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Migration and Torture in Today’s World, by Fabio Perocco (ed.)
Full text linkThe article is a review of the volume Migration and Torture in Today’s World, curated by Fabio Perocco and published by Ca’ Foscari Editions in 2023
Knjižna ocena - Fabio Perocco (ed.), Migration and Torture in Today’s World Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, 2023, 290 pp.
No full textAt a particularly delicate historical juncture, namely, the post-pandemic one, where the topic of migration is regaining importance on different socio-political-economic levels, Migration and Torture in Today’s World brings to the center of research interest a concept inextricably linked to the migration phenomenon: torture. Through an analysis of torture in its broadest sense, including the inhuman and degrading treatment of migrants, this volume edited by Fabio Perocco—which follows the volume Torture and Migration (2019, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari)—compiles twelve contributions (including a rich introduction to the volume by Perocco himself) of heterogeneous content focusing on different perspectives on the correlation between migration and torture. Each author contributes through multi- and inter-disciplinary works to create a multidimensional analysis of the phenomenon, helping the reader to deconstruct the complexity of the different scientific approaches toward a common interpretative strand and a homogeneous reconstruction of the migration-torture theme
Tortura e Migrazioni/Torture and Migration, by Fabio Perocco (ed.)
Full text linkReviewing this volume edited by Fabio Perocco and published in open access version by University of Venice Ca’ Foscari Editions is no easy task. What makes it hard to sum up this work is not its length (430 pages), but rather its interdisciplinary approach, the depth of observations, the richness in contents and points of view, its geographical width. Yet, these aspects make the book fundamental for anyone willing to understand migratory movements in today’s world. Its main merit is having addressed, consistently and systematically, the close relation that has come to be, over the course of decades, between torture and migration. Such relation is no recent piece of news: for a long time, torture has been indicated as one of the most widespread reasons for leaving, one of the most frequent experiences lived along the migration path and, more and more often, a reality that migrants are forced to tackle in receiving countries. Nevertheless, the scientific narrative of such relation is often limited, fragmented and, sometimes, manipulated. Torture has thus far been studied systematically in relation to power (MacMaster 2004), wars and dictatorships (Hajjar 2013, Cohen 2005, Rejali 2009), it is considered as lying at the basis of modernity (Reemtsma 2012) or of the process of civilization (Linklater 2007), but never before it had been analyzed as a structured element of migration. Thus, the volume deserves to be recognized as paving the way for an innovative field of research
Book Review - Fabio Perocco (ed.), Migration and Torture in Today’s World Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, 2023, 290 pp.
No full textAt a particularly delicate historical juncture, namely, the post-pandemic one, where the topic of migration is regaining importance on different socio-political-economic levels, Migration and Torture in Today’s World brings to the center of research interest a concept inextricably linked to the migration phenomenon: torture. Through an analysis of torture in its broadest sense, including the inhuman and degrading treatment of migrants, this volume edited by Fabio Perocco—which follows the volume Torture and Migration (2019, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari)—compiles twelve contributions (including a rich introduction to the volume by Perocco himself) of heterogeneous content focusing on different perspectives on the correlation between migration and torture. Each author contributes through multi- and inter-disciplinary works to create a multidimensional analysis of the phenomenon, helping the reader to deconstruct the complexity of the different scientific approaches toward a common interpretative strand and a homogeneous reconstruction of the migration-torture theme
Cittadinanze: dalle merci alle persone
No full textIl saggio ricostruisce il collegamento fra lo spazio di libertà, sicurezza e giustizia e il mercato interno dell'Unione, entro il quale vige il principio della libertà di circolazione dei fattori della produzione
Call for papers / Journal Two Homelands: "Coronavirus and Migration. Discrimination, inequalities, resistance" — LIMITE : 30/09/2020
No full textThe International Journal Two Homelands launches the call for papers “CORONAVIRUS AND MIGRATION. Discrimination, inequalities, resistance”. Guest editors: Francesco Della Puppa – University of Venice, Fabio Perocco – University of Venice. Article submission: 30 September 2020. Call for papers - Coronavirus and MigrationTélécharge
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
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