221 research outputs found
Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo: Cominelli Foundation for Contemporary Jewellery 2012
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Award Cominelli Foundation for Contemporary JewelleryThe selected artists :ADAM GRINOVICH, ALEXANDER BLANK, ANA ALBUQUERQUE, BERNHARD STIMPFL-ABELE JI CHANG CHAI,CHIARA SCARPITTI, DANIA CHELMINSKY, DIANA DUDEK, EMMANUEL LACOSTE, FARRAH AL DUJAILI, FLAVIA FENAROLI, GABI VEIT, HEIDEMARIE HERB, JASMIN MATZAKOW, JUDY MC CAIG, JIE SUN, JO POND, KATHARINA MOCH, LAURA BRADSHAW- HEAP, LYDIA HIRTE, LISA BJIORKE, GIGI MARIANI, MAJA HOUTMAN, MARIA EUGENIA LOPEZ, MARIANNE SCHLIWINSKI, MARI ISHIKAWA, MARTA HRYC, MAURIZIO STAGNI, MICHELLE SEBBAG, MOHSEN AMINI, PETER HOOGEBOOM, RIA LINS, RITSUKO OGURA, SANNA SVEDESTEDT, SEUL-GI KWON, SILKE TREKEL, STEPHEN BOTTOMLEY, SUNGHO CHO, SUSAN CROSS, TERESA DANTAS , VIKTORIA MUNZKER, YOUNGHEE HONG.Stephen Bottomley: 2 pieces of jewellery selected for this award:Blue striped patch, Brooch 2011. Oxidised silver, enamel, gold and stainless steelBlue Patch, Broock 2011. Oxidised silver, enamel, gold and stainless steelSusan Cross: 2x pieces of jewellery selected for this award:Two Hoops, Neckpiece 2009. oxidised silver & 18ct goldLooping the Loop, Brooch 2008. oxidised silver & 18ct goldSelection: Ms. Maria Cristina Bergesio author of important publications on contemporary jewellery selected 40 participants from an open international application process.The Jury:
Michele Cassarino, chairman of the Cominelli Foundation Daniel Kruger, goldsmith, teacher sculpture/jewelry Art School in Halle Maria Cristina Bergesio, historian of jewellery and contemporary jewellery Mirella Cisotto Nalon, head of cultural activity, the Council of Padua Rita Marcangelo, gallery owner, administrator of the Cominelli Foundation’s Permanent Collection Massimo Tedeschi, editor-in-chief Corriere della Sera, Brescia supplement Ludwig Reinhold, director of Art Aurea magazineThe exhibition will be held in the splendid 17th century building, overlooking the Salò Gulf, headquarters of the Cominelli Foundation. The prizes will be awarded at the opening on Saturday 1st September 2012.This year for the project Training Courses in Contemporary Jewellery there will be an exhibition dedicated to jewellery training in the Edinburgh Art College. The head of department, Stephen Bottomley, will present a selection of jewellery made by the students and a report on the training courses in this field<br/
Optimal design of broadband, low-directivity graded index acoustic lenses for underwater communication
No full textManipulating underwater pressure waves is crucial for marine exploration, as electromagnetic signals are strongly absorbed in water. However, the multi-path phenomenon complicates the accurate capture of acoustic waves by receivers. Although graded index lenses, based on metamaterials with smoothly varying properties, successfully focus pressure waves, they tend to have high directivity, which hinders practical application. This work introduces three 2D acoustic lenses made from a metamaterial composed of solid inclusions in water. We propose an optimization scheme where the pressure dynamics is governed by Helmholtz's equation, with control parameters affecting each lens cell's density and bulk modulus. Through an appropriate cost function, the optimization encourages a broadband, low-directivity lens. The large-scale optimization is solved using the Lagrangian approach, which provides an analytical expression for the cost gradient. This scheme avoids the need for a separate discretization step, allowing the design to transition directly from the desired smooth refractive index to a practical lattice structure. As a result, the optimized lens closely aligns with real-world behavior. The homogenized numerical model is validated against finite elements, which considers acoustic-elastic coupling at the microstructure level. When homogenization holds, this approach proves to be an effective design tool for achieving broadband, low-directivity acoustic lenses
Vittima, mediazione e riparazione. La giustizia riparativa tra Scilla e Cariddi = Victim, Mediation, and Reparation. Restorative Justice between Scylla and Charybdis
No full textThe paper summarizes the author’s intervention in the debate on Tamar Pitch’s work, Il malinteso della vittima, and explores the issue of criminal mediation and restorative justice. The discussion focuses on the author’s criticism of restorative justice, which represents a critical, anti-securitarian approach. Among the criticisms addressed, the author focuses on the definition of “victim” in the criminal context, pointing out the risk of legitimizing the “criminal law of the enemy”. Possible objections regarding the handling of restorative justice in cases of domestic and sexual violence are also analyzed. Instead, the author emphasizes the potential of restorative justice in fostering reeducation and reducing recidivism, but raises doubts about its effective implementation, examining practical challenges and critical issues in the Italian context. The conclusion reflects on the delicate balance between abolitionism and retributionism in restorative justice, highlighting the need for ongoing analysis based on evidence and experience
Sport e società: due modelli interpretativi tra aggressività e civilizzazione
No full textStarting from an analysis of the main theories and some of the most significant empirical research on sport, this article critically discusses the contrast between the "drive discharge" and "culture pattern" models, regarding the role and impact that sport covers in society. With the support of an interdisciplinary analysis and a micro-sociological, evolutionary and ethological approach, the author concludes by supporting validity of the drive discharge model, for which the institutionalization of sport and sports fandom would be part of the civilization process described by Norbert Elias
L’alba di una nuova professione : la pratica dell’organizational ombudsman
No full textThe organizational ombudsman practice is becoming in recent years a new field of interest in the academia. Born in North America and now spreading to Europe, the organizational ombudsman is a “neutral” employee in charge of dealing with disputes and complaints within the organization. Many universities, corporations and government agencies have an ombuds office today, but extensive empirical research in the field is still lacking.
This article features interviews with some of the most prominent people in the organizational ombudsman world: 8 university ombudsmen, 4 ombudsmen from a government agency, 4 corporate ombudsmen, 1 community ombudsman and 1 ombudsman working in a international organisation have discussed with the author various aspects of this new profession. Participant observation was also conducted during the joint meeting of two professional ombuds organisation, and some major issues such as the kind of systemic changes generated by ombudsmen and the evaluation of the ombudsman impact were discussed and examined.
Finally, two innovative ombudsman schemes have been analyzed in details: the ombudsman/mediator programme in the health care complaints sector and the community ombudsman in charge of dealing with disputes and relational dissatisfaction within a religious congregation
S. Dellavalle : una costituzione senza popolo? La Costituzione Europea alla luce delle concezioni del popolo come “potere costituente”
No full textSocialità, alienazione e abitudini: ipotesi sociologiche sulla pandemia da Covid-19
No full textAll’inizio del 2020, la pandemia da COVID-19 ha squassato in poche settimane quelle che sembravano alcune tendenze inarrestabili nell'esistenza di tutti noi, e che implicavano un’inarrestabile crescita delle occasioni di mobilità e di socializzazione. Il distanziamento sociale prolungato imposto dalle misure sanitarie ha rappresentato un “esperimento naturale” che oggi può essere indagato sotto numerosi punti di vista. In questo articolo vengono analizzate le dinamiche di riduzione della socialità, i fenomeni di alienazione e di anomia, nonché le modifiche temporanee o permanenti che la prima pandemia del mondo globalizzato moderno potrebbe avere indotto nelle nostre pratiche sociali
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