123 research outputs found
Everyone is a Changemaker, but is Every Change the Right One? Assessing the Alignment Between Ashoka Fellows’ Missions and the Most Urgent Issues Affecting Their Countries
No full textEveryone is a Changemaker, but is Every Change the Right One? Assessing the Alignment Between Ashoka Fellows’ Missions and the Most Urgent Issues Affecting Their Countries
No full textInfanzia e fantasmi. La forma-racconto in Michele Mari
No full textThis article focuses on Michele Mari’s short-story production.
Throughout his collections, from Euridice aveva un cane (1993) to Fantasmagonia (2012), and especially in Tu, sanguinosa infanzia (1997), the author has created a fruitful dialogue of themes and styles by alternating the writing of short stories with the realization of novels and poems.
The effort to keep the past alive in the memory and in material objects, and the materialization of literature-inspired obsessions are the main axes of Mari’s narrative, despite the changes in form and in mode of expression.
We thus aim to explain how, by taking advantage of the narrative peculiarities of the short story form, Mari has succeeded in concentrating and deepening the literary reflections about a childhood imaginary whose dimension is always private and collective at the same time
L'autofiction italienne, enjeux, frontières, limites
No full textThis article discusses the topic of autofiction in Italy trying, through the analysis of particular literary forms that this tradition has produced, to investigate the specificity that it has acquired over the past thirty years. The purpose is to verify issues, boundaries and limits of this narrative practice as a new form of writing in relation to the specific Italian context.
Writers who have ventured in a so hazardous narrative form are heterogeneous and sometimes opposite in terms of age, style and ambition, so we can verify the reasons for a choice that, more or less consciously, turns required. By comparing the texts in which an autofictional device is set up, we will point out a common intention to authors: representing the contemporary Italian society and its anthropological mutations.
So, it seems that at a certain point this new device, imported from France in a vague and approximate way, was more powerful than conventional narrative forms to understand current Italy. However, from when can we talk about autofiction in Italy? Are there some significant precedents in the novelistic production of the twentieth century? Also, are the liberties taken by writers always needed? In reviewing the proto-autofictional texts of the Italian novelistic tradition of the past thirty years, we will try to show forms and themes specific to the national context, as well as their potential and their limits.
The inherent ambiguity of the voice that enounces the story reveals unprecedented potential for Italian writing, but also a dangerous risk. Infact, the author who tell about himself through narrative writing has to be aware that this means not only to change facts but also to reinvent the perception of himself and of the world in which he lives.Cet article aborde le sujet de l'autofiction en Italie en essayant, à travers l'analyse des formes littéraires particulières que cette tradition a produites, d’enquêter sur la spécificité qu'elle a acquise au cours des trente dernières années. Il s'agira donc de vérifier les enjeux, les frontières et les limites de cette pratique narrative en tant que forme d'écriture nouvelle par rapport au contexte spécifique italien.
Si les écrivains qui se sont risqués dans une forme de narration si hasardeuse sont hétérogènes et parfois opposés quant à leur âge, leur style, leur ambition, il est possible de vérifier les raisons d'un choix qui, de façon plus ou moins consciente, s'avère obligé. En comparant les textes dans lesquels
est mis en place un dispositif autofictionnel, nous dégagerons une intention commune aux auteurs: représenter la société italienne contemporaine et ses mutations anthropologiques.
Il semble donc qu'à un certain moment ce nouveau dispositif importé de France de manière vague et approximative était plus efficace que les formes classiques de narration pour saisir l'Italie d'aujourd'hui. Toutefois, à partir de quand pouvons-nous parler d'autofiction en Italie? Y-a-t-il des précédents significatifs dans la production romanesque du XXe siècle? De plus, les libertés que les écrivains prennent sont-elles toujours nécessaires? En passant en revue les textes proto-autofictionnels de la tradition romanesque italienne des trente dernières années, nous essayerons de montrer les formes et les thèmes propres au contexte national, ainsi que leurs potentialités et leurs limites.
L’ambiguïté intrinsèque de la voix qui énonce le récit révèle une potentialité inédite pour l'écriture italienne, mais aussi un risque redoutable. Il faut être conscient que se raconter à travers l'écriture narrative signifie non seulement modifier les faits mais aussi réinventer la perception qu'on a de
soi-même et du monde que l'on habite.
Ainsi, le mensonge narratif, c'est-à-dire la fiction, peut-il dire la vérité mieux que n'importe quel récit factuel
Il regno animale delle paludi tra realtà e immaginazione. La tradizione favolistica
No full textLa tradizione favolistica latina restituisce descrizioni di paesaggi che mostrano talvolta caratteristiche fisiche simili a quelle presentate dalle fonti trattatistiche per contesti reali. Il popolamento animale della palude nelle favole può contribuire alla trasformazione di quei paesaggi concreti in
paesaggi mentali dai significati nascosti. In questa prospettiva, il contributo analizza il popolamento animale delle paludi nelle favole, concentrando in particolare l’attenzione su Phaedr. 1, 2. In questo testo, il paesaggio paludoso e la presenza in esso delle rane potrebbero adombrare allusioni
alla società e alla politica coeve all’Autore.The Latin fable tradition returns landscape descriptions that sometimes display physical features similar to those given by treatises for real contexts. The animal populating of the marshes in the fables can contribute to the transformation of those real landscapes into mental ones with hidden meanings. In this perspective, this paper aims to analyse the animal populating of marshes in fables, focusing on Phaedr. 1, 2. In this text, the marshy landscape and the presence of frogs in it could allude to society and politics from the time of the Author
The transformational impact of EMU and the global financial crisis. CEPS Policy Brief No. 228/December 2010
No full textThis Policy Brief argues that some important considerations are missing in the current heated debate in the eurozone on bail-outs and bail-ins, the size of liquidity facilities and the terms of a crisis resolution mechanism. It is organised in three sections, the first of which surveys the diverse outcomes since the launch of the euro. This illustrates how the benefits the euro can generate depend on the degree of openness, flexibility and income correlation among euro area countries: these are economic concepts which over time are affected by policies. The second section reviews the main failings and fault lines that brought about the current sovereign crisis. The third section postulates that to exit the crisis we need to unravel the factors behind each fault line. The author argues that the achievements of EMU are to some extent interlinked with the crisis and stresses the need to explain what EMU can and cannot do and the rationale for its unique governance
A Rare Case of Collision Tumours of the Ovary: An Ovarian Serous Cystadenoma Coexisting with Fibrothecoma
No full textThe incidence of epithelial tumours of the ovary ranges from 9–17 per 100,000 and is the highest in high-income countries, with the exception of the Japan. The coexistence of neoplastic Müllerian epithelial and sex cord-stromal elements within a single tumour is extremely rare. We describe the case of a 74-year-old woman with a voluminous left adnexal formation. Pre-operative assessment with ultrasound evaluation made a suspicious diagnosis of benignity of the lesion. Bilateral salpingo-ovariectomy was performed. Intraoperative frozen section analysis results in the diagnosis of fibrothecoma in the context of serous cystadenoma. The diagnosis is confirmed by histological examination. Some authors suggest labelling this phenomenon as collision tumours
Occupational psoriasis after exposure to rockwool
No full textRockwool belongs to the class of manmade vitreous fibers (MMVFs) or synthetic vitreous fibers (SVF), that are made primarily of glass, rock, slag, or clay and are classified in four general groups: glass filaments, mineral wool, refractory ceramic fibers, and fibers for special purposes. Mineral wool, including rockwool, glass wool, and slag wool, contains masses of entangled vitreous fibers with no visible three-dimensional order, of diameters ranging from 0.2 to about 10 μm. In some situations, SVF materials can release airborne fibers, some of which are small enough to be respirable. Thus, workers may be exposed to SVFs by skin contact and/or by inhalation. Rockwool fibers, like the other SVFs, are used widely as insulating materials in residential and industrial settings. They may irritate the skin of workers engaged in manufacturing, fabricating, or installing SVF products through direct handling and contact with contaminated clothes and personal protective equipment. This irritation is a mechanical reaction to sharp, broken ends of fibers that rub against, or become embedded in, the outer layer of the skin. Typically, the irritation can be relieved by washing exposed skin gently with warm water and mild soap, and disappears in a few days. In 2009, the EU changed the classification of MMVF products, and removed the old risk definition for chemical substances R38 (irritating to the skin) and the new hazard statements H315 (causes skin irritation), without considering the mechanical hazard linked to the exposure to these fibers. To our knowledge, we describe the first case of occupational psoriasis induced by rockwool
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients involuntarily hospitalized in an Italian psychiatric ward: a 1-year retrospective analysis
No full textBackground: In Italy, psychiatric compulsory treatments are regulated by Law 180 of 13-5-1978 that establishes three criteria: 1) acute psychiatric conditions requiring urgent treatment, 2) patient’s refusal of treatment, 3) inpatient treatment is necessary and cannot be postponed. Aim: To highlight demographic and clinical risk factors for involuntary treatments. Methods: We retrospectively collected all hospitalizations in the Service of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment of a northern Italian town from 1-1-2015 to 31-12-2015. We statistically compared demographic and clinical variables related to voluntarily and involuntarily admitted patients and their hospitalizations. Results: We divided our sample into patients voluntarily hospitalized (PVH=236) and involuntarily (PIH=160) according to their voluntary (VH= 304) and involuntary (IH=197) hospitalizations. PIH were older than PVH and, more frequently, lived alone and were unemployed (p<0.001). “Acute worsening of psychopathology” for IH and “Suicidality” for VH were the prevalent reasons (p<0.001). IH was longer than VH (p<0.001). Among PIH, the most frequent diagnoses were
“Schizophrenia and Other Psychosis” (ICD-9-CM) and “Ineffective Impulse Control + Disturbed Personal Identity” (NANDA-I) (p<0.001). During hospitalizations, PIH more often than PVH presented aggressive behavior (p<0.001). At discharge, PIH were more frequently sent to another psychiatric ward or protected facility with long-acting injectable antipsychotics (p<0.001). Conclusions: Our involuntarily admitted patients were affected by severe psychiatric disorders with social maladjustment and required complex therapeutic and rehabilitative programs to counteract aggressive behaviour, poor therapeutic compliance and prolonged hospitalizations. The assessment of patients’ characteristics can help clinicians recognize who are at risk for compulsory treatment and prevent it
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