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Italian Fashion History and Cultural Heritage: Data for a Tourist Guide
Get PDFThe essay wants to introduce a mapping base, currently in progress, relative to museums, archives of fashion, costume galleries, present in Italy, such as constituent elements for the construction of a tourist guide, dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of knowledge Italian heritage, as well as a possible "offer" to create new spaces for Heritage and Tourism. The data presented here are drawn from the research “Galleries of Costume and Fashion History Museum: Italian Opportunities for International Tourism and Local Development”, planned in Rimini Campus University of Bologna. The general plan of research was officially presented during the 5th International Congress “Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranea Basin”, Istanbul Turkey 22-25 November 2011. Given the current research, the general outlines of the project and some initial data provided by the work of historians are provided below without claim of completeness. Some online archives and fashion history museum on themes developed in this paper are: - http://www.moda.san.beniculturali.it/wordpress/ - http://www.imprese.san.beniculturali.it/web/imprese/home;jsessionid=6DFD70C634C40988ED2F021974A84D77.sanimprese_JBOSS - http://www.ibc.regione.emilia-romagna.it/wcm/ibc/menu/istituto/04attivita/13progetti/prog/tessuti.htm - http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/musei/?m=costume - http://www.museoferragamo.it/ - http://fortuny.visitmuve.it/ - http://www.museodeltessuto.it/ - http://www.museodellalana.it/ - http://www.cultural.it/musei/borsalino.asp - http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/collezioni/tessili.html - http://www.museimazzucchelli.it/collezioni/museo-moda.html - http://www.incampania.com/beniculturali.cfm?s=5&Menu_ID=211&Sub_ID=217&Info_ID=4187 - http://www.emigratisardi.com/musei-artigiani/museo-costume-tradizionale.htmlThe essay wants to introduce a mapping base, currently in progress, relative to museums, archives of fashion, costume galleries, present in Italy, such as constituent elements for the construction of a tourist guide, dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of knowledge Italian heritage, as well as a possible "offer" to create new spaces for Heritage and Tourism. The data presented here are drawn from the research “Galleries of Costume and Fashion History Museum: Italian Opportunities for International Tourism and Local Development”, planned in Rimini Campus University of Bologna. The general plan of research was officially presented during the 5th International Congress “Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranea Basin”, Istanbul Turkey 22-25 November 2011. Given the current research, the general outlines of the project and some initial data provided by the work of historians are provided below without claim of completeness. Some online archives and fashion history museum on themes developed in this paper are: - http://www.moda.san.beniculturali.it/wordpress/ - http://www.imprese.san.beniculturali.it/web/imprese/home;jsessionid=6DFD70C634C40988ED2F021974A84D77.sanimprese_JBOSS - http://www.ibc.regione.emilia-romagna.it/wcm/ibc/menu/istituto/04attivita/13progetti/prog/tessuti.htm - http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/musei/?m=costume - http://www.museoferragamo.it/ - http://fortuny.visitmuve.it/ - http://www.museodeltessuto.it/ - http://www.museodellalana.it/ - http://www.cultural.it/musei/borsalino.asp - http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/collezioni/tessili.html - http://www.museimazzucchelli.it/collezioni/museo-moda.html - http://www.incampania.com/beniculturali.cfm?s=5&Menu_ID=211&Sub_ID=217&Info_ID=4187 - http://www.emigratisardi.com/musei-artigiani/museo-costume-tradizionale.htm
Cultural Routes and Intangible Heritage
Get PDFThe theoretical interpretation of thematic routes helps to predict the effects on the territories visited by cultured tourists who want to enrich their cultural and emotional baggage. After the analysis of some interpretations, this paper will examine how the practical implementation of an itinerary approved by the Council of Europe has evolved over the years. And it will also reflect on the practical results in the areas involved in that project. "The Hannibal Pathway ", the main overland walk on the "Phoenician Route - Cultural Route recognized by the Council of Europe" – represents a case of study that allows to reflect over the impact of cultural tourism based on immaterial heritage. In fact, in the areas where the battle of 21 June 217 BC took place, nothing tangible is left, except the landscape that has kept its conformation intact. In these areas, thanks to the foresight of the local governments in the last three decades, the landscape of the plain has been preserved. This makes possible today to propose an historical path precisely based on the landscape and on the new techniques for the valorization of the heritage. In the Tuoro plain it is possible to see the battlefields, thus retracing the various stages of the battle, supported by the Documentation Centre of the Capra Palace and virtual reconstructions of high technical quality.The theoretical interpretation of thematic routes helps to predict the effects on the territories visited by cultured tourists who want to enrich their cultural and emotional baggage. After the analysis of some interpretations, this paper will examine how the practical implementation of an itinerary approved by the Council of Europe has evolved over the years. And it will also reflect on the practical results in the areas involved in that project. "The Hannibal Pathway ", the main overland walk on the "Phoenician Route - Cultural Route recognized by the Council of Europe" – represents a case of study that allows to reflect over the impact of cultural tourism based on immaterial heritage. In fact, in the areas where the battle of 21 June 217 BC took place, nothing tangible is left, except the landscape that has kept its conformation intact. In these areas, thanks to the foresight of the local governments in the last three decades, the landscape of the plain has been preserved. This makes possible today to propose an historical path precisely based on the landscape and on the new techniques for the valorization of the heritage. In the Tuoro plain it is possible to see the battlefields, thus retracing the various stages of the battle, supported by the Documentation Centre of the Capra Palace and virtual reconstructions of high technical quality
An Overview of Tourism Seasonality: Key Concepts and Policies
Get PDFSeasonality in tourism represents a key topic in academic literature. Since the first study of BarOn (1975) about tourism seasonality, this topic is still currently being tackled over decades by several authors, as well as by policy makers of the tourism sector. The purpose of the study[1], rather than representing an exhaustive and complete framework of a wide field of study such as seasonality in tourism, is to explore the main characteristics of this phenomenon (causes, impacts, spatiality and temporality, measurements) and to focus the attention on policies and strategies in order to highlight how and in which ways tourism destinations can modify tourism seasonality’s feature. If the rather more common perspective adopted is that seasonality presents business challenges to a destination and to individual operators, it is a crucial aim of this literature review the attempt to point out the main features of these challenges and to provide a rational framework for the tourism seasonality researches. [1] The paper is drawn from: Cannas, R. (2010) Public Policies for tourism seasonality from a territorial perspective. Cases study in Scotland and Sardinia, PhD thesis, University of Bologna, Department of Economics, unpublished.Seasonality in tourism represents a key topic in academic literature. Since the first study of BarOn (1975) about tourism seasonality, this topic is still currently being tackled over decades by several authors, as well as by policy makers of the tourism sector. The purpose of the study[1], rather than representing an exhaustive and complete framework of a wide field of study such as seasonality in tourism, is to explore the main characteristics of this phenomenon (causes, impacts, spatiality and temporality, measurements) and to focus the attention on policies and strategies in order to highlight how and in which ways tourism destinations can modify tourism seasonality’s feature. If the rather more common perspective adopted is that seasonality presents business challenges to a destination and to individual operators, it is a crucial aim of this literature review the attempt to point out the main features of these challenges and to provide a rational framework for the tourism seasonality researches. [1] The paper is drawn from: Cannas, R. (2010) Public Policies for tourism seasonality from a territorial perspective. Cases study in Scotland and Sardinia, PhD thesis, University of Bologna, Department of Economics, unpublished.
The “Touring Club Italiano” and the Pride for the Army from 1908 to 1914
Get PDFAnnounced on December 1907 and completed in January of the following year, the Touring Club Italiano update aesthetic and substance of its official propaganda organ: “Rivista mensile del Touring Club Italiano”. In a detailed analysis of the review we want demonstrate that with this aesthetic update there is a tacit, but clear, change of direction of the whole association that opens to a nationalistic thought.Announced on December 1907 and completed in January of the following year, the Touring Club Italiano update aesthetic and substance of its official propaganda organ: “Rivista mensile del Touring Club Italiano”. In a detailed analysis of the review we want demonstrate that with this aesthetic update there is a tacit, but clear, change of direction of the whole association that opens to a nationalistic thought.
Un Modelo de Ecuaciones Estructurales Para el Desarrollo del Crm en el Turismo Rural en los Pirineos Catalanes
No full textThis paper investigates the interrelationships between customer relationship management development in rural tourism, information and communication technologies level in the territory, perceived economic impacts and rural tourism development. A total of 76 respondents completed a survey conducted in the Spanish Pyrenees Mountains in order to examine the structural effects of these impact factors. The results reveal that the support for customer relationship management development in rural tourism shown by rural tourism workers mainly depends on the level of development of information and communication technologies. A confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling procedure were performed, respectively, using the AMOS software.Este artículo investiga las relaciones existentes entre el desarrollo de la gestión de relaciones de clientes (CRM) en el turismo rural, el nivel de uso de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC) en dicho territorio, los impactos económicos percibidos por el uso del CRM y el propio desarrollo del turismo rural. Para ello, se ha realizado una encuesta a 76 entrevistados en las montañas de los Pirineos en Cataluña (España), con el objetivo de analizar los efectos estructurales de estos factores de impacto. Los resultados obtenidos revelan que el soporte para el desarrollo del CRM en el turismo rural muestra que su uso por los trabajadores empleados en este sector depende principalmente del nivel de desarrollo de las TIC en el territorio. Para confirmar esta hipótesis, se ha diseñado un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM) y, posteriormente, se ha ejecutado un análisis factorial confirmatorio (CFA) a dicho modelo, mediante el software AMOS 5
Sistemi Locali, Reti e Competitività Internazionale: dai Beni agli Itinerari Culturali
Get PDFThe analysis of cultural routes, as a development and environmental improvement instrument, is undoubtedly among the most interesting topics within the specific scientific community and, perfectly in line with the concept of cultural heritage expressed both on a national and international level within such organisations as INCOMOS, UNESCO, Council of Europe and European Commission. Cultural heritage sites are characterised by localised linear and radial-shaped thickenings within an Italian interregional urban network space configuration, whose local relational system or territorial networks can be dealt with by means of management policies aimed at enhance, on the whole, its use through meaningful and shared concepts such as cultural routes. The present contribution purpose is therefore the analysis, through a systemic-geographic approach, of a number of central elements within environmental improvement strategies by means of cultural routes such as: urban scales, dimensional optimum and integration levels with the local system on the whole. L’analisi degli itinerari culturali come strumento di sviluppo e valorizzazione del territorio, rientra fra le tematiche di più recente interesse per la comunità scientifica di settore, in linea con l’evoluzione del concetto di patrimonio culturale espressa sia alla scala nazionale, che soprattutto a quella internazionale all’interno di organismi quali ICOMOS, UNESCO, Consiglio d’Europa e Commissione Europea. Il patrimonio dei luoghi della cultura è caratterizzato da una geografia di ispessimenti localizzativi a forma lineare e radiale, inseriti nella configurazione spaziale dell’armatura urbana interregionale italiana, al cui sistema relazionale locale o alle cui reti territoriali si può fare riferimento con politiche di gestione mirate ad accrescere la fruizione nel suo complesso, lungo archi concettuali e di contenuto comuni e condivisi quali sono appunto gli itinerari culturali. Il presente contributo mira quindi ad analizzare, attraverso un approccio tipicamente geografico-sistemico, alcuni elementi fondamentali delle strategie di valorizzazione del territorio attraverso gli itinerari culturali, quali la scala urbana, l’optimum dimensionale ed il grado di integrazione con il sistema locale nel suo complesso
