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Un vanguardista para Arequipa: Ccoca y otros textos, de Mario Chabes (2023)
Get PDFThis note is a commentary on Mario Chabes Ccoca y otros textos. Mánchester: Trafalgar Square, 2023.Esta nota es una reseña de la obra de Mario Chabes Ccoca y otros textos. Mánchester: Trafalgar Square, 2023
Cognitive Rehabilitation Integrated with Motor Rehabilitation in Oncological People
Get PDFUsual anticancer therapies may result in cancer-related cognitive impairment, or worsen it if the patient is already affected. Cognitive rehabilitation is the most effective way of dealing with cognitive impairment, especially together with motor rehabilitation. A patient-centred care approach will give even better results. Neuropsychological rehabilitation starts after an evaluation of the patient’s cognitive, psychological and behavioural function levels by a psychologist. In this context, mindfulness, yoga and meditation can be helpful supporting activities. The process is completed by motor rehabilitation, according to the biopsychosocial pattern, which is based on the interaction of biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors. For instance, the execution of motor exercise creates new sinaptic connections, strengthening brain functions.Usual anticancer therapies may result in cancer-related cognitive impairment, or worsen it if the patient is already affected. Cognitive rehabilitation is the most effective way of dealing with cognitive impairment, especially together with motor rehabilitation. A patient-centred care approach will give even better results. Neuropsychological rehabilitation starts after an evaluation of the patient’s cognitive, psychological and behavioural function levels by a psychologist. In this context, mindfulness, yoga and meditation can be helpful supporting activities. The process is completed by motor rehabilitation, according to the biopsychosocial pattern, which is based on the interaction of biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors. For instance, the execution of motor exercise creates new sinaptic connections, strengthening brain functions.
 
Education for a New Global Civilization
Get PDFGrounded in Daisaku Ikeda’s philosophy of ningen kyōiku, or human education, alongside his lifelong commitment to fostering a society serving the essential needs of education, this article interrogates his annual commemorative proposals in light of current European political and pedagogical trends. The aim is to elucidate Ikeda’s vision of a new global civilization, and clarify the role of education in achieving this vision. Ikeda’s distinctive approach is characterized by a focus on inner change as the catalyst for societal, gradualist, non-violent change. Throughout the four decades during which Ikeda submitted his proposals (1983-2022), Ikeda articulated a coherent framework geared towards supporting the development of a pluralistic and peaceful society, based on reverence for the inherent dignity of life, in which individuals can thrive and dialogic relationships are cultivated across linguistic, cultural, and national boundaries. Intertextual discourse unfolding through Ikeda’s proposals brings together pressing geopolitical and social issues, recent and ancient philosophical and literary stimuli, nuclear weapons and the environmental crisis, and introduces concepts from the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, often articulated as concrete educational proposals and practices. This article retraces key concepts and arguments as leads for a dialogic reflection on what scholars, researchers, and practitioners of education can do to bring society “from a culture of war characterized by conflict and confrontation, to a culture of peace based on cooperation and creative coexistence”. After examining Ikeda’s critique of modern civilization with specific attention to implications for education, the article presents open questions and interim conclusions, considered in terms of the different facets of curriculum. In light of the cogency, timeliness, and relevance of Ikeda’s proposals, the article invites further research and suggests to include Ikeda’s proposals in higher education curricula pertaining to pedagogy, political science, sociology, geography, history, and philosophy
On Personal Emancipation between Hermeneutics and Pragmatism
Get PDFPedagogy today seems to be increasingly reduced to the bare question of its techniques and the pedagogical task to the objective of the development of concrete skills and competences, in response to the determined needs of the market and society. It is because of the configuration of such a framework that the return to the reading of Antonio Banfi’s reflections on the philosophy of education and pedagogy seems to convey a character of topicality and opportunity. This essay attempts to update Banfi’s conception by placing it in dialectic with hermeneutics and pragmatism according to a theoretical line that on the one hand focuses on the mediative function of critical hermeneutics, and on the other brings the question of the person back to the centre.Pedagogy today seems to be increasingly reduced to the bare question of its techniques and the pedagogical task to the objective of the development of concrete skills and competences, in response to the determined needs of the market and society. It is because of the configuration of such a framework that the return to the reading of Antonio Banfi’s reflections on the philosophy of education and pedagogy seems to convey a character of topicality and opportunity. This essay attempts to update Banfi’s conception by placing it in dialectic with hermeneutics and pragmatism according to a theoretical line that on the one hand focuses on the mediative function of critical hermeneutics, and on the other brings the question of the person back to the centre
Kerkouane 2022-2023: primo rapporto sulle campagne di scavi della missione archeologica tuniso-italiana (INP-UNISS)
Get PDFThe archaeological investigations carried out at Kerkouane, as part of a scientific collaboration between the National Institute of Heritage (Tunisia) and the University of Sassari (Italy), have provided new insights into the history of this Punic city in the Cap Bon region. In this preliminary report, we present the initial findings from the research conducted between 2022 and 2023 and outline several paths of study aimed at placing this new archaeological documentation within a broader context. This context spans the Cap Bon from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods (7th/6th-3rd centuries BC), considering the oriental influences introduced and disseminated in Africa by Carthage, as well as the dominant and dynamic indigenous Libyan element. These new data, combined with previous discoveries, will encourage more in-depth archaeological investigations for a better understanding of the city of Kerkouane.Les investigations archéologiques menées à Kerkouane, dans le cadre d’une collaboration scientifique entre l’Institut National du Patrimoine (Tunisie) et l’Université de Sassari (Italie), ont apporté de nouvelles perspectives à l’histoire de cette cité punique du Cap Bon. Dans cet exposé préliminaire, nous présentons les premiers résultats obtenus lors des recherches effectuées entre 2022 et 2023, et définissons quelques axes d’étude visant à replacer cette nouvelle documentation archéologique dans un contexte élargi, celui du Cap Bon entre les périodes archaïque et hellénistique (VIIe/VIe-IIIe siècles av. J.-C.). Nous tenons compte de l’influence orientale introduite et diffusée en Afrique par Carthage, ainsi que de l’élément autochtone libyque, qui prédomine et reste très actif. Ces nouvelles données, combinées aux découvertes antérieures, inciteront à des investigations archéologiques plus approfondies pour une meilleure compréhension de la ville de Kerkouane.Le nuove indagini archeologiche avviate a Kerkouane, nell'ambito della collaborazione scientifica tra l'Institut National du Patrimoine della Tunisia e l'Università degli Studi di Sassari, offrono nuove prospettive di studio sulla città punica localizzata nel Cap Bon. In questo lavoro vengono illustrati preliminarmente i risultati ottenuti durante le prime ricerche condotte tra il 2022 e il 2023 e si delineano alcune linee di studio volte a contestualizzare la nuova documentazione archeologica in un quadro più ampio, ovvero quello del Capo Bon tra l’epoca arcaica e quella ellenistica (VII/VI-III secolo a.C.), tenendo in considerando sia l'influenza fenicia introdotta e diffusa in Africa da Cartagine, sia l'elemento autoctono libico, che rimane predominante e molto attivo. I nuovi dati, uniti ai risultati delle ricerche pregresse, evidenziano le potenzialità delle indagini archeologiche che condurranno ad una più approfondita conoscenza dello sviluppo della città di Kerkouane
Una chiesa perduta e il suo committente nella Bisanzio paleologa: S. Giovanni a Selymbria e il parakoimomenos Alessio Apocauco
Get PDFThis study presents a comprehensive examination of the interplay between art and society in Palaiologan Byzantium by analysing a paradigmatic instance of aristocratic patronage on the outskirts of Constantinople. The focus is on the now-lost Church of St. John in Selymbria (modern Silivri, near Istanbul), commissioned by the parakoimomenos and megas doux Alexios Apokaukos (c. 1280-1345), a key figure in the empire’s tumultuous history during the early 14th century. Following its conversion into a mosque shortly after the Ottoman conquest (1462-1463), the building had deteriorated into ruins by the late 19th century and vanished entirely after World War I. Nonetheless, a “virtual” reconstruction of the church is feasible through a comparative analysis of its surviving elements, little known historical photographs, descriptions made by 19th-century travellers and archaeologists, and a collection of capitals bearing the monograms of Alexios Apokaukos currently preserved in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. This renewed scrutiny of the Church of Selymbria not only illuminates the patron’s engagement with the arts, but also reinstates the church’s significance within the Palaiologan architectural tradition.Questo contributo propone un approfondimento sul rapporto tra arte e società nella Bisanzio di epoca paleologa attraverso l’esame circostanziato di un caso esemplare di mecenatismo aristocratico alle porte di Costantinopoli. Oggetto dello studio è la perduta chiesa di San Giovanni a Selymbria (oggi Silivri, nei pressi di Istanbul), eretta per volontà del parakoimomenos e megas doux Alessio Apocauco (ca. 1280-1345), personalità di spicco nelle turbolente vicende politiche che segnarono l’impero durante la prima metà del XIV secolo. L’edificio, trasformato in moschea poco dopo la conquista ottomana della città (1462-1463), già alla fine del XIX secolo era ridotto allo stato di rudere e scomparve definitivamente al termine della Grande Guerra. Tuttavia, è possibile elaborare una ricostruzione “virtuale” di alcuni aspetti della chiesa grazie all’analisi comparativa di ciò che di essa sopravvive, di alcune fotografie storiche poco note, delle descrizioni fornite da viaggiatori e archeologi ottocenteschi e un gruppo di capitelli con i monogrammi di Alessio Apocauco oggi custoditi presso il Museo Archeologico di Istanbul. Una nuova indagine ravvicinata della chiesa di Selymbria consente non soltanto di gettare una luce inedita sulla figura del committente e sul suo rapporto con le arti, ma anche di restituir
Una nuova regione del mondo. L’utopia mondialista di Édouard Glissant
Get PDFIn this article we aim to study the discursive practices through which Édouard Glissant structures his own chaos-monde’s utopia in the two essays La Cohée du Lamentin (2005) and Une nouvelle région du monde (2006), and in the novel Sartorius (1999). Unlike classical utopia’s search for order and harmony, Glissant’s model is characterized by the accumulation and the creolization of the elements. His goal is the statement of a worldliness imaginary as a totality of differences, opposed to the capitalistic standardized globalization. We will contextualize Glissant’s analysis with Deleuze and Guattari’s theories and with Michel Foucault’s heterotopia.L'articolo si focalizza sullo studio delle pratiche discorsive attraverso cui Édouard Glissant struttura la propria utopia del chaos-monde nei due saggi La Cohée du Lamentin (2005) e Une nouvelle région du monde (2006), e nel romanzo Sartorius (1999). Al contrario della ricerca dell'ordine e dell'armonia tipiche dell'utopia classica, il modello di Glissant è caratterizzato dall'accumulazione e dalla creolizzazione degli elementi. L'obiettivo dell'autore è la costruzione di un immaginario della mondialità in quanto totalità di differenze, in opposizione alla globalizzazione standardizzata di marca capitalista. L'analisi di Glissant sarà contestualizzata con le coeve teorie di Deleuze e Guattari e con l'eterotopia di Michel Foucault
Massimiliano Tortora, Il lavoro culturale dell’insegnante. La letteratura in classe
Get PDFReview of Massimiliano Tortora's Il lavoro culturale dell’insegnante. La letteratura in classe.Recensione del libro di Massimiliano Tortora, Il lavoro culturale dell’insegnante. La letteratura in classe
Mondi possibili, eutopie e distopie in alcuni universi finzionali contemporanei
Get PDFIn this article, I examine the Possible Worlds Theory and its application to contemporary fictional universes, specifically focusing on eutopias and dystopias. I trace the historical development of the Theory from the 1970s. The Theory, emerging from formal logic and analytic philosophy, presents an alternative to binary thinking by considering all as fiction. I critique David Lewis’s approach, which eliminates hierarchies between real and fictional worlds, and instead propose to analyze alternative fictions, particularly counterfactuals, fantasy, and science fiction, from their relation to the real world and their moral dimensions. The study contrasts utopias and dystopias, suggesting the use of “eutopia” and “cacotopia” for better and worse states than the current world. I explore whether these alternative fictions challenge or reinforce the boundary between reality and fiction. Through the analysis of works like Laurent Binet’s Civilizations and Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem, I investigate the role of play in these narratives and their implications for understanding contemporary culture’s obsession with alternative worlds
Le Village dit « Sidi Abdelkader » dans la vallée de L’oued Sarrat (Nord-Ouest de la Tunisie). Résultats Préliminaires d’une Enquête de Terrain
Get PDFThe surveys conducted in the Wadi Sarrat valley in the North-West of Tunisia further enrich our knowledge of human settlement in this region. Long known for the importance of the Roman presence there, this valley is also characterized by the concentration of protohistoric funerary monuments. The discovery of an important Rammadiya dating back to the Capsian period and the launch of a multidisciplinary archaeological project aimed at saving the site, after the rising waters of the Wadi Sarrat dam, enabled us to contribute to this topic through this research, which is only a first approach to studying a type of land use, namely a Berber village. Added to all the archaeological remains of other historical periods, this village provides us with a vision of the continued settlement in this valley over a long time in history: Rammadiya, Tumulus, archaeological site dating back to Roman times (Mahjouba the ancient Tituli), “Berber” village, collective necropolises dating back to different periods, agricultural developments and, finally, a recently constructed dam.Les prospections effectuées dans la vallée de l’oued Sarrat dans le Nord-Ouest de la Tunisie, permettent d’enrichir davantage nos connaissances sur le peuplement dans cette région. Longtemps connue par l’importance de la présence romaine, cette vallée est caractérisée aussi par la concentration des monuments funéraires protohistoriques. La découverte d’une importante Rammadiya remontant au capsien et le lancement d’un projet archéologique multidisciplinaire visant le sauvetage du site à la suite de la montée des eaux du barrage de l’oued Sarrat, nous a permis d’y contribuer par le présent travail. Cette recherche n’est qu’une première approche sur un mode d’occupation du sol à savoir un village berbère. Ce village s’ajoute à toutes les traces archéologiques des autres périodes historiques pour nous donner une vision du peuplement continue dans cette vallée sur la longue histoire : Rammadiya, Tumulus, site archéologique remontant à l’époque romaine (Mahjouba l’antique Tituli), village « berbère », nécropoles collectives remontant à différentes périodes, aménagements agricoles et finalement un barrage récent