GENERAZIONE ALFABIT – ITALIAN UNDER TECHNOLOGICAL PRESSURE

Appointment at the 2026 Festival of Common Places "Culture with a capital C" – www.festivaldeiluoghicomuni.it

with Giuseppe Antonelli

Once upon a time, there was the handwritten letter. Then came email, and then text messages, chats, posts, and voice messages. Today, we communicate with artificial intelligence.
In just over thirty years, our way of communicating has changed radically. And with it, the Italian language, a living language that today stands up well to technological pressure.

Led by Giuseppe Antonelli, one of Italy's most authoritative linguists and an extraordinary narrator of words, we traverse a history that is at once linguistic, technological, and profoundly human: from the typed Italian of the first cell phones to the e-Italian of social networks, up to the AI-Italian generated and transformed by Large Language Models.

A brilliant and surprising journey into the words we use every day, and into Italian itself, like every living language, to understand how the digital revolution has changed not only the way we write, but also the way we think, remember, tell stories, and build relationships.
For those who remember when the snail was just a slug, it's a compelling collective autobiography. For those born immersed in smartphones, notifications, and algorithms, it's an opportunity to discover a world so recent yet so distant. Because the history of language isn't just about words: it's about us. How we became who we are. And how we're still changing.

Free admission, but registration is required at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/generazione-alfabit-litaliano-sotto-la-pressione-tecnologica-tickets-2002932362614?aff=oddtdtcreator