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« El Relevo », poème de Gioconda Belli
No full textGioconda Belli est une poétesse et romancière nicaraguayenne, reconnue internationalement depuis la publication de son premier roman La mujer habitada (1988, Seix Barral, 2001). Suivront de nombreuses autres œuvres littéraires parmi lesquelles : Sofía de los Presagios (1990, Seix Barral, 2013), Waslala (1996, Seix Barral, 2006), El pergamino de la seducción (Seix Barral, 2005), ou plus récemment El país de las mujeres (Premio la Otra Orilla, 2010). Opposante à Somoza, elle doit partir en exil..
The comparative advantage of government : a review
No full textIn theory, market failures are necessary but not sufficient conditions for justifying government intervention in the production of goods and services. Even without market failures, there might be a case for government intervention on the grounds of poverty reduction or merit goods (for example, mandatory elementary education and mandatory use of seatbelts in cars and of helmets on motorbikes). In every case, contends the author, a case for government intervention must first identify the particular market failure that prevents the private sector from producing the socially optimal quantity of the good or service. Second, it must select the intervention that will most improve welfare. Third, it must show that society will be better off as a result of government involvement--must show that the benefits will outweigh the costs. It is impossible to judge a priori whether or what type of government intervention is appropriate to a particular circumstance or even to a class of situations. Such judgments are both country- and situation-specific and must be made on a case-by-case basis. To be sure, it is easier to make such judgments about market failures based on externalities, public goods, and so on, than about the market failures based on imperfect information. Market failures rooted in incomplete markets and imperfect information are pervasive: Markets are almost always incomplete, and information is always imperfect. This does not mean that there is always a case for government intervention and that further analysis is unnecessary. On the contrary, there is a keener need for analysis. The welfare consequences of the"new market failures"are more difficult to measure so government intervention's contribution to welfare is likely to be more difficult to assess and the case for intervention (especially the provision of goods and services) is more difficult to make. One must also keep in mind that government interventions are often poorly designed and overcostly. Poorly designed interventions may create market failures of their own. Governments concerned about low private investment in high-risk projects, for example, may guarantee them against risk but in the process create problems of moral hazard and induce investors to take no actions to mitigate such risks. And some interventions may turn out to be too costly relative to the posited benefits. In seeking to provide extension services, for example, governments may incur costs that are higher than the benefits farmers receive.Decentralization,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Health Economics&Finance,Labor Policies,Health Economics&Finance,Banks&Banking Reform,Knowledge Economy,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Theory&Research
Perpetuare la memoria: architettura e arredo scultoreo nella città teatroide
No full textLa città di età ellenistica e romana si sviluppa attraverso i suoi spazi pubblici e le sue architetture in funzione della rappresentazione di se stessa, della comunità civica che la abita o del suo rapporto con il potere; complessi monumentali e architetture marcano il paesaggio urbano e definiscono spazi pubblici come quinte scenografiche, all’interno delle quali assume un ruolo importante l’arredo scultoreo, funzionale a rappresentare i valori della comunità, ad onorare i suoi cittadini, in un complesso rapporto tra il personaggio onorato – spesso artefice delle stesse trasformazioni urbane - e la comunità che lo onora e che definisce spazi e modi attraverso cui manifestare il proprio omaggio. La ricostituzione dell’arredo scultoreo e del suo rapporto con gli spazi pubblici e i complessi architettonici è spesso condizionato dal livello di conservazione e dalle vicende della vita postclassica dei centri urbani antichi; il contributo, che si propone, intende esaminare il fenomeno del rapporto tra scultura negli spazi pubblici urbani antichi, attraverso alcuni casi studio, per cercare di definire forme e modi attraverso cui l’arredo scultoreo diviene elemento integrante dell’immagine della città.Hellenistic and Roman cities define their public spaces and architectures with the view to represent themselves, the local community or their relationship with the established power; monumental architectures mark the urban landscape and outline public areas conceived as theatrical spaces, within which sculptures play a key role in representing the values of the community and in honoring citizens, in a complex relation between the honored man – who is often the main author of the urban transformations - and the local community that honors him and plans spaces and ways to homage him. The possibility to reconstruct the decorative sculptures and their relation to public spaces and architectural complexes is often conditioned by the level of conservation and the events occurred in the ancient urban centers during the post-classical period. The aim of this paper is to examine the connection between sculpture and ancient urban public spaces, by analyzing some meaningful case studies, in the attempt of identifying forms and ways through which sculptures become an integral part of the city’s overall image
La città rappresentata. Contributo all’analisi dell’immagine della città nella cultura figurativa greca e romana
No full textOggetto di analisi è l’immagine della città “costruita”, frutto dell’insieme di spazi e strutture architettoniche, quale è stata restituita dalla cultura figu¬rativa di età greca e romana; immagini di città nell’accezione di cui si è detto non sembrano far parte del patrimonio figurativo greco prima dell’elleni-smo, ma testimonianze indirette consentono di individuare le cause che hanno dato origine alla loro più tarda elaborazione a partire dall’età classica. In età romana il soggetto assume forme e caratteri più strutturati, pur con alcuni aspetti ancora suscettibili di indagine e le vedute di città, popolate o prive della presenza umana, sono riprodotte in numerosi documenti che riguardano l’arte ufficiale, privata e le arti applicate. Il contributo che si pre¬senta vuole, in particolare, focalizzare l’attenzione sul processo evolutivo che ha portato allo sviluppo dell’immagine della cittàTopic under analysis is the townscape in the figurative culture of Greek and Roman times; the image of the city appears in the Hellenistic age, but indi¬rect evidence enables us to identify the source of the subject as early as the Classical age. In Roman times the townscape takes on more structured shapes and features, although some aspects are still subject to investigation. Views of towns, populated or not, are reproduced in many a document concerning the official, private art as well as the applied ones with different functions and meanings. This paper is not exhaustive at all; it only analyzes some aspects that might contribute to a better understanding of the city representation development in Greek and Roman artistic culture
Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes
No full textThis essay is a preprint of an article that appeared at: Tijdschrift voor Rechstsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57.This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature
Matematica delle immagini. Luigi Moretti e la fotografia
No full textThe paper briefly examines the use of photography as a tool for analysis, verification, and
definition of a design method by the Roman architect Luigi Moretti (1906-73). It focuses on how
this use implicitly involves a substantial and necessary process of reworking photographs. On one
hand, they become an essential support for the dissemination of his theoretical reflection in the
artistic field; and on the other, they ultimately gain full autonomy as aesthetic objects
Belli dialettale, Belli universale. Francis Darbousset traduttore dei sonetti romaneschi
No full textL'articolo studia le 461 traduzioni che Francis Darbousset ha lasciato inedite dei Sonetti romaneschi di Giuseppe Gioachino Belli. Si prende in esame il difficile rapporto tra testi in dialetto e traduzioni in lingue straniereThe essay examines 461 translations of Giuseppe Giochiano Belli's Sonnet by Frencj translator Francis Darbousset. The author reflects on the difficult relationship between texts in dialect and translations in foreign languages
Ruptures et revendication d’être dans la poésie de Gioconda Belli
No full textInternational audienceLes poésies de la Nicaraguayenne Gioconda Belli (1948-…) célèbrent et prolongent diverses formes de révolutions liées entre elles : une révolution féministe, sexuelle et sociale. Nous verrons en quoi elle a pu bousculer les normes sociales du Nicaragua des années 1970 et comment, au gré de ces diverses transgressions, Gioconda Belli est ou libère ce qu’elle est : ou de la rupture comme possible révélation de soi
Utopie et plénitude dans Waslala de Gioconda Belli
No full textUtopía y plenitud en Walslala, de Gioconda Belli.
Gioconda Belli vivió, como sandinista, las suertes y desgracias de una utopía histórica antes de elaborar una utopia novelesca, Waslala, relato de un paraíso vuelto a crear y vuelto a perder. La utopía quiere ser el lugar de la plenitud y en esto estriba su ambivalencia : así, observaremos en que Waslala se inspira en el espacio paradisíaco para concebir un mundo perfecto o total, y en que medida estos aspectos condenan la utopia a ser precisamente «el lugar que no es» o a veces un lugar funesto. Mas alla de la grandiosidad y la decadencia de la utopia, sin embargo eterna en el inconsciente colectivo por razones ontológicas, abordaremos la argumentación de Gioconda Belli acerca de la dialéctica sueno-realidad que hace de la utopia un ideal imperecedero para que el nombre siga teniendo esperanza y para que, a falta de experimentar la plenitud, siempre intente acercarse a ella.Besse Nathalie. Utopie et plénitude dans Waslala de Gioconda Belli. In: América : Cahiers du CRICCAL, n°32, 2004. Utopies en Amérique latine. pp. 177-187
La cultura figurativa delle poleis del Golfo di Taranto: forme e funzioni della scultura
No full textThe paper deals with marble sculptures from the Greek poleis on the Ionian Coast. While Taranto and Metaponto yielded a series of sculptures dating from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period, other sites such as Satyrion and Heraclea yielded relatively few marble works, although typologically interesting. After reexamining the evidence, the author concludes that during the Archaic and Classical periods, marble was used almost exclusively for public monuments such as cult statues and architectonic sculptures. During the Hellenistic period, however, private commission became more important, especially in the case of Taranto with its rich funerary sculpture. As can be demonstrated, both local and foreign workshops are attested
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