/2023 

BHC - Business History Conference, Detroit, 16th-18th March 2023

Ferri, C., Favero, G., Lusiani, M., Politics of time around a legacy: the case of Caffè Pedrocchi 

3rd Organization Theory Workshop, Oslo, 2nd-3rd February 2023

“The Matter of Matter of the Past: Unveiling Temporal Materiality in Organization Studies” 

EGOS 2021- Sub-theme 01: [SWG] Organization & Time: The Situated Activity of Time Enactment

"The becoming of the past: an exploration of temporal tension enactments in a historical café”

8th-10th July

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT MEETING 2021, paper session: “Performativity, Persuasion and Power”

30th July - 4th August

PROCESS SYMPOSIUM 2021

"The becoming of the past: an exploration of temporal tension enactments in a historical café”

2nd-4th Sept.

7th EIASM Workshop on Managing Arts and Cultural Organizations, presenter

"Shifting Uses of the Past in Cultural Heritage: the case of Caffè Pedrocchi"

17th-18th December, 2020 

EURAM 2020 "the Business of Now: the future starts here", presenter

"Category Creation: A Sensemaking Perspective On The Case Of “Historical Shops” 

4th-6th December, 2020

Education

Master Degree - Intercultural Development of Tourism Systems, 110/110 cum laude, Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Thesis: “Competitiveness of Heritage Sites: a comparison between Scuola Grande della Misericordia in Venice and Oude Kerk in Amsterdam”

Erasmus + and Thesis Research

KU Leuven - Master of Tourism (Faculty of Science), Leuven (Belgium)

European Project Design & Management Course - Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Bachelor Degree - Tourism Sciences, 110/110 cum laude, University of Florence - School of Economics and Management

Thesis: “Off the beaten track: rural heritage trails in Malta”

Erasmus - Thesis Research University of Malta - Institute for Tourism, Travel and Culture, Msida (Malta)

Diploma di Liceo Linguistico, 100/100 cum laude

Work Experience

Scientific Collaboration, Consumers’ perceptions about Murano Glass and its brand

Research Fellowship, MEMENTO: Historical atelier and shops as memory of the Local Culture

Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Department of Economics

Scientific Collaboration, HEPNESS Erasmus + Project: a study on socio-economical benefits of Active and Sport Cities

Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Department of Economics, Venice (Italy)

Erasmus + Internship, Entretempo Kitchen Gallery, Berlin (Germany)

Internship, International Research Office - Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Traineeship - Erasmus Placement, Malta Tourism Society, Msida (Malta)

Research Projects

INEST - Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem (SPOKE 6 - Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries)

HEPNESS - Healthy Environment Promotion and Ecosystem Services Support for ACTIVE CITIES Development

MEMENTO - Dynamics of Cultural and Economical Identities

RUINS - Sustainable re-use, preservation and modern management of historical ruins in Central Europe 

BLUTOURSYSTEM - Knowledge platform, skills and creative synergies for blue tourism ecosystem development

ALTER ECO - Alternative tourist strategies to enhance the local sustainable development of tourism by promoting Mediterranean Identity

Other Conferences, Workshops and Seminars 

Kick-off workshop of the Hephæstus project, Venice, 27th May 2023

Chair of the Track “CRAFTS & BUSINESS” 

The 4th Workshop on Business History in Central and Eastern Europe

Firms, Wars, and Ethics in the Business History of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia

Discussant

Department of Management, Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, October 21-22, 2022

WARWICK SUMMER SCHOOL 2021 “Practice and Process Studies: Pushing the Boundaries of Sociomateriality”, presenter

21st, 27th-29th July

The 2nd Workshop on Business History in Central and Eastern Europe "Uses of the Past by Enterprises in Central-Eastern Europe" , presenter

"Shifting Uses of the Past in Cultural Heritage: the case of Caffè Pedrocchi"

October 23rd, 2020

EGOS 2020 "Organizing for a sustainable future: responsibility, renewal resistance", auditor

July 2nd-4th, 2020

2020 BHC Meeting - "Collaboration in Business and Business History" , auditor

March 12th–14th, 2020

A.I.S.Re XXXIX Annual Scientific Conference "European Region among local identities, new communities and territorial disparities" - Section F: Well Being, Culture and Tourism

EURAC Research Centre, Bozen - 17-19 September 2018

UPhD GREEN Primo convegno dei Dottorati di Ricerca dedicati al progetto sostenibile,

Università IUAV di Venezia, Venice, 21th September 2018

Department of Management Seminars - Management of Arts and Culture Lab Area, "Competitiveness of Heritage Sites: a comparison between Scuola Grande della Misericordia in Venice and Oude Kerk in Amsterdam", 19th April 2017, San Giobbe, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Teaching Activities

Tutor/TA of Business Economics for Cultural Organizations, September-November 2021 and 2022

Tutor of Thesis Laborathory EGArt - editions 2021, 2022, 2023

Teaching Assistant for the Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, March 2020 - March 2021

Assistant for the course Communication and Digital Marketing, a.a. 2020-2021

Tutor of the course "Government of Cultural Organizations", a.a. 2019-2020

Assistant for the courses Retail and Web Marketing, Institutional Communication, a.a. 2019-2020

Università IUAV di Venezia - Valuation Course, "Assessing Competitiveness of Cultural Heritage Sites", IUAV, Cotonificio Veneziano, Dorsoduro 2196, Venezia

Travel designer Project, Vitamina D Project, Smart Tourism Mood project - CeSCoT Veneto, Confesercenti, Padua (Italy)

Honours and awards

"Riccardo Faini" Price for the Best Master Thesis of the Department of Economics - Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Year 201

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