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Covid Restrictions and Religious Freedom in Africa
No full textLe restrizioni basate sul COVID-19 sui luoghi di culto e sulle riunioni religiose sono state presenti in 31 dei 49 paesi esaminati nell\u27Africa subsahariana tra il 2019 e il 2022. Sebbene i modelli differissero leggermente con riguardo alle tradizioni religiose, la maggior parte dei paesi, sia a maggioranza musulmana sia a maggioranza cristiana, ha promulgato e applicato questo tipo di restrizioni in qualche momento durante questo periodo. Nella grande maggioranza di questi paesi si è riscontrata una certa resistenza alle restrizioni. Entro la fine del 2022 tutte le restrizioni sono state revocate, quindi queste restrizioni riguardanti i luoghi di culto e le riunioni religiose non hanno avuto un impatto permanente sulla libertà religiosa nella regione e sembrano essere in gran parte azioni governative temporanee legate alla pandemia.COVID-19 based restrictions on places of worship and religious gatherings were present in 31 of 49 countries examined in Sub-Sharan Africa between 2019 and 2022. While patterns differed slightly across religious traditions, a majority of both Muslim-majority and Christian-majority countries enacted and enforced this type of restriction at some point during this period. In a large majority of these countries there was some resistance to the restrictions. By the end of 2022 all of them were lifted so these restrictions on places of worship and religious gatherings did not permanently impact religious freedom in the region and appear to be largely temporary government actions linked to the pandemic
Il simbolo e le religioni orientali: un confronto delle lezioni universitarie hegeliane
No full text___Fra il 1818 e il 1828/29 Hegel tenne, prima a Heidelberg e successivamente a Berlino, diverse lezioni di estetica, pubblicate dopo la sua morte dall’allievo Heinrich Gustav Hotho. Durante questi corsi Hegel suddivide le arti in simbolica, classica e romantica, descrivendo la loro manifestazione storica tramite determinate religioni. In tal senso, si evidenzia come l’arte e la religione trovino una convergenza non solo da un punto di vista contenutistico, avendo esse come proprio oggetto l’assoluto, ma anche da un punto di vista storico. Il presente articolo intende dimostrare come lo sviluppo dell’arte possa essere approfondito grazie a un confronto fra le lezioni di estetica e quelle di filosofia della religione. Come esempio della convergenza fra queste due tipologie di corsi, verrà utilizzato il tema del simbolo, in quanto esso permette di sottolineare contemporaneamente due tematiche fondamentali della filosofia hegeliana: da un lato la correlazione fra arte e religione, dunque tra la forma intuitiva e quella rappresentativa dello spirito assoluto, dall’altro il nesso fra delineazione teorica e manifestazione empirica di un contenuto. Il simbolo, infatti, nelle Lezioni di estetica costituisce sia una struttura autonoma di significazione, sia la prima manifestazione storica dell’arte. Nel presente articolo verrà dunque innanzitutto delineata la teoria hegeliana del simbolo, tenendo conto della sua distinzione dal segno e del suo valore paradigmatico a livello artistico, mentre successivamente si cercherà di mostrare come la prima Kunstform, l’arte simbolica, possa trovare un approfondimento nella descrizione della prima forma di religione determinata, ossia la religione naturale o immediata descritta nelle Lezioni di filosofia della religione, conferendo particolare importanza all’arte e alla religione egizia
Towards an environmental community. Walter Benjamin and the shift from the human domination of nature to the domination of the relationship itself
No full text___In a time of transition and danger, where environmental transformations merge with essential and irreversible changes, the debate requires and would benefit from new philosophical definitions. Revisiting Walter Benjamin’s work can provide valuable insights also into rethinking human-centredness and its relationship with the environment around. Therefore, reconstructing and actualising Benjamin’s thought can contribute to re-discussing the relationship with, and control over, nature. This can be achieved by analysing key themes such as progress, technology, and the relationship between humans and nature.Benjamin’s leitmotif of the critique of quantitative progress, which is central to his transversal approach to reading modernity and contemporaneity, also form the basis of this topic. Unlike the so-called modern approach, he suggests a conception in which the production of knowledge is reciprocal rather than hierarchical. The modern knowing subject should thus adopt a non-dominating approach when interacting whit what they call nature. This would also prevent them from falling into the dangerous cycle of capitalism, growth and destruction.The modern perspective, which is based on the assumption that humans and nature are distinct entities, with humans dominating nature, critiques traditional anthropocentrism. It suggests a shift in epistemology, in which nature becomes an integral part of a collective and inclusive cognitive process. This shift can be seen as the passage from the domination over something – in this case, nature – to the domination of the relational category itself (in One-Way Street: Benjamin 2016, 95), and points towards what we may term a horizontal environmental community.At the same time, and more classically, Benjamin’s work serves as a warning against the dangers inherent in 20th-century technology and politics. While doing so, it also highlights more general dynamics, whose risks include environmental destruction and political conformism. His critical reflections on technology and political limits – before annihilation and destruction – resonate with current concerns about sustainability and ecology, demonstrating foresight regarding these now widespread thoughts on these issues.With this lesser-travelled path of his thought, this article aims to fill a gap, contributing to both historiographical and philosophical reconstruction, as well as to current debates, by positing that Benjamin articulates these concerns in terms of sustainability and post-anthropocentrism – albeit using different terminology
Historical and linguistic investigations on the month-names of Cappadocian Calendar
No full textThis paper deals with the ancient month-names of the so-called “Cappadocian Calendar,” which was transmitted by several Byzantine manuscripts: the most relevant are the Laurentianus, Plut. 28.26, the Leidensis BPG 78, and the Vaticanus gr. 1291, but many other codices are known and were described by Western scholars during the last five centuries. The first pieces of information about the Cappadocian Calendar can be found in 16th-century treatises on astronomy and chronological calculations written in Latin. The state-of-the-art of the philological issues concerning the manuscript tradition, the secondary sources, and the former linguistic interpretations of the month-names are thoroughly presented in the first part of the work. In the second part, the etymologies of the philologically ascertained forms are offered. The linguistic results of the research validate the thesis that the “Cappadocian Calendar” dates back to the 4th century BC and contains Proto-Middle-Persian names, which confirm the Mazdaean origins of the Calendar. These terms mostly correspond to Young Avestan and New Persian month-names attested both in Iranian and Western texts
UNRAVELLING ORNITHOPOD DIVERSITY IN THE LATE JURASSIC COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS OF EASTERN IBERIA (SPAIN)
No full textOrnithopod osteological fossils from the Upper Jurassic of Europe are relatively scarce and often fragmentary compared to those of other dinosaurian groups. Recent discoveries, particularly from the Iberian Peninsula, have increased our understanding of the diversity of these dinosaurs, although much remains poorly understood. This study reports new ornithopod fossils from several sites in the provinces of Valencia and Teruel (Spain). Geologically, all the sites are located within the South Iberian Basin in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (upper Kimmeridgian–Tithonian). These fossils represent almost half of the ornithopod discoveries in the region. Their systematic study reveals, for the first time, the presence of dryosaurids and small-sized ankylopollexians, while further confirming the presence of large-sized ankylopollexians. These findings significantly increase the known diversity of ornithopods in the Upper Jurassic of eastern Iberia. Notably, small-sized ankylopollexians may have been among the potential trackmakers of the enigmatic small quadrupedal ornithopod tracks reported from this region. The coexistence of at least three distinct iguanodontian taxa suggests niche partitioning and a high level of ecological complexity within the herbivorous dinosaurian communities of the coastal ecosystems in eastern Iberia during the Late Jurassic, a pattern likely widespread across the Iberian landmass during this epoch
TUFANBEYLİ: NEW LOWER PLIOCENE MAMMAL-YIELDING LOCALITY AND FIRST RECORD OF “MAMMUT” BORSONI FROM TURKEY
No full textAt the crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe, Turkey occupies a prominent position regarding terrestrial mammal interchanges. In stark contrast with a wealth of Late Miocene fossil record, the Early Pliocene interval was virtually undocumented for large mammals in Turkey so far, which made it impossible to characterise their biogeographical affinities in the concerned time interval. In this study, we present the first record of the mammutid proboscidean “Mammut” borsoni in Turkey, found in association with the rhinocerotid Pliorhinus megarhinus, in Lower Pliocene lignite beams at the Tufanbeyli Thermal Power Plant Lignite Operation site, Adana. “Mammut” borsoni spans the Pliocene–Early Pleistocene interval in Eurasia while Pliorhinus megarhinus is a conspicuous element of uppermost Miocene-Pliocene faunas in Western Eurasia and Turkey. This megamammal assemblage represents an important advance in our knowledge of the large mammal faunas of the Early Pliocene of Asia Minor, further attesting to close biogeographic affinities between Anatolia and other circum-Mediterranean regions just after the end-Miocene salinity crisis
Training in reviewing: a teaching exercise on editions of contemporary texts
No full textIl contributo propone una riflessione sull’importanza dei metodi della filologia editoriale nell’ambito degli studi sulla letteratura italiana contemporanea. Muovendo da un’esperienza d’insegnamento recente all\u27interno di un corso magistrale in Editoria, il saggio illustra come la costruzione e l’utilizzo di una scheda di recensione possa divenire uno strumento formativo per l’analisi delle edizioni critiche e scientifiche di testi moderni e contemporanei. Si evidenziano le difficoltà di integrare l’attenzione filologica all’interno della critica letteraria legata alla contemporaneistica e si propone la recensione strutturata come esercizio utile a sviluppare competenze nell’osservazione dei meccanismi della trasmissione testuale e dei criteri ecdotici.This contribution offers a reflection on the relevance of editorial philology methods within the field of contemporary Italian literary studies. Drawing on recent teaching experience in a graduate course in Publishing, the essay illustrates how the design and use of a structured review form can serve as an educational tool for the analysis of critical and scholarly editions of modern and contemporary texts. The paper highlights the challenges of integrating philological awareness into contemporary literary criticism and proposes the structured review as a valuable exercise for developing skills in examining the mechanisms of textual transmission and editorial criteria
«Il presidente è tornata a dare battaglia»: a corpus-based study on the feminisation of job titles in Italian journalism.
No full textQuesto studio si propone di esaminare la diffusione dei nomina agentis al femminile nell\u27italiano scritto dei giornali attraverso un\u27analisi diacronica basata sul corpus CORIS. Tale obiettivo si avvale di una disamina puntuale dell\u27uso delle forme femminili e maschili non marcate di un set di specifici agentivi, tutti riferiti a donne, prima nei primi anni 2000 e poi negli anni più recenti. Allo stesso tempo, attraverso un\u27analisi qualitativa di collocazioni, espressioni polirematiche e contesti sintattici, lo studio vuole provare a identificare i fattori linguistici che potrebbero giocare un ruolo nella scelta tra una forma femminile e una maschile non marcata. I risultati di questa analisi contribuiscono, infine, a definire un sondaggio linguistico, che viene presentato nell\u27ultima parte di questo contributo: condotto su un campione di cento parlanti, il sondaggio può offrire una primissima valutazione delle possibili inclinazioni linguistiche dei parlanti riguardo alla femminilizzazione dei nomi di mestiere. This study aims to examine the diffusion of job titles in Italian written journalistic language through a diachronic analysis, mainly based on a quantitative review of the corpus CORIS: the research aims to compare the use of feminine and unmarked masculine forms of a set job titles, each referring to women, first in the early 2000s and then in more recent years. At the same time, through a qualitative analysis of collocates, multiword expressions, and syntactic contexts, this study seeks to identify the linguistic factors influencing the choice between a feminine or an unmarked masculine form. The findings from this analysis will help shape a linguistic survey, exposed in the last part of this contribution, conducted among a sample of speakers, offering a first assessment of linguistic inclinations regarding the feminisation of job titles
The wills Of Carlo, Mastino, and Drusiana Visconti, heirs of Bernabò
No full textThe aim of this contribution is to analyse five unpublished wills of three exiles of the Visconti family – Carlo, Mastino and Drusiana – heirs of the Lord of Milan Bernabò, forced to flee after the coup in 1385 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti. Drawn up in Venice according to the meticulous local notarial practice, the sources offer a privileged insight into the management of the estate, the dynastic strategies and the roots in the Serenissima, which had become their new social and economic centre. The analysis reveals the use of the testamentary bequest as a political instrument and for consolidating family memory: the practices of heritage protection are intertwined with the desire to integrate into the institutional and financial circuits of Venice, whose city institutions assume a key role. What emerges is a profound transformation of wills, which marks the passage from dynastic ambition to the construction of a new urban identity, centred on the conservation of the Visconti prestige and on the decisive weight of the hereditary estate, testifying to the ways in which the nobility in exile acted in the late Middle Ages.Lo scopo del contributo è l’analisi di cinque testamenti inediti di tre esuli della famiglia Visconti – Carlo, Mastino e Drusiana – eredi del signore di Milano Bernabò, costretti alla fuga dopo il colpo di mano nel 1385 da parte di Gian Galeazzo Visconti. Redatti a Venezia secondo la minuziosa prassi notarile locale, le fonti offrono uno spaccato privilegiato sulla gestione patrimoniale, le strategie dinastiche e il radicamento nella Serenissima, divenuta il loro nuovo centro sociale ed economico. L’analisi rivela l’utilizzo del lascito testamentario come strumento politico e di consolidamento della memoria familiare: le pratiche di tutela del patrimonio si intrecciano con la volontà di integrarsi nei circuiti istituzionali e finanziari veneziani, le cui istituzioni cittadine assumono una funzione chiave. Ne emerge una profonda trasformazione delle volontà, che segna il passaggio dall’ambizione dinastica alla costruzione di una nuova identità urbana, centrata sulla conservazione del prestigio visconteo e sul peso decisivo dell’asse ereditario, a testimonianza delle modalità di azione della nobiltà in esilio nel tardo medioevo.
The aim of this contribution is to analyse five unpublished wills of three exiles of the Visconti family – Carlo, Mastino and Drusiana – heirs of the Lord of Milan Bernabò, forced to flee after the coup in 1385 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti. Drawn up in Venice according to the meticulous local notarial practice, the sources offer a privileged insight into the management of the estate, the dynastic strategies and the roots in the Serenissima, which had become their new social and economic centre. The analysis reveals the use of the testamentary bequest as a political instrument and for consolidating family memory: the practices of heritage protection are intertwined with the desire to integrate into the institutional and financial circuits of Venice, whose city institutions assume a key role. What emerges is a profound transformation of wills, which marks the passage from dynastic ambition to the construction of a new urban identity, centred on the conservation of the Visconti prestige and on the decisive weight of the hereditary estate, testifying to the ways in which the nobility in exile acted in the late Middle Ages
The project «The age of the knights. Knightly pre-eminence, local societies and powers: new perspectives on the Italian countrysides (11th –13th century)»
No full textIl tempo dei cavalieri. Preminenze cavalleresche, società locali e poteri: nuove prospettive sulle campagne italiane (secoli XI-XIII) è un progetto di ricerca PRIN 2022 di durata biennale, finanziato dall’Unione Europea – Next Generation EU, che mira a colmare la grande lacuna storiografica sulla presenza pervasiva dei combattenti a cavallo anche nelle comunità di castello e villaggio, dove spesso essi costituivano la fascia sociale eminente. Si intendono qui illustrare i contenuti e gli obiettivi del progetto, ma anche i primi risultati del percorso di ricerca intrapreso, emersi nell’ambito di due incontri seminariali che si sono tenuti l’uno il 27 settembre 2024, l’altro il 27 marzo 2025.The age of the knights. Knightly pre-eminence, local societies and powers: new perspectives on the Italian countrysides (11th – 13th centuries) is a two-year PRIN 2022 research project, funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU, which aims to fill the great historiographical gap on the pervasive presence of mounted fighters even in castle and village communities, where they often constituted the eminent social class. The aim here is to illustrate the project contents and objectives, but also the first results of the research path undertaken, which emerged during two seminar meetings held on September 27, 2024, and March 27, 2025