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Women from Apulia Gender Inequality (and Religious Influences) in the South of Italy
No full textThesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Summer 2018.Gender inequality in Italy is a concept that has stirred the attention of the Europeancommunity for a long time now. In terms of gender equality data, Italy is ranked among thelowest globally. Despite numerous models presented by human rights organizations as well asforums at the global level concerning the need for gender equality, Italy trails the list ofnations that respect of women in all facets of the economy. This research paper takes theform of literature review so that it can document the milestones that have been taken toachieve gender equality in the contemporary Apulia. The paper aims to achieve this goalthrough a review of efforts of women to elevate their societal position and elaborates thegender inequality situation in the south Italy (Apulia is the region I come from) and genderequality policies, including the influence of religions on gender-based decisions in thecountry. While Chapter one will be focused on the political and historical background of thewomen of Apulia that have often been forced to face different discriminations and challengescompared to the rest of Italy, chapter 2 will review the historical relationship occurredbetween Italy and the Vatican -and the influence that the Catholic Church has often exercisedon the life, customs, and behaviors of these ancient agricultural societies. Whereas chapter 3will try to discuss the significance of religion on gender equality, especially in the south ofItaly, the Fourth chapter will take us back to Apulia, to see how these historical factors haveaffected the socio-political conditions of the Women of Apulia today
Emotions of Modernity: the Portrait of Feelings in Umberto Boccioni’s States of Mind I
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History, Minor in Classical Studies and Entrepreneurship)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.In this thesis I will argument the difference that exists between Boccioni’s triptych and his other canvases, as well as the artist’s States of Mind I and the other Futurists’ artistic production: to do so, the three paintings will be examined under the light of several topics and considerations, which will enhance and question the meaning of each of the triptych’s canvas. Moreover, the peculiarity of the paintings will be drawn near to Boccioni’s own uniqueness in the Futurist group, which made him surpass the already marked limits of his avant-garde. The thesis consists of two distinct parts: the first section focuses on the analysis of Umberto Boccioni’s triptych States of Mind I (1911), and on the distance between the triptych and the rest of the Futurist production. Each analysis of the three canvases is linked to and shaped by different and specific themes, including Henri Bergson’s ideas, Gaetano Previati’s production, and Symbolist art, which allow to better understand the artist’s intentions and the messages that are concealed in the canvases. The second part aims at highlighting an aspect of Boccioni’s artistic character: even though imbued with a strong futurist ideology, he maintained a marked anti-Futurist sensibility, which allowed him to analyze his contemporaries’ inner-world with particular care. These main two sections are preceded by a description of the social and political situations that were going on before and during the artistic creation of Umberto Boccioni, as well as the Italian and European artistic production that had an impact on the artist’s production, and in particular on States of Mind I
A Descent into the Unknown Edgar Allan Poe’s Dappled Duality
No full textThesis (B.A. in English Literature, Minor in Philosophy)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.The existentialist inquiry which designed this thesis begins with the ambiguous nature of Edgar Allan Poe’s works. It begins with a primal inquisition on knowledge, that is to say, the source for grasping the ultimate truth, locating its place within the philosophical discourse, to then prove its inaccessibility in Poe’s literary sphere. This thesis is aimed to show how the author plays with the unknown and the reader’s expectations of knowability, through Poe’s take on science and the ambiguous theme of the double
Making America: The Synthesis of Nationalism and Anti-immigration in the Creation of American Identity, 1914-1919
Get PDFThesis (B.A. in History, Minor in International Affairs)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.The United States of America underwent a series of political and social changes as aresult of the First World War. This thesis seeks to examine the relationship betweennationalism and anti-immigration sentiment as a result of wartime exacerbations on thesemovements and ideologies. The acceptance of immigrants and immigrant culture is directlycorrelated to the prevalence and intention of nationalism. As the United States attempted toformulate a cohesive and united identity within the early twentieth century, immigrants,particularly immigrants from enemy nations, were increasingly excluded from Americanidentification. As a result, immigrants underwent a series of Americanization efforts inaddition to increasing legal and social pressure to conform and confirm their allegiance totheir new country. Anti-immigration attitudes and nationalism worked together to reimagineboth American society and America’s role in global affairs
Domenico Bruschi and Neo Cinquecentismo
No full textMaster of Arts in Art History -- John Cabot University, Fall 2018.This paper will focus on the neglected aspects of artistic discourse surrounding the life and work of Italian painter Domenico Bruschi. The main focus will be the 1883-1885 decorations of the Biblioteca Corsiniana e Lincei and how they could be described and classified. Also several influences such as English, French and earlier Italian art will be considered and their role in modern art re-examined. Mistakes about Bruschi’s life and his allegories in the Lincei will be clarified. The role of the Risorgimento and Italian nationalism will be debated in the context of Rome in the late nineteenth century
European Refugee Crisis and EU Response: How Important Are Humanitarian and State Security Concerns in Asylum Admission Policy-Making in Hungary and Italy?
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History)--John Cabot University, Fall 2017.This paper illustrates the importance of humanitarian and internal security concerns in EU admission policy-making in times of a large influx of migrants and transnational terrorism. The paper does so, analyzing the European refugee crisis and EU response to it by focusing on two case studies, namely Hungary and Italy, which are two of the countries that have received the highest number of refugees and asylum seekers in the last two years. First, it examines the theoretical framework against and for open borders. Second, it gives a brief background on the history of migration to Europe since the 1970s to understand the new patterns of migration to Europe and introduce the refugee crisis and the EU response to it. Subsequently, it briefly explains the critical situation in EU to show the EU policies implemented to handle the crisis. Specifically, the paper uses the Hungarian and Italian case to understand if humanitarianism is still important in the European community, specifically in the response to the refugee crisis. Finally, it tries to draw some conclusions arguing that the refugee crisis and the EU response to it have raised questions on the importance of humanitarianism and on the future of the EU. The analysis will show how states are shifting to a dualist approach towards EU law, resulting in a lack of cooperation and cohesion among the member states
The Current and Future Role of Heart Rate Variability for Assessing and Training Compassion
No full textThe evolution of mammalian caregiving involving hormones, such as oxytocin, vasopressin, and the myelinated vagal nerve as part of the ventral parasympathetic system, enables humans to connect, co-regulate each other’s emotions and create prosociality. Compassion-based interventions draw upon a number of specific exercises and strategies to stimulate these physiological processes and create conditions of “interpersonal safeness,” thereby helping people engage with, alleviate, and prevent suffering. Hence, compassion-based approaches are connected with our evolved caring motivation and attachment and our general affiliative systems that help regulate distress. Physiologically, they are connected to activity of the vagus nerve and corresponding adaptive heart rate variability (HRV). HRV is an important physiological marker for overall health, and the body–mind connection. Therefore, there is significant value of training compassion to increase HRV and training HRV to facilitate compassion. Despite the significance of compassion in alleviating and preventing suffering, there remain difficulties in its precise assessment. HRV offers a useful form of measurement to assess and train compassion. Specific examples of what exercises can facilitate HRV and how to measure HRV will be described. This paper argues that the field of compassion science needs to move toward including HRV as a primary outcome measure in its future assessment and training, due to its connection to vagal regulatory activity, and its link to overall health and well-being
The Birth of Modern Pornography: Contextualizing the Production and Destruction of I Modi
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History)--John Cabot University, Spring 2017.Clementine Rome was a dualistic period both of libertine artistic abundance and of reformative attitudes in response to Northern criticism of the Papacy. The election of a second Medici pope had artists excited at the possibility of increased papal benefices after the conservative of regime of Adrian VI. The amicable atmosphere of production aided by the workshop environment, and convivial relationship between artists, patrons, and their elite circle, created a false sense of liberty of expression. It was in this precarious climate that the project of I Modi was conceptualized. Giulio Romano, one of the pope’s favorites, would provide a set of pornographic drawings to engraver Marcantonio Raimondi. The translation of the images into print, a newly burgeoning genre, allowed the perfect opportunity to initiate censorship laws concerning the decorum of production and consumption of art. While models of pornography exist both preceding I Modi and after their destruction, the project was annihilated from existence save for secondary editions of dubious quality and provenance. What were the motivating factors in the eradication of the images? The following presents a socio-historic examination of the context of production, the extant remains, and motivation for the conspicuous eradication of I Modi
The Right to Disappear Contemporary Search for Anonymity through the Work of Lara Favaretto
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History, Minor in Entrepreneurship)--John Cabot University, Spring 2017.Since 2009, Italian artist Lara Favaretto produced a series of works in different media under the name of Momentary Monument, emphasizing the ambiguity between the transcendent value of the artwork and its impermanence. In 2015, twenty monuments have been erected to historical figures, all of which chose private over public life, anonymity over celebrity, disappearance over presence. Each monument is meant to disintegrate through the action of time and weathering, until nothing is left of the work. Similarly, the purpose of much of Favaretto’s other work (e.g. Gummo IV; È così se m’interessa) is to be subjected to a frenetic, self-imposed physical dynamic, so as to ultimately be worn away. This thesis aims to examine the significance of materiality and endurance in some of Favaretto’s works, with regards to the idea of transient monumentality. I further explore the concept of disappearance by choice, both of artworks and of men, in Momentary Monument, and the way in which a contemporary desire for anonymity can be connected to the artist’s drive for entropy. The sources I used are both primary and secondary. As primary sources, the texts edited by Favaretto have been of fundamental importance: Ageing Process and Momentary Monument: The Swamp, the two monographic books edited by Lara Favaretto, and the critics’ and curators’ writings and notes on her works and exhibitions. Hal Foster’s “An Archival Impulse” holds a major role in understanding the artistic context of the age of uncertainty where Favaretto’s artworks are standing in. “An Archival Impulse” introduced me to the work of Tacita Dean and Thomas Hirschhorn, providing me with the means to identify the contemporary international context. Although never mentioned, Rosalind Krauss’s articles on the expanded field and minimalist sculpture in October Journal were key to trying to understand the roots of Favaretto’s art, but also how does it relate to context and what its spatial meaning is. About the last question, Petra Lange-Berndt’s “Materiality” will provide me with a set of case studies to parallel and interrelate with Favaretto’s case, as well as Charles Merewether “The Archive”