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The Anti-Mafia Movement: A Comparative Analysis of Naples and Sicily
No full textThesis (B.A. in Italian Studies, Minor in Business Administration)--John Cabot University, Spring 2020.Il movimento antimafia è un elemento costante e in continua evoluzione nella lotta contro le mafia italiane. Questa tesi esamina se il movimento antimafia a Napoli affronta più sfide che in Sicilia sull’integrazione nella cultura e nella società sulla base delle diverse strutture della Camorra e di Cosa Nostra. In primo luogo viene fornita una breve panoramica e informazioni di base sulla storia della mafia e sul movimento antimafia, seguita da una revisione della lettura attuale sull’argomento. Tuttavia, l'obiettivo principale di questa ricerca è un’analisi approfondita della struttura organizzativa delle due organizzazioni, al fine di determinare se questo aspetto contribuisce o meno alle sfide del movimento antimafia Siciliano rispetto a quello superiore del Napoletano. Sono esaminati i vari aspetti delle strutture organizzative, tra cui: le varie caratteristiche delle organizzazioni, le caratteristiche dei membri e il ruolo delle donne. I risultati di questa ricerca dimostrano di come queste organizzazioni abbiano un ruolo fondamentale nelle sfide del movimento antimafia Siciliano rispetto a quello superiore del Napoletano. Infine, i limiti e le conclusioni di questa ricerca metteranno in evidenza ciò che ha impedito un’indagine più approfondita di questo elemento del movimento antimafia e ciò che deve ancora essere approfondito per capire come il successo del movimento antimafia può continuare a crescere
Bangladesh’s Most Vulnerable: Women Garment Workers
No full textThesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Fall 2020.The fashion industry in the late twentieth century saw a shift from national manufacturing to outsource manufacturing. This business model requires mass consumption and mass production adhering to tight deadlines. This system enables fashion companies to maximize their profits at the expense of garment workers in developing countries, especially women workers in major garment exporting countries such as Bangladesh. This thesis aims to present the results of research done on the Ready-Made Garment industry (RMG) in Bangladesh and answers to the question: how has mass consumption in the fashion industry affected major manufacturing countries like Bangladesh and their workforce?
This research question is tracing the history of the modern fashion system and of mass consumption, mass production, and the exploitation of garment workers from the point of view of Marxist theorists. In doing so, this paper focuses on female workers in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh. As well as focusing on how the industry was established by including specific quantitative and descriptive data regarding the female workforce. The research conducted demonstrates that mass production practices have proven harmful and deadly to Bangladesh’s female garment workforce
Repatriation Debate: A Concrete, Modest Proposal
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History and International Affairs)--John Cabot University, Fall 2020.The title of my thesis pays tribute to an insightful study focused on the emotional aspectof repatriation claims, and how the recognition of this is key to find a solution to the debate onthe proper disposition of disputed cultural property – namely, Daniel Shapiro’s “Repatriation: A Modest Proposal” (1998). Given the excessive number of objects that might be subject to repatriation demands, mythesis offers a concrete proposal on how museums might respond to the symbolic importance ofdisputed cultural property even if what is requested is not ultimately returned. Analyzing two keycases in the history of art repatriation, The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer and the ParthenonSculptures, one finds out that a purely aesthetic and context-free display of disputed objectsmight generate a sense of injustice in those who seek for their return. In light of this, Woman’sCap, a Native American hat displayed in the Hallie Ford Museum in Oregon (US), provides newinsight on how displays, loans, and shared ownerships can contribute in creating a concretedialogue between relevant parties. The singularity of this piece is given by its reversible status asa breathing object1 – this tool is displayed as a work of art within the museum, yet its status isagain reversed into its tool function once borrowed and used during specific ceremonies by the Native American tribe
National Identity of Afghanistan (Proud of being Afghan)
No full textThesis (B.A. in Political Science, Minor in Communications)--John Cabot University, Spring 2020.Studying my own country and its old tribal legacy made me more proud of my tribal and national identity r than before. Is the current system of democracy and leadership in Afghanistan able to withstand the pressure of traditional methods of power, as well as foreign interference? Responding to my question stimulated my knowledge and understanding of the complexity between Afghan tribal/Customary law and the Afghan constitutions. First of all, we are going to explore how Afghanistan’s first King Ahmad Shah Abdali was elected by the tribal leaders and how tribal laws became the country's higher law, higher than the constitution. Ethnic rivalry, civil war, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban regime, and foreign interference are aspects of this part of the thesis. Secondly, another important and crucial topic of the thesis is the Afghan constitution and legal system after the defeat of the Taliban by the U.S. intervention after 9/11 terrorist attack. Bonn Conference 2001 is the core of the this part, where all the leaders involved in the Afghan civil war, local commanders, and exiled Afghan were gathered. This event was under the United Nations and the United States surveillance to negotiate between the Afghan leaders to reach an agreement on a new government. However, the big error was not inviting the Taliban to the Bonn Conference where once they had control over 95 percent of Afghanistan for almost five years and their regime recognized by some countries. For example, Pakistan was the first country to recognize the Taliban's brutal regime and they are still supporting the Taliban militias in Afghanistan.
Finally, for the first time in 2004 Hamid Karzai was elected democratically as Afghan President. Therefore, the Presidential elections of 2014 are the core for the final part of the thesis, because for the first time in Afghanistan the peaceful transfer of power from Hamid Karzai to elected President Ashraf Ghani was handled democratically
Digital Socialism Beyond the Digital Social: Confronting Communicative Capitalism with Ethics of Care
No full textThis paper analyses the role of the “social” in communicative capitalism. It shows how the digital social is situated in the context of ideology, exploitation, and alienation. Based on the ethics of care, the essay outlines foundations of an alternative concept and reality of the social in digital socialism. It borrows the key concept of “care” from feminist theory and ethics and uses it to explore alternative paths to rethink “digital socialism” in the age of social media ubiquity and the pervasiveness of communicative capitalism. We need imaginative efforts to think beyond “capitalist realism” as a “pervasive atmosphere” (Fisher 2009, 16) that impacts not just the economy and cultural production, but also the domain of the ideas to the extent that it seems “impossible even to imagine a coherent alternative to it” (Fisher 2009, 2)
The Artist Gaze: Vettor Pisani
No full textMaster of Arts in Art History -- John Cabot University, Spring 2020.This thesis will take into consideration some of Vettor Pisani’s main works from the 1970s, withrelated pictures and shots documenting the artist’s gaze in three different scenarios: the artistalone; the artist looking at the performer; the artist and Michelangelo Pistoletto’s overlappingportraits exhibited on occasion of their joint exhibition Plagio at Galleria Marlborough. At thesame time, it will explore the issues of authorship, co-authorship, and agency both withinPisani’s oeuvre and in the artist’s relationships with his wife, other artists with whom hecollaborated (Pistoletto) and the photographers who documented his work
The effectiveness of the Italian juvenile justice system in rehabilitating and reintegrating young individuals into the society
No full textThesis (B.A. in Political Science, Minor in Psychology)--John Cabot University, Spring 2020.The objective of this thesis is to determine the effectiveness of the Italian juvenile justice system in rehabilitating and reintegrating young individuals into the society. The analysis involves a qualitative research on the regulation of the juvenile justice system. School of thoughts and theories are discussed together with the main exponents of Italian criminology and their contribution to the justice system. The history of the development of the juvenile justice system is then examined, first on a global and second on a national scale, taking into consideration the various achievements in terms of children’s rights, juvenile penal process, the very first court and the idea of rehabilitation rather than punishment. An individual case study is then conducted on one of the Italian juvenile penal institutions, Casal del Marmo which is located in Rome. The case study is mainly grounded on interviews conducted in December 2019 to some operators and volunteers of the institution. The analysis is then concluded with the understanding that the Italian juvenile justice system has been rarely effective in reintegrating young individuals into the society. The final chapter also shows the limitations of this piece
The Apsidal Arch Mosaics in the Church of SS. Nereus and Achilleus
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History, Minor in Humanistic Studies)--John Cabot University, Spring 2020.Described as being “decorated on a wondrous scale” by the Liber Pontificalis, the church of SS. Nereus and Achilleus was rebuilt by Pope Leo III (795-816) during the last years of his papacy in 814. Inside, the church displays a unique composition on the apsidal arch with the Transfiguration of Christ on the center, flanked by an Annunciation scene on the right and an enthroned Virgin and Child on the left. While representations of the Transfiguration on a monumental level already existed elsewhere, the Transfiguration scene in SS. Nereus and Achilleus was a novel sight in Rome. For the Virgin Mary, instead, pictorial precedents can be found in the city and her unique intercessory position had already made her popular among popes. Both the meaning of the Transfiguration of Christ and the role of the Virgin Mary in art, albeit separately, have been extensively discussed by scholars and theologians, and while generic interpretations have been given about the program on the arch of SS. Nereus and Achilleus, none really fully consider the iconographic, theological, and political factors that could have played a role in the creation of the apsidal iconography. That being said, this thesis will examine the iconographic antecedents of the Transfiguration of Christ and the Virgin Mary in Rome, with the aim of understanding the unprecedented semantic synthesis that was achieved in the church of SS. Nereus and Achilleus, and the ways the mosaic program engaged with contemporary church politics