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Encuentros con Elena Poniatowska
No full textThe author analyzes testimonial literature from the perspective of female literature through his meeting with Elena Poniatowska. An analysis of reality vs. Fiction in Elena, Jesusa and Tinisima.El autor analiza, desde su encuentro con Elena Poniatowska, la vertiente de la literatura testimonial como literatura de mujeres. Un análisis interior de la relación entre realidad y ficción, entre Elena, Jesusa o Tinísima
Diversity and interculturalism, a critique and a defence. Going through multiethnic neighbourhoods in Rome
No full textThe starting hypothesis of this paper postulates that the two different concepts of the diverse and the intercultural city can be alternatively applied to describe and govern multi-ethnic urban settings, the difference being more matter of scale rather than nature. Diversity and interculturalism share in fact the same duplicity, a normative content combined with an analytic orientation: the former however addresses mainly the ordinary configuration of places, while the latter allows the discussion of rights and political principles. The diverse and the intercultural city are then the same? The answer is affirmative, but the condition is to clear both concepts from ideological deposits.
Interculturalism in particular describes the attitude of national governments towards integration, intended as the process of exchange and interaction between the hosting and the immigrant population; at the same, it suggests a normative model for balancing and accepting those exchanges. Interculturalism has gained greater importance recently, and has come to be seen as a response to the failure of other consolidated integration models, in particular the assimilation one epitomized by France and the multicultural applied in the Netherlands (in part in Germany) and the UK.
Italy does not have an explicit model, nor a consistent body of regulation at the national level, and does not fit into such broad categories. However, an hybrid attitude has been identified in its legislation (Zincone in Lucciarini, 2007): the objective is not one of cultural assimilation, but it is that of granting security and avoiding conflicts in the process of interaction among communities.
The Italian approach has been described as that of a ‘reasonable integration’ (ibidem), with civil and social (not political) rights granted to regular immigrants, while no rights at all are recognized to those deemed irregular citizens (a broad category sometimes stretched to accommodate Roma people). Recently, the attitude towards irregulars has become even more restricted, and they often are criminalized.
However, generally speaking, this categorization of different integration regimes seems to be ‘narrow’, considering that policies for immigrants are played at the local level, and there they are influenced by processes, actors, interests and local pressures (Caponio, 2006).
At the local level, diversity emerges as the narrative concerning cities and specific spaces, being less abstract, and more intertwined with local realities. If the intercultural city is something ‘prescriptive’, top down, it is a matter of policies and management of the complexity of cities; on the contrary, the diverse city is something more ‘phenomenological’, which attains not just at the domain of policies but which accounts as well practices. Social conflicts and political thought have concentrated upon these two dimensions, often bending the reality to serve party agendas or ideologies.
Dealing with ordinary cities, diversity appears embedded in the social practices that enact the processes of change and immigration. Such practices not only acknowledge others’ diversity, but construct each and everybody identities. In this latter perspective, diversity is definitely a local feature of society in strong relation with both urban spaces and daily routines.
This paper explores the potentiality of the concept of the diverse and intercultural city, sketching rapidly key multiethnic neighbourhoods of Rome as examples of social practices. This exploration is meant to assess how these concepts translate into practices and policies. The aim is a critique of a narrow but prevalent notion of diversity, which is widespread in the planners’ current uses, though misrepresenting intercultural issues; and, on the other side, a defence of diversity as a key tenet for policies dealing with urban spaces
Once-daily prolonged-release tacrolimus formulations for kidney transplantation: what the nephrologist needs to know
No full textTacrolimus has long been the cornerstone of the immunosuppressive standard-of-care in kidney transplantation. Until recently, only an immediate-release formulation of tacrolimus was available in the clinic for twice-daily administration, a schedule that is known to hamper prescription adherence and contributes to the already significant tacrolimus interactions with other drugs and meals. In order to improve patient compliance, two once-daily prolonged-release formulations of tacrolimus have recently been developed and approved. Here we will analyze the main characteristics of these two prolonged-release formulations with the aim to provide practical clinical information for a fully aware drug prescription. Finally, the theoretical advantages of the prolonged-release formulations in terms of prescription adherence, blood level steadiness and drug efficacy and tolerability will be critically reviewed, in order to define the profile of renal recipients who may benefit most from the switch to once-daily tacrolimus
Tana della Mussina. I resti animali
No full textIn questo contributo sono presentati i dati faunistici emersi da una recente revisione dei resti ossei animali che, recuperati durante gli scavi effettuati da Gaetano Chierici nel 1871-72 presso la Tana della Mussina, sono stati poi conservati nelle teche del Museo Civico di Reggio Emilia. La compresenza di resti umani e animali, spesso recanti tracce di combustione, identifica chiaramente la Tana della Mussina, come luogo cerimoniale che ha visto svolgersi, durante l’età del Rame, rituali connessi alla sfera funeraria. I 49 frammenti osteologici sono stati analizzati, schedati e, dove possibile, ricomposte le fratture; si sono, inoltre, cercate eventuali corrispondenze fra i resti e le descrizioni ottocentesche dei loro recuperi. L’analisi archeozoologica ha permesso il riconoscimento anatomico e di specie per 37 porzioni scheletriche corrispondenti a otto differenti specie. Si tratta, soprattutto, di animali domestici quali capre, pecore, maiali e buoi, mentre più rare sono le specie selvatiche rappresentate da ossa di cinghiale, cervo e tasso. Si segnala infine la presenza di un resto, sicuramente intrusivo, di gallo domestico (Gallus sp.).This paper presents the faunal data emerged from a recent reassessing of the animal bone remains recovered during the excavations carried out by Gaetano Chierici at Tana della Mussina, in 1871-72 which were then displayed in showcases at the Museo Civico di Reggio Emilia. The concomitant presence of human and animal remains, often bearing combustion traces, clearly identifies Tana della Mussina as a ceremonial site where rituals connected to the funerary sphere took place during the Chalcolithic. The 49 osteological fragments have been analysed, recorded and, where possible, the fractures reconstructed. Possible correspondences between the studied remains and those described in the nineteenth-century reports have also been explored. The archaeozoological analysis allowed anatomical identification for 37 skeletal portions, representing eight different species. Domestic animals, including goats, sheep, pigs and bovids, were the majority. Despite wild animals were rarer, remains of wild boar, deer and a badger are nevertheless present. The presence of one remain of domestic rooster (Gallus sp.), certainly intrusive, has also to be reported
Rental Affordability, Housing First and Beyond. A Focus on the City of Trieste (Italy)
No full textIn Europe, access to affordable rental housing is increasingly recognised as a priority issue, particularly for individuals facing multifaceted distress or temporary and precarious employment. By addressing multiple dimensions of poverty, the Housing First (HF) approach challenges traditional emergency responses, framing access to housing as a comprehensive and diversified set of preventive actions against homelessness. Since 2015, HF has gained recognition in Italy, although its implementation remains limited. This paper explores the spatial conditions, target populations, stakeholders, and both material and immaterial resources that could facilitate the integration of HF into structural policies for affordable social (and ‘very social’) rental housing. The case study focuses on Trieste, a medium-sized Italian city where the risk of homelessness is significant due to demographic aging, migration flows, and an insufficient supply of public housing
Rifondare il tempo: il cinema di Chiara Cremaschi tra memorie fluttuanti e instabili presenti
No full textContributo dedicato alla pratica filmica e alla produzione di Chiara Cremaschi nel volume "CINEma oltre. Donne e pratiche audiovisive" in Italia volto ad indagare il panorama, ancora poco esplorato, delle attività delle artiste italiane che "dagli anni Settanta a oggi hanno scelto l'immagine in movimento come medium di espressione e talvolta di lotta". Muovendo tra Film Studies e Women's Studies, in un approccio multidisciplinare, il volume propone una selezione di artiste – dalle più conosciute alle emergenti note, emergenti – in un dialogo che interseca le esperienze storiche del cinema di ricerca e degli albori della videoarte, fino all'attualità degli ultimi anni, tenendo insieme le pioniere delle origini e le audaci sperimentatrici d'oggi. Il volume rappresenta uno degli output delle linee di ricerca che fanno perno nell'attività del Forum delle studiose di cinema e audiovisivi.
Con saggi di: Luisa Cutzu, Lucia Di Girolamo, Francesca Gallo, Sandra Lischi, Jennifer Malvezzi e Bianca Trevisan, Raffaella Perna, Simona Pezzano, Farah Polato, Maria Teresa Soldani, Deborah Toschi, Lucia Tralli
Bio-bibliografía de y sobre Elena Poniatowska Amor
No full textThe objective of this article is to collect and present: I. the chronology of the life and work of Elena Poniatowska; II. the complete works (as principal and secondary author), and III. the bibliography on the author (books, chapters, and articles).El objetivo de este artículo es reunir y presentar: I. los datos cronológicos fundamentales de la vida y la obra de Elena Poniatowska; II. El compendio de sus obras (como autora principal y como secundaria); y III. la bibliografía sobre la escritora (libros, capítulos de libros y artículos)
El Tlacuache Núm. 698 (2015). 698 Año 13 (2015) noviembre. El Tlacuache
No full textLa mujer vista por cronistas en tiempos novohispanos por Laura Elena Hinojosa. - El Códice Mauricio de la Arena forma parte de Los códices de Tlaquiltenango por Laura Elena Hinojosa
La herencia newtoniana en la economía política del siglo XVIII
No full textThe chapter reconstructs the developments of a basic idea, namely the physical-moral analogy, in the works of the Scottish Enlighteners. The opposition of a 'Newtonian' to a 'Cartesian' approach yields the program of an 'experimental' moral science. This program, in turn, was never implemented but yielded nonetheless an unintended result the shaping of political economy as an empirical science, distinguished to a point from moral philosophy and theology
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