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No full textLe autrici illustrano il senso del volume da loro curato, ripercorrendo alcuni nodi dell'odierno dibattito sulla metafora e sottolineando come quest'ultima si sia mostrata, alla luce di un confronto multidisciplinare, un luogo di ciristallizzazione di temi determinanti per la filosofia: una chiave per riflettere sui rapporti tra pensiero e linguaggio, percezione e concettualizzazione, verità e oggettività, conoscenza e creatività
Exploring pandemic metaphors in educational contexts: a survey on the language of teachers and educators in Reggio Emilia, Italy
Full text linkMetafore teatrali e alienazione nella "Storia della follia" di Michel Foucault
Full text linkThe paper proposes an interpretation of the institution of the asylum in Foucault’s History of Madness as the culmination of a narrative in which the madman appears as a character in various theatrical scenes and settings. According to this reading, the asylum is the place where the representation of the madman’s liberation is staged. Madman’s liberation has a paradoxical aspect in that its counterpart is the loss of identity and autonomous “truth” of madness. However, in the surreal setting of the asylum also emerges the possibility of questioning “otherness” with new awareness. In the background of this interpretation, a speculative reading of Foucault’s work is proposed which highlights the aspects of continuity with Hegelian philosophy.L’articolo propone un’interpretazione dell’istituzione dell’asile nella Storia della follia di Foucault come il culmine di una narrazione in cui il folle appare come personaggio in varie scene e ambientazioni teatrali. Secondo questa lettura, l’asilo è il luogo dove viene messa in scena la rappresentazione della liberazione del folle. La liberazione ha un aspetto paradossale in quanto la sua contropartita è la perdita dell’identità e della "verità" autonoma della follia. Tuttavia, nell’ambiente surreale dell’asilo emerge anche la possibilità di interrogare l’"alterità" con una nuova consapevolezza. Sullo sfondo di questa interpretazione, viene proposta una lettura speculativa dell’opera di Foucault che evidenzia gli aspetti di continuità con la filosofia hegeliana
Orizzonti di metodo per l'integrazione di sistemi fotovoltaici sul patrimonio architettonico
No full textThe issue of the use of renewable energy sources and the integration of devices for the generation of energy in architecture is a matter of great importance, especially considering the increasing potential of the available technologies and the request of an ever-increasing reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In this context, the topic of the integration of photovoltaic systems in historical buildings is particularly important, as also highlighted by recent studies and researches.
The paper presents a research work, developed during a Master's Degree Thesis at the University Iuav of Venice, which dealt with the theme of integration of photovoltaic systems in historical buildings, having as target the development of a tool for critical evaluation, usable both ex-ante (as a support during restoration and conservation projects), and ex-post (as an evaluation tool for projects already finished). Given the complexity of the topics, the aim of the research was not the development of a manual, but of a tool that can help architects to work on a case-by-case basis.
The research has therefore defined, as final result, a multicriterial evaluation form that architects can use as a decision support system to integrate photovoltaic systems in case of restoration and conservation of historical buildings, in order to manage the possible alteration of the aspect of buildings, especially concerning the impact of technical choices on the surfaces
Dialectics of Madness: Foucault, Hegel, and the Opening of the Speculative
No full textThis paper aims to offer a preliminary account of the continuity between Hegel’s speculative philosophy in the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) and Foucault’s archaeological and genealogical approach in the Histoire de la folie (1961). We seem to find a speculative dynamic in Foucault’s work, since his configuration of madness in the classical and modern age mark a path leading to self-awareness for Western rationality. Moreover, dialectical mediation seems at play in Foucault’s articulation of discourse: the encounter between poverty and unreason in the Hôpital and in Philippe Pinel’s asile can be considered as figures of dialectical movement. Further elements of continuity could be argued for based on the ways that “difference” and “discontinuity” take on enhanced meanings in the speculative context. The paper concludes by gesturing past continuity to outline some implications of how Hegel’s speculative opening looks beyond the dynamic of objectification
Stories about nature as aesthetic experience in science education
No full textIn recent decades, constructivist and cognitivist research recognized the important role played by imagination in science education. In particular, the potential of imaginative approaches to attract students to the scientific contents has been highlighted, in addition to the importance of routinely engaging learners’ imagination in everyday learning experiences. The function performed by emotions and, in particular, by the feeling of pleasure appears to be less investigated in scientific literature: it is still not clearly defined how it is possible to facilitate learning processes related to the scientific contents by making them more enjoyable. A branch of research is exploring the possibility of using metaphors and narratives for this purpose: to mobilize the emotional and affective dimension, integrating it with the logical one. This contribution aims to deepen the role that the feeling of pleasure can play in science education experiences in which metaphors and narratives are used systematically. There is an area in which the feeling of pleasure is intertwined in a paradigmatic way with the knowledge of peculiar elements: in the aesthetic experience, we consider an object (artistic or natural) to be beautiful to the extent that we perceive a feeling of pleasure aroused by it. In this regard, the more pleasant stories about nature are to read, the more effective they are in terms of educational effectiveness. Stories need to be not only clear, precise, explanatory; stories need in fact not only to be understood, but also aesthetically enjoyed. By taking “The Winter Story” as example (Fuchs, 2011), the paper focuses on the characters that make stories enjoyable. The pleasure of the text is indeed an essential ingredient in the narrative understanding of natural phenomena: the presence of metaphors, personifications, of a "grammar of stories", meaning the elements that are involved in the cognitive value of the narration
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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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