160 research outputs found
Long Distance Commuters: moving beyond displacement
No full textThe book by Bruna Vendemmia focuses on a mobility practice - the Long Distance Commuting - at the core of a small body of research in the last years. The interest in focusing on these forms of mobility - despite the fact that these daily mobility practices remain still quantitatively insignificant compared to daily commuting flows - is twofold. First, by analysing LDC we can read the way in which changes in working patterns increase the complexity of mobility patterns in terms of frequency, time devoted to displacements and distances covered, as well as the combined effects of socio-economical and lifestyles changes. Second, such mobility practices pose interpretative and operational challenges. They question two key principles of the traditional ‘utilitarian approach’ in transport planning, such as the concept of travel as a derived demand and the understanding of users’ objective as travel cost minimization
Interpretare l’accessibilità per ridefinire la marginalità: il caso delle Aree Interne
No full textIl paper analizza la geografia delle aree marginali in Italia a partire dai cpontenuti della Strategia Nazionale Aree Interne (SNAI) che ha elaborato, nel 2014, una classificazione delle “Aree Interne” del territorio Italiano, identificandole con le aree marginali che distano almeno 20 minuti dai “centri”, quei luoghi dove è possibile accedere ai tre diritti fondamentali di cittadinanza (educazione, salute e mobilità). Il paper mette in discussione la classificazione elaborata dalla SNAI per le aree Interne attraverso l’uso di altre variabili che la letteratura internazionale in tema di accessibilità indica come fattori scatenanti di forme di marginalità. La finalità è sviluppare un metodo di valutazione dell’accessibilità che tenga in considerazione anche i bisogni e le opportunità dell’individuo. Una prima fase di analisi, a scala nazionale, permette di identificare e descrivere le aree marginali, attraverso la mappatura di diversi indicatori quantitativi che porta alla definizione di tre cluster relativi a indicatori socio-economici, demografici e di mobilità. Il confronto tra questi cluster e la classificazione dei diversi livelli di accessibilità definiti dalla SNAI evidenzia quelle aree in cui diversi fattori di fragilità confluiscono così da progettare politiche più efficaci per il miglioramento e la gestione dei territori fragili e marginali
Microctonus brevipetiolatus Pucci 2013, new combination
No full textM. brevipetiolatus (Thomson) new combination Figures 4; 22–26 Perilitus brevipetiolatus Thomson, 1892, p 1744. Microctonus vittatae Muesebeck, 1936, p 19. Microctonus zimmermanni Loan & Wylie, 1984, p 240. n. syn. Perilitus brevipetiolatus Haeselbarth, 2008, p 1050. Distribution: Holarctic. Specimens examined: Four hundred and fifty-six from 74 collection events; questionable female identifications: three from two collection events. Flight period: Approximately 98% from May through August. Remarks: The type material of M. zimmermanni fall well into the range of the North American material of M. brevipetiolatus for all distinguishing characters mentioned by Wylie & Loan (1984). The M. zimmermanni series averages slightly larger and is usually lighter than M. brevipetiolatus. The present author has not examined any of the European material. Haeselbarth (2008) recognized two biotypes: the European, bisexual brevipetiolatus and the parthenogenetic vittatae which occurs in Europe and North America. However, Wylie & Loan (1984) and Smith (1952) reported the existence, albeit very rare, of males in North America and Loan (1967b) reported males emerging at a ratio of 1:16. Haeselbarth (2008) noted the morphological characters separating them are slight and variable so that many specimens do not fit well into either group. Indeed, they occur sympatrically and attack the same hosts.Published as part of Pucci, Thomas M., 2013, Contributions to the classification of North American Microctonus (Braconidae, Euphorinae), pp. 1-150 in Zootaxa 3725 (1) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3725.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/526804
Interpretare l’accessibilità per ridefinire la marginalità: il caso delle Aree Interne
No full textIl paper analizza la geografia delle aree marginali in Italia a partire dai cpontenuti della Strategia Nazionale Aree Interne (SNAI) che ha elaborato, nel 2014, una classificazione delle “Aree Interne” del territorio Italiano, identificandole con le aree marginali che distano almeno 20 minuti dai “centri”, quei luoghi dove è possibile accedere ai tre diritti fondamentali di cittadinanza (educazione, salute e mobilità). Il paper mette in discussione la classificazione elaborata dalla SNAI per le aree Interne attraverso l’uso di altre variabili che la letteratura internazionale in tema di accessibilità indica come fattori scatenanti di forme di marginalità. La finalità è sviluppare un metodo di valutazione dell’accessibilità che tenga in considerazione anche i bisogni e le opportunità dell’individuo. Una prima fase di analisi, a scala nazionale, permette di identificare e descrivere le aree marginali, attraverso la mappatura di diversi indicatori quantitativi che porta alla definizione di tre cluster relativi a indicatori socio-economici, demografici e di mobilità. Il confronto tra questi cluster e la classificazione dei diversi livelli di accessibilità definiti dalla SNAI evidenzia quelle aree in cui diversi fattori di fragilità confluiscono così da progettare politiche più efficaci per il miglioramento e la gestione dei territori fragili e marginali
Del buon uso delle incursioni : presentazione della lettura corale del volume di Salvatore Settis
No full textSalvatore Settis's recent book, Incursioni. Contemporary art and tradition (Feltrinelli 2020) intercrosses the boundaries of the history of art, contemporary and beyond, of philology and antiquity, of philology and of the history of the classical tradition, of philology and anthropology. Therefore, Monica Centanni and Giuseppe Pucci invited archaeologists, art historians, philologists, anthropologists and philosophers to compose a choral reading about Settis' work, corresponding to the various solicitations that the book provokes. All scholars who have participated to the collective reading – Anna Anguissola, Maurizio Bettini, Marilena Caciorgna, Maria Luisa Catoni, Monica Centanni, Maria Grazia Ciani, Claudia Cieri Via, Gabriella De Marco, Giuseppe Di Giacomo, Elisabetta Di Stefano, Eva Di Stefano, Roberto Diodato, Dario Evola, Claudio Franzoni, Maurizio Harari, Franco La Cecla e Anna Castelli, Alessandro Poggio, Valentina Porcheddu, Daniela Sacco, Antonella Sbrilli, Salvatore Tedesco – have responded, in the style of each author, with a plurality of form, such as short essay, with bibliography and images, general analysis of Settis’s volume, in-depth studies on one of the themes, reflections on tradition and contemporaneity
Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in inner areas. Remote work and near-home tourism through mobile phone data in Piacenza Apennine
No full textWhile the impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak on urban areas have been deeply investigated, the effects of
the virus on sparsely populated and marginal areas are still poorly explored. In Italy, those “inner” areas
are often characterized by processes of marginalization due to aging and loss of population, low
occupational rate and income, a progressive deprivation of local know-how, and the shrinking of essential
services. Yet, a reverse migration from urban centers to rural and peripheral areas has been reported
worldwide among the main effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, being in some cases an opportunity to slow
down and even reverse the process of marginalization. By combining mobile phone and socio-spatial data,
this paper aims to analyze the space-time variability of human presence before and during the Covid-19
lockdown in the Apennine area of the e province of Piacenza, a representative case of Italy's inner areas,
to read if and how the pandemic has contributed to modify the rhythms and trends of those territories. Two
dynamics have been investigated: remote and near-home tourism. In addition, to provide a picture of the
changes that occurred in these marginal contexts, the outcomes have shown the great potentiality of mobile
phone data, along with some limits that may prejudice their usability, particularly for territorial research in
low-density areas
Microctonus gouleti Pucci 2013, new species
No full textM. gouleti Pucci new species Figures 61–63 Etymology: In honor of Dr. Henri Goulet, an accomplished entomologist who has been especially helpful to the author with this project. Females.—Color: Head orange but flagellum and near the ocelli brown to black; mesonotum black but occasionally orange anteriorly and/or scutellar disk orange to brown, orange below but often dark brown to black ventrally; legs orange but tarsi and hind tibia often brown; propodeum black but occasionally orange laterally; petiole black but for anterior end orange; remaining metasoma orange to black. Length excluding ovipositor: approximately 3.1–4.0. Head: Occipital carina absent medially; lateral eye/gena 1.3–1.6; transverse head/face 2.1– 2.3; flagellum length 2.5–3.0, number of flagellomeres 23–26; first flagellomere/second 1.2–1.3; face smooth but for setal insertions; clypeus suboval to subtriangular; length of last four maxillary palpomeres/fore femur length 0.67–0.77. Mesosoma: Subanterior pronotum carinate, pronotum smooth to rugulose elsewhere; number of setae along widest transverse line of anterior lobe approximately 16; notaulus foveate, joined at approximately posterior 1/3 of mesoscutum; longitudinal carina on the posterior mesoscutum present or absent; lateral mesonotal lobes glabrous but for a narrow fringe, exceptionally with setae present centrally; C+SC+R length 1.2–1.5; stigma length/R1 1.4–1.7; fore wing RS a shallow arch; sternaulus formed by fovea extending diagonally dorso-anteriorly to postero-ventrally then horizontally to propodeum; propodeum areolate-rugose, median groove moderate; outline of propodeum in lateral view usually convex, sometimes posterior end vertical; setae of hind femur less than half maximum femur width; hind tibia less than C+SC+R. Metasoma: Petiole with longitudinal striae curved medially as they extend posteriorly; subbasal petiole rounded dorso-laterally; petiole length/posterior width 2.6–3.2; terga 2 + 3 length 0.67–0.80; sheath length 0.90–1.0, sheath/C+SC+R 0.62–0.78. Males differ from females by the following: length approximately 2.9; C+SC+R 1.1–1.2; transverse head/face 1.9; flagellum length 3.2, number of flagellomeres 28; petiole length/posterior width 2.3–2.7; the striae of the petiole is not as strongly curved. Specimens examined: Holotype: female, Mexico, Chiapas, 7200’, S. Crist. las Casas, VI. 1.1969, Malaise trap (CNC). Paratypes: Mexico: 1 male, Chiapas, Teopisca, route 190, H. V. Weems Jr., VIII. 20.1963, 6000–6500’ (FSCA); 1 male, Chiapas, 7200’, S. Crist. las Casas, VI. 18.1969, Malaise trap (CNC); 1 female, Chiapas, Mpio. San Cristobal, Reserva Huitepec, 7440’, VII.2–14.1997, 97/073, Wooley & Gonzales (TAMU); 1 female, Chiapas, Munic: San Cristobal, San Felipe, 2200m, VII.1991, R Jones (TAMU); 1 female, Durango, 9000’, El Salto, 10 mi. W, VI.11.1964, W.R. M. Mason (CNC); 1 female, as above but VI. 19.1964 (CNC); 1 female, as above but VI. 20.1964 (CNC); 1 female, as above but VI. 22.1964 (CNC); 1 female, Durango, 3 mi. E El Salto, 8400’, VI.21.1964, W.R. M. Mason (CNC); 2 female, Guerrero, 6.4 mi. SW Filo de Caballo, VII.8.1987, 9000’, Wooley & Zolnerowich (TAMU); 1 female, Guerrero, 6.6 mi. SW Filo de Caballo, VII.12.1985, J. Wooley & G. Zolnerowich (TAMU); 1 male, Michoacan, 6 miles N. Cheran, VII.7–8.1985, J. Wooley, G. Zolnerowich, 85/034 (TAMU); 1 male, as above but VII.8.1985, Wooley & Zolnerowich (TAMU); 1 male, Nayarit, Ahuacatlan, VIII. 6.1965, HE & MA Evans (MCZ); 1 male, Puebla, 4.7 mi. SW La Cumbre, 5100’, VII.23.1987, Wooley & Zolnerowich (TAMU); 1 male, Sinaloa, 20 mi. E Condordia, 3000’, VIII.8.1964, W.R. M. Mason (CNC); 1 female, Texpan [Tuxpan, Veracruz?], VIII.12.1954, 7500’, R. R. Dreisbach (MSUC); 1 male, Orizaba [Veracruz], Crawford (USNM). Guatemala: 1 male, Escuintla, VIII. 20.1975, N.L.H. Krauss (USNM). Flight period: June through August. Remarks: The orange dorso-posterior edge of the pronotum almost always distinctly contrasts with the black mesonotum. There are four specimens from Smokemont, NC (NCSU) that correspond with the description above but the hind wing M/r-m is 0.47–0.58 as opposed to measures of 0.75–1.0 for M. gouleti. This character is rarely used by the present author because large ranges within a species have been observed. The Smokemont specimens are designated, “near M. gouleti ” because of the disjunct distribution.Published as part of Pucci, Thomas M., 2013, Contributions to the classification of North American Microctonus (Braconidae, Euphorinae), pp. 1-150 in Zootaxa 3725 (1) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3725.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/526804
Inhabiting simultaneous lives: analysing process of reversibilization of mobility practices in Italy
No full textThis chapter aims to study some emerging mobility practices in Italy and the consequences they have had on the use and configuration of spaces. A growing number of people live their lives across a vast space consisting of work, family, and friendship networks, and are travelling longer distances, in shorter periods of time, than ever before. This paper addresses the hypothesis that those transformations are modifying the relationships between people and territory, allowing people to live simultaneous lives, and increasing relationships within multiple territories. I will use biographies of highly mobile people as a tool to describe this process. Describing and analysing their mobility behaviours allow to show how people try to “catch ubiquity and simultaneity” (Ascher in Cahiers internationaux de sociologie. PUF, Paris, p. 53, 2005) in their everyday lives, highlighting how far those practices have transformed the relation between people and territory and the spaces of mobility. The first results presented here consist on the identification of three territorial profiles based on the geography of personal relationships and revealing how this geography interacts with a general transformation of everyday urban rhythm in the construction of simultaneous lives
"La dama del verzù": un altro cantare di Antonio Pucci?
No full textIl contributo propone di attribuire ad Antonio Pucci "La dama del verzù", un cantare novellistico adespoto che riprende la "Chastelaine de Vergi", fortunato poemetto francese anonimo della metà del Duecento. Nella prima parte del saggio si analizzano alcuni aspetti del cantare dal punto di vista storico-letterario (rapporti con la fonte e con altre opere), iconografico (confronto con gli affreschi di Palazzo Davanzati a Firenze) e filologico (tradizione e stato del testo, possibilità di una versione intermedia fra la "Chastelaine" e la "Dama"). Nella seconda parte – utilizzando gli archivi elettronici dell’OVI e, per il Quattro e Cinquecento, della BibIt e della LIZ – si ipotizza la paternità pucciana del cantare sulla base di varie serie di riscontri intertestuali, con le opere sia di Pucci sia degli autori che maggiormente influenzarono il banditore fiorentino, in posizione di rima (singole voci, sintagmi, catene rimiche).The paper proposes to attribute to Antonio Pucci "La dama del verzù", an anonymous cantare that derives from the "Chastelaine de Vergi", popular French poem, of an unknown author, dating back to the middle of the 13th century. In the first part of the paper are analyzed some aspects of the cantare from various perspectives: historical and literary (relationship with the "Chastelaine" and other literary works), iconographic (comparison with the frescoes of Palazzo Davanzati in Florence) and philological (tradition and status of the text, possibility of an intermediate text between the "Chastelaine" and the "Dama"). In the second part – using the electronic archives of OVI and, for the XV and XVI centuries, of BibIt and LIZ – we propose the attribution to Antonio Pucci of the cantare on the basis of various series of intertextual agreements, in relation to the works both of Pucci and the authors which most influenced the Florentine town crier, in rhyme position (single words, syntagms, rhyme sequences)
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