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Amiri Baraka. Ritratto dell'artista in nero
No full text"Amiri Baraka. Ritratto dell’artista in nero" costituisce un ritratto essenziale di Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka, autore ininterrottamente sulle scene della cultura americana sin dagli anni cinquanta, considerato uno dei maggiori poeti e intellettuali afroamericani del secondo Novecento.
Il volume propone da un lato una riflessione a più voci che coinvolge studiosi di diverso ambito e orientamento – italiani, francesi e americani – tutti ugualmente convinti della necessità di rendere conto del valore e della ricchezza di questo personaggio scomodo e affascinante, sempre intenso e culturalmente vivace, e dall’altro una ricca antologia di testi in prosa e in versi, finora inediti in italiano, che tracciano un diagramma della sua attività quarantennale.
Dopo un apprendistato tra le fila della bohéme beat del Greenwich Village, Leroi Jones divenne famoso come autore di "Blues People", saggio pubblicato nel 1963, poi tradotto nel 1968 per Einaudi con il titolo "Il popolo del blues".
Nei quarant’anni successivi LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka ha pubblicato una ventina di raccolte di poesia, inciso numerosi dischi, dato vita a una quantità di testi teatrali, diverse opere-jazz, otto volumi di saggi, almeno un paio di romanzi, parecchi racconti e chissà quant’altro e, in qualità di performer, ha collaborato con i maggiori jazzisti americani.
Ha ricevuto diversi importanti premi e riconoscimenti.
Vive, insieme alla moglie, la poetessa Amina Baraka, nella nativa Newark, nel New Jersey.
INDICE DEL VOLUME
Franco Minganti, Introduzione: Next stop... Baraka
Avvertenza e ringraziamenti
Julie Ezelle Patton, Notes for Some (Nominally) Awake
Nota
SAGGI
Christian Béthune, Il jazz e l’Occidente
Giampiero Cane, Blues People 1963-2006
John Gennari, I blues bohémien di Baraka
Marcello Lorrai, Black Music
Nathaniel Mackey, Lo stesso che cambia. La musica nera nella poesia di Amiri Baraka
Paul Vangelisti, La coscienza della comunicazione
Luigi Ballerini, Noterella in margine ad alcuni testi di Baraka
Amanda Nadalini, “Trova il tuo Io, poi uccidilo”. La performance di Baraka come spazio della ricomposizione e del conflitto
Giorgio Rimondi, Glossario barakiano
Giose Rimanelli, Per Emiri Baraka ode a Calliope
Andrea Ravagnan, Bibliografia ragionata
AMIRI BARAKA, UNA ANTOLOGIA
Da Tales (1967): Gli urlatori
Da Black Music (1968): L’oscura signora dei sonetti; Il jazz e il critico bianco; Lo stesso che cambia
Pagine dall’Autobiografia (1984)
Da Transbluesency (1995): Nella tradizione; Il costume dell’Angelo mascherato; Per Willie Best; Otello Junior
Da Eulogies (1996): Quando Miles s’è squagliato!; Sun Ra
Later Trane (2003)
Da Diggin’ (2006): Griot/Djali; Il Sommo Sacerdote del bebop; Ritmo; La musica nera come forza di cambiamento sociale.
Note bio-bibliografiche degli autori
Inserto fotografico di Charles Traub e Emiliano Ner
I nomi parlanti nel romanzo Il demone meschino di Fëdor Sologub
No full textThis study aims to demonstrate how the use of speaking names in F. Sologub’s
novel The Petty Demon (1907) enhances the text by establishing meaningful semantic connections. Through the strategic application of onomastics, the author introduces new layers of meaning that enrich the overall significance of the work. Several
notable examples will be presented to illustrate this point, including a speaking
name in the literal sense (Varvara), a name with predictive qualities (Volodin), and
a name linked to Russian folklore (the demon Nedotykomka)
Mercury transport in stream sediments from a former mining area to the sea: the case of the Fiora River basin, Southern Tuscany, Italy
No full textMercury (Hg) is a top-priority contaminant at a global scale due to its high toxicity, mobility, and persistence
in the environment. It was observed that remobilization of Hg polluted soils and sediments represents the
main source of Hg release in mining areas. The Monte Amiata Mining District (MAMD, Southern Tuscany)
represented the 3rd largest Hg producer worldwide (Nannoni et al., 2022). Previous works studied Hg dispersion
into fluvial ecosystem from the MAMD through the Paglia River catchment (SE sector of the MAMD) and to
the Mediterranean Sea, proving that this mining area is a persistent source of pollution and that the Paglia River
has a low resilience to Hg pollution (Rimondi et al., 2019; Fornasaro et al., 2022a, Fornasaro et al., 2022b). The
contribution of the Fiora River basin (S sector of the MAMD) to the dispersion of Hg-polluted sediments and
its temporal variability is presented here. The Fiora River originates on the S flank of Mount Amiata and flows
for 80 km towards the Mediterranean Sea. Fifty-one stream sediment samples were collected in 2022: a) 15
samples were taken along the main course of the Fiora River, b) 27 on the secondary creeks draining abandoned
mining areas, and c) 9 samples along the Fiora River tributaries that do not drain the mining areas. The total
Hg content (Hgt) of the samples were compared with the data obtained in 1985 by the RIMIN company (E.N.I.
Group) in the Tuscan section of the river catchment. The 2022 sampling also included the downstream part of
the Fiora River down to the outlet in the Latium region. Hgt varied between 0.4 and 3300 mg/kg, with mean
and median values of 111.1 and 3.7 mg/kg, respectively. The RIMIN data in the same sites showed a wider
range of Hgt (0.5-6450 mg/kg), a higher mean value (592 mg/kg) and a median (3.8 mg/kg) similar to that of
the 2022 sampling campaign. Both samplings showed that Hgt frequently exceeded the Italian law limit for
residential, public green and agricultural soil (1 mg/kg) and the highest Hgt values were found in the NE part
of the catchment, i.e., along the tributaries that drain the Abetina-Solforate (AS) mining site (up to 3300 mg/kg
in 2022). Between 1985 and 2022, Hgt decreased in the AS area and along the secondary tributaries that drain
the other former mines. The samples collected in the non-mining areas showed Hgt ranging from 0.4 to 3.5 mg/
kg. Sediments along the main course of the Fiora River showed Hgt above 1 mg/kg, with most of the highest
values (30-39 mg/kg) in the downstream segment, close to the outflow in the Mediterranean Sea.
This study demonstrates that a) the Fiora River gives a significant contribution to the transport of Hg
towards the sea, and b) this river catchment has a low resilience to Hg pollution, similarly to the Paglia River,
since the contamination did not decrease significantly in the last 40 years.
Fornasaro S., Morelli G., Rimondi V., Fagotti C., Friani R., Lattanzi P. & Costagliola P. (2022a) - Mercury distribution
around the Siele Hg mine (Mt. Amiata district, Italy) twenty years after reclamation: Spatial and temporal variability
in soil, stream sediments, and air. J. Geochem. Explor., 232, 106886.
Fornasaro S., Morelli G., Rimondi V., Fagotti C., Friani R., Lattanzi P. & Costagliola P. (2022b) - The extensive mercury
contamination in soil and legacy sediments of the Paglia River basin (Tuscany, Italy): interplay between Hg-mining
waste discharge along rivers, 1960s economic boom, and ongoing climate change. J. Soils Sediments, 22(2), 656-671.
Nannoni A., Meloni F., Benvenuti M., Cabassi J., Ciani F., Costagliola P., Fornasaro S., Lattanzi P., Lazzaroni M., Nisi B.,
Morelli G., Rimondi V. & Vaselli O. (2022) - Environmental impact of past Hg mining activities in the Monte Amiata
district, Italy: A summary of recent studies. AIMS Geosci., 8(4), 525-551.
Rimondi V., Costagliola P., Lattanzi P., Morelli G., Cara G., Cencetti C., Fagotti C., Fredduzzi A., Marchetti G., Sconocchia
A. & Torricelli S. (2019) - A 200 km-long mercury contamination of the Paglia and Tiber floodplain: Monitoring
results and implications for environmental management. Environ. Pollut., 255, 113191
Suspended load and mercury pollution: towards a simple method to measure Hg flux from the Monte Amiata Mining District (Southern Tuscany, Italy)
No full textMining activities produce huge amounts of waste material heavily polluted by toxic elements. Over
time, these wastes can pollute fluvial ecosystems due to runoff. Moreover, mining can significantly alter
river morphology by modifying sediments supply, erosion, transport, and (re-) deposition. The interplay
between geomorphic processes (e.g., flooding events) and anthropic activities plays an important role in the
contaminants redistribution across the environment, even at long range. Mercury (Hg) is listed as a critical
contaminant due to its high toxicity, mobility, and persistence in the environment. Its use is progressively
banned, and Hg mining is limited to a few countries. However, legacy mine wastes are still releasing Hg into
the environment, particularly to fluvial ecosystems. The Monte Amiata Mining District (MAMD, Southern
Tuscany) was the 3rd largest Hg producer worldwide. The Paglia River (PR) drains the SE sector of the MAMD
and its catchment covers an area of 1320 km2. The widespread Hg pollution of this river basin and its low
resilience to contamination was demonstrated in previous studies. Disastrous flooding events remobilized and
redistributed massive amounts of polluted sediments across the catchment (Colica et al., 2019). The Hg flux
discharged by PR to the Tiber River, and ultimately to the Mediterranean Sea, was estimated around 11kg/y
(Rimondi et al., 2019; Fornasaro et al., 2022a; Fornasaro et al., 2022b). However, this estimate is based on
spot samplings throughout the year. In this study, the relationship between Hg transported by particulate (Hgp)
and total suspended solids (TSS) for PR was investigated to set up a method for the calculation of Hg fluxes
from TSS monitoring. Water samples were collected during low and high river discharge. Samples were taken
along the PR, upstream and downstream of the Elvella creek confluence (ECC), a tributary that is not polluted
by Hg, in order to evaluate its effects on the Hg budget. The samples were filtered and the TSS collected on
the filters were analyzed for Hg. TSS ranged between 1.3 and 621.4 mg/L, whereas Hg varied between 0.8
and 321.8 ng/L. The highest Hg and TSS values were measured during the recession phase of flooding events,
whereas the lowest ones were found during low flow conditions. A linear relationship was found between Hg
and TSS. Hg was higher in the upstream samples than in those collected downstream the ECC, confirming
that Hg source is the heavily polluted PR basin. The relationship between the two parameters could be applied
to the indirect, continuous measurement of Hg fluxes discharged by PR with an automated TSS/turbidity
sensor. Such monitoring would allow assessing the variability of Hg pollution across the PR basin in real time
especially in case of flooding, that are expected to become more frequent due to climate change, leading to an
increase of Hg delivery to the Tiber River and ultimately to the Mediterranean Sea.
Colica A., Benvenuti M., Chiarantini L., Costagliola P., Lattanzi P., Rimondi V. & Rinaldi M. (2019) - From point source
to diffuse source of contaminants: The example of mercury dispersion in the Paglia River (Central Italy). Catena, 172,
488-500.
Fornasaro S., Morelli G., Costagliola P., Rimondi V., Lattanzi P. & Fagotti C. (2022a) - Total Mercury Mass Load from
the Paglia–Tiber River System: The Contribution to Mediterranean Sea Hg Budget. Toxics, 10(7), 395.
Fornasaro S., Morelli G., Rimondi V., Fagotti C., Friani R., Lattanzi P. & Costagliola P. (2022b) - The extensive mercury
contamination in soil and legacy sediments of the Paglia River basin (Tuscany, Italy): interplay between Hg-mining
waste discharge along rivers, 1960s economic boom, and ongoing climate change. J. Soils Sediments, 22(2), 656-671.
Rimondi V., Costagliola P., Lattanzi P., Morelli G., Cara G., Cencetti C., Fagotti C., Fredduzzi A., Marchetti G., Sconocchia
A. & Torricelli S. (2019) - A 200 km-long mercury contamination of the Paglia and Tiber floodplain: Monitoring
results and implications for environmental management. Environ. Pollut., 255, 113191
The complex handling of historical contaminated sites: the case of the world-class Mt. Amiata district (Italy)
No full textGlobal population growth and industrialization have driven the demand for material resources with a
staggering growth in the decades after the World War II and at the beginning of 21st century. However, mining
activities inevitably cause environmental degradation, including contamination of watersheds by mercury
(Hg). Mercury affects human health as well as the terrestrial and marine biodiversity.
Close to historical mining sites, river self-restoration (i.e., without any management) is incompatible
to human timescales, because Hg remains stored within floodplains for decades to millennia. In contrast,
complete remediation of watersheds is often economically unstainable because of the extent of contamination
that crosses regional and national borders (e.g., Grygar et al., 2022). This paper presents results of recent
studies on the Paglia-Tiber River (PTR, Italy) watershed, affected by a long and intense mining exploitation,
as an example of environmental degradation due to lack of management strategies. The nature and the extent
of contamination suggest that no clean-up strategies are feasible from an economic and social point of view.
The PTR receives part of the drainage from the world-class Mt. Amiata Hg district, where production ended in
1980s. Longitudinally, sediments of PTR are contaminated (Hg >1 mg/kg, as defined by the Italian law) for 200
km up to the city of Rome (Rimondi et al., 2019). Transversally, the Hg contamination area affects all the Paglia
River floodplain, and extends up to the pre-anthropic Pleistocene fluvial terraces. Such distribution resulted from
the interplay of Hg mining, that fed the floodplain with large amounts of Hg-contaminated sediments during
the braided stage of the river (end of 1800-mid-1950s), and the subsequent morphological changes of the river
after 1960, induced by anthropogenic activities like gravel mining, that led to the present-day single-channel
morphology (Fornasaro et al., 2022). Most of Hg is now stacked in overbank sediments at a higher level than
the present-day watercourse. Conservative estimates indicate that at least 60 tons of Hg are contained in the
sediments of the first 40 km of the Paglia River course (Colica et al., 2019). Under high flow conditions, and
especially in coincidence with intense rain events, large amounts of Hg stored in the overbank sediments are
physically mobilized and redistributed along the PTR and eventually to the Mediterranean Sea. Extreme weather
events, expected to intensify for climate change, will further exacerbate these processes. In similar settings,
given the impossibility of total remediation, mitigation strategies must be found to guarantee that the coexistence
between humans and Hg contamination occurs at minimum risk. With respect to the PRT, ongoing studies are
evaluating the potential role of poplar trees plantation along the riverbanks to favour the physical retention of Hgrich
particles from the overbanks. A side benefit would be biomass recovery for energy production.
Colica A., Benvenuti M., Chiarantini L., Costagliola P., Lattanzi P., Rimondi V. & Rinaldi M. (2019) - From point source
to diffuse source of contaminants: the example of mercury dispersion in the Paglia River (Central Italy). Catena, 172,
488-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.08.043.
Fornasaro S., Morelli G., Rimondi V., Fagotti C., Friani R., Lattanzi P. & Costagliola P. (2022) -The extensive mercury
contamination in soil and legacy sediments of the Paglia River basin (Tuscany, Italy): interplay between Hg-mining
waste discharge along rivers, 1960s economic boom,and ongoing climate change. J. Soil. Sediment., 22(2), 656-671.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-021-03129-0.
Grygar T.M., Hošek M., Navrátil T., Bednárek J., Hönig J., Elznicová J., Pacina J., Rohovec J., Sedláček J. & Sass O.
(2022) - Lessons learnt from the revitalisation of chemical factory in Marktredwitz and riverbanks downstream: when
‘renaturation’ can be harmful. Water-SUI, 14, 3481. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14213481.
Rimondi V., Costagliola P., Lattanzi P., Morelli G., Cara G., Cencetti C., Fagotti C., Fredduzzi A., Marchetti G., Sconocchia
A. & Torricelli S. (2019) - A 200 km-long mercury contamination of the Paglia and Tiber floodplain: Monitoring
results and implications for environmental management. Environ. Pollut., 255(1), 113191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
envpol.2019.113191
Barbera F., Cersosimo D., De Rossi A. (a cura di). Contro i borghi. Il Belpaese che dimentica i paesi. Donzelli: Roma, 2022.
No full textLa costruzione di una reale abitabilità dei territori deve muovere da un rinnovato sforzo di analisi della loro condizione di fragilità, della debolezza strutturale e simbolica che scontano rispetto a economie e immaginari urbani. In questo senso, la prospettiva critica proposta in Contro i borghi rappresenta un punto di partenza dal grande potenziale generativ
L'ecoturismo nelle aree interne come proposta anticrisi
No full textThe tourism industry has been growing since the end of WWII (as shown by UNWTO data), apart from some short stops during dramatic events such as the September 11, 2001 attack or the Sars Cov2 virus discovery. Tourism, however, has always shown a strong resilience in the medium and long run, after the first moments of flows disruption. Nowadays, the planet is facing many intertwined crises, as the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Sars Cov2 pandemic and the ongoing ecological crisis. Therefore, a reflection is due on which touristic models have to be implemented and which has to be stopped, so as to reduce economic costs and natural resources consumption. We suggest that ecotourism routes, already existing in many regions of the world but still undervalued by mainstream tourism promotional circuits, can be regarded as a possible answer to this need. Our case study is the inner area of Bologna Province, in particular the municipalities grouped into the Unione dei Comuni dell’Appennino Bolognese. Through some interviews conducted in 2022, we will show how,after decades of shrinking tourist demand in those territories, some opportunities can be rediscovered to promote new development policies based on proximity tourism, affordable and sustainable. At the same time, we will show the limits linked to the lack of structural and infrastructural supply. Those policies aimed at promoting a tourism for everyone and environmental friendly would benefit also territories in the inner areas after decades of depopulation
A.F. Losev o zadacach muzykal'noj estetiki Novye materyaly iz archiva GAChN
No full textThis article provides a brief review of work A. F. Losev's (1893-1988) at State Institute of musical science (GIMN) and State Academy of Artistic Sciences (GAKhN) in the 1920s. A special attention is given to previously unknown A. F. Losev's scientific papers 1924-1926 years ("Aesthetics and Mathematics", "About Concepts of Rhythm and Meter", "About the 2-nd Issue of collection De musica") and subsequent discussions in GAKhN, recorded in the minutes of meetings stored in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts. Thanks to this new materials we can describe Losev's relation to contemporary musicology and its leading representatives. The article shows that Losev's typical desire to demonstrate that aesthetics could and should be made into a rigorous scientific discipline was the opposite to the dominant formalistic, psychological and sociologic tendencies in musicology of this period. The article raises the question about Losev's interpretation of the romantic writer V. F. Odoevsky and also about the interaction between philosophical and aesthetic discussions of the 1920s and Losev's philosophical and musical fiction of the 1930s (novel "Woman-the thinker, ", stories "Meeting", "Tchaikovsky's Trio", "Meteor")
Risk assessment to atmospheric mercury pollution in workplace indoor air: the case of Central Italian Herbarium (Museum of Natural History of Florence, Italy).
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