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Federico Ruozzi, Il concilio in diretta. Il Vaticano II e la televisione tra informazione e partecipazione
No full textrecensione al volume di Federico Ruozzi, Il concilio in diretta. Il Vaticano II e la televisione tra informazione e partecipazione, Bologna, Il Mulino 201
A peste, fame, bello libera nos domine
No full textThis volume aims to take up the theme of the relationship between faith and pestilence, which, despite its topicality, is rooted in a long-term dimension that involves different areas of knowledge.
A markedly disciplinary look brings together historical, theological, political, and juridical analyses and thus allows to understand this relationship through paradigms, turning points, continuities, and discontinuities. Such a wide perspective makes it possible to observe how the theme has crossed ages and religions, from the fathers of the church, to medicine in medieval Islam, up to contem- porary times, with Ivan Illich’s harsh critique of forced medicalization and the issues that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic
Medieval Sanctuaries and Miraculous Images and Relics: Tracing the Gaze through Eye Trackers
No full textThis article is part of the research activities of the PNRR ITSERR project,
which seeks to apply new digital technologies to religious studies. Specifically focusing on gaze studies, we utilised Aria eye trackers provided by Meta to the team of computer engineers at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), with whom this study is being carried out. These devices can record the gaze of users who wear them, as well as identify the objects or spatial elements being observed, the user’s location, and the duration of their focus.
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the article explores the application of this technology to Catholic sacred spaces, specifically two sanctuaries in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines: the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bismantova (Reggio Emilia) and that of Saints Pellegrino and Bianco in Alpe (Modena).
By observing and analysing the gaze patterns of ten users – varying in age, profession, and religious orientation – the study examines how individuals engage with these sacred contexts, with particular attention to the Marian image and the relics of the saints
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