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I GIS come strumento di ricerca: applicazioni metodologiche sull’Atlante Storico di Cingoli
No full textAbstract in English
This study examines the methodological use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Historical GIS (HGIS) in the development of the Historical Atlas of Cingoli, undertaken within the methodological framework defined by the International Commission for the History of Towns (CIHV). Using open-source technologies, particularly QGIS, the research demonstrates how digital cartography functions both as an interdisciplinary analytical tool and a diachronic means for interpreting urban development. The integration of historical, cadastral, and geographic datasets has enabled the construction of a relational geodatabase designed to capture the morphological and historical complexity of Cingoli's urban fabric. The article further explores the technical procedures and epistemological implications of georeferencing, presenting the HGIS of Cingoli as a methodological paradigm that can be replicated within the broader program of Italian Urban Historical Atlases.
Abstract in italiano
Il contributo esamina l’applicazione metodologica dei Geographic Information System (GIS) e degli Historical GIS (HGIS) nell’elaborazione dell’Atlante Storico di Cingoli, sviluppato entro il quadro teorico e operativo definito dalla Commission Internationale pour l’Histoire des Villes (CIHV). L’impiego di tecnologie open source – in particolare QGIS – ha permesso di dimostrare come la cartografia digitale possa costituire al contempo uno strumento di analisi interdisciplinare e un mezzo di rappresentazione diacronica dei processi di trasformazione urbana. L’integrazione di fonti storiche, catastali e geografiche ha condotto alla costruzione di un geodatabase relazionale capace di restituire la complessità morfologica e storica del tessuto urbano di Cingoli. Il saggio approfondisce, inoltre, gli aspetti tecnici ed epistemologici della georeferenziazione, proponendo l’HGIS di Cingoli quale paradigma metodologico replicabile nell’ambito del progetto nazionale degli Atlanti storici delle città italiane.Abstract in italiano
Il contributo esamina l’applicazione metodologica dei Geographic Information System (GIS) e degli Historical GIS (HGIS) nell’elaborazione dell’Atlante Storico di Cingoli, sviluppato entro il quadro teorico e operativo definito dalla Commission Internationale pour l’Histoire des Villes (CIHV). L’impiego di tecnologie open source – in particolare QGIS – ha permesso di dimostrare come la cartografia digitale possa costituire al contempo uno strumento di analisi interdisciplinare e un mezzo di rappresentazione diacronica dei processi di trasformazione urbana. L’integrazione di fonti storiche, catastali e geografiche ha condotto alla costruzione di un geodatabase relazionale capace di restituire la complessità morfologica e storica del tessuto urbano di Cingoli. Il saggio approfondisce, inoltre, gli aspetti tecnici ed epistemologici della georeferenziazione, proponendo l’HGIS di Cingoli quale paradigma metodologico replicabile nell’ambito del progetto nazionale degli Atlanti storici delle città italiane.
Abstract in English
This study examines the methodological use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Historical GIS (HGIS) in the development of the Historical Atlas of Cingoli, undertaken within the methodological framework defined by the International Commission for the History of Towns (CIHV). Using open-source technologies, particularly QGIS, the research demonstrates how digital cartography functions both as an interdisciplinary analytical tool and a diachronic means for interpreting urban development. The integration of historical, cadastral, and geographic datasets has enabled the construction of a relational geodatabase designed to capture the morphological and historical complexity of Cingoli’s urban fabric. The article further explores the technical procedures and epistemological implications of georeferencing, presenting the HGIS of Cingoli as a methodological paradigm that can be replicated within the broader program of Italian Urban Historical Atlases
La siderurgia italiana nella globalizzazione (1970-2000). Crisi e resilienza
Get PDFFocusing on the last three decades of the twentieth century, this paper examines the Italian steelindustry within a broader international context. After providing an overview of the steel industry in the leading Western European countries, the paper explores the growth patterns of the sector in Italy and its relationship with the country’s broader development. The role of national and European economic and industrial policies, public sector involvement, and the dynamics between the state and the market are then discussed. Adopting a business history perspective, some company case studies are analyzed. The conclusion highlights key issues that have emerged, followed by an overall assessment of this concluded phase, with an emphasis on its legacy and long-term impact into the twenty-first century.Focusing on the last three decades of the twentieth century, this paper examines the Italian steelindustry within a broader international context. After providing an overview of the steel industry in the leading Western European countries, the paper explores the growth patterns of the sector in Italy and its relationship with the country’s broader development. The role of national and European economic and industrial policies, public sector involvement, and the dynamics between the state and the market are then discussed. Adopting a business history perspective, some company case studies are analyzed. The conclusion highlights key issues that have emerged, followed by an overall assessment of this concluded phase, with an emphasis on its legacy and long-term impact into the twenty-first century
What does sustainability mean in a corporate museum? Learning from CUBO, Museo di Impresa del Gruppo Unipol
No full textCorporate museums lay at the crossroad between the worlds of business and cultural heritage. In academia they have been mainly studied as strategic assets which managers use with a means-end logic. Limited attention has been given to their social role, that of being a potential leverage in corporate sustainability agenda and, more importantly, at the service of society’s sustainable development. The present study aims to fill this knowledge gap by exploring: How is sustainability framed and measured in a corporate museum? A collaborative action research project with CUBO, Museo d’impresa del Gruppo Unipol, led to the development of a performance measurement system to assess the museum’s sustainability performance, from which practitioners of this sector but also of other heritage institutions could take inspiration for future implementations. The paper also offers a discussion on the role of sustainability measurement to combine the dual nature of corporate museums.
I musei d'impresa vivono a cavallo tra il mondo delle aziende e il mondo dei beni culturali. In accademia, sono per lo più studiati come asset strategici che i manager utilizzano con una logica utilitaristica. Risulta invece poco studiato il loro ruolo per il sociale, sia come potenziali leve delle strategie di sostenibilità delle aziende, sia come attori al servizio della collettività e del suo sviluppo sostenibile. L’articolo si chiede dunque: Come viene inquadrata e misurata la sostenibilità in un museo d’impresa? Un progetto in collaborazione con CUBO, Museo d'impresa del Gruppo Unipol, ha portato allo sviluppo di un sistema di misurazione della performance di sostenibilità del museo, da cui gli operatori del settore, ma anche altre istituzioni culturali, potranno trarre ispirazione per future implementazioni. L’articolo offre infine una discussione sul ruolo della misurazione della sostenibilità per coniugare la doppia anima dei musei di impresa.Corporate museums lay at the crossroad between the worlds of business and cultural heritage. In academia they have been mainly studied as strategic assets which managers use with a means-end logic. Limited attention has been given to their social role, that of being a potential leverage in corporate sustainability agenda and, more importantly, at the service of society’s sustainable development. The present study aims to fill this knowledge gap by exploring: How is sustainability framed and measured in a corporate museum? A collaborative action research project with CUBO, Museo d’impresa del Gruppo Unipol, led to the development of a performance measurement system to assess the museum’s sustainability performance, from which practitioners of this sector but also of other heritage institutions could take inspiration for future implementations. The paper also offers a discussion on the role of sustainability measurement to combine the dual nature of corporate museums.
I musei d'impresa vivono a cavallo tra il mondo delle aziende e il mondo dei beni culturali. In accademia, sono per lo più studiati come asset strategici che i manager utilizzano con una logica utilitaristica. Risulta invece poco studiato il loro ruolo per il sociale, sia come potenziali leve delle strategie di sostenibilità delle aziende, sia come attori al servizio della collettività e del suo sviluppo sostenibile. L’articolo si chiede dunque: Come viene inquadrata e misurata la sostenibilità in un museo d’impresa? Un progetto in collaborazione con CUBO, Museo d'impresa del Gruppo Unipol, ha portato allo sviluppo di un sistema di misurazione della performance di sostenibilità del museo, da cui gli operatori del settore, ma anche altre istituzioni culturali, potranno trarre ispirazione per future implementazioni. L’articolo offre infine una discussione sul ruolo della misurazione della sostenibilità per coniugare la doppia anima dei musei di impresa
Non-financial reporting in cultural organizations: motivations, processes and outputs
No full textThis study analyzes the motivations, processes, and outputs of non-financial reporting by Italian cultural organizations through qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews and focus groups. In response to European and global regulatory requirements, as well as increasing transparency expectations driven by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, cultural organizations face growing pressure to disclose non-financial results that demonstrate their value creation. However, the lack of a consistent regulatory framework leads to inconsistencies in reporting practices, including format, tone, and indicators, which often fail to meet stakeholder expectations. This study thoroughly examines the underlying motivations for non-financial sustainability reporting, the processes involved, and the output dimension within the context of Italian cultural organizations, contributing to the limited academic discourse on sustainability in the cultural sector.
Il presente lavoro analizza le motivazioni, i processi e i risultati della rendicontazione non finanziaria delle organizzazioni culturali italiane tramite un’indagine qualitativa basata su interviste semi-strutturate e focus group. In risposta ai requisiti normativi europei e globali, nonché alle crescenti aspettative di trasparenza dettate dall’Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile, le organizzazioni culturali sono sottoposte a una pressione sempre maggiore affinché rendano pubblici i risultati non finanziari che dimostrino la creazione di valore. Tuttavia, la mancanza di un quadro normativo coerente genera disallineamenti nelle prassi, in termini di formato, tono e indicatori, spesso non in linea con le aspettative degli stakeholder. Lo studio analizza in modo approfondito le motivazioni che sottendono la rendicontazione non finanziaria, i processi attraverso cui essa si realizza e le modalità con cui si manifesta nei risultati, con particolare riferimento al contesto delle organizzazioni culturali italiane, contribuendo al limitato discorso accademico sulla sostenibilità nel settore culturale.This study analyzes the motivations, processes, and outputs of non-financial reporting by Italian cultural organizations through qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews and focus groups. In response to European and global regulatory requirements, as well as increasing transparency expectations driven by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, cultural organizations face growing pressure to disclose non-financial results that demonstrate their value creation. However, the lack of a consistent regulatory framework leads to inconsistencies in reporting practices, including format, tone, and indicators, which often fail to meet stakeholder expectations. This study thoroughly examines the underlying motivations for non-financial sustainability reporting, the processes involved, and the output dimension within the context of Italian cultural organizations, contributing to the limited academic discourse on sustainability in the cultural sector.
Il presente lavoro analizza le motivazioni, i processi e i risultati della rendicontazione non finanziaria delle organizzazioni culturali italiane tramite un’indagine qualitativa basata su interviste semi-strutturate e focus group. In risposta ai requisiti normativi europei e globali, nonché alle crescenti aspettative di trasparenza dettate dall’Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile, le organizzazioni culturali sono sottoposte a una pressione sempre maggiore affinché rendano pubblici i risultati non finanziari che dimostrino la creazione di valore. Tuttavia, la mancanza di un quadro normativo coerente genera disallineamenti nelle prassi, in termini di formato, tono e indicatori, spesso non in linea con le aspettative degli stakeholder. Lo studio analizza in modo approfondito le motivazioni che sottendono la rendicontazione non finanziaria, i processi attraverso cui essa si realizza e le modalità con cui si manifesta nei risultati, con particolare riferimento al contesto delle organizzazioni culturali italiane, contribuendo al limitato discorso accademico sulla sostenibilità nel settore culturale
Riccardo da Lentini and the import of Gothic into Swabian Sicily
No full textGiven the difficulties in evaluating the beginnings of a italian Gothic style, the essay focuses on a rediscovered figure, magister Riccardo da Lentini, by centring him on to the pivotal monument of Castel Maniace and at the launch of the season of the castra in eastern Sicily (post 1234-1240). Along the way, the picture has been enriched with additional data, gradually outlining the modus operandi of the prepositus novorum hedificiorum in the service of Frederick II, at times correcting understandable uncertainties, and the investigation has been extended to his proven travels to the mainland after 1240. From the very beginning, surrounded by skilled and anonymous collaborators, the nature of the team led by Riccardo is evidenced by all that arrived in Regnum Siciliae, which is the tangible outcome of orders imposed from above, only to be revised within certain limits in the presence of the sovereign. Taking for granted that Riccardo was continually put to the test, Thus, the deliberate versatility in design with recognisable common features became routine, quickly applying the modernity of a redefined Gothic, enhanced by the most advanced technological solutions, to a defensive structure reduced to the essentials.Given the difficulties in evaluating the beginnings of a italian Gothic style, the essay focuses on a rediscovered figure, magister Riccardo da Lentini, by centring him on to the pivotal monument of Castel Maniace and at the launch of the season of the castra in eastern Sicily (post 1234-1240). Along the way, the picture has been enriched with additional data, gradually outlining the modus operandi of the prepositus novorum hedificiorum in the service of Frederick II, at times correcting understandable uncertainties, and the investigation has been extended to his proven travels to the mainland after 1240. From the very beginning, surrounded by skilled and anonymous collaborators, the nature of the team led by Riccardo is evidenced by all that arrived in Regnum Siciliae, which is the tangible outcome of orders imposed from above, only to be revised within certain limits in the presence of the sovereign. Taking for granted that Riccardo was continually put to the test, Thus, the deliberate versatility in design with recognisable common features became routine, quickly applying the modernity of a redefined Gothic, enhanced by the most advanced technological solutions, to a defensive structure reduced to the essentials.
Ammesse le difficoltà nel radiografare gli esordi di un gotico italiano, il saggio focalizza il peso avuto da un ricomparso protagonista, il magister Riccardo da Lentini, ruotandolo sul monumento cardine di Castel Maniace e al lancio della stagione dei castra nella Sicilia orientale (post 1234-1240). Strada facendo, il quadro si è arricchito di ulteriori dati e via via si è delineato il modus operandi del prepositus novorum hedificiorum al servizio di Federico II, talora rettificando comprensibili incertezze, e dopo il 1240 l’indagine è stata estesa al provato peregrinare in terraferma. Sin dapprincipio attorniato da validi e anonimi collaboratori, di quale pasta fosse l’équipe governata da Riccardo lo avvalora il tanto sopraggiunto nel Regnum Siciliae, che è la tangibile traduzione di direttive imposte dall’alto, solo entro certi limiti suscettibili di essere riviste in presenza dell’imperatore. Nel dar per scontato che Riccardo fosse messo di continuo a dura prova, di qui la mirata versatilità nel progettare con riconoscibili denominatori diventava routine, applicando a piè sospinto la modernità di un rimodulato gotico beneficiato delle più progredite soluzioni tecnologiche a un coefficiente difensivo ridotto all’essenziale.
Renato Mancia e la Scuola Nazionale del Restauro (Milano 1935) nel dibattito contemporaneo / Renato Mancia and the Scuola Nazionale del Restauro (Milan 1935) in Contemporary Debate
No full textOn 14 December 1935, the Scuola Nazionale del Restauro was inaugurated in Milan, it was a small institute that had the ambition of being a national reference. An important role in the foundation was played by Renato Mancia (1888-1985), a curious umbrian person from Trevi, who had already been a sculptor, artist and restorer, a great supporter of “pinacology” as a science and author in 1936 of one of the first italian texts on use of artistic diagnosis. This paper investigates inhedit aspects of Mancia's biography and contextualizes the brief history of the milanese Scuola in Italy, in a time characterized by a close comparison/clash between those who proposed an exaggeratedly positivist vision of the use of scientific-diagnostic tools and those who claimed a necessary mediation with art historians. In all this, to establish the credibility of the interlocutors, it was essential to distinguish who had colluded with the thriving market of art forgeries.Il 14 dicembre 1935 venne inaugurata a Milano la Scuola Nazionale del Restauro, un piccolo istituto che aveva l'ambizione di essere un riferimento nazionale. Un ruolo importante nella fondazione lo ebbe Renato Mancia (1888-1985), curioso personaggio umbro di Trevi, che già era stato scultore, artista e restauratore, grande sostenitore della “pinacologia” come scienza e autore nel 1936 di uno dei primi testi italiani sull'uso della diagnostica artistica. Questo contributo indaga aspetti inediti della biografia di Mancia e contestualizza la breve storia della Scuola milanese nell’ambito italiano, caratterizzato da un confronto/scontro serrato tra chi proponeva una visione esageratamente positivista dell’uso degli strumenti scientifico-diagnostici e chi rivendicava una mediazione necessaria con gli storici dell’arte. In tutto ciò, per stabilire la credibilità degli interlocutori, fu fondamentale distinguere chi si era colluso con il florido mercato dei falsi d’arte.
On 14 December 1935, the Scuola Nazionale del Restauro was inaugurated in Milan, it was a small institute that had the ambition of being a national reference. An important role in the foundation was played by Renato Mancia (1888-1985), a curious umbrian person from Trevi, who had already been a sculptor, artist and restorer, a great supporter of “pinacology” as a science and author in 1936 of one of the first italian texts on use of artistic diagnosis. This paper investigates inhedit aspects of Mancia's biography and contextualizes the brief history of the milanese Scuola in Italy, in a time characterized by a close comparison/clash between those who proposed an exaggeratedly positivist vision of the use of scientific-diagnostic tools and those who claimed a necessary mediation with art historians. In all this, to establish the credibility of the interlocutors, it was essential to distinguish who had colluded with the thriving market of art forgeries
Alle origini di un nuovo ambito di ricerca nel settore storico-educativo: genesi ed evoluzione della Società Italiana per lo Studio del Patrimonio Storico-Educativo
Get PDFThis paper focuses on the interest that educational heritage has attracted within Italian historical-educational research, as well as within national and international museums and associations. Within this framework, the article reconstructs the reasons that led to the institution of the Italian Society for the Study of Historical-Educational Heritage (SIPSE) and the early years of activity of this new society. During these early years, SIPSE has carved out an active role in the research on, protection, and dissemination of educational heritage, establishing solid connections not only with the Italian and international scientific community, but also with various sectors of civil society concerned in various ways with the cultural heritage of education.This paper focuses on the interest that educational heritage has attracted within Italian historical-educational research, as well as within national and international museums and associations. Within this framework, the article reconstructs the reasons that led to the institution of the Italian Society for the Study of Historical-Educational Heritage (SIPSE) and the early years of activity of this new society. During these early years, SIPSE has carved out an active role in the research on, protection, and dissemination of educational heritage, establishing solid connections not only with the Italian and international scientific community, but also with various sectors of civil society concerned in various ways with the cultural heritage of education
Il contributo degli storici dell’educazione alla storia dell’università: temi e indirizzi di ricerca
Get PDFIn recent decades university – conceived as a site of training, knowledge production, and career formation – and its history have become an integral chapter of the history of education. This reframing has been shaped by historians of education who, thanks to the work of research centres, conferences and several journals, have woven together micro and macro-level analyses, thematic foci, and geographical scales. The result is a coherent picture in which the university, a central educational institution of modernity, becomes a privileged field of inquiry for rethinking the methods, sources, and aims of the history of education.In recent decades university – conceived as a site of training, knowledge production, and career formation – and its history have become an integral chapter of the history of education. This reframing has been shaped by historians of education who, thanks to the work of research centres, conferences and several journals, have woven together micro and macro-level analyses, thematic foci, and geographical scales. The result is a coherent picture in which the university, a central educational institution of modernity, becomes a privileged field of inquiry for rethinking the methods, sources, and aims of the history of education