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Tra accoglienza e integrazione. Il Sistema di protezione dei richiedenti asilo e dei rifugiati in Puglia
No full textMalta’s connections and cultural identity: Remarks on the architectural language in the western Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE
No full textThe article discusses the architectural language attested in the late 4th and early 3rd century BCE in Malta, in the Tas-Silġ sanctuary. It is a composite idiom that shows affinity with the decorative motifs found elsewhere in the Punic Mediterranean but also exhibits striking originality. This period – characterised by great cultural vivacity and exchange – is variously defined by writers as Late Punic, Punic or Punic-Hellenistic, which underlines the uncertainty underlying our interpretation of the Punic Mediterranean in the Hellenistic period. This is linked to the question of the alleged “Hellenisation” of the Punic world, manifested in architecture through the adoption of decorative motifs of Greek tradition. The Tas-Silġ remains are considered in the light of these more general problems and evaluated in relation to
the specific local context. On the one hand, it was fully integrated into the circulation of goods, people and ideas in the western Mediterranean. On the other hand, the locality possessed a distinctive cultural identity, evident in the continued use of Late Neolithic structures and the employment of “mixed” architecture that stands out for its originality and stylistic quality compared to other traditions known from the Carthaginian eparchy
The Maltese Islands between Isolation and Interconnections: An Architectural Perspective
No full textThis article examines the Maltese Archipelago’s role in the Mediterranean during Pre-Roman times, with particular attention to the 4th and 3rd cent. BCE and a special focus on the Tas-Silġ Sanctuary. Although some scholars consider the Maltese Archipelago to have been a marginal part of the eparchy in the Punic/Hellenistic period, recent analyses show the cultural vitality and complexity of that phase, with the appearance of innovations in a context that more typically absorbed infl uences from elsewhere, in addition to possessing distinctive local features. The architectural styles, especially in the Tas-Silġ sanctuary, point to connections with the nearby Sicilian area and Egyptian infl uences, but also possess features that lack clear parallels. Together with its prehistoric forebears and local peculiarities, Malta’s multiplicity of cultural traditions refl ects the religious identity of the sanctuary and those who frequented it: there was an evident ‘international’ vocation. The Maltese Archipelago is located at the boundaries of different cultures; this marginality – or isolation – was, in fact, a source of dynamism, resulting in exposure to diverse infl uences. Although widespread trends were followed, Malta created signifi cant cultural innovations in the western Mediterranean. Given the lack of knowledge about 4th and 3rd cent. BCE Punic religious architecture, this information from Malta helps us to understand the religious beliefs and cultural networks of the Mediterranean islands before the confl ict between Rome and Carthage
Recensione a S. S. Lusnia, Creating Severan Rome. The Architecture and Self-Image of L. Septimius Severus (A.D. 193-211), Coll. Latomus 345, Bruxelles 2014
No full textRecensione al volume di S. Lusnia sulle attività edilizie promosse da Settimio Severo a Rom
Right Inferior Parietal Lobule Activity Is Associated With Handwriting Spontaneous Tempo
No full textHandwriting is a complex activity including motor planning and visuomotor integration and referring to some brain areas identified as “writing centers.” Although temporal features of handwriting are as important as spatial ones, to our knowledge, there is no evidence of the description of specific brain areas associated with handwriting tempo. People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) show handwriting impairments that are mainly referred to as the temporal features of the task. The aim of this work was to assess differences in the brain activation pattern elicited by handwriting between PwMS and healthy controls (HC), with the final goal of identifying possible areas specific for handwriting tempo. Subjects were asked to write a sentence at their spontaneous speed. PwMS differed only in temporal handwriting features from HC and showed reduced activation with a subset of the clusters observed in HC. Spearman’s correlation analysis was performed between handwriting temporal parameters and the activity in the brain areas resulting from the contrast analysis, HC > PwMS. We found that the right inferior parietal lobule (IPL) negatively correlated with the duration of the sentence, indicating that the higher the right IPL activity, the faster the handwriting performance. We propose that the right IPL might be considered a “writing tempo center.
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