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Il ruolo dei progetti europei nelle innovazioni delle politiche locali del cibo: il caso delle mense scolastiche nella Piana del Cibo
No full textQuesto scritto intende contribuire alla discussione sul ruolo dei progetti europei portata avanti all’interno della Rete delle Politiche Locali del Cibo (RPLC)
Carla Mereu Keating: The Politics of Dubbing. Film Censorship and State Intervention in the Translation of Foreign Cinema in Fascist Italy
No full textImage Processing for Motion Magnification
No full textMotion Magnification (MM) is a collection of relatively recent techniques within the realm of Image Processing. The main motivation of introducing these techniques is to support the human visual system to capture relevant displacements of an object of interest; these motions can be in object color and in object location. In fact, the goal is to opportunely process a video sequence to obtain as output a new video in which motions are magnified and visible to the viewer. We propose a numerical technique based on the Phase-Based approach for Motion Magnification which analyses the video sequence in the Fourier Domain and rely on the Fourier Shifting Property. We describe the mathematical basis of this method and the corresponding implementation in a numerical algorithm. We present preliminary experiments, focusing on some basic examples made up using synthetic images
Tracing the Dynamics of Errors. Albert the Great and the Presocratics on the Void
No full textThis article brings to light a complex ‘dynamic of errors’ which Albert, in his Commentary on Aristotle’s Physica, uses to elaborate on the problem of the void. In his analysis, the Dominican philosopher addresses issues such as the void’s definition, its existence, or its relationship to motion, while stating his own position on the matter, which heavily relies on Aristotle. Albert argues that the errors made by certain pre-Socratic philosophers (in particular, Anaxagoras, Leucippus, Democritus, Xuthus, and Pythagoras) contributed to the formation of flawed doctrines in the Middle Ages, such as that of Avempace (alongside whom Albert mistakenly places Avicenna). By identifying and exposing ‘errors’ Albert creates a valuable vantage point to address the problem of the void, whilst emphasizing the significant role played by pre-Socratic thinkers in the emergence and evolution of scientific discourse on the issue
From Regional Approach to Transnational Perspective: Philological Insights into John Picard’s Quaestiones
No full textThis article offers the first systematic philological reconstruction of the sources underlying John Picard of Lichtenberg’s Quaestiones, newly available through 2025 critical edition. Traditionally regarded as an early representative of Thomism in the German Dominican milieu, Picard emerges here as a thinker deeply embedded in a wider transnational scholastic network. By comparing Picard’s text with works by Albert the Great, John of Paris, William Peter of Godin, Godfrey of Fontaines, Hervaeus Natalis, James of Viterbo, and the Oxford master of arts John Dymsdale, the study reveals previously unnoticed literal correspondences and shared argumentative structures. These findings rethink the long-standing narrative of a distinctly German philosophical Sonderweg, showing that medieval intellectual life in Cologne was shaped by dynamic exchanges with Parisian and Oxonian debates. Picard’s Quaestiones thus exemplify a microhistorical case whose ‘exceptional normality’ illuminates the broader patterns of medieval scholastic culture
Extraños oficios de escritores nómades: Wilcock, Poletti, Bravi
No full textEn el campo de las relaciones culturales entre Italia y Argentina, se reconoce la figura del escritor nómade que, impulsado por motivaciones de desplazamiento territorial y lingüístico, promueve una corriente de literatura mestiza capaz de mediar entre culturas diferentes, conspirar contra los prejuicios reduccionistas del canon y de la nación, pensar de otro modo la alteridad en las sociedades contemporáneas. La figura del escritor nómade, aquel que movido por el desplazamiento relativiza la relación entre lengua de origen y nación, surge en el contexto de transformación que se opera en la cultura occidental a fines del siglo XIX Juan Rodolfo Wilcock, Syria Poletti y Adrián Bravi constituyen significativos ejemplos de nomadismo literario. En sus textos está presente la potencialidad metafórica de la figuración nómade que se actualiza en posibilidades diversas. Diferentes niveles de la experiencia vital autobiográfica de estos sujetos se manifiestan en la escritura y se tematizan en una particular construcción de la subjetividad que, a partir de determinadas localizaciones, señalan su singularidad. Se modelan protagonistas excéntricos que encuentran en su profesión formas de la propia rareza del escritor poliglota.
In the field of cultural relations between Italy and Argentina, it is possible to recognize the figure of the nomadic writer. Driven by motivations of territorial and linguistic displacement, the nomadic writer promotes a trend of mestizo literature capable of mediating between different cultures, conspiring against the reductionist prejudices of the canon and the nation, and rethinking otherness in contemporary societies. The figure of the nomadic writer, who due to displacement relativizes the relationship between language of origin and nation, emerged in the context of transformation that took place in Western culture at the end of the 19th century. John Rodolfo Wilcock, Syria Poletti, and Adrian Bravi are significant examples of literary nomadism. The metaphorical potentiality of the nomadic figure is present in their texts, where it is updated in diverse possibilities. Different levels of these subjects’ autobiographical life experience are evidenced in their writings and thematized in particular constructions of subjectivity that, from specific locations, point to their singularity. Eccentric protagonists are shaped, who find in their profession the forms of the polyglot writer’s own rarity.In the field of cultural relations between Italy and Argentina, an area whose powerful consistency is notorious, it is possible to recognize the figure of the nomadic writer. Driven by motivations of territorial and linguistic displacement, the nomadic writer promotes a trend of mestizo literature capable of mediating between different cultures, conspiring against the reductionist prejudices of the canon and the nation, and rethinking otherness in contemporary societies. The figure of the nomadic writer, who due to displacement relativizes the relationship between language of origin and nation, emerged in the context of transformation that took place in Western culture at the end of the 19th century. John Rodolfo Wilcock, Syria Poletti, and Adrian Bravi are significant examples of literary nomadism. The metaphorical potentiality of the nomadic figure is present in their texts, where it is updated in diverse possibilities. Different levels of these subjects’ autobiographical life experience are evidenced in their writings and thematized in particular constructions of subjectivity that, from specific locations, point to their singularity. Eccentric protagonists are shaped, who find in their profession the forms of the polyglot writer’s own rarity.
En el campo de las relaciones culturales entre Italia y Argentina, cuya poderosa consistencia es notoria, se reconoce la figura del escritor nómade que, impulsado por motivaciones de desplazamiento territorial y lingüístico, promueve una corriente de literatura mestiza capaz de mediar entre culturas diferentes, conspirar contra los prejuicios reduccionistas del canon y de la nación y pensar de otro modo la alteridad en las sociedades contemporáneas.
La figura del escritor nómade, aquel que movido por el desplazamiento relativiza la relación entre lengua de origen y nación, surge en el contexto de transformación que se opera en la cultura occidental a fines del siglo XIX. Juan Rodolfo Wilcock, Syria Poletti y Adrián Bravi constituyen significativos ejemplos de nomadismo literario. En sus textos está presente la potencialidad metafórica de la figuración nómade que se actualiza en posibilidades diversas. Diferentes niveles de la experiencia vital autobiográfica de estos sujetos se manifiestan en la escritura y se tematizan en una particular construcción de la subjetividad que, a partir de determinadas localizaciones, señalan su singularidad. Se modelan protagonistas excéntricos que encuentran en su profesión formas de la propia rareza del escritor poliglota
Dos humoristas de bien: José López Rubio y Enrique Jardiel Poncela: Artículo-reseña: José López Rubio y Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Un hombre de bien. Comedia en tres actos, eds. José María Torrijos y Enrique Gallud Jardiel, Madrid, Sial Pigmalión, 2024
No full textExtenso artículo en el que se reseña la edición y se contextualiza la comedia de José López Rubio y Enrique Jardiel Poncela en el ambiente cultural y teatral de su momento.Ampio articolo che recensisce l'edizione e contestualizza la commedia di José López Rubio e Enrique Jardiel Poncela nell'ambiente culturale e teatrale dell'epoca
From auto/biography to a historiography of post-colonial Tanzania in Swahili popular literature
No full textThis article will present two Swahili popular works: the popular novel Mpenzi I-II (‘Lover I-II’,1984; 1985) by Kajubi D. Mukajanga and the collection of short stories Mpe Maneno Yake (‘Give him his words,’ 2006) by Freddy Macha.
Mukajanga started writing the novel in 1982 but the first volume was published in 1984 by his own publishing house, Grand Arts Promotions. The environment he describes is that of J.K.T (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa /National Service) of Makutupora where the writer describes daily life as he lived it and according to the law in force in 1977.
The second volume of Mpenzi, published in 1985, recounts historically verifiable events as the outbreak of the Second World War; the founding of T.A.N.U (Tanganyika African National Union) with the veiled description of Nyerere; the 1964 uprising that is narrated through the perspective of Mzee Potee’s character, and the failure of the Ujamaa’s policy. The episodes narrated were really lived by him or by people very close to him.
In Macha’s Mpe Maneno Yake the autobiographical elements are prominent, and the short stories reflect the author’s personal perspective and the narrated events are a representation of how they were experienced by the author.
Although the two works were written and published at different times, the first in the mid-1980s and the second in 2006, both authors utilise autobiographical elements and contribute to the biographical representation of post-colonial Tanzania
A vision for just and fair transitions toward a carbon-free world: Review of A just transition for all: Workers and communities for a carbon-free future by J. Mijin Cha (2024) MIT Press
No full textTechnological visionaries often paint a future powered by clean energy, yet these optimistic visions tend to overlook the messy socio-political realities of such transitions. As A Just Transition for All: Workers and Communities for a Carbon-Free Future (MIT Press) powerfully illustrates, there is a vast difference between a so-called ‘just’ transition and one that is genuinely just. This book offers a much-needed, thought-provoking, and meticulously documented exploration of how political and business leaders can ensure fairness and justice for all stakeholders—especially vulnerable workers and their communities—as the world shifts toward a carbon-free future