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    Sul termine inclusione

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    Inclusione è un termine che sempre più spesso viene associato ai temi della buona progettazione dello spazio pubblico, specialmente in relazione all’accessibilità fisica dell’ambiente urbano. Tuttavia, il concetto di inclusione va ben oltre a questa sua interpretazione, per certi versi riduttiva, poiché si occupa di tutti quegli aspetti che riguardano la sfera pubblica, cercando di migliorare la qualità della vita di tutte le persone che fruiscono dello spazio pubblico. È proprio sulle persone che si concentra la potenzialità dell’inclusione, poiché ricolloca gli utenti e i loro bisogni al centro del processo progettuale. Un nuovo approccio integrato di tipo inclusivo permetterebbe il passaggio da una progettazione rivolta a garantire la sola accessibilità dei luoghi, a una concezione pienamente inclusiva dell’azione progettuale, finalizzata a garantire l’effettivo benessere delle persone indipendentemente dal loro livello di abilità o background personale

    Inclusion, identity and cultural heritage: a bond of reciprocity

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    La società contemporanea occidentale sta attraversando diverse trasformazio- ni, le quali hanno portato a una rinnovata consapevolezza del ruolo dell’am- biente costruito sul benessere delle persone. Tra le esigenze che un approccio progettuale focalizzato sull’uomo deve soddisfare, l’identità costituisce uno dei diritti fondamentali della persona. Riconosciuto il patrimonio culturale come uno dei principali strumenti attraverso i quali è possibile promuovere processi di identificazione, l’intento di questo contributo è di analizzare cosa comporta rendere inclusive le risorse del patrimonio ed offrire nuovi spunti per assicurare il più alto livello possibile di partecipazione sociale. I risultati di questo studio reinterpretano così il rapporto reciproco tra identità, patrimo- nio culturale e inclusione, individuando in quest’ultima la chiave interpretati- va per una società più equa.Contemporary western society is facing several transformations, which have led to a renew awareness about the role of built environment on people’s well-being. Among the needs that a human-centered design approach must meet, identity represents one of a person’s fundamental rights. Acknowledg- ing cultural heritage as one of the main assets through which is possible to activate identification processes, the intention of this paper is to analyze what entails to make heritage resources inclusive and to offer new suggestions able to guarantee the highest possible level of social participation. The outcomes of the study thus reinterpret the mutual relationship between identity, cul- tural heritage and inclusion, identifying in the latter the key for a more equal society

    Inclusion: Looking for a new design approach for the development of the city for all

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    An interesting definition given to sustainability is “for everybody, forever”. Unfortunately, if we consider Italian cities, although many of them are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, they can not fit in this definition. First of all, in a world with aging population and where disability is no longer the exception, cities still present too many physical barriers that prevent people from using public space. Secondly cities have not been able to respond to the dynamism of migration flows and the progress of multiculturalism, causing episodes of inequality and social decay. Although these issues have always been at the center of the attention and the assumption underlying any design process is the identification and satisfaction of users’ needs, there are numerous project interventions that in recent years are not able to provide appropriate responses to these needs. For this reason, in particular for the city as the place of daily activities and social relations, it’s necessary a transition to a new design approach which ensures a fully inclusive view of the project and the effective well-being of people. Through the research it has been possible to define this new inclusive approach, which is primarily based on a cognitive phase to know users, their real needs and expectations. Then it’s necessary to define the tools for the development of a city for all, to be achieved through integrated design solutions, fitting to the different users’ skills. It’s also important to recognize the need for management actions to work alongside the architectural solutions to ensure their real effectiveness. In conclusion, this new design approach allows to obtain many benefits, from social to economic ones, but above all to rediscover the role of the city on the quality of people’s lives, especially in the Italian contest

    Innovative Accesibility Data Inventory Tools for Urban Environments in Historic Sites

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    : The development of the cognitive framework regarding the current performances of the historic built environment in physical accessibility plays a key role in the definition of inclusive design strategies. To this end, this paper presents the comparison between two survey methodologies: one based on an on-site investigation, and one based on a semi-automatic process, using artificial intelligence. The presentation of the two methods aims at describing the processes, underlining their potential outcomes, and the procedures for presenting and interpreting the data. The result is a set of observations to propose a strategy that integrates both the approaches, to exploit ICT in managing inclusive design processes

    Exploring Identities. Perspectives from a cross-disciplinary dialogue

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    Built and natural environments have always been the set where people engage and voice challenging relations, contradictory feelings, legacies of traditions and many other individual and collective expressions. The notion of identities has been used by academics in different research fields to study such dynamics, as well as the role of the urban space in fostering or resisting them. Particularly, many have focused on processes of urban transformation, although the tendencies of practical planning and design towards this topic have become increasingly confusing and conflicting. On these premises, this special issue of QU3 – iQuaderni di U3 has been structured as a cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars from different research fields. The aim has been to acknowledge different perspectives as an essential grounding from which starting a critical reflection of both theoretical and practical assumptions regarding identities. The reader will confront and actively participate in this dialogue which must guide us to a new understanding of those processes through which places, experiences and individuals may emerge

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

    Reviving heritage: an adaptive re-use proposal for Raimondo D'Aronco's Italian Embassy retreat villa

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    LAUREA MAGISTRALEQuesta tesi si concentra sul riuso adattivo della Villa dell’Ambasciata Italiana a Tarabya, Istanbul, un edificio storico progettato dal celebre architetto Raimondo D’Aronco. Il progetto propone la trasformazione della villa in un centro culturale e comunitario multifunzionale, mirato a preservare l’essenza storica della struttura integrando al contempo funzioni contemporanee. Inserita in un contesto di ricerca più ampio sul riuso adattivo nel campo della conservazione del patrimonio culturale e dell’architettura sostenibile, la tesi adotta una prospettiva comparativa tra i diversi approcci presenti in Turchia, Italia e Paesi Bassi. Attraverso questa analisi, lo studio esamina come i contesti socio-culturali, economici e normativi di ciascun paese contribuiscano a plasmare strategie di rivitalizzazione uniche per le strutture storiche. Il progetto per la Villa di Ritiro si propone di integrare le conoscenze acquisite dai diversi contesti nazionali e rappresenta un modello di innovazione interculturale nella conservazione del patrimonio, ponendo le basi per futuri interventi di design sostenibile.This thesis focuses on the adaptive re-use of the Italian Embassy’s Retreat Villa in Tarabya, Istanbul, a historic building designed by the celebrated architect Raimondo D’Aronco. The project proposes transforming the villa into a multifunctional cultural and community center, aiming to preserve the building’s historical essence while incorporating contemporary functions. Situated within a broader research context on adaptive re-use in the fields of cultural heritage conservation and sustainable architecture, this thesis adopts a comparative perspective on approaches in Turkey, Italy, and the Netherlands. Through this analysis, the study examines how the socio-cultural, economic, and regulatory contexts of each country contribute to shaping unique strategies for the revitalization of historic structures. The proposed project for the Retreat Villa seeks to integrate insights from the various national contexts, serving as a model of cross-cultural innovation in heritage conservation and establishing a foundation for future sustainable design interventions
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