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Inventory for a Reverse Journey. Photographic Image and Found Object - An investigation of travel and material transformation as a paradigm of artist's practice: Ed Ruscha, Douglas Huebler, Bas jan Ader, Jimmie Durham, Gustav Metzger, Kurt Schwitters & Cian Quayle.
No full textInventory for Reverse Journey is the title of a collection of photographic artefacts and found objects, which I have collected over the last twenty years. The title refers to one specific type of artist's journey, which is applicable to the `chronotope' of my archive, as a `metaphorical journey in space and time' (Bakhtin 1981, p. 81). The `city',`provincial town', `road', `threshold' and `interior' are recurrent motifs, which Bakhtin fused together to describe the historical evolution of the novel in relation to its different genres. Bakhtin's motifs are expanded as the basis of an evolutionary nomenclature of the artist's-journey, as a form of spatial mapping and identity formation. Alongside other sources from literature (Alain Robbe-Grillet), cinema (Michelangelo Antonioni), psychoanalysis (Kierkegaard) and critical theory (Walter Benjamin) I have developed a theoretical framework, which initially originated in an empirical process, that is reflected in the antecedents of this project. The research process, as a journey itself, has concretised this approach within a systems-based practice. This is mirrored in the work of the artists under investigation, as their differences and similarities are highlighted within a broad contextual analysis. Accordingly the tone of the writing shifts its register at different points in the thesis.
My journey is just one example of several paradigmatic formations of `travel' as a strategy, which investigates the work of six different artists, as a voluntary or involuntary form of exile. A deskilled use of the photographic image is examined in the work of Ed Ruscha, Douglas Huebler and Bas jan Ader in the spatial mapping of their chosen locations. The work of these artists manifests travel, as a strategy, in a benign form of regional and expatriate exile. The investigation shifts its focus from the New World to Europe, where the work of Jimmie Durham, Gustav Metzger and Kurt Schwitters is analysed in relation to their transformation of found objects and materials, and their relationship with a former 'home'. Their position registers different degrees of the `impossibility of return' to a point of origin, which exists in the mind rather than as a physical location. The transience of their work, and use of disparate materials, is counterbalanced by their physical presence in the work. Conversely Ader, Huebler and Ruscha are linked by a scale of decreasing visibility, as they are sublimated within their work in the formation of, what is now construed as, a unique photographic presence. The starting point for which is a return to the formative years of conceptualism in the 1960's, which set the scene for Durham and Metzger from the 1970's onwards. The spectre of Schwitters practice of forming (Formung) and unforming (Entformung) is significant for my analysis of the dematerialisation of the art-work and artist, by processes of series and repetition, distance and proximity, movement and stasis. Although `travel' is a ubiquitous term, I continue to use it as a portmanteau, which carries with it the themes and `salient' features of a typology of artist's journeys. In a moment of perceived obsolescence as digital information systems engender a culture of `selective-amnesia', these thoughts have informed my work, which runs parallel to the artist case-studies, and the material transformation of the photographic image and found object
Use of the symbolic methods to explore the cognitive processes used by people to evaluate a sailing boat
No full textCommento dell'art. 16 disp. prel. c.c.. Introduzione alla l. 31 maggio 1995, n. 218. Commento degli artt. 13-19 e 57-74 della l. 31 maggio 1995, n. 218
No full textCommentario breve al codice civile, a cura di G. Cian e A. Trabucch
The multi-sensory sort (MuSeS): a new projective technique to investigate and improve the brand image
No full textPurpose – In the literature, there is a lack of tools able to catch the symbolic dimension of the brand image, which go beyond rational and emotional dimensions. This paper aims to find and test a new instrument, named “Multi-Sensory Sort” (MuSeS).
Design/methodology/approach – MuSeS, a direct methodology of exploring the consumer's symbolic universe and the unconscious expectations, is composed of a set of projective techniques based on multi-sensory stimuli.
Findings – The results showed how MuSeS allows one to collect in-depth data, otherwise difficult to obtain through other kinds of surveys.
Practical implications – MuSeS is able to measure both the consumers' perceptions about the brand image concept (its potentials) and the characteristics that the customer wishes to find in the brand image (brand image future development).
Originality/value – Most of the tools created to investigate the brand image are based on questionnaires with attitude scales; this assumes that the brand image is a conscious and fully verbalized construct. The paper started from another assumption, trying to measure the non-verbal and the unconscious brand image aspects, using instruments derived both from psychology and marketing
Under the Reputation Umbrella: an Integrative and Multidisciplinary Review for Corporate Image, Projected Image, Construed Image, Organizational Identity, and Organizational Culture
No full textPurpose of this paper: Currently, in literature, words such as “corporate image,” “projected image,”
“construed image,” “reputation,” “organizational identity,” and “organizational culture” are often
confused and superimposed. This creates a conceptual mismatch that leads to results that are hard to
compare. Moreover, this leads to difficulty in individuating the correct tools to investigate these
constructs. Part of this confusion is due to the lack of a framework shared by different literatures. The
aim of this paper is, firstly, to propose a reasoned review of the literatures related to these constructs.
Secondly, we propose a new framework and a standard terminology, in which reputation is the wider
construct that includes and relates to the others.
Design/methodology/approach: We did an extensive and multidisciplinary review in the twelve most
used databases within corporate communication, organizational psychology, marketing, organizational
studies, management, and business. A semiotic and relational approach was implemented as modus
operandi.
Findings: We built upon the previous literature clarifying labels and constructs and identifying a
standard terminology, on which future studies can refer to in order to facilitate a multidisciplinary
dialog along different disciplines.
What is original/value of paper: To the authors' knowledge, this is the first review that takes into
consideration all of these seven constructs together and relates them within one framework.
Moreover, it uses a novel approach in seeing “reputation” as an umbrella construct under which all the
other constructs are grouped and included
Distributional consequences of climate change impacts on residential energy demand across Italian households
No full textThe paper evaluates the macroeconomic and distributional implications for Italian households and regions of both climate change impacts and a carbon tax. We use a recursive-dynamic general equilibrium model to evaluate aggregate changes in prices, income and expenditure, and a sequential arithmetic micro-simulation module to downscale them to the household level. Climate change impacts are regressive, adding to the already regressive effects of a carbon tax. Wealthy households reduce expenditure on gas and petroleum fuels the most, whereas households in the lowest deciles increase electricity expenditure relatively more. Climate and policy impacts differ significantly also within income groups, reflecting regional variations in the size of climate shocks, the prevalent climate conditions, and the energy mix. We highlight a new emerging risk related to those households that will be exposed to higher temperatures and will not be able to sustain the electricity expenditure needed for adaptation, and we emphasize the importance of accounting for the distributional consequences of climate change impacts when designing climate policies
Il costo del credito bancario alla luce dell'art. 2-bis L. 2/2009 e della L. 102/2009: commissione di massimo scoperto, commissionedi affidamento, usura
No full textNote introduttive alle Sezioni II-V del Titolo II del Libro V del Codice civile
No full textIl contributo partendo dall'esame delle principali posizioni dottrinali e giurisprudenziali sulla qualificazione "agraria" del contratto, delinea l'evoluzione della disciplina codicistica in materia di contratti agrari ad opera della legislazione speciale successiva al codice civile, distinguendo il periodo che arriva fino all'entrata in vigore della l. 3 maggio 1982, n. 203, e quello successivo all'entrata in vigore di tale legge, soffermandosi specificamente sul tema degli gli accordi in deroga, alla luce delle più significative opinioni dottrinali e giurisprudenziali, ed infine un inquadramento generale delle disposizioni processuali
Note introduttive alle Sezioni II-V del Titolo II del Libro V del Codice civile
No full textLa nota introduttiva focalizza l’attenzione sulle principali posizioni dottrinali e giurisprudenziali sulla qualificazione "agraria" del contratto, delinea l'evoluzione della disciplina codicistica in materia di contratti agrari ad opera della legislazione speciale successiva al codice civile, distinguendo il periodo che arriva fino all'entrata in vigore della l. 3 maggio 1982, n. 203, e quello successivo all'entrata in vigore di tale legge, soffermandosi specificamente sul tema degli accordi in deroga, in particolare sui divieti posti dall’art.45, l. n. 203/2982 e sui limiti degli accordi in deroga, sull’assistenza delle organizzazioni professionali agricole di cui all’art.45, l. n. 203/1982, sulle conseguenze del mancato rispetto della procedura di cui all’art. 45, l. n. 203/1982, sulla forma degli accordi in deroga, ed infine offre un inquadramento generale delle disposizioni processuali relative alle controversie agrarie
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