Prossimi ricevimenti in presenza: 17 e 24 febbraio dalle 11 alle 12 (stanza 107, Dipartimento DILEF, Via della Pergola 60).
Prossimi ricevimenti in presenza: 26 e 29 gennaio dalle 9 alle 10 (stanza 107, Dipartimento DILEF, Via della Pergola 60).
Sia per il ricevimento in presenza sia per quello a distanza è consigliabile contattare il docente per conferma, specificando il corso di laurea al quale si è iscritti.
andrea.mecacci@unifi.it
Estetica (Corso di laurea triennale in Filosofia);
Estetica (Corso di laurea triennale in Discipline della Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo);
Estetica visuale e dei media (Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze Filosofiche);
Estetica e Linguaggi dell’arte (Corso di laurea magistrale in Pratiche, Linguaggi e Culture della Comunciazione).
Ambiti di interesse e ricerca:
Storia dell'estetica;
Estetica tedesca (Illuminismo, Idealismo, Romanticismo);
Postmoderno, processi di estetizzazione;
Pop, kitsch, cultura di massa;
Estetica del Design.
Legenda
Andrea Mecacci (Rome 1972) is Full Professor of Aesthetics (SSD: PHIL-04/A) at the University of Florence (Department of Humanities, DILEF).
His studies focus on two main areas of research: the history of aesthetics, with particular reference to classical German philosophy, and some conceptual and operational categories of the aestheticization of the contemporary world (pop, postmodernism, diffuse aesthetics, kitsch).
He has been a visiting professor in the United States, Mexico, China, and Argentina.
Current Teachings:
a) Aesthetics (Degree Course: Philosophy B.A.);
b) Aesthetics (Degree Course: Studies in Arts, Music and Theater B.A.);
c) Visual and Media Aesthetics (Degree Course: Philosophical Studies M.A.);
d) Aesthetics and Languages of Art (Degree Course: Practices, Languages and Cultures of Communication M.A.);
He is member of SIE (Italian Society of Aesthetics).
Co-Editor of "Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell'estetico".
Member of Scientific Board of the journals: "Materiali di Estetica"; "Scenari"; "Narrare i gruppi. Etnografia dell’interazione quotidiana, prospettive cliniche e sociali e design"; and member of International Advisory Board of the journals: "Popular Inquiry. The Journal of Aesthetics of Kitsch, Camp and Mass Culture"; "Revista latinoamericana de filosofia"; "Tribelon. Journal of Architectural Studies, Identity, Memory and Digitization of Cultural Heritage".
Member of the Editorial Board of the series: Palgrave Studies in the Philosophy of Popular Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, London); Philosophica - Serie Blu/Estetica (ETS, Pisa); Design Sustainability Pills (Altralinea Edizioni, Firenze).
- Coordinator of PhD Programme in Philosophy Pisa-Firenze (from 1.11.2025)
- DILEF Coordinator of Philosophy Unit (from 1.11.2024).
- DILEF Coordinator of Research Unit PTS (Pratiche estetiche, trasformazioni antropologiche, scenari contemporanei).
- DILEF Delegate for New European Bauhaus NEB (European Commission Project).
For more information see CURRICULUM
SHORT CURRICULUM
1997 University of Rome "La Sapienza": Philosophy Degree.
1998-2001 University of Genoa: Ph.D. in Philosophy. As part of the doctoral grant six-month stay at the Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen.
From 2002-2003 to 2006-2007 University of Florence: Adjunct Professor of Aesthetics, Faculty of Architecture (Degree Course: Industrial Design).
2004 (September-December): Georgetown University, Washington DC: Visiting Researcher, Department of Philosophy.
From 2005-2006 to 2006-2007 University of Florence: Adjunct Professor of Aesthetics, Faculty of Political Science (Degree Course: Media and Journalism).
2007 University of Florence: RESEARCHER at the Department of Architectural Technology and Design (TAED).
From 2007-2008 to 2014-2015: University of Florence: Aggregate Professor of Aesthetics (Degree Course: Industrial Design B.A. and Design M.A.).
2012 University of Florence: Member of Department of Humanities (DILEF).
2013 Member of the Academic Board of the PhD in Philosophy of the Universities of Pisa and Florence.
2014 (October) Coordinator of the class "Esthétique" for Project Tempus EU: 3D, Design pour le développement durables des productions artisanales locales (Tunisia).
2015 University of Florence: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in Aesthetics.
2016 and 2017 Overseas Campus (Florence), Tongij University Shanghai: Professor of the class: Aesthetics of Design.
2016-2017 and 2017-2018: IUL - Italian University Line: Professor of the class in Aesthetics (Degree Course: Methods and Techniques for Educational Interactions B.A.).
2017 (November) Universidad Internacional de Cuernavaca (Mexico): Visiting Professor; National Academic Abilitation as Full Professor in Sector 11/C4 "Aesthetics and Philosophy of Language" (since 11-07-2017).
2018 (August) Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics: Professor of the class in Aesthetics (Summer School).
From 2018-2019 to 2024-2025: Catholic University "Our Lady of Good Counsel" (Tirana, Albania): Professor of the class in Aesthetics (Degree Course: Architecture M.A.).
2019 (October) Universidad Internacional de Cuernavaca (Mexico): Visiting Professor.
From 2020 to present: cooperative activities with Chinese universities and institutions, including lectures series and teaching on contemporary aesthetics topics: Nanjing University, Changzhou Textile Garment Institute, Tjanjin Technical College, Dongguan University of Technology, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Henan University.
From 2023 to present: DILEF Coordinator of Research Unit PTS (Pratiche estetiche, trasformazioni antropologiche, scenari contemporanei).
2024 (August-September) Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics: Visiting Professor; DILEF Coordinator of Philosophy Unit (from 01-11-2024).
Coordinator of the International Research Agreement between UNIFI and
a) Universidad Internacional de Cuernavaca (Mexico);
b) Korea University, Seoul (South Korea);
c) Universidad Autonoma de Entre Rios, Parana (Argentina);
d) Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan);
e) Nanjing University, Nanjing (China);
f) Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires (Argentina);
g) Kanazawa Unversity (Japan)
h) Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (Brazil).
- Coordinator of PhD Programme in Philosophy Pisa-Firenze (from 1-11-2025)
- DILEF Coordinator of Philosophy Unit (from 01-11-2024).
- DILEF Coordinator of Research Unit PTS - Pratiche estetiche, trasformazioni antropologiche, scenari contemporanei (from 01-11-2023).
- DILEF Delegate for New European Bauhaus NEB - European Commission Project (from 01-12-2021).
CURRENT TEACHINGS
UNIFI:
a) Aeshetics (Degree Course: Philosophy B.A.);
d) Aesthetics and Languages of Art (Degree Course: Practices, Languages and Cultures of Communication M.A.).
BOOKS:
10) Kitsch y neokitsch. Hacia una estética difusa, 17grises, Bahía Blanca-Buenos Aires, 2025.
9) F. Desideri - A. Mecacci, Estetica contemporanea. Dalle filosofie della crisi alle culture postmediali, Carocci, Roma 2023.
8) Il gusto e il suo doppio. Saggi sul kitsch, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2021.
7) Dopo Warhol. Il pop, il postmoderno, l'estetica diffusa, Donzelli, Roma 2017 (2nd reprint 2024).
6) Il kitsch, il Mulino, Bologna 2014 (5th reprint 2024).
5) Estetica e design, il Mulino, Bologna 2012 (7th reprint 2025).
4) L'estetica del pop, Donzelli, Roma 2011 (2nd reprint 2023).
3) Introduzione a Andy Warhol, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2008 (II edition 2016).
2) La mimesis del possibile. Approssimazioni a Hölderlin, Pendragon, Bologna 2006.
1) Hölderlin e i Greci, Pendragon, Bologna 2002.
CONFERENCES, LECTURES (very short selection since 2017)
- Conference: Digital Art. Paper: Digital Nihilism and Digital Humanism. An Aesthetic Genealogy (Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, 29-05-2023). Keynote Speaker.
- Lecture: Teaching Aesthetics for Designers (Henan University, weblecture, 15-05-2023).
- Lecture: Kitsch and Fashion. Rethinking Bad Taste in Fashion: Theories and Morphologies (Weissensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, 02-06-2022).
- Conference: Design!Open. Paper: Imaginative Object and Mimetic Object (University of Parma, 05-05-2022), Keynote Speaker.
- Lecture: Aesthetics and Design: Theories and Practices (Tianjin Technical College, weblecture, 27-03-2022).
- Conference: Aesthetics, Technique and Emotion. Paper: Performing Beauty, Deconstructing Beauty (Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, webconference 08-06-2021), Keynote Speaker.
- Lecture: Contemporary Aestheticization. Postmodernism and Hyperreality (Zhenghzou University, weblecture, 08-02-2021).
- Lecture: Kitsch (Nanjing University, weblecture, 08-12-2020).
- Lecture: Italian Aesthetics and Industry (Nanjng University, 15-11-2020).
- Conference: Urban Space and the Senses. Paper: The Air That I Breathe. Tasting the City from Atmosphere to Canned Air (University of California, Berkeley, 09-05-2020), cancelled due to COVID-19.
- Conference: The Age of Art. Aesthetics and Grammar of Contemporary Artistic Languages. Paper: Pop Goes Hyperreal (University of Florence, 08-11-2019).
- Conference: Revisiting the Sublime / Revisiter le sublime. Paper: Even Better Than the Real Thing: the Hyperreal Sublime (University of Milan, 17-05-2019), Keynote Speaker.
- Conference: Aesthetics of Popular Culture. Paper: Aesthetics of Trash (University of Warsaw, 06-05-2018).
- Lecture: Aesthetics and Design: the Italian Way (Universidad Internacional de Cuernavaca, Mexico, 09-11-2017).
- Conference: Natureza e vida da image perante os desafios da arte contemporanea / Nature and Life of the Image Facing the Challenges of Contemporary Art. Paper: City Goes Pop (Universidade Nova, Lisbon, 16-05-2017).
History of Aesthetics;
German Aesthetics (Enlightenment, Idealism, Romanticism);
Postmodernism, Aestheticization processes;
Pop, Kitsch, Mass Culture;
Aesthetics of Design.
