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Una favola ancora senza lieto fine. Il restauro del Castello di Saliceto “il giorno dopo”
No full textLungo l’antica Via del Sale, nel Piemonte sud-occidentale in provincia di Cuneo, sorge il Castello di Saliceto. Eretto verosimilmente tra il XII e il XIII secolo, il manufatto mostra oggi i segni stratigrafici di una vicenda costruttiva e trasformativa complessa, di cui ancora si distinguono le tappe essenziali: la fase difensiva medievale, le modifiche rinascimentali, la perdita della quarta torre angolare, il restauro dei primi anni Duemila, il recente e inaspettato abbandono.
Partendo dalla situazione attuale del fabbricato, il contributo ripercorre gli eventi che hanno coinvolto il castello negli ultimi vent’anni, si sofferma su ciò che accade “il giorno dopo” il restauro, ribadisce l’efficacia dell’operazione sul piano sincronico, ne indaga la risposta culturale all’indomani della chiusura del cantiere e, alla luce delle mutate condizioni al contorno, propone una riflessione sull’incidenza delle forze sociali, politiche ed economiche sull’azione di rivitalizzazione, sottolineando la necessità di porre in stretta relazione l’intervento di conservazione con i processi di gestione e manutenzione del patrimonio storico costruito e, come in questo caso, appena restaurato.Saliceto Castle stands along the ancient Via del Sale (Salt road), in the province of Cuneo, in southwestern Piedmont, Italy. Probably built between the twelfth and the thirteenth century AD, the structure shows today the stratigraphic signs of several and subsequent rearrangements, whose fundamental stages can still be observed: the defensive medieval phase, the Renaissance changes, the loss of the fourth corner tower, the restoration works of the early 2000s, the recent and unexpected abandonment.
Starting from the current state of the building, this paper traces back the main events in the castle’s history of the last twenty years, focusing on what happened "the day after" the restoration, stressing the effectiveness of the whole project, and investigating the cultural response after the closing of the worksite. Finally, in the light of changed circumstances, the paper reflects on the impact of social, political and economic forces on the redevelopment project, underlining the need to closely combine the conservation actions with the management and maintenance processes of the recently restored – as in this specific case – built heritage
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
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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
La Linea Galla Placidia. Strategie per la valorizzazione di un paesaggio dimenticato del Novecento
No full textAll’indomani dell’armistizio, il timore di uno sbarco Alleato a nord della Linea Gotica, spinse le forze armate tedesche a costruire, lungo le coste romagnole, un sistema di bunker e strutture difensive noto come Linea Galla Placidia.
Nel 2017, grazie alla collaborazione con le comunità locali, il Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università di Bologna ha attivato un progetto di valorizzazione di questo paesaggio militare le cui strutture, al termine della guerra, furono dimenticate, demolite, interrate o in parte riutilizzate come magazzini, depositi, garage o fondazioni di altri edifici. Vestigia scomode, fino ad ora rifiutate come patrimonio culturale, offrono l’occasione per una riflessione sul come possano essere conservate per la trasmissione della memoria e integrate in strategie per lo sviluppo per questi territori. Grazie all’attività di studio, censimento, catalogazione delle strutture, e digitalizzazione è stata attivata una webapp implementabile per la diffusione dei risultati e il supporto alle attività turistiche delle comunità locali, In ambito accademico e istituzionale si sta inoltre lavorando per costruire una rete internazionale di linee militari della Seconda guerra mondiale
Strategy for the observation of the first ZZ events produced at 7 and 10 TeV center of mass energy in the CMS experiment
No full textDispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Staging monuments. How the cultural tourism could affects the conservation strategies
No full textIn the contemporary society, not only the traditional fields, as for example history or art, are affirming theirselves as propulsive factors for cultural tourism, but also more popularly spread issues are revealing their force: myths, legends and above all cinema and TV shows. Therefore, it’s not coincidence that a lot of monuments and historical cities had suddenly become worldwide known and visited by the masses. It proves how these forces can hugely increase the tourist flows, modify the perception of these places and even influence the conservation strategies. Starting from the analysis of some case studies, the paper would like to reflect upon the dynamics generated by this kind of tourism, evaluating its limits, looking for good management policies and trying to understand how the restoration approach could or should not answer this kind of tourists’ expectation, in order to establish a balance between conservation and economic issues
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