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The frescoes of the Novalesa abbey complex, from restoration to preventive conservation through non-destructive diagnostics
No full textThe work presented shows the initial results of an interdisciplinary project focusing on actions necessary for the implementation of strategic maintenance plans to achieve preventive conservation of heritage systems.
Started in May 2021, the project aims to assess and tune strategies for the prevention and mitigation of degradation phenomena affecting four historical buildings belonging to the architectonical site of the Novalesa abbey (Turin), with a particular focus on its medieval frescoes. It involves different professional actors (restorers, architects, conservation diagnostic scientists, and art historians) as well as the area's inhabitants.
Based on the results of studies conducted over time on the wall paintings in the Chapel of St. Eldradus, one of the most important examples of Romanesque art in north-western Italy, the work methodology was extended to other areas of the monastery complex in need of attention. The apse of the church, the Chapels of St. Michael and the aforementioned St. Eldradus, and finally the so-called 'Camera Stellata' are now the subject of research in terms of the correlation between environmental conditions and the deterioration of the wall paintings, through the use of scientific nDT techniques and various types of analysis.
The project deployed a system to collect the needed knowledge while managing the operations related to the preventive conservation plan (as i.e. salt extraction, local consolidation, etc.) and it is tended to be an asset supporting the project according to ICCROM and ICOMOS. Furthermore, the project is committed to involve the communities through dissemination initiatives.
The Novalesa project was activated in the framework of PRIMA initiative funded by Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, having also the financial support of Città Metropolitana di Torino and Benedettini Congregation. The project operates under the supervising of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Città Metropolitana di Torino
Knowledge Café: Open Data in the forefront: driving policy decisions for climate justice
No full textAs per tradition, OpenAIRE will actively contribute to the International Open Access Week 2022 initiatives with interactive sessions and thought-provoking panel discussions connected to the theme of this year “Open for Climate Justice”.
Knowledge Café:
Open Data in the forefront: driving policy decisions for climate justice
During this session, discussion will be focused on how open access is contributing to Climate Justice at policy level. Why is the scientific contribution fundamental for policymakers? Natalia Manola, CEO of OpenAIRE, will interview experts who are fully involved in using the open data to support strategic policy decisions to understand what the current status of opening data is and what they envision in the future.
Speakers:
- Cecilia Cabello, Director of Operations, FECYT, Spain, IntelComp Project
- Antonio Filograna, Senior Researcher at Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A, Italy, DECIDO Project
- Davide Prette, CEO of Kpeople Research Foundation, Malta, DECIDO Project
- Fabio Perossini, Kpeople Research Foundation in Malta
- Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, AUEB & DTU, Director SDU, ATHENA RC, Lead of Living Lab on Climate Changen - IntelComp Project
Moderator:
- Natalia Manola, CEO, OpenAIRE
Recording also in Youtube - https://youtu.be/6vD4UtTt08
The Poem of Memory. "Triumphi"
No full textWriting of the "Triumphi" Fabio Finotti finds that its author undercuts a medieval idea of ascent to God in the structural progression from Love to Chastity, Death, Fame, Time, and Eternity. Here Petrarch programmatically counters Dante, transforming a universal, eschatological vision into a subjective, cultural and psychological experience
Fabio Tronchetti
No full textFabio Tronchetti is an Associate Professor of Law at the School of Law of the Harbin Institute of Technology, People’s Republic of China, where he also serves as Director of the International Law Department. Since January 2014 he works as an Adjunct Professor of Comparative National Space Law at the the School of Law of the University of Mississippi, United States. Earlier in his career he was Lecturer and Academic Coordinator at the International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University, the Netherlands.
Professor Tronchetti is regularly invited to give lectures at several European and Chinese Universities, including the Cologne University (Germany), the Leiden University (the Netherlands) and the Beihang University (Beijing, China) and has participated as a speaker at numerous international conferences.
Prof. Tronchetti’s scholarly is primarily in the areas of international space law and public international law. His publications include two books and more than 20 articles in internationally peer-reviewed space law and policy journals, such as Space Policy, the German Journal of Air and Space Law, the Journal of Space Law, etc.
He holds a PhD in International Space Law (Leiden University) and an Advanced LL.M in International Relations (Bologna University, Italy). He is Member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), European Centre for Space Law (ECSL), and the Asian Society of International Law (ASIL). He is the recipient of the 2007 Diederiks-Verschoor award for the best paper submitted by an author not older than 40 years to the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) during the 58th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF).https://commons.erau.edu/stm-images/1076/thumbnail.jp
Per un ritratto di André Tosel
No full textIn memory of André Tosel, who passed away last March 14th in his hometown Nice, «Gramsciana» publishes an article on Gramsci in France that he had sent to this journal as a contribution to the section «My Gramsci». The editor, Fabio Frosini, prefaces the text with a quick portrait of Tosel as a philosophy professor, an influential Marxist intellectual, a critic of contemporary capitalism, as well as the author of landmark books on Spinoza, Kant and Marx and, above all, one of the most important Gramsci scholars of the last 50 years
Diagnosis and analysis as the first steps in a turnaround management process model
No full textAuthor Fabio Damm, BScDiplomarbeit Universität Linz 201
La visión científica del Dr. Fabio Castillo Figueroa
No full textHaving as main source the memories of the hours he spent with Fabio Castillo, the author of this article analyzes the components of the scientific vision of the illustrious former rector of the University of El Salvador. The thought of Fabio Castillo can be divided into his historical, agrarian, political-educational ideas, as well as those referring to the university institution. His project, still in force, transcends the university classrooms, his main aspiration was to transform the unjust Salvadoran reality.Teniendo como principal fuente las memorias de las horas que pasó con Fabio Castillo, el autor de este artículo analiza las componentes de la visión científica del ilustre ex rector de la Universidad de El Salvador. El pensamiento de Fabio Castillo se puede dividir en sus ideas históricas, agrarias, política-educativa, así como las referentes a la institución universitaria. Su proyecto, todavía vigente, trasciende las aulas universitarias, su principal aspiración era transformar la injusta realidad salvadoreña
Understanding politics and society
No full textThis book presents political sociology as a connective social science that studies political phenomena by creating fruitful connections with other perspectives. The relationship between politics and society is more complex than ever due to the emergence of new power structures, forms of conflict organization and management, and social practices of political participation. Several scholars describe this historical phase as the 'de-politicization of representative politics'. The book addresses classical themes of and approaches to political sociology, but also dedicates several chapters to contemporary developments within political sociology, including, for instance, the role of the internet and bottom-up political communication in social movements. In addition, the volume acts as a professional tool for those scholars and researchers that are beginning to study political processes from a sociological perspective.
"This book joins a growing trend in both sociology and political science: After a phase in which the former turned to economics for its models, and the latter became increasingly presentist and non-comparative, both political scientists and sociologists have returned to their traditional juncture. This book links the two fields, with a deep historical and comparative approach and an encyclopedic bibliography. Ranging from Marx and Weber to the impacts of globalisation and social movements, it will be of great interest to specialists and students alike in both disciplines."
(Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University, USA)
"Such a book is urgently needed. Fabio de Nardis’ contribution is remarkable in his effort to bridge political sciences and sociology. This is a book that lays the foundations for a new 'connective social science'. The account of the co-evolution between politics and society is not only encompassing, by reflecting the encyclopedic knowledge of the author, but it is also thrilling in the way it draws on comparative insights from different disciplines and country contexts. Ultimately, the author is clear in his intent that the new reality of globalisation and the urgent political challenges it poses also call for a global re-orientation of a discipline: a political sociology for the emerging global society and politics."
(Hans-Jörg Trenz, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"This timely and erudite book masterfully demonstrates that, in order to understand current developments in politics, we must (re)turn to political sociology. Fabio de Nardis forcefully argues how we can build on its vast and diverse theoretical traditions, commitment to comparative empirical research and capacity to dialogue with other social sciences. The book will be extremely valuable to scholars to learn how the discipline has tackled key issues in state-society relations but also grasp contemporary tensions in a globalised era from populism and territorial cleavages to the IT revolution."
(Virginie Guiraudon, Sciences Po, Paris, France)
"The field of political sociology interconnects politics and society in several arenas, which growing but often unrelated bodies of literature have studied. This book is unique in identifying these multiple and complex interconnections, describing and examining the key research traditions and presenting them in a clear and systematic manner. It shows how politics is increasingly taking place in multiple societal domains and therefore how an interdisciplinary approach is needed to capture its multiple manifestations. Fabio de Nardis integrates many of the best insights from the fields of politics and sociology. First-rate awareness of these related subjects and the ability to interconnect them in such different domains as political communication, political parties and civil society organisations is the hallmark of this book, which makes it appealing to a broad audience."
(Carlo Ruzza, University of Trento, Italy
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