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Covid-19 in Africa and Latin America. Certain forms of religious negationism favor the pandemic
No full textLa diffusione della pandemia da Covid-19 ha innescato su scala planetaria reazioni e comportamenti di tipo radicalmente opposto. In talune situazioni leader religiosi hanno apertamente contestato gli effetti negativi del virus, o hanno invitato i fedeli a proteggersi da esso con strumenti non medici e non scientifici. Lo studio indaga l'emersione di tali casi in contesti africani e latinoamericani, per indagare l'attitudine delle personalità cristiane "negazioniste" e gli effetti della loro predicazione sulla società. Il contributo fa dunque luce su una pagina di storia del tempo presente letta nel contesto della moltiplicazione - fenomeno ormai di lungo periodo - di esperienze religiose di stampo "neocarismatico"
A Truce for the Covid. From the Pandemic an Opportunity for Peace?
No full textIl contributo ricostruisce la storia di alcuni recenti conflitti scoppiati nell'Africa subsahariana, in particolare quello che oppone le regioni anglofone del Camerun al governo centrale, quello tra gruppi antagonisti del Sud Sudan, quello che scuote il nord del Mozambico, per concludere con la condizione di diffusa violenza urbana endemica in alcune città del Sudafrica post apartheid. Lo studio ripercorre le reazioni registrate all'appello per un generale cessate il fuoco lanciato dal Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite Guterres per consentire di concentrare le energie sul contrasto alla pandemia da Covid-19, e sulle azioni di riconciliazione intraprese da soggetti non governativi, alcune delle quali suscitate direttamente dal citato appello
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Fraternity. A proposal from Religions to States to Overcome the Covid-19 Emergency
No full textThe document on the Universal Fraternity (or Brotherhood), signed in Abu Dhabi, appears to be a valid orientation in the covid-19 pandemic. The paper examines how the fraternity could be an answer in the time of crisi
The Dialogue among States and Religious Groups
No full textDuring the Covid-19 Pandemic many countries decided to limit the freedom of public cult. In Italy, at the end of the lockdown, The government signed 7 agreements with the different religions for a safe resumption of the public cult
Forbidden Pilgrimages during the Covid-19 Pandemic
No full textThe paper examines how the spread of Covid-19 pandemic has influenced the pratice of the pilgrimag
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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