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The Akazehe of Burundi: Polyphonic Interlocking Greetings and the Female Ceremonial / by Serena Facci. ; translated by Alessandra Ciucci
No full textAkazehe is one of the names in Burundi for forms of sung greeting performed exclusively by women. Studies carried out during the colonial era (in particular Rodegem 1965, 1973) and in more recent times (Ndimurwanko 1985-6) have shown how the contents of these greetings among women are closely linked to the feminine world in which these greetings are used—in specific private and public spaces in accordance with rural tradition. Although these greetings were becoming less common at the time the research for this article was conducted, the author was able to record a number of akazehe after listening to examples of them in the sound archives of the Centre de civilisation burundaise.
A greeting is defined by linguists as a formalized parenthesis that defines, reiterates, and encloses the relation between two participants. The formulaic character of a greeting makes it different from ordinary speech. In the case of the akazehe, the greeting emphasizes gestural and sound qualities to such an extent that it creates a veritable musical texture.
This article presents transcriptions and analysis of some models of akazehe, focusing on one that features procedures of vocal interlocking. The two parts—gutera and kwakira—are organized according to musical rules that manifest a strong spirit of cooperation between the two women who sing the two parts in dialogue. Furthermore, well-defined rules of exchange for the two roles semantically remind us of the social equality between the two participants. The musical enrichment of the time reserved for the greeting is experienced as amusing by the performers. The greeting also represents an opportunity for artistic expression in a social reality that otherwise allows few performance spaces for women
Alessandra Ciucci, The voice of the rural: Music, poetry and masculinity among migrant Moroccan men in Umbria, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2022, pp. 228
No full textBook review of Alessandra Ciucci, The voice of the rural: Music, poetry and masculinity among migrant Moroccan men in Umbria, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2022, pp. 228.Recensione di Alessandra Ciucci, The voice of the rural: Music, poetry and masculinity among migrant Moroccan men in Umbria, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2022, pp. 228
Rettorato e Facoltà di giurisprudenza all'Ostiense. Giuseppe Pasquali e Alfredo Passeri
No full textSerie di piccole mostre: "Un progetto dall'A alla Z" a cura di Giuseppe Rebecchini. Mostra sul complesso del Rettorato a Romatre e Tavola Rotonda con interventi di Giuseppe Rebecchini, Giorgio Ciucci, Girogio Muratore, Vieri Quilici, Antonino Terranova, coordinamento Alessandra Capuan
Alessandra CIUCCI : The Voice of the Rural. Music, Poetry, and Masculinity among Migrant Moroccan Men in Umbria
No full textBien connue pour ses recherches sur la musique des plaines et plateaux atlantiques marocains, Alessandra Ciucci nous livre ici un ouvrage captivant sur les pratiques d’écoute musicale des hommes de ces régions de tradition agro-pastorale qui ont émigré en Ombrie (Italie). Travaillant, pour beaucoup d’entre eux, dans les plantations de tabac, ces hommes, souvent illettrés ou peu scolarisés, sont arrivés en Italie dès les années 1970, avec une démographie, des statuts et des conditions de trav..
Smart technologies for integrated natural risk management: Innovative methodologies and remote sensing
No full textRecent events outlined the relevance of the interactions between industrial and natural hazards (NaTech) particularly for what concerns seismic risk. EU regulation, namely Directive 2012/18/EU, explicitly requires risk analysis for NaTech events. The development of a risk assessment methodology for major hazard industrial plants allows the individuation of the critical elements of a plant in seismic-prone areas. The following implementation of smart technologies (sensors, actuators, innovative systems for seismic protection) to the critical elements allows for a relevant reduction of major hazards and related consequences
Early Warning and Smart Technologies for Seismic NaTech Risk management in Major Hazard Industries
No full textRecent events outlined the relevance of the interactions between industrial and natural hazards (NaTech) particularly for what concerns seismic risk. EU regulation, namely Directive 2012/18/EU, explicitly requires risk analysis for NaTech events. The development of a risk assessment methodology for major hazard industrial plants allows the individuation of the critical elements of a plant in seismic-prone areas. Theimplementation of smart technologies (sensors, actuators, innovative systems for seismic protection) to the critical elements allows for a relevant reduction of major hazards and related consequences. The “smart”application of NaTech management technologies, from early warning to active protection, allows to upgrade the safety conditions of existing industrial plants implemented as a retrofit solution, avoiding heavy and expensive structural actions. Furthermore, taking into account that the earthquake affects the entire plant and the safety systems (as extinguishing water supply and power lines) at the same time, smarttechnologies allow the simultaneous monitoring and control toward seismic events. Hence, it is evident that smart technologies can play a relevant role in NaTech management. Systems like Early Warning and Active protection systems can be effectively used to reduce the NaTech risk and therefore to improve the resilience of a major hazard industrial plant. The object of this paper is to provide a clear framework about the appropriate implementation of smart technologies (sensors, actuators, innovative systems for seismic protection) for a relevant reduction of major hazards and related consequence
Assessing habitat quality for conservation using an integrated occurrence-mortality approach.
No full text1.Habitat suitability models are usually produced using species presence or habitat selection, without taking into account the demographic performance of the population considered. These models cannot distinguish between sink and source habitats, causing problems especially for species with low reproductive rates and high susceptibility to low levels of mortality as in the case of the critically endangered Apennine brown bear Ursus arctos marsicanus. 2. We developed a spatial model based on bear presence (2544 locations) and mortality data (37 locations) used as proxies for demographic performance. We integrated an occurrence and a mortality-risk Ecological Niche Factor Analysis model into a final two-dimensional model that can be used to distinguish between attractive sink-like and source-like habitat. 3. Our integrated model indicates that a traditional habitat suitability model can provide misleading management and conservation indications, as 43% of the area suitable for the occurrence model is associated with high mortality risk. Areas of source-like habitat for the Apennine bears (highly elevated areas rich in beech forests, far from roads, and with low human density and cultivated fields) are still present, including outside the currently occupied range. However, attractive sink-like habitat (associated with high levels of pasture, low extent of mountain meadows, low steepness, low elevation, and closeness to secondary and urban roads) are present even inside protected areas. 4. Synthesis and applications: Identifying attractive sink-like habitat is crucial to prevent inappropriate management and to effectively address conservation issues: whereas existing source-like habitats should be preserved to halt habitat loss and degradation, attractive sink-like habitat should be managed to mitigate mortality risks or to decrease their attractiveness. In particular, areaspecific management interventions and proactive actions (increased patrolling, road closure, human activity management, threat monitoring, etc.) aimed at reducing human-caused mortality are critical for the Apennine brown bear
Modeling the potential distribution for a range-expanding species: Wolf recolonization of the Alpine range
No full textThe wolf is naturally recolonizing the Alpine range. Potentially, eight different countries are affected, clearly calling for transboundary management planning. In this framework, using the partitioned Mahalanobis distance, and considering environmental, anthropogenic, and biotic variables, we produced a model of the potential distribution of the wolf over the Alpine range, accounting for the ecological characteristics of the species and for the lack of equilibrium in the current distribution. Low human population density, increasing distance from infrastructures, intermediate elevations and high prey-species richness were the most important factors in predicting wolf presence, followed by the presence of natural land-covers. Based on the projections of our model, we predicted a large availability of high suitability areas across the entire alpine range, which promises great potential for wolf range expansion in the near future. Moreover, protected areas cover 47% of the high suitability areas, and many may act in the future as source habitat patches across the entire alpine region. Our model provides a useful planning tool to develop, evaluate and implement transboundary conservation and management interventions at a broad, biologically meaningful scale across the entire Alpine range. By depicting the potential species distribution in the Alps, our model will aid regional and local managers to design proactive approaches to wolf conservation, especially in areas that have not yet been colonized by the species. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Lettera di Alessandra
No full textUn ritratto critico dell'opera di Alessandra Carnaroli, autrice fra le più apprezzate delle ultime generazioni della poesia di ricerca. La sezione a lei dedicata, nel numero della rivista, contiene inoltre saggi di Cecilia Bello Minciacchi, Andrea Cortellessa, e Ivan Schiavone; e vari inediti dell'autrice. Il saggio è pubblicato con lo pseudonimo di Tommaso Ottonieri.A critical portrait of the work of Alessandra Carnaroli, author of the most appreciated in the latest generations of italian research poetry. Published under the pseudonym Tommaso Ottonieri
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