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Understanding political violence: a criminological analysis
No full textUnderstanding Political Violence introduces political violence in the context of sociological and criminological debates. The author distinguishes between political violence from below, for example collective violence, insurgency, armed struggle and terrorism; and political violence from above, which includes indiscriminate repression, institutional and state violence, torture and war. Vincenzo Ruggiero discusses and critiques the contribution of criminological theory to understanding political violence. He draws on stimulating case studies to illustrate the theory, including interviews with former members of the Red Army Faction in Germany and the Brigate Rosse in Italy.The concluding chapter examines the recent development of a criminology of war and calls for a general ceasefire and the criminalisation of war, the most extreme form of institutional violence.This is essential reading for students and researchers in criminology, political studies, sociology, and war and conflict studies.
This book, published in 2006, is now available in Italian and a Spanish and a Russian edition will soon be available
Corrigendum to ‘‘The truth about cognitive impairment in functional motor symptoms: An experimental deception study with the Guilty Knowledge Task” [J Clin Neurosci 64 (2019) 174–179]
No full textThe authors regret to inform that the affiliation of the author Fabiana Ruggiero was incorrectly published. The correct affiliation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, is shown above. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused
Dickens a Downton. L’eredità della tradizione e l’avvento del mondo nuovo
No full textl saggio si sofferma in particolare sulla centralità del rapporto tra vecchio e nuovo mondo, ponendo un'enfasi particolare sulle modalità attraverso le quali il 'vecchio' appare decisamente privilegiato. Tra queste, il ricorso a riferimenti culturali e letterari prestigiosi come quello dickensiano, oltre che citazioni, parafrasi e allusioni numerose ad altri autori vittoriani e primo-novecenteschi e a Shakespeare. Anche nell'utilizzo specifico del linguaggio audiovisivo seriale, lo sceneggiatore e creatore Julian Fellowes sposta il suo baricentro verso la 'tradizione' adottando un formato che, pur modernizzandone gli stilemi, condivide con la forma melodrammatica della soap-opera non poche caratteristiche. L'intenzione di fondo appare quella di farne veicolo di traduzione, accorata e particolareggiata, per un passato nostalgicamente evocato (quello dell'età d'oro edoardiana)
Ruggiero Ricci, violín (Estados Unidos)
No full textConcierto interpretado por el violinista Ruggiero Ricci, Ruggiero Ricci ha demostrado una vez más que, según lo expresó The New York Times, "su rápido y firme acceso de la condición de violinista de cualidades sencillamente fantásticas a la de luminaria musical, es una de las maravillas del respectivo mundo contemporáneo". A fines de 1964 el titánico Ricci acometió una hazaña sin precedentes: la interpretación de no menos de doce de los más famosos conciertos para violín -Cuyos autores están histórica y estéticamente comprendidos entre Bach y Bartok- en el Philarmonic Hall de Nueva York. La crítica estadounidense encomió sin reservas aquella proeza. La revista Newsweek expresó: "Interpretaciones soberbias desde cualquier punto de vista". The New York Times lo calificó de "violinista espectacular". Y el World Telegram, de la misma ciudad; afirmó: "Ricci es el mejor dotado de los instrumentistas de arco de que puede ufanarse nuestra época"
EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH DIGITAL INNOVATION AND SMALL-SCALE ARCHITECTURE
No full textThe housing crisis that typically results from a disaster is typically addressed through “temporary” prefabricated housing. These structures are usually designed for a short to medium-term lifespan and are
often arranged in dormitory-style suburbs that lack basic facilities. When the rebuilding process extends over time, as in many cases, these settlements can lead to a “second emergency” with serious repercussions for community health and cohesion (Ruggiero et al., 2021).
To tackle this issue, some international initiatives have experimented with digital technologies and lightweight building systems and local unskilled labour to create innovative temporary constructions. Notably, the work of Hiroto Kobayashi in the Far East and his “veneer building system” stands out among these studies.
Italy is a seismic country where the “reconstruction” process has historically been contentious, often requiring people to remain in temporary settlements for extended periods. A recent example is the aftermath of the Central Italy earthquake in 016/2017. Eight years later, only a small percentage of uninhabitable houses have been rebuilt or restored. Some individuals continue to live in provisional settlements, while others have relocated, all facing an uncertain future.
This chapter introduces a methodology for establishing temporary settlements through participatory construction processes for small facilities. This methodology was implemented in a pilot project carried out
in collaboration between the Italian University of Camerino and the Japanese Keio University. Two innovative “mobile” pavilions for cultural activities were constructed in Amandola, one of the villages severely affected by the 2016/2017 earthquake. Local students were involved in the project, digital technologies were applied,
and the veneer system was tested. This work represents a unique application of digital technologies in the disaster-impacted area of Central Italy, as well as an original implementation of the veneer syste
Inexact Bregman iteration with an application to Poisson data reconstruction
No full textThis work deals with the solution of image restoration problems by an
iterative regularization method based on the Bregman iteration. Any iteration of this
scheme requires to exactly compute the minimizer of a function. However, in some
image reconstruction applications, it is either impossible or extremely expensive to
obtain exact solutions of these subproblems. In this paper, we propose an inexact
version of the iterative procedure, where the inexactness in the inner subproblem
solution is controlled by a criterion that preserves the convergence of the Bregman
iteration and its features in image restoration problems. In particular, the method
allows to obtain accurate reconstructions also when only an overestimation of the
regularization parameter is known. The introduction of the inexactness in the iterative
scheme allows to address image reconstruction problems from data corrupted by
Poisson noise, exploiting the recent advances about specialized algorithms for the
numerical minimization of the generalized Kullback–Leibler divergence combined with
a regularization term. The results of several numerical experiments enable to evaluat
Translation of the first cosmological treaty in Europe De Ornatu Mulierum by Trotula de Ruggiero from Salerno (1035-1097))
No full textCelem niniejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie, w tłumaczeniu
na język polski, traktatu Trotuli de Ruggiero
z Salerno De Ornatu Mulierum. Wzmiankowany traktat
był pierwszym podręcznikiem kosmetologii kobiecej
w Europie. Autorka dzieła należała do salernitańskiej
grupy kobiet-lekarek, zwanej „Mulieres Salernitanae”,
które nie tylko zajmowały się praktyką medyczną, ale
także pisały traktaty naukowe.The purpose of this article is to present, in Polish translation,
the treatise of Trotula de Ruggiero from Salerno
De Ornatu Mulierum. The treatise was the first textbook
of women’s cosmetology in Europe. The author of the
work belonged to a group of Salernitian women-doctors,
called „Mulieres Salernitanae”, who not only dealt
with medical practice, but also wrote scientific treatises
Spazi metropolitani e mondi allo specchio in ”Pattern Recognition”
No full textLo specchio è il luogo dove si concretizza un fenomeno che è contemporaneamente di rappresentazione e negazione; la dislocazione di un riflesso che sembra aprire a uno spazio che cita, sovverte e nega il nostro stesso spazio. Il romanzo "Pattern Recognition" (2003) di William Gibson sottolinea l’ubiquità della cultura occidentale, in particolare americana, e descrive le strategie globali che portano all’omogeneizzazione delle differenze culturali. Nel suo viaggio attraverso le capitali mondiali dell’economia, la protagonista osserva la presenza degli elementi culturalmente caratteristici di una città che la rendono 'unica' nonostante le somiglianze con le altre metropoli. L’autore suggerisce tuttavia che le differenze che ci consentono di trovare una collocazione rispetto alle culture altre stiano scomparendo ad opera del marketing mondiale, mentre la circolazione delle merci spinge verso l’annullamento dei confini e della dicotomia locale/globale.
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The mirror is the material site of a phenomenon of simultaneous representation and negation, a dis-placement of a reflection which seems to open up a space that at the same time quotes, reverts and negates our own. The novel "Pattern Recognition" (2003) by William Gibson illustrates how globalization homogenizes cultural differences and underlines the global ubiquity of Western or American culture. As the protagonist travels from one metropolis to another, she sees the patterns of culture emerge in different ways through architecture, design, and the behaviour of people. Distant cities are seen by her as mirror-worlds, reflections of her home in America that are the same, yet different. According to Gibson, however, the mirror-world which enables us to situate ourselves in contrast to other cultures, is disappearing due to the «spectral hand» of global marketing
Intervista a Derrick de Kerckhove
No full textIntervista a Derrick de Kerckhove, a cura di Giuseppe De Riso, Fabrizio Deriu, Lucia Esposito, Alessandra Ruggiero
Ruggiero Ricci, violín (Estados Unidos)
No full textConcierto interpretado por el violinista Ruggiero Ricchi, en compañía del pianista Akiko Matsuo. Ricci nació en San Francisco en el seno de una familia de músicos. A los cinco años inició con su padre el estudio del violín, prosiguiendo luego su aprendizaje con el profesor Louis Persinger. Tres años más tarde hizo su presentación en su ciudad natal. Tenía sólo ocho años, pero su interpretación del concierto de Mendelssohn fue tan brillante que atrajo la atención de todos los centros artísticos de los Estados Unidos. Poco después se presentaba en Nueva York, Chicago y en los Festivales de Ann Arbor y Worcester con las orquestas de Minneápolis y de Cincinnati
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