The new intelligence of Made in Italy. A mixed-method study

The paper presents the results of an exploratory empirical study aimed at analysing the diffusion, modes of implementation, and perceptions of digital technologies and AI within Italian higher education institutions engaged in artistic, design, and creative training related to the Made in Italy system. The research adopts an Actor-Network Theory–inspired framework, understanding teaching and learning as the outcome of dynamic interactions among heterogeneous human and non-human actors, whose agency emerges through processes of mediation and translation